Parker, CO

In the Town of Parker, residential and commercial swimming pool construction is governed by the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, 2021 Edition, adopted by the Town Council…

Douglas County requires every swimming pool in unincorporated areas, including Highlands Ranch, to be enclosed by a fence or wall that meets or exceeds the pool-barrier standards in…

The Town of Parker adopted the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code by reference under Chapter 11.21, applying its wildland-urban interface standards to construction, defensible…

The Town of Parker limits residential fire pits to a fuel area three feet or less in diameter and two feet or less in height, supervised by someone at least 18. The rule sits inside…

Parker caps residential propane storage at forty-pound cylinders, with no more than one hundred fifty pounds total on any residential lot. Parker Municipal Code § 11.04.050(27) amends…

The Town of Parker bars possessing, using or exploding fireworks on any vacant or public land, adopted under its home rule authority and C.R.S. § 12-28-107. Retailers must warn buyers…

The Town of Parker's Stage 1 Fire Ban makes it unlawful to build, maintain, attend or use an open fire, conduct open burning, or use fireworks anywhere in Town, including private…

Douglas County enforces the adopted International Residential and Fire Codes, which require smoke alarms in each bedroom, outside sleeping areas and on every level. Carbon monoxide…

In the Town of Parker, an unspayed or unneutered cat cannot roam at large, and any cat roaming at large without a microchip or Town ID tag may be impounded under Parker Municipal Code…

Parker Municipal Code § 9.03.060 bans owning or keeping a dangerous dog, cat or other dangerous domestic animal by behavior, not breed: a dog qualifies if it inflicts injury or is…

The Town of Parker bars livestock and fowl, including crowing roosters, unless the keeper follows zoning and use rules, and any permitted fowl enclosure must sit at least 200 feet from…

In the Town of Parker, a dog must stay on the owner's property unless leashed on a cord or chain no more than 30 feet long, confined in a vehicle, or inside a posted dog-leash-optional…

The Town of Parker caps household pets at four animals over six months old per residential unit under Parker Municipal Code § 9.05.010, and bars kennels, boarding facilities or…

The Town of Parker outright bans owning, possessing or trafficking in named wild and exotic species, from venomous animals and non-house-cat felines to bears, wolf-type canines and…

In the Town of Parker, Colorado, it is unlawful to willfully and unnecessarily shoot, capture, harass, injure or destroy any wild bird or animal, or to disturb a wild bird's nest, eggs…

The Town of Parker limits backyard beekeeping by lot size under Municipal Code Section 9.05.060, capping colonies at two on smaller residential lots and requiring a five-foot setback…

Parker's LDO requires veterinary clinics and hospitals to keep outdoor animal-care buildings and areas at least 150 feet from an abutting residentially zoned property line under…

Parker requires every dog or cat over six months old to be spayed or neutered under Municipal Code Section 9.06.090, with medical and short-term visitor exemptions. A first violation…

The Town of Parker requires every dog and cat to carry visible identification at all times, either a collar tag or an implanted microchip, under Municipal Code Section 9.06.010…

Douglas County has no separate wildlife-feeding ordinance, but Colorado state law makes it unlawful to place food in the open to lure a wild bear. Given the county's foothills…

The Town of Parker declares persistent or habitual barking, howling or yelping that disturbs a person or neighborhood a public nuisance under Parker Municipal Code § 9.03.040. Barking…

The Town of Parker caps outdoor sound at 55 dB(A) in residential areas from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 50 dB(A) overnight, measured 25 feet from the property line. Commercial and mixed-use…

In the Town of Parker, outdoor loudspeakers and public address systems may not run between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in residential or commercial areas, or between 10:00 p.m. and 10:00…

Construction, drilling and demolition equipment may not run in the Town of Parker between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays. Weekend and holiday cutoffs are tighter still under…

Parker's Land Development Ordinance directs development around area airports to minimize residential exposure to critical and uncontrollable aircraft noise, applies height limits…

Douglas County has no leaf-blower ban. Instead, Section 17A excludes routine property maintenance from the noise limits, but only between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Outside those hours…

Douglas County's Section 17A excludes motor vehicles, motorcycles, off-highway vehicles and snowmobiles from its noise limits. Loud vehicles are instead governed by Colorado's state…

In unincorporated Douglas County (including Highlands Ranch), residential and agricultural zones may not exceed 55 dB(A) from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., dropping to 50 dB(A) overnight…

Once the Town posts a street as a snow route, Parker Municipal Code Section 7.01.040 bars parking or leaving a vehicle unattended there whenever snow, sleet or ice covers the road, or…

Parker Municipal Code Section 7.02.080 bans parking any truck-tractor, semitrailer, trailer or vehicle over 6,000 pounds empty weight or 22 feet long on a public street inside a zoned…

Parker Municipal Code Section 7.02.080(3) limits how long an RV, camper or boat trailer over 22 feet can sit on a public street inside a residential zone: no more than 48 hours in any…

Parker Municipal Code Chapter 7.04 bans leaving any abandoned or inoperable vehicle on a street, public parking lot or private property in the Town. A vehicle not in operating…

The Town of Parker allows Level 1 and Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations as an accessory use to any permitted principal use in every zoning district, counting them toward…

Parker requires every off-street loading zone, emergency lane, and non-parking vehicle space to be clearly delineated apart from striped parking spaces, and requires multifamily and…

Castle Rock requires all vehicles, including boats, trailers and RVs, to be parked on a driveway, parking lot or other improved surface; parking on grass or dirt is not allowed…

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…

Parker's Municipal Code caps brush and grass on developed residential and commercial lots at twelve inches, and Neighborhood Services can fine owners $50 for a first weed-control…

Parker's nuisance code bars tree and shrub branches from blocking safe travel on a street or alley, hanging lower than eight feet over a public sidewalk, or obstructing a driver's view…

In the Town of Parker, no one may remove, damage or destroy a Significant Tree or Significant Vegetation without following Section 13.08.090(l) of the Land Development Ordinance, and a…

Colorado has no statewide homeowner watering ban; your water provider sets the schedule. Castle Rock Water allows outdoor watering every third day before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m., May…

Colorado encourages xeriscape and native landscaping, and state law bars HOAs from banning xeriscape or drought-tolerant plants on yards a homeowner maintains. Douglas County and its…

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…

A tiny home built to the state's certified program, no larger than four hundred square feet, permanently on a chassis and connected to public water and sewer, qualifies as a…

The Town of Parker prohibits accessory dwelling units in every zoning district. Town Council reaffirmed the ban on May 5, 2025 by rejecting the state ADU mandate in House Bill 24-1152…

Sheds, detached garages, and other accessory structures in the Town of Parker cannot together exceed 25 percent of the principal building's footprint, must comply with the zoning…

Douglas County has no garage-conversion-specific ordinance, but converting a garage to habitable or separate living space requires a building permit, must meet the building code, and…

Retaining walls in the Town of Parker are capped at six feet on residential, Public, Institutional, Civic or Commercial lots and eight feet on Industrial lots under the Land…

In the Town of Parker, residential fences and walls are capped at six feet under the Land Development Ordinance, dropping to forty-two inches in front of the house. Corner lots carry…

The Town of Parker requires a Building Permit before installing any fence or freestanding wall taller than six feet, or a retaining wall over four feet, under its Land Development…

The Town of Parker bans electrically charged wire, concertina wire, razor wire and similar security barriers from fences and walls under its Land Development Ordinance. Chain-link and…

Douglas County does not force neighbors to share fence costs. Fences may not be built in the public right-of-way but are allowed within setbacks on private land, and each landowner is…

Parker limits home occupations to no more than two customers or patrons on site at any given time under LDO Section 13.05.050(d)(6)b.5. The same operation standards cap non-resident…

Parker's LDO carves day care for adults and children out of its home occupation category entirely, regulating it as its own land use under Section 13.05.050(d)(6)a.2. A residential…

Parker allows a home occupation as a permitted accessory use under LDO Section 13.05.050(d)(6), but bars medical or dental clinics, short-term rentals, veterinary clinics, light…

Parker bars any exterior advertising for a home occupation outright under LDO Section 13.05.050(d)(6)b.2. The business must also be conducted entirely inside an enclosed building, so…

Colorado's Cottage Foods Act lets Douglas County residents sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods directly to consumers without a license or inspection, capped at $10,000 net sales…

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…

A Douglas County Short-Term Rental license lasts one calendar year, or ends immediately when the property is sold. Owners must file a full renewal application every year, resubmitting…

Douglas County charges a $500 application review fee the first year, $270 to renew, plus a $130 license fee each year. Owners must collect and remit all applicable taxes: Colorado's…

Douglas County does not require the host to sleep onsite, but every rental must name a Local Responsible Agent (which can be the owner). That agent or owner must be available 24 hours…

The STR ordinance does not set a decibel limit itself. Instead, each rental must post written good-neighbor guidelines covering noise, and general Douglas County noise rules and quiet…

Douglas County does not require a short-term rental to be the owner's primary residence, so non-owner-occupied and investment rentals are allowed. However, where a lot holds more than…

All guest vehicles and trailers at a Douglas County rental must fit on the property's permitted, approved driveway. Parking on vegetated (landscaped or natural) areas is prohibited…

For a Douglas County rental on central sewer, overnight occupancy cannot exceed two guests per bedroom. On a septic (on-site wastewater) system, occupancy cannot exceed the system's…

Douglas County sets no maximum number of nights a licensed short-term rental may operate each year. However, a home rented 14 days or fewer per calendar year, and not regularly…

Douglas County's ordinance does not require short-term rental owners to carry a specific liability insurance policy. It does make the owner strictly and non-delegably liable for full…

The Town of Parker requires a grading permit from the Engineering Department before any grading or earth movement, specifically to minimize soil erosion and sediment movement under…

Under the Town's amendments to the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, Chapter 11.21 adds Section 104.11 requiring that once wildfire-code work is finished, required defensible space…

The Town of Parker runs its own Stormwater Management Utility under Parker Municipal Code § 4.08.040, and every property owner in Town pays a monthly stormwater utility fee set in §…

The Town of Parker prohibits new buildings and habitable structures inside the designated 100-year floodplain under Land Development Ordinance § 13.08.040(a), requires a Floodplain…

In Parker's designated special flood hazard areas, new and substantially improved homes must have their lowest floor and mechanical equipment elevated at least two feet above the base…

Before an executive board of a common interest community in the Town of Parker can sue over a construction defect, Chapter 11.20 requires it to give unit owners expanded written notice…

Where a Parker common interest community's declaration locks in mandatory alternative dispute resolution for construction defect claims and bars amendment without the declarant's…

In the Town of Parker, the Land Development Ordinance applies regardless of any homeowners association covenant, and Town Council has made clear the Town will not enforce private CC&Rs…

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 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…

Chapter 12.02 of the Parker park regulations defines Class 1, 2 and 3 electrical assisted bicycles by motor cutoff speed, then allows only Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes on Town trails…

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…

Section 12.02.130 of the Parker park regulations closes all Town park lands between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., making it unlawful to enter, use or occupy a park during that window…

In the Town of Parker, minors under 18 cannot be on streets, sidewalks, parks or businesses open to the public between midnight and 5:00 a.m. without a parent, guardian or qualifying…

The Town of Parker charges a 3 percent Parker Lodging Tax on every room or accommodation rented within Town limits under Municipal Code § 4.09.040, on top of the Town's regular 3…

Every wrecker or towing operator working in Parker must register with the Town Clerk and prove Colorado PUC licensing under Parker Municipal Code Section 7.05.030, filing a current…

No sexually oriented business can operate in the Town of Parker without a Town permit under Municipal Code § 5.07.100. Applicants must also show the proposed site is at least 400 feet…

Every pawnbroker in the Town of Parker needs a Town Clerk license under Municipal Code § 5.09.020, backed by a $10,000 bond and a $2,500 annual license fee. Applicants also pay a…

The Town of Parker requires anyone operating a massage parlor to first obtain a license from the Town Clerk's Special Licensing Authority. Parlors must sit at least 750 feet from any…

The Town of Parker's Land Development Ordinance does not license tattoo studios separately; instead, Section 13.02.020 classifies tattoo parlors under the broader 'personal services…

Douglas County's home occupation rules flatly exclude motor vehicle repair and body shop work from what counts as a home business. Running a repair shop out of a house or garage in…

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.

Parker Municipal Code Section 8.02.020 makes it unlawful to willfully, negligently or recklessly place anything in a doorway, driveway, sidewalk, street or alley that obstructs it…

In the Town of Parker, anyone who builds, excavates or otherwise works in a public right-of-way, sidewalk or easement must first get a permit from the Department of Engineering under…

Parker Municipal Code Section 10.01.050 puts the duty to keep an abutting sidewalk in good, hazard-free condition on the owner, tenant or occupant of the property, but only where that…

In the Town of Parker, a street fair, festival market or any other multi-vendor event cannot open until its organizer secures one sales tax license covering every vendor under Parker…

Parker does not have a general sidewalk cafe permit; its outdoor dining rule in Municipal Code § 5.02.830 instead lets two or more liquor licensees share a single outdoor dining and…

Parker Municipal Code Section 10.08.020 makes it unlawful to hold or join a block party without a permit from the Town Administrator, because Section 10.08.010 defines any street…

Parker Municipal Code Section 10.08.010 defines a parade as any procession on a public street or right-of-way that does not follow normal traffic rules, sweeping it into the…

Anyone doing uninvited door-to-door commercial solicitation in the Town of Parker needs a Town Clerk permit and an identification badge under Municipal Code § 5.05.070. The permit…

In the Town of Parker, posting a "No Solicitation" or "No Trespassing" sign near your door legally bars every solicitor, commercial or noncommercial, under Municipal Code § 5.05.040…

Parker's Neighborhood Services division can declare a property a chronic nuisance after three or more nuisance incidents within any 60 days, or seven within a year, or when a property…

Owners of undeveloped land in the Town of Parker must not let dust, soil or sand blow off the lot onto other property, but unlike developed lots they may leave native vegetation to…

Parker Municipal Code Section 10.01.020 gives every property owner, tenant or occupant 48 hours after snow, sleet or freezing rain stops to clear the abutting sidewalk or paved trail…

Parker's Municipal Code declares junkyards, dumping grounds and littering public nuisances enforced by Neighborhood Services. A first junkyard or dumping violation draws a $100 penalty…

Multifamily and nonresidential properties in the Town of Parker must fully screen dumpsters and garbage storage areas under the Land Development Ordinance's utility, storage and…

HB22-1355 created the Colorado Producer Responsibility Program under CRS 25-17-701 requiring producers of packaging and paper to fund universal curbside recycling access for residents…

The Town of Parker prohibits cutting, trimming, spraying, removing or planting trees, shrubs and hedges on access-controlled arterials, parks and greenbelts without Neighborhood…

In the Town of Parker, every new development must install streetscape trees between the curb and sidewalk under the Land Development Ordinance. Non-Downtown zoning districts need at…

Parker's Municipal Code bars selling, importing or planting female cottonwood, Boxelder or Siberian Elm trees anywhere in Town, declaring them a public nuisance and menace to health…

On hillside lots with an average slope of fifteen to twenty percent, the Town of Parker's Land Development Ordinance caps building lot coverage at forty percent and sets an…

Parker's Land Development Ordinance sets yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Table 13.04.B. SF1 lots need a 25-foot front, 10-foot side and 15-foot rear setback; SF2 drops…

Parker caps residential building height by zoning district in Table 13.04.B. SF1 and SF2 top out at 35 feet, SF3 allows 40 feet, and MF buildings can reach 45 feet, or 60 feet with an…

The Town of Parker does not require automatic fire sprinkler systems in new one- and two-family homes. Parker Municipal Code § 11.02.050(18) deletes IRC Section R313, Automatic Fire…

Parker's residential code requires carbon monoxide alarms in dwelling units to sit within fifteen feet of the entrance to each bedroom. Parker Municipal Code § 11.02.050(19) rewrites…

The Town of Parker enforces electrical work through the 2023 National Electrical Code, adopted by reference as the Parker Electrical Code. Parker Municipal Code § 11.05.020 adopts NFPA…

Plumbing work in the Town of Parker is governed by the 2021 International Plumbing Code, adopted by reference as the Parker Plumbing Code. Parker Municipal Code § 11.07.020 adopts the…

Douglas County requires a building permit from the County Building Division before anyone erects, constructs, reconstructs, alters, or changes the use of any building or structure, or…

The Town of Parker bans urinating or defecating in a public place, or anywhere else the act is observed by someone with a legal right to be there. Parker Municipal Code § 8.07.080…

Parker Municipal Code § 8.07.030 bars loitering, loafing, wandering or standing idle in a public place in a way that obstructs streets, sidewalks or business entrances. Before anyone…

The Town of Parker bans displaying, consuming or using marijuana in any public place, or on property owned, leased or operated by the Town or the State. Parker Municipal Code §…

The Town of Parker has no separate host-liability or nuisance-party ordinance. Instead, loud or unruly gatherings are policed through the Town's general disturbing-the-peace law…

Parker Municipal Code § 8.08.010 bars possessing or consuming beer, wine or spirits in any public place, or on property owned, leased or operated by the Town or the State. It is a…

Parker Municipal Code § 8.07.110 makes it unlawful to sit, kneel, recline or lie down on a collector or arterial public right-of-way in a way that interferes with safe pedestrian…

The Town of Parker bans camping or storing property on public property without express Town authorization. Parker Municipal Code § 8.07.100 requires officers to warn a person orally…

Mobile food vendors in the Town of Parker need a Mobile Business Permit before operating in any zoning district, must carry a current Town Business and Tax License, and can only run…

Even under a Parker Stage 1 Fire Ban, Section 6.06.070 lets residents keep using gas- or liquid-fueled grills, stoves and fire pits, plus charcoal grills, tiki torches and permanent…

Gas and propane grills are allowed at homes year-round, including during Stage 1 and Stage 2 fire restrictions. Charcoal grills are allowed when supervised by a responsible adult 18 or…

The Town of Parker prohibits any restrictive covenant adopted or amended after April 1, 2003 from requiring turf grass on an individually owned lot. Section 6.05.020 of the Municipal…

The Town of Parker prohibits medical marijuana centers, retail marijuana stores, cultivation operations, manufacturing facilities, and testing facilities in every location within town…

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…

The Town of Parker lets rooftop solar equipment extend up to 7.5 feet above a district's maximum building height, and exempts solar arrays from the utility-screening requirement…

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…

The Town of Parker zones farmland under the Agricultural (AG) district in LDO Section 13.04.170, permitting general farming, livestock grazing and agriculture-related uses. AG parcels…

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.

Temporary window signs in the Town of Parker are capped at whichever is less: 25 percent of a storefront's aggregate window area, or 150 square feet, for any single occupant of a…

In the Town of Parker, holiday lighting temporarily affixed to a building or landscaping is exempt from the Sign Code, but Section 13.09.020(c)(4) caps the display at two consecutive…

The Parker Municipal Code has no garage-sale-specific sign category, so a garage sale sign is governed by the general temporary freestanding sign standards in Section 13.09.040…

Parker's Sign Code bans flashing and animated signs outright, but Section 13.09.050(c)(1) carves out an exception for changeable copy signs, the category that covers electronic message…

Douglas County bans billboards outright, county-wide, with no exceptions for freeway frontage. Any freestanding sign next to a federal, state, or major County arterial highway must…

In unincorporated Douglas County, political signs are regulated content-neutrally as temporary signs. They need no permit and, in most residential districts, you may post up to four…

Parker Municipal Code Section 6.01.220 declares it a nuisance to keep any animal enclosure, manure pile or building in a condition that draws rodents or insects. Neighborhood Services…

Section 13.08.110(e)(4) of the Parker Municipal Code caps how much light can spill onto a neighbor's land: one-half lumen per square foot at a single-family, single-family attached, or…

Section 13.08.110(e) of the Parker Municipal Code requires every outdoor light fixture in the Town, except small residential lamps and a short list of exemptions, to be full cutoff and…

Unincorporated Douglas County zoning complaints go to Planning Services, which enforces Zoning Resolution Chapter 1 under the Director's authority. Staff inspect the property, try to…

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…

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…

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 law implies a warranty of habitability in every residential lease. A landlord must respond within 24 hours to conditions that materially interfere with life, health, or…

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…

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…