Longmont, CO

Longmont bans abandoning or publicly keeping any vehicle in the city under LMC § 11.12.040, covering vehicles left on private property over 48 hours without consent, sleeper vehicles…

Longmont requires any front or side yard where a vehicle is parked to be surfaced in asphalt, concrete, or at least three inches of gravel, with most of the yard kept permeable.

Longmont limits loading and unloading in alleys to 25 minutes. Municipal Code § 11.04.108 amends Section 1215 of the state Model Traffic Code so that no one may park a vehicle in a…

Longmont bars parking semitrailers and truck-tractors on residential streets except while loading or unloading, and limits any truck left on a nonresidential street to 72 consecutive…

Longmont bars off-street parking spaces from being used for long-term storage of recreational vehicles, boats, motor homes, campers, mobile homes, or building materials, limiting…

Longmont makes it unlawful to leave most vehicles parked on any street, alley, or other public right-of-way for 48 hours or longer, treating them as abandoned or publicly kept.

Longmont's amended Section 1204 of the model traffic code, codified at Municipal Code § 11.04.102, bars stopping or parking on sidewalks, in intersections, crosswalks and bike lanes…

Longmont requires new buildings and major parking renovations after March 1, 2024 to provide EV-ready, EV-capable, or EVSE-installed parking spaces under a tiered table keyed to total…

Boulder County controls parking through official signs, painted areas, and other parking control devices. Only the County Engineer may authorize their placement, and you must obey them…

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…

Longmont exempts small detached accessory structures, tool sheds, storage sheds, playhouses and similar buildings, from a building permit only when they are one story and the floor…

Longmont bars accessory dwelling units from being used as short-term rentals outright, under Longmont Municipal Code section 15.02.080.D.2.c. A separate ADU standard in section…

Longmont allows one accessory dwelling unit per single-family lot, sized between 500 and 800 square feet, with its own setback and building-permit requirements under the Land…

Converting a garage into living space, or into an accessory dwelling, requires a building permit and must comply with the Boulder County Land Use Code. A detached garage designed with…

Boulder County has no separate tiny-home category. A permanent tiny house on a foundation is regulated as a dwelling or accessory dwelling under the Land Use Code and building code; a…

Longmont bans operating solid fuel-fired heating devices, wood stoves, fireplaces, pellet stoves, on days the state health department declares a high pollution day, unless the owner…

Longmont requires an operational fire permit before storing or using LP-gas containers with a combined individual water capacity of 250 gallons or greater. The rule sits in the city's…

Longmont bans discharging any fireworks on city streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks or other city property without a sparkler permit, and bans discharge from vehicles or near grassland…

Longmont adopted the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code and directs the Chief Fire Marshal to map the city's wildland-urban interface, the area where structures meet wildland vegetation…

Backyard fires, campfires and warming fires are "Open Fires" under county ordinance and are allowed only when no fire ban is declared. During High Danger Conditions or a Stage 1/Stage…

In Wildfire Zone 1 (West County) and Wildfire Zone 2 (East County), Boulder County requires full defensible space around structures whenever you build, add over 200 sq ft, or add a…

Longmont designates its entire city limits a bird sanctuary and makes it unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot or molest any bird or wild fowl, or to rob nests, with a narrow police-supervised…

Longmont requires every cat over six months old to carry a city license, renewed annually by February 1st, and every cat over four months old to be current on rabies vaccination…

Longmont caps backyard beekeeping at four hives per property: keeping more than four "stands" of bees at one place is a declared public nuisance under Longmont Municipal Code §…

Longmont treats veterinary clinics and hospitals like kennels for zoning purposes, keeping outdoor runs and cremation activities well clear of residential lots or requiring a…

Longmont has no breed-specific dog ban; instead it declares any animal an 'aggressive animal', and can order it destroyed, based solely on its bite or attack behavior, regardless of…

Longmont bans keeping any animal in the city except household pets, zoning-permitted livestock, state/federally licensed birds of prey, licensed wildlife-rehab animals, and permitted…

Longmont requires proof a licensed miniature pot-bellied pig has been spayed or neutered, unless a veterinarian certifies that doing so would harm the animal's health; dogs and cats…

Longmont dogs must stay on the owner's property unless leashed with a chain or leash no more than 25 feet, held or tied to the person with them; off-leash use is limited to designated…

Longmont's animal code allows livestock only 'as applicable zoning ordinances permit'; the land development code requires at least a 1-acre parcel with 1 acre of open pasture before…

Boulder County residents may not intentionally feed big game or bears. Colorado Parks and Wildlife regulation and C.R.S. 33-6-131 make it illegal to intentionally feed big game (deer…

Boulder County has no separate 'hoarding' ordinance, but Ordinance 2022-8 makes it unlawful to fail to provide any livestock or domestic animal with minimum care, or to neglect…

Homeowners' engine- or motor-powered lawn tools, including leaf blowers, power mowers, edgers and riding tractors, can't exceed Longmont's fixed noise standards outside 7 a.m. to 10…

Pilots using Longmont's Vance Brand Municipal Airport are directed to fly recommended traffic pattern altitudes designed to limit noise over nearby neighborhoods under Longmont…

Longmont declares an animal a public nuisance if its owner or keeper permits it to habitually bark, howl or make other noise that significantly disrupts the neighborhood's peace under…

Longmont deems motor vehicle noise from a licensed, non-commercial vehicle audible 300 feet away, from its engine, exhaust, or brakes, automatically unreasonable noise.

Longmont presumes certain noise between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. unreasonable and unlawful: audible engines, tools, repairs, or loud gatherings within 25 feet of a neighbor trigger a…

Longmont bans construction activity noise in residential areas or within 500 feet of a school between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. weekdays and Saturdays, and before 9 a.m. on Sundays, absent an…

Longmont treats amplified sound audible 25 feet from its source, or inside a private residence, as unreasonable noise and a public nuisance under its general noise ordinance.

Longmont caps sound measured 25 feet from the source at 50-55 dB(A) in residential zones, 55-65 dB(A) commercial, and 75 dB(A) industrial, with the lower numbers applying overnight.

Longmont caps overnight occupancy in a licensed short-term rental at two guests per legal conforming bedroom, plus two additional people, under Longmont Municipal Code section…

Longmont does not set a separate noise limit for short-term rentals; instead it makes the citywide unreasonable-noise standard part of every license, under Longmont Municipal Code…

Longmont revokes a short-term rental license after a documented pattern of nuisance, defined as three or more notices of violation, warnings, citations or fines against the same…

Longmont taxes short-term rentals under its 2% lodgers tax, because 'lodging services' covers rooms rented for consideration for less than 30 consecutive days in apartments…

Longmont only licenses a short-term rental if it is the applicant's primary residence or a single second/investment dwelling owned by a city resident, under Longmont Municipal Code…

Longmont requires the property owner to actually live in a short-term rental before individual rooms can be rented out, under Longmont Municipal Code section 15.02.080.D.2.a. Renting…

Longmont's short-term rental application requires a Colorado ID, a signed annual affidavit, LLC-member disclosure, and at least two additional documents proving the address is the…

Longmont does not require extra off-street parking for a licensed short-term rental unless the city imposes it as a condition of that specific license, under Longmont Municipal Code…

There is no cap on short-term rental licenses, but a host may be absent only up to 45 nights per year. Whole-home Vacation Rentals are capped at a combined 3.5% of housing units, set…

Yes. Applicants must show a certificate of insurance with adequate liability and property limits insuring at least $500,000 in liability and reflecting rental exposure. Coverage must…

Longmont caps fence and wall height at six feet on residential property and eight feet on mixed-use, nonresidential, and arterial-abutting residential lots, measured from finished…

Longmont bans barbed wire, tin or sheet metal, and electrically charged fences citywide, with a narrow industrial-district exception for barbed wire topping woven-wire fences.

Longmont requires a building permit before any fence or wall goes up: Municipal Code § 15.05.100.C bars construction until a plan has been submitted and a permit issued through the…

Boulder County requires all fence components, including footings, to sit on the fence owner's own property, and bans fences from the road right-of-way. The county does not enforce…

In unincorporated Boulder County a retaining wall over 48 inches (4 feet), measured from bottom of footing to top, requires a building permit. Retaining walls are not counted as fences…

Longmont allows residential day care as a permitted accessory use in every zoning district that allows household living, but caps it at 12 children under 18 or eight adults, and…

Longmont bars any advertising, display or other outward sign of a home occupation, so a home-based business operating out of a residence cannot post a sign, and the ban applies…

Longmont caps home occupations at 50 percent of a dwelling's gross floor area if no customers visit, or just 15 percent if the business serves the public on-site.

A Longmont home occupation that serves the public on-site is capped at 15 percent of the dwelling's floor area and can't generate more traffic or parking than a typical home.

Colorado lets you bake, jar and dehydrate for sale out of your own kitchen with no license, no plan review and no routine inspection. C.R.S. § 25-4-1614, the Colorado Cottage Foods…

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…

Building a pool in Longmont requires a permit under the city's adopted International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, and Longmont Municipal Code § 16.28.040 rewrites the submittal…

Longmont's property maintenance code treats spas, hot tubs, ornamental ponds and other water features the same as swimming pools, so a neglected hot tub draws the same maintenance-code…

Longmont bans weeds and unsightly vegetation over 12 inches tall on any lot, including the strip abutting the public right-of-way, and treats noxious weeds as a public nuisance.

Longmont's land development code requires that at least 75 percent of every landscaped area be covered in drought-tolerant vegetation or native ground cover, with nonfunctional turf…

Longmont's public works director can impose nonemergency watering schedules for lawns and gardens citywide, backed by escalating fines up to $500 per violation for customers who don't…

Removing, pruning or destroying a tree or shrub on Longmont city property without an approved permit from the director of Public Works and Natural Resources is unlawful under Longmont…

Property owners in Longmont must trim or remove trees that block sight lines or fail to clear 15 feet over streets and 8 feet over sidewalks.

Colorado law universally permits residential rooftop rainwater collection up to two rain barrels totaling 110 gallons, overriding the state's strict prior-appropriation doctrine that…

Longmont requires a separate infrastructure permit before anyone builds, installs or operates infrastructure such as pipes, lines, conduit or private facilities on, under or above…

Longmont makes it unlawful to block a sidewalk, street, or other public passageway with your person or any object, including a vehicle, without legal privilege, under the city's…

Longmont puts sidewalk construction or repair on the abutting property owner or occupant once the city orders it, following city council direction and written notice from the Public…

Longmont's amended International Existing Building Code lets a home caring for five or fewer children, or five or fewer people receiving custodial care, stay classified as a Group R-3…

Longmont requires carbon monoxide detection in every dwelling unit with a fuel-fired appliance, fireplace, or attached garage under Longmont Municipal Code § 16.20.380, which rewrites…

Longmont amends International Building Code Section 3001.1 to add one enforceable line: every elevator in the city must be inspected annually. The chief building official's inspection…

Longmont wrote its own National Electrical Code administration chapter by Ordinance No. O-2024-49 on July 23, 2024. Longmont Municipal Code § 16.08.160 requires a permit for most…

Longmont requires anyone who installs electrical equipment under a non-annual permit to notify the chief building official once work is done; the official then inspects and, if the…

Longmont adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code by reference under Longmont Municipal Code § 16.16.010, with the city's own amendments controlling wherever they conflict with the…

Longmont has not adopted the model code's mandate for automatic fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes. Longmont Municipal Code § 16.06.200 amends International Residential…

Renovating, remodeling, or adding onto an existing Longmont building triggers full code compliance for the whole space once the work exceeds 50 percent of the floor area within a…

Longmont levies a 2% lodgers tax on hotel and motel rooms and other short-term lodging, on top of the city's regular sales and use tax, and both the guest and the lodging provider can…

Longmont exempts car alarms from its noise ordinance. Section 10.20.100.D.5.i excuses warning or alarm devices that signal an unsafe situation or call for police from the 50 to 75…

Longmont Municipal Code § 10.20.100(D)(2) bars truck or rail loading and unloading within 250 feet of a residential lot between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., with a carve-out letting retail…

Longmont residential customers can schedule bulky item pickup for $60 covering two items plus $15 per additional item, arranged by appointment with the solid waste operations division…

Longmont runs a waste diversion center where city residents drop off tree limbs and recyclables for free, while noncustomers such as contractors pay a per-load fee.

Since 2023, Longmont requires multifamily and commercial properties to contract for dedicated recycling collection matched to their waste volume, with signage and tenant education…

Longmont bans dumping bottles, cans, litter, dead animals, excrement, garbage, or any other offensive matter on any private or public ground or street. Longmont Municipal Code §…

Food-related businesses in Longmont, restaurants, grocers, caterers, food trucks and similar operations, must contract with a licensed hauler for weekly organics collection of food…

Longmont bars residents from setting solid waste and recycling containers at the curb before 4:00 p.m. the day before pickup, or leaving them out past 8:00 p.m. the day after, under §…

Longmont's solid waste code defines dumpsters and roll-off bins as regulated "containers" and requires customers to place them at the curbline or alley in specific, spaced locations…

Every single-family and multifamily dwelling in Longmont must subscribe to and pay for the city's routine curbside solid waste and recycling collection, with the director setting…

Longmont sets exact curbside spacing, weight limits, and a 4 p.m.-to-8 p.m. window for putting out and pulling in collection containers.

Longmont requires a city license to operate a sexually oriented business, restricts them to the MU-E zoning district, and keeps them 1,000 feet from schools, churches, parks, homes and…

Longmont's police chief, with the city manager's approval, sets binding regulations - covering permits, response times, equipment, and storage - that every wrecker company must meet to…

Longmont requires a city license to buy, trade, sell, or accept secondhand goods on consignment, with fees, exemptions, and detailed transaction records.

Longmont requires anyone carrying on a pawnbroking business to hold a city license, post a $1,000 bond, and keep detailed transaction records for three years.

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.

Longmont bans depositing human excrement or waste in an unsanitary manner on any public or private property citywide, covering public urination and defecation as a strict-liability…

Longmont makes it unlawful to display, sell, give away, or consume marijuana in any public place, a citywide ban enforced independently of the state's own public-consumption rules.

Longmont bans carrying or drinking an open container of beer, wine or liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley or other public place, inside a parked vehicle's passenger compartment, or…

Longmont bans smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces plus three specific outdoor zones: the civic center block, the senior center/memorial building area, and the downtown…

Longmont bans riding a skateboard, motorized skateboard, bicycle, or scooter on a defined Main Street sidewalk segment; riders must dismount, with a fine up to $300.

A gathering of people engaged in loud, continuing activity between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that runs 15 minutes and is audible 25 feet away, or inside a neighbor's home, is presumed…

Longmont's solid waste code classifies used needles and syringes from home use as infectious waste, which the city excludes from routine curbside pickup: residents can't bag sharps…

Longmont bans letting garbage, rubbish or trash pile up on any property, improved or vacant, where it could feed or shelter rats, and requires stacked lumber or containers to sit on…

Longmont's traffic code bars drivers from stopping, standing, or parking in any area marked with a bicycle lane, one of a list of specific places where stopping is prohibited citywide.

Longmont runs an automated vehicle identification system that photo-cites red-light-signal violations and speeding in school zones, residential streets, and 13 named corridors.

Longmont's traffic code defines electric-assisted bicycles by three classes based on motor assistance and top assisted speed, tracking Colorado's statewide e-bike classification.

Boulder County bars electric and low-powered scooters from all Parks & Open Space areas unless a specific area is designated and posted to allow them, under Rule 9(a) of its Rules and…

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…

Block parties on Longmont streets count as special events, so organizers need a city permit before setting up barricades, tables, or other displays.

Longmont park shelters run first-come, first-served, but Longmont Municipal Code § 13.20.070 requires a reservation whenever a gathering will draw 15 or more people or use the shelter…

Anyone parading, marching or holding a similar performance on a Longmont street, highway or public place needs a written parade permit from the police chief under Municipal Code §…

Longmont restaurants and cafes that want to put tables, chairs or other customer seating on the public sidewalk need a business-extension permit under Longmont Municipal Code §…

Selling goods at a Longmont street fair, sidewalk sale or festival requires a special-event permit, and sidewalk sales are capped at one per person or group each month.

Longmont bans marijuana cultivation, product manufacturing, and testing facilities citywide, carving out one narrow exception: state- and city-licensed marijuana stores operating under…

Longmont bars a licensed marijuana store, hospitality business, or dual-use center from opening, or moving to, any site within 250 feet of a residentially zoned area or within 1,000…

Colorado constitutionally permits adults to grow marijuana at home but caps the total plants per residential property regardless of how many adults live there, preempting higher local…

Construction disturbing one acre or more in Longmont requires a stormwater construction activity permit, with a site plan showing erosion and sediment control measures, before any…

Longmont requires new and substantially improved residential structures in mapped flood zones to elevate the lowest floor one foot above the base flood elevation, certified by a…

Longmont bans any non-stormwater discharge into its municipal storm sewer system, covering hazardous chemicals, construction runoff and other pollutants, with narrow listed exemptions…

Longmont Municipal Code section 20.12.030 requires a floodplain development permit before any building, fill, or land-use change proceeds within a special flood hazard area. The…

Landlords in Longmont must supply heat to every rented unit from September 1 through May 1 under the city's amended International Property Maintenance Code. Longmont Municipal Code §…

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 HB23-1171 created a statewide for-cause eviction standard requiring landlords to cite specific statutory grounds, such as nonpayment or lease violations, before terminating…

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…

Colorado prohibits rent control statewide. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-301 declares rent control a matter of statewide concern and bars any county or municipality from enacting an…

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…

Longmont makes it a violation to solicit door-to-door at a private residence that has a "No Solicitors" or "No Soliciting" sign conspicuously posted. A companion rule bars any…

Camping in a Longmont park, parkway, open space or other city property without a permit is unlawful under Municipal Code § 10.24.120, and camping on private property requires the…

Minors under 18 can't be in a Longmont street, alley, park, playground, schoolyard or other public area between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, or between midnight and 5…

Longmont's community parks, breezeways and microplazas close nightly and reopen daily under Longmont Municipal Code § 13.20.090: public use runs 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Neighborhood…

Starting January 1, 2026, Longmont's land development code bars new landscape plans from installing nonfunctional turf, nonfunctional artificial turf and invasive plant species…

Longmont requires every new or replacement outdoor light fixture to be full cutoff, keeping light from escaping above the fixture, under Municipal Code § 15.05.140.G.2. Small fixtures…

Longmont caps how much light can spill onto a neighboring residential lot, greenway or natural area at 0.1 footcandles at the property line under Municipal Code § 15.05.140.G.7…

Anyone flying a drone within five miles of Longmont's Vance Brand Municipal Airport must comply with all applicable legal requirements, which under Longmont Municipal Code §…

Taking off, landing, or operating a drone anywhere on Boulder County Parks & Open Space land is illegal without the Director's written permission under Rule 24(d) of Resolution No…

Commercial drone operations in Colorado are governed almost entirely by FAA Part 107, with limited state additions covering wildlife, critical infrastructure, and privacy that apply…

Longmont's Land Development Code sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district in the master dimensional table at Municipal Code Section 15.03.070, Table 15.03.020(14), which controls…

In Longmont's R-SF single-family district, Table 15.03.020(2) of the Land Development Code caps building height at 35 feet. Section 15.03.080.D measures that height from the average…

Rather than a flat lot-coverage percentage, unincorporated Boulder County caps Residential Floor Area per parcel, generally the larger of the neighborhood median or a set…

Longmont requires deciduous canopy trees planted in the tree lawn or a tree grate along local and collector street rights-of-way at a rate of one tree for every 40 linear feet, inside…

Longmont declares ragweed, thistle, knapweed, bindweed, dandelion and any state-listed Type A, B or C noxious weed a public nuisance on any lot in the city, and § 9.32.010 requires the…

Longmont limits garage sales to three consecutive days, and no more than 12 total days in any 12-month period, at the same residential location.

Longmont gives owners, managers, tenants of an entire premises, and adult occupants of single-family homes 24 hours after snow or ice stops falling to clear the abutting public…

Longmont expands the International Property Maintenance Code's dangerous-structure criteria with local additions covering structural failure risk, wracked or buckled walls, and…

Once Longmont's city inspector finds evidence of rat infestation on a vacant lot, vacant building or occupied residence, § 9.16.080 requires the owner or occupant to eradicate the rats…

Longmont requires developers to file a declaration of covenants and restrictions before a property owners' association can take over common areas, and to prove the association is…

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…

C.R.S. § 38-33.3-302 lets a Colorado association enforce covenants and 'levy reasonable fines' only 'after notice and an opportunity to be heard.' Architectural and landscaping…

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…

Longmont lets residential and mixed-use developments that include at least 12 percent affordable rental or ownership housing add up to 25 percent more dwelling units than the base…

Inside Longmont's Downtown Development Authority area, the city-adopted Downtown Sign Design Standards (Appendix A) supplement the citywide sign code, and no sign permit issues there…

Longmont requires a mobile retail food vending permit for food trucks and pushcarts, valid for one year, with operators carrying $1 million liability insurance when working on public…

Longmont limits mobile food trucks and pushcarts to nonresidential zoning districts and requires them to sit at least 250 feet from any restaurant unless nearby restaurant owners give…

Longmont requires a permit for mobile retail food vendors and pushcarts, restricts them to nonresidential zoning districts, and keeps them at least 250 feet from any restaurant unless…

Longmont's sign code flatly prohibits inflatable signs -- balloons, inflatable figures, and similar fluttering or revolving devices -- with no seasonal or temporary-permit exception…

Longmont exempts window signs from a sign permit, but caps them at 25% of a window opening, or 50% of any single panel if the window is divided into multiple panels.

Longmont allows digital/electronic message signs only as part of a freestanding monument sign in specific mixed-use and industrial zoning districts, capped at half the sign area…

Boulder County's Land Use Code (Article 13) does not exempt garage-sale signs generally; temporary signs must meet the zoning district's size and setback rules and may never be placed…

In unincorporated Boulder County, political and other noncommercial signs are allowed anywhere a commercial sign is allowed and are regulated content-neutrally under the Land Use Code…

Gas and charcoal grills are legal in unincorporated Boulder County when no fire ban is in effect, but the ordinance classifies charcoal and wood-pellet grill fires as "Open Fires."…

Boulder County Parks & Open Space bans campfires outright and allows charcoal fires only in grills or fireplaces the department provides, or in a visitor's own portable grill or stove…

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'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'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.

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.

This is a statewide protection against private restrictions, not a local mandate: Colorado voids any deed, contract, or HOA covenant blocking a renewable energy device wherever one…

Colorado caps solar permit fees and prohibits restrictions on solar access easements. The law preempts local efforts to block residential solar installations across all Colorado.

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…