Loveland, CO Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Chronic nuisance trigger
- 2+ notices in 60 days or 5+ in 12 months
- Abatement plan deadline
- 10 calendar days to respond
- Health hazard cleanup deadline
- 24 hours
- Weed/refuse cleanup deadline
- 10 days
- Unpaid assessment becomes lien
- 30 days plus 10-day notice
- Appeal window
- 20 days to City Manager
Summary
Loveland can declare a property a "chronic nuisance property" after code enforcement issues two or more Notice and Order to Abate actions within 60 days, or five within 12 months, or when nuisance activity occurs on an abandoned property. Owners get 10 calendar days to negotiate a written abatement plan before the City can abate the property itself and bill the owner.
A.Violation. Any owner of property within the City which is determined by the City to be a chronic nuisance property is in violation of this Title and subject to its remedies. B.Determination of chronic nuisance property. An enforcement officer may determine that a property is a chronic nuisance property as defined in this Title... d.A demand that the owner of such property respond to the enforcement officer within ten calendar days of service of the notice to create a plan for abatement; and e.A statement explaining that if the owner of the property does not respond to the enforcement officer, or if the matter is not voluntarily corrected to the satisfaction of the enforcement officer, the City may file an action to abate the property as a chronic nuisance property pursuant to this chapter and/or take other action against the property or owner, including the issuance of a summons and complaint into the Loveland Municipal Court.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
Title 16 of the Loveland Municipal Code governs blighted and nuisance properties citywide. 040, a "chronic nuisance property" is one for which enforcement officers have issued a Notice and Order to Abate on two or more occasions during any 60-day period, on five or more occasions during any 12-month period, or any abandoned property where nuisance activity exists. 010 requires written notice identifying the property, describing the nuisance activity, and warning that the owner may face penalties. 010(D), specifying the corrective action and a completion deadline; the officer may inspect the property to confirm compliance.
020). 050 lets the City Manager enter the property, abate the nuisance directly, and assess the full cost plus a ten percent inspection surcharge against the land. 50 after a further ten-day notice period. 060).
Violations & Fines
A chronic nuisance determination and unresolved Notice and Order to Abate are enforceable as misdemeanors under the Municipal Code's general penalty, § 1.12.010: a fine up to the statutory maximum under C.R.S. § 13-10-113, up to 364 days in jail, or both, with each day of continued violation a separate offense plus a $15.00 court surcharge. Unpaid abatement costs become a property lien under Chapter 3.50 after the 30-day and follow-up ten-day notice periods lapse.
Frequently Asked Questions
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