Manitou Springs, CO Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

050 regulates weeds, brush and unsightly or hazardous growth citywide. Subsection C sets the numeric trigger: grass growing higher than nine inches on private property, or along an adjoining sidewalk, must be cut and the cuttings removed by the property owner. The height limit does not apply to land in its natural, undisturbed state, ground that has not been dug, scraped or plowed to disturb its indigenous growth, or to intentionally landscaped areas, so native open space and designed plantings are not swept into the nine-inch rule.

The same section separately requires owners to control noxious weeds named by the state or El Paso County, or eleven species the city lists by name including Canada thistle, musk thistle, leafy spurge and field bindweed, and it requires removal of dead, dying or hazardous trees and overhanging dead branches that reach over public property. 050(F). 070: the city administrator posts notice on the property and mails certified notice giving the owner between five and sixty days to remedy the violation, shorter or waived entirely for an imminent hazard, and if the deadline passes the city may enter, correct the violation, and assess the cost to the owner, certified to the county treasurer for collection with property taxes.