Littleton, CO Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

City Code title 7, chapter 1, adopted by Ordinance 20, Series of 2024, declares a set of specific nuisances. Section 7-1-3(F), General Property Standards, makes it unlawful and a nuisance for anyone who owns, leases, occupies, manages, possesses or maintains property to keep it in violation of Title 4, Building Regulations, which in turn adopts the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code and the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings at section 4-1-1. Section 7-1-3(A) separately targets accumulated junk, rubbish and debris, defined broadly to include scrap building materials, discarded furniture and appliances, and inoperable or dismantled machinery and vehicles, declaring the policy that such accumulation attracts pests, endangers public health and erodes neighborhood quality; it is unlawful to deposit, store or abandon that material on private or public property unless the area is specifically zoned for it and meets fencing and setback rules.

Once the City finds a nuisance, section 7-1-6 requires a written notice describing the property and violation, posted on the property, with at least 10 days to make repairs and a right to appeal to Title 1, Chapter 20, Administrative Hearings within 7 days of receipt. If the owner does not abate within that window, section 7-1-7 lets the City abate the nuisance itself and bill the responsible party, and section 7-1-8 lays out an enforcement ladder running from a warning notice, to a voluntary abatement agreement, to a municipal court summons, to administrative civil penalties that escalate with repeat violations of the same standard within 12 months.