Littleton, CO

Littleton does not require an on-site host, but every short-term rental license must name a person able to reach the property and respond to problems within two hours, any time the…

The City of Littleton requires a license before any dwelling unit is rented as a short-term primary rental. City Code Section 3-23-3 makes it unlawful to rent, lease or use a unit as a…

Littleton short-term rental hosts must carry liability insurance covering the rental use, with a City Code floor of $500,000. Section 3-23-5(a)(5) sets the minimum, and Section…

A Littleton short-term primary-rental license only issues for the applicant's own primary residence. City Code Section 3-23-7(a) requires denial if the unit is not the applicant's…

Littleton caps short-term rental occupancy at two adults per bedroom and eight people total for the entire premises. City Code Section 3-23-10(a)(4) and (a)(5) set both limits as…

Littleton requires every short-term rental host to hold a license under Title 3, Chapter 23, paying an application fee set by City Council and proving a valid sales and use tax license…

Littleton requires every licensed short-term rental to provide at least two off-street parking spaces, whether in a driveway or garage, and hosts must state the exact number and…

Littleton requires every short-term rental host to post a Good Neighbor Handout inside the unit that spells out restrictions on noise and amplified sound, along with parking, trash and…

Littleton makes it unlawful to operate a short-term rental without a working smoke detector on the licensed premises. City Code Section 3-23-9(a) pairs that duty with a functioning…

Littleton bans burning rubbish, wastepaper, wood or other flammable material on any premises, street or alley without a permit from the Tri-County Health Department's Air Pollution…

Littleton defines a lawful recreational fire, including a fire pit, as one with a fuel area no more than 3 feet across and 2 feet high, covering charcoal grills, chimineas and portable…

Littleton bans possessing, manufacturing, storing, selling, handling or using fireworks anywhere in the city under City Code Section 6-4-75, a ban mirrored in the adopted fire code at…

Littleton only applies its adopted 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code to parcels the state's current Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code Map classifies as WUI, covering…

Colorado adopts NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code by reference under CRS 8-20-232, applying uniform propane storage, container, and installation rules to all jurisdictions statewide.

Littleton allows a short-term primary rental in an attached accessory dwelling unit or the main house, but never in a detached ADU. City Code Section 3-23-10(a)(3) blocks short-term…

Littleton requires a building permit for any accessory building, including a storage shed, that is 120 square feet or larger or over eight feet tall; smaller sheds need only a Zoning…

Littleton's Unified Land Use Code treats a tiny home community as its own residential use type, defined as single-family units of no more than 750 square feet arranged under one…

Littleton allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot in districts where ADUs are approved on the Land Use Matrix, but requires a recorded deed restriction before the building permit…

Every accessory dwelling unit in Littleton must pay the city's land development impact fee and sewer tap fee before a building permit issues, under ULUC § 10-1-1.7.C.3. The citywide…

An owner of record must live in either the principal dwelling or the ADU on any Arapahoe County parcel with an accessory dwelling unit. The Planning Division Manager can waive this for…

Littleton does not ban or single out any dog breed by name. Section 6-2-5 declares an animal dangerous based on what it actually does: causing injury or death, menacing or attacking a…

Littleton requires every cat owner to keep the animal currently vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian and to produce proof on an officer's request. Unlike dogs, cats are…

Littleton bans letting a dog run at large anywhere off its owner's property, and it is no defense that the owner did not intend it. Section 6-2-4 backs that up with a hard leash rule…

Littleton residential properties may keep no more than five dogs, cats and rabbits combined once the animals pass six months old, with a hard cap of three of any single species…

Littleton allows up to six chickens or ducks (combined) on residential lots in the ACR, LLR, MLR and SLR districts, but bans roosters outright. Chicken houses need at least 2 square…

Littleton prohibits any pet store from selling, offering for sale, auctioning, bartering, donating or otherwise transferring a dog or cat. A pet store may still transfer an animal it…

Littleton's Unified Land Use Code sets separate operating standards for veterinary clinics with and without animal boarding. Clinics or rescue shelters that board animals overnight…

Littleton allows residential beekeeping as an accessory use, but hives must sit within a fenced area at least five feet from any adjoining property line with the hive's back facing…

Arapahoe County's Land Development Code flatly prohibits keeping wild or exotic animals, poisonous animals, or any constrictor snake or reptile over three feet long as pets anywhere in…

Colorado prohibits feeding big game wildlife including deer, elk, and bears under Parks and Wildlife regulations. The ban applies statewide and preempts permissive local practices.

Littleton makes it unlawful to keep a cat or dog that, through loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping, yowling or howling, causes a serious annoyance. Section 6-2-6 declares any…

Littleton bans operating a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment audible in any residential area unless a temporary permit is obtained. City Code Section 7-3-5(K) requires event…

Littleton bars unmuffled vehicle exhaust and car stereos loud enough to carry. City Code Section 7-3-5 requires every vehicle exhaust to pass through a working muffler and makes a…

Littleton's core nighttime noise curfew bars power equipment over 5 horsepower from running in residential or business districts between 10 PM and 7 AM. City Code Section 7-3-5(H)…

Littleton limits noise-generating construction equipment to 7 AM to 7 PM on weekdays and 9 AM to 5 PM on weekends and official holidays. City Code Section 7-3-5(J) requires a written…

Littleton restricts domestic power equipment, the category covering leaf blowers, lawnmowers and other grounds maintenance tools, to daytime hours. City Code Section 7-3-5(I) bans…

Unincorporated Arapahoe County bans new residential and other noise-sensitive development inside the 65-Ldn and 60-Ldn airport noise zones around Centennial Airport, Buckley Space…

Oil and gas facilities approved by Use by Special Review in unincorporated Arapahoe County cannot emit more than 60 dBA or 65 dBC measured at the nearest property line with an occupied…

Littleton requires a building permit for a retaining wall once it holds back more than 4 vertical feet of cut or unbalanced fill, or stands over 7 feet tall measured from the bottom of…

Littleton limits fences and walls to eight named materials, aluminum, brick, painted stucco, split-face masonry block, steel, stone, wood, wrought iron or vinyl, and bans barbed wire…

Littleton requires a building permit before installing any fence or wall on private property under Unified Land Use Code § 10-1-1.6.C(D)(2)(a). Separately, City Code § 4-1-11 requires…

Littleton caps front-yard fences at four feet with no more than 50 percent solid coverage, and rear and side yard fences at six feet, measured from natural grade, under ULUC §…

Colorado is a fence-out state: when two owners' agricultural or grazing lands adjoin, each must build and maintain half of the boundary line fence at joint cost. Ignore a neighbor's…

Littleton treats a derelict or unlicensed vehicle as a public nuisance whether it sits on private land or a public right-of-way. On the right-of-way, code compliance officers post a…

Littleton City Code Section 9-1-6 bans parking a dump truck, a truck over 16,000 pounds empty weight, or a commercial trailer, semitrailer or truck tractor anywhere in a residential…

Littleton bars parking a recreational trailer or mobile home on any street, alley, or right of way for more than 48 hours under City Code Section 9-1-6(D). A resident hosting a…

Littleton City Code Section 9-1-11 lets residents petition, with signatures from 50% of an area's property owners, for a neighborhood permit parking zone. Once the city manager…

Littleton confines front-yard parking on single-family lots to the driveway itself, and every driveway or parking surface, paved or not, must meet the city's material standards…

Littleton's Unified Land Use Code sets exact placement, size and screening rules for commercial loading spaces rather than time-of-day restrictions. Loading berths must stay clear of…

Littleton allows electric vehicle charging as an accessory use in any zoning district without a site plan, but a building permit is required before installing a station. EV charging…

Colorado's Towing Bill of Rights, C.R.S. 40-10.1-405, governs only nonconsensual ("predatory") tows that PUC-permitted towing carriers pull from private property and common parking…

Building a residential pool or spa in Littleton requires a permit under the city's amended 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, enforced by the Building Division. The permit…

Any swimming or wading pool deeper than 24 inches in a Littleton residential district must be fully enclosed by a fence at least five feet tall built to prohibit entry, with a…

Littleton caps weeds, grasses and herbaceous plants at 8 inches on any lot in the city. City Code Section 7-4-4 declares taller growth a nuisance on occupied or unoccupied land alike…

Owners of property adjacent to a Littleton public right of way must care for and trim trees so overhanging limbs clear at least 10 feet above a sidewalk and 14 feet above a street. The…

Littleton requires a written city permit before removing a public or private property tree with a trunk over 4 inches in diameter, except on lots with single-family residences. The…

Littleton's Unified Land Use Code requires landscape plans in the MFR, NC, CM, BC and IP districts to prioritize native and xeric plant species, caps turf at 75 percent of the…

Littleton permits single-family homeowners to install rainwater capture and reuse devices, cisterns, rain filters and underground storage basins, capped at two containers per…

Littleton requires new landscape plans to follow xeriscape design principles that minimize high-water turf, group plants by water need, and use efficient irrigation, and bars automatic…

Littleton allows artificial turf in residential landscaping only with the Director's approval after review of product samples and manufacturer specifications, and bans it outright on…

Littleton permits home occupations in dwellings citywide, but caps total home-business floor area at 20 percent of the dwelling and accessory structures combined, limits operation to…

Littleton limits any home occupation to no more than two vehicles parked at the property at one time as a result of the business, and bars parking or storage of any vehicle over 7,000…

Littleton bars any outdoor display or storage of goods, materials, merchandise, equipment, or signage related to a home occupation that is visible from the exterior of the dwelling…

Littleton permits a Family Child Care Home only in a single-family detached or attached dwelling, requires the operator to hold a current Colorado Department of Human Services license…

Colorado Cottage Foods Act CRS 25-4-1614 allows producers in unincorporated Arapahoe County to sell up to $10,000 per product annually of non-potentially hazardous foods directly to…

Colorado has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no exemption that lets you cook meals to order at home for the public. The state food code closes the question from both…

Installing solar photovoltaic panels in the City of Littleton requires a building permit and a licensed D20 Solar PV contractor under the city's contractor licensing chapter. The…

Colorado CRS 38-30-168 and HB 23-1233 protect homeowners' rights to install solar panels. HOAs in Arapahoe County cannot prohibit rooftop solar and must approve reasonable…

Owners of multi-family rental property in the City of Littleton must register annually with the Department of Community Development and hold a city rental license before renting a…

Littleton's Building Division enforces the 2025 International Property Maintenance Code as locally amended, and Section 602.3 forces any landlord who furnishes heat under a lease to…

Colorado HB 24-1098 established statewide just-cause eviction protections for most residential tenants. Arapahoe County follows state law: landlords need a statutory reason to…

Arapahoe County cannot enact rent control. Colorado Revised Statute 38-12-301 preempts local rent control ordinances on both private residential property and mobile home lots…

Before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent, a Colorado landlord must serve a standard residential tenant with 10 days' written notice to pay or quit under Colo. Rev. Stat. §…

Colorado caps residential late fees at the greater of $50 or 5% of the past-due rent. No late fee may be charged until rent is at least seven days late, and only if disclosed in…

To end a no-fault tenancy, Colorado requires written notice scaled to the tenancy length under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-107: 21 days for a month-to-month tenancy, 28 days for…

For residential tenancies with no written agreement (including month-to-month), a Colorado landlord must give at least 60 days' written notice before raising rent. Statewide, a…

Colorado caps residential security deposits at two months' rent. Landlords must return the deposit, with an itemized written statement of any deductions, within 30 days of lease…

Colorado's general adverse possession period is 18 years of open, continuous, hostile possession under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-41-101. The period shrinks to 7 successive years where the…

Littleton City Code Section 7-1-3(E) makes it unlawful to throw or deposit garbage, trash, rubbish, junk or hazardous material anywhere in the City unless the spot is a properly marked…

When the City is not providing trash collection under Section 7-2-1, Littleton City Code Section 7-2-3(B) requires the responsible party of every property producing garbage, refuse or…

Littleton City Code Section 7-2-4(E) bars placing trash or recycling containers where they impair or obstruct pedestrian, bicycle or vehicle traffic at any time, and it flatly…

Littleton City Code Section 7-2-3(A) authorizes the City to run a residential recycling collection and disposal service alongside its trash service, but only when the City Council…

Littleton City Code Section 7-2-4(A) through (C) requires garbage, refuse and rubbish to go into a trash container, drained of liquid, with the lid closed and the load fitting securely…

Littleton City Code Section 7-2-4(D) requires trash and recycling containers to be kept so materials do not scatter, and makes the property owner or occupant immediately responsible…

Littleton requires every outdoor dumpster, trash receptacle, recycling receptacle and grease collection container on commercial and mixed-use property to sit inside a permanent…

The City of Littleton bars medical marijuana centers and retail marijuana stores from locating within 500 feet of a licensed childcare facility or 1,000 feet of a school, park, halfway…

Colorado Amendment 64 and C.R.S. §18-18-406 permit adults 21+ to grow up to 6 plants per adult (12 max per household, only 3 flowering). Aurora City Code §94-370 caps at 12 per…

Unincorporated Arapahoe County prohibits marijuana land uses outright under Land Development Code § 3-3.5.B. The sole exception is a grandfathered class of Commercial Marijuana Stores…

Littleton's nuisance code makes it unlawful to accumulate junk, rubbish or debris on any property because that accumulation attracts rodents, pests and vermin. City Code Section…

Littleton City Code Section 7-1-3(G) requires the responsible party of every lot to clear snow and ice from the adjacent sidewalk within 24 hours after a snowfall or ice storm ends…

Littleton makes it a public nuisance to let junk, rubbish or debris pile up on a property, or to keep a building out of compliance with the City's adopted building code. Escalating…

Littleton Code Section 5-4-2 defines any outdoor liquid- or gas-fueled cooking appliance, including camp stoves, fire pits and grills, and Section 5-4-5 keeps propane, natural gas and…

Littleton requires anyone operating a massage parlor to hold a City Council-issued license under Title 3, Chapter 11, plus an identification card from the Police Department for every…

Littleton requires an annual $500 license to operate any adult business and bans locating one within 500 feet of a church, school, childcare facility, or public park, or within 1,000…

Littleton's firearms retailer licensing chapter, City Code Chapter 3-24, defines 'firearms retailer' to include any person who is a pawnbroker, so operating as a pawnbroker in the city…

Littleton has no separate secondhand-dealer business license, but City Code Section 6-4-155 requires every secondhand dealer who buys, sells, rents or exchanges a weapon to log the…

Colorado requires retailers selling cigarettes, vapor products, and other tobacco items to obtain a state retail tobacco license and follow strict point-of-sale rules.

Littleton levies a 5% lodger's tax on hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts and short-term rentals under Section 3-9-3-16 of the City Code, charged on the price paid for any stay of…

Littleton classifies and taxes telephone utility companies separately from other businesses through Section 3-12-1 of the City Code, levying a flat occupation tax of $92,000 a year…

Littleton requires a building permit for construction reviewed under the locally amended 2024 International Building Code, and the Building Division will not issue one until plans for…

Littleton adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code, locally amended, for all plumbing work in the city, enforced by the Building Division. A plumbing permit becomes invalid if work…

Littleton adopts NFPA 70, the 2026 National Electric Code, by reference for all electrical work in the city, and enforcement runs through the same Building Division permitting rules as…

Littleton's 2024 Fire Code amendment, Section 903.2.8, requires an automatic sprinkler system in every new Group R building, addition, alteration or change-in-use, and mandates…

Littleton requires any child care center to fence its outdoor play yard at least 30 inches tall and, in residential-adjacent districts, screen the play area with a Type A buffer. A…

Littleton bars minors under 18 from loitering on streets, alleys or other public places after 11 p.m. on weeknights and after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights, until 5 a.m. A…

Littleton parks and open space close overnight: entering after 10:00 p.m. or before 6:00 a.m. is against the law unless a specific park's posted signage says otherwise. The rule covers…

Guaranteed park reservations, alcohol, fishing, boating and special events in Littleton's parks all require a permit from the city manager's office. Permits can carry a fee plus a…

Littleton requires a special event permit before anyone closes a residential street for a block party. Applications go to the city's event Coordinator at least 20 business days ahead…

Littleton requires an event permit before any parade or public assembly that uses a street, sidewalk or crosswalk. Section 3-3-2 defines a parade broadly, but Section 3-3-3(A)(5)…

Littleton treats a street fair as a special event under Section 3-3-2, requiring a permit from the city's Coordinator whenever it draws 100 or more people onto a street, sidewalk or…

Littleton eating and drinking establishments may add outdoor seating, including sidewalk cafes and rooftop seating, after plan review and any needed liquor license. Sidewalks must keep…

Littleton allows parklets in the DMS, DTA and DMU downtown districts as permanent or temporary sidewalk extensions in on-street parking spaces, sized 180 to 360 square feet with a…

Parking or standing a vehicle in a designated bike lane counts as an obstruction under Littleton's towing ordinance, the same category as blocking a street or sidewalk. An officer can…

Littleton amended Model Traffic Code Section 110.5 to match Colorado's 2024 camera law (SB24-195), letting the city run red-light and school-zone speed cameras under strict conditions…

Colorado runs two separate regimes. A low-speed electric vehicle is a motor vehicle under C.R.S. § 42-1-102 (58)(a), so it is titled, registered, plated and driven on a licence, and…

Overnight camping and open fires are banned outright in every Littleton public park and open space, with no permit route around it. The rule sits inside the same section that closes…

Littleton bans smoking, including marijuana and e-cigarettes, throughout a defined outdoor zone in its downtown core, plus a long list of indoor spaces. The outdoor boundary runs along…

Littleton repealed its stand-alone loitering ordinance, Littleton City Code Section 6-4-73, effective May 5, 2020, so simply standing, waiting or gathering in a public place in the…

Littleton makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in public view under City Code Section 6-4-79, whether the act happens on public or private property, unless it occurs in a room or…

Littleton bars anyone on or in a motor vehicle in any public place from possessing an unsealed alcoholic-beverage container under City Code Section 6-4-103. The Code defines 'unsealed'…

Littleton makes it unlawful to openly and publicly consume marijuana anywhere in the city under City Code Section 6-4-104(C). A conviction carries a fine of up to $100 plus 24 hours of…

Littleton makes it unlawful to obstruct a sidewalk, street or alley under City Code Section 6-4-76, and separately bars erecting fences, walls or displays on a public right-of-way…

Littleton places sidewalk maintenance on the abutting property owner. When the City Council finds an existing sidewalk hazardous to public health and safety, it can order the adjacent…

No one may place a fence, wall, planter, bench, or outdoor merchandise display on a Littleton street, alley, sidewalk, or public ground without a Director-issued encroachment permit…

Littleton no longer licenses door-to-door peddlers: that chapter was repealed in 2014. The surviving license, under Section 3-5-7 of the City Code, applies to anyone distributing…

Littleton lets residents block door-to-door handbill distribution and solicitation by posting a sign near their entrance. Section 3-5-5(D) of the City Code makes it unlawful to leave…

Any resident, property owner, HPC member or council member can nominate a Littleton building at least 40 years old for the Littleton Historic Register. The Historic Preservation…

Littleton will not issue a construction, redevelopment, grading, or occupancy permit until the site meets the Littleton Storm Drainage Ordinance's design standards. Owners must post a…

Littleton requires a Grading Permit before any grading, land-disturbing activity, or alteration of land begins, specifically to cut erosion and sediment problems from increased urban…

Littleton bars solid waste facilities, outdoor storage and habitable structures in its flood fringe, prohibits any increase in base flood elevation on insurable structures, and…

Littleton requires a minimum one-foot freeboard clearance between the base flood elevation and the lowest floor, including basement, of new or substantially improved structures near…

Every structure in unincorporated Arapahoe County must keep a noncombustible buffer: gravel or crushed rock at least two inches thick beneath decks and around the foundation, extending…

In unincorporated Arapahoe County, engine idling at a permitted Oil and Gas Facility must be minimized at all times, and between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. it is hard-capped at 10…

Littleton requires street trees to be installed under an approved Site Plan or Master Development Plan, kept clear of utility poles, alleys, driveways, and fire hydrants by set…

Littleton's tree code shields healthy native trees during construction with a fenced protected root zone, but removal of exotic, invasive, or prohibited tree species needs no permit at…

Littleton's Unified Land Use Code protects any tree 36 inches or more in diameter at breast height, plus city-designated trees of unique value and any nationally recognized champion…

Littleton's landscape code requires new and redeveloped irrigation systems to use non-potable or reclaimed water whenever it is available, instead of drawing entirely on treated…

New residential landscapes in Littleton may not exceed 75 percent turf coverage of the total landscaped area, bluegrass is banned outside heavy foot-traffic areas, and only low-water…

Littleton caps building coverage for single-family detached homes in its Downtown zoning districts. In the Downtown Neighborhood Residential (DNR) and Downtown Transition Area (DTA)…

In Littleton's Neighborhood Commercial zoning district, a single-family detached home is capped at 35 feet under the Unified Land Use Code's residential lot and building standards…

Littleton's Neighborhood Building districts, Acreage Residential (ACR), Large Lot Residential (LLR), Medium Lot Residential (MLR), Small Lot Residential (SLR) and Multi-Family…

Littleton zones agricultural land use through its Acreage Residential (ACR) district, successor to the city's former A-1 Agricultural, R-S Residential-Suburban Agricultural and R-L…

Colorado's Right to Farm Act under CRS 35-3.5-102 shields agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they follow generally accepted practices and predate complaints.

Littleton's subdivision code requires a homeowners' association, party wall agreement, or metropolitan district for any subdivision with common open space, private streets or private…

Under the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, C.R.S. § 38-33.3-316, an association has a statutory lien for unpaid assessments. After HB22-1137 (2022) it may foreclose only once…

Colorado law entitles any unit owner in a common interest community to examine and copy the association's records without stating a reason. C.R.S. § 38-33.3-317 bars boards from…

Colorado bars homeowners associations from effectively prohibiting six specific energy efficiency devices: a retractable clothesline, evaporative cooler, garage or attic fan…

Colorado law limits how homeowners' associations regulate yard landscaping, but the strongest protections in C.R.S. § 38-33.3-106.5(1)(i.5) apply only to single-family detached homes…

Colorado's flag protection applies only inside common interest communities, HOAs, condos, and co-ops governed by the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, not to every property…

Colorado's Common Interest Ownership Act sets statewide due-process and dollar limits on how condo and homeowner associations fine owners and collect delinquent accounts, with one…

A Colorado association's assessment lien attaches automatically the moment the declaration is recorded, but foreclosing it has become the hardest remedy in the association's toolkit…

Littleton prohibits billboards outright citywide, and in the Downtown Main Street, Transition, Mixed-Use and Neighborhood Residential districts, changeable-copy signage must be manual…

Littleton exempts small display window signs under four square feet from a sign permit citywide, while downtown window signs must sit in the lower or upper 25 percent of the window and…

Littleton exempts holiday lighting from its outdoor lighting standards only during November, December and January. City Code Section 10-1-3.11(C)(4) lets homes and businesses light up…

Littleton doesn't license political signs separately: it regulates every sign by structure and size, not by message. Under City Code Section 10-1-3.10(C), a constitutionally protected…

In unincorporated Arapahoe County, a freestanding sign facing an Arterial/Freeway frontage is capped at one sign per right-of-way access point on parcels under 10 acres, rising to two…

Littleton caps how much light can spill onto a neighbor's land: 0.2 foot-candle at the lot line between single-family residential properties, and 0.1 foot-candle measured 10 feet…

Littleton's Unified Land Use Code requires exterior luminaires to be full cutoff fixtures aimed downward, never above the horizontal plane or more than 45 degrees off the mounting…

Littleton's DT Standards of Design set building type, height, build-to-zone, and district-specific frontage rules for the Downtown Main Street, Transition Area, Mixed-Use and…

Littleton lets developers earn up to a 20 percent density bonus above the maximum allowed in their zoning district by incorporating four Schedule B sustainable design practices, such…

Littleton prohibits planting any species listed as a Colorado noxious weed, naming Chinese and Siberian elms, cotton-bearing cottonwoods, Russian olive and box elder as specifically…

Littleton limits a garage, yard or estate sale to three days per event and three events per year on a single lot, restricts sale hours to 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and requires a six-day…

Littleton treats a stationary generator as regulated machinery under its noise control ordinance. Running a generator loud enough to exceed the sound pressure level set for its zoning…

Commercial drone operators in Arapahoe County must hold FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. DIA, Centennial Airport, and Buckley SFB create complex controlled airspace requiring…

Colorado allows local governments to adopt minimum wages above the state rate under CRS 8-6-101, with statewide minimums adjusted annually for inflation.

Colorado requires paid sick leave under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and offers paid family medical leave through the FAMLI program funded by payroll premiums.

Colorado requires a concealed handgun permit issued by the county sheriff to carry a concealed firearm in public, with training and background check requirements.

Colorado repealed firearms preemption in 2021, allowing cities and counties to enact local gun regulations stricter than state law in most circumstances.

Colorado generally permits open carry of firearms by adults without a license, though local jurisdictions may impose restrictions in specific areas after the 2021 preemption repeal.

Colorado allows adults legally able to possess a firearm to carry a handgun in a private vehicle for lawful protection without a permit under CRS 18-12-105.5.

Colorado requires all mobile food vendors to obtain Retail Food Establishment licenses through local public health agencies under uniform state Retail Food Establishment Rules.

Colorado's constitution confines all commercial casino gaming to the historic commercial districts of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek: nowhere else in the state is a casino…

Colorado bars all lotteries and games of chance except licensed bingo and raffles run by charities. The Secretary of State issues bingo-raffle licenses only to religious, charitable…

Colorado's criminal code doesn't reach purely social gambling. C.R.S. section 18-10-102(2)(d) carves any game, wager, or transaction incidental to a bona fide social relationship out…

Colorado legalized sports betting statewide in 2020 under C.R.S. section 44-30-1505, but the state issues a "master license" only to holders of an existing retail gaming license -- the…

Colorado never passed a law creating sobriety checkpoints. The word "roadblock" does not appear anywhere in the Colorado Revised Statutes, and "checkpoint" appears in the statutory…

Colorado is one of the few states that put the right to film officers into its own sentence of statute. C.R.S. § 16-3-311(1) says a person "has the right to lawfully record any…

Colorado writes the demand into statute and then declines to punish the refusal. C.R.S. § 16-3-103 lets a peace officer who reasonably suspects you of a crime stop you and require your…

Colorado is one of a small group of states that requires the advisement out loud. Under C.R.S. § 16-3-310, before a peace officer may conduct a consensual search of a vehicle, of a…

Colorado banned single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers statewide under the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, fully effective in 2024.

Colorado prohibits retail food establishments from using expanded polystyrene foam containers for ready-to-eat food and beverages under the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act.

Colorado prohibits the sale and furnishing of cigarettes, tobacco, and nicotine vapor products to anyone under age 21 statewide under CRS 18-13-121.

Colorado permits four categories of extra forward lighting and caps each at two lamps: spot lamps, fog lamps, auxiliary passing lamps and auxiliary driving lamps, under C.R.S. §…

Colorado has no statute naming dash cameras and no list of permitted windshield attachments, so two general rules decide where one may go. Section 42-4-201 (4) requires the driver’s…

Riding between lanes of traffic is illegal in Colorado. C.R.S. § 42-4-1503 (3)(a) forbids driving a motorcycle or autocycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Colorado writes its plate-cover ban around machine readability. C.R.S. § 42-3-202 (2)(b) makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle with an affixed device or substance that causes…

A passenger-car driver in Colorado may use a radar detector. Nothing in title 42 regulates one: the word "detector" does not appear anywhere in the Vehicles and Traffic title. What…

Colorado puts no calendar on studded tires. C.R.S. § 42-4-228 (3) lets single-tired passenger vehicles, and other single-tired vehicles rated up to and including three-fourths of a…

Colorado sets a single light transmittance figure for every window except the windshield. Under C.R.S. § 42-4-227 (1)(a)(I) no window other than the windshield may allow less than…