Showing ordinances that apply to Woodmoor, CO
Woodmoor is an unincorporated community (population 9,536) in El Paso County, Colorado. Because Woodmoor is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, El Paso County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The vacant lot maintenance rules below are the ones that govern your area.
El Paso County requires vacant lot owners to control noxious weeds under the Colorado Noxious Weed Act, keep vegetation under 12 inches in platted residential subdivisions, and prevent dumping. Wildfire fuel management required in designated WUI zones.
Vacant lot maintenance in El Paso County combines county code requirements, Colorado's Noxious Weed Act (C.R.S. ยง35-5.5-101 et seq.), and wildfire mitigation requirements in Wildland-Urban Interface areas. In platted residential subdivisions, vegetation (grass, weeds) must be maintained under 12 inches; enforcement typically complaint-driven. The Colorado Noxious Weed Act requires landowners to manage state and county-designated noxious weeds (Canada thistle, musk thistle, diffuse knapweed, cheatgrass, myrtle spurge, leafy spurge, common among El Paso County target list). Failure to control noxious weeds allows the County Weed Division to enter, abate, and bill landowner. Trash, debris, and illegal dumping violate the LDC with fines and removal orders. In designated Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) and high wildfire hazard zones โ applicable to western El Paso County foothill and Black Forest areas โ vacant lot owners should maintain defensible space standards even on undeveloped land (though enforcement is less strict than for occupied parcels). Black Forest and Ute Pass areas have specific wildfire mitigation expectations following the 2012 and 2013 wildfires. Vacant building registration may apply to structures on the lot.
Vegetation violation: 10-30 day notice, then $50-$500 abatement by county crew billed to owner. Noxious weed non-compliance: county may spray and lien property. Illegal dumping: $500-$5,000 per occurrence plus removal costs. Unpaid abatement: property tax lien under C.R.S. ยง30-15-401.
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