There is no separate vacant-lot ordinance in unincorporated Adams County, but the same blight, weed and rubbish rules apply. Owners must keep lots free of trash, junk and overgrown weeds; the county can clean a neglected lot and bill the owner under CRS 30-15-401.
Adams County does not publish a standalone vacant-lot code; instead, undeveloped and vacant parcels are held to the same environmental-blight and weed standards as occupied lots. Rubbish, junk, debris and overgrown grass, weeds and brush on a vacant lot are code-compliance violations. Colorado law, CRS 30-15-401, gives the Board of County Commissioners power to 'compel the removal of weeds and brush from lots and tracts of land within the county' and to remove rubbish, performing the work at the owner's expense if the owner fails to act. Owners of vacant unincorporated land should still control weeds and keep the parcel clean. Vacant lots inside a city follow that city's code.
Notice to the owner with a deadline to clean up; if ignored, the county may abate the weeds or rubbish itself and assess the cost against the property as a lien under CRS 30-15-401.
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