Pueblo, CO

Pueblo holds construction projects to industrial-zone decibel limits, 80 db(A) daytime, 75 db(A) at night, for as long as the construction permit runs, under § 11-1-607(d)(5).

Pueblo caps motor vehicle sound at 80-88 db(A) by vehicle class, measured 25 feet away, and requires every vehicle to run a properly maintained muffler under § 11-1-607(e).

Pueblo bans loud or unreasonable noise that disturbs the peace of any residence or neighborhood between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., prosecuted as disorderly conduct under the General…

Aircraft operators at Pueblo Memorial Airport must comply with all noise abatement procedures and policies set by the Airport Manager, who can adopt new temporary or permanent…

Pueblo caps outdoor sound at the property line by zone and time of day, from 50 db(A) at night in residential areas up to 80 db(A) daytime in industrial zones under § 11-1-607.

Pueblo bans running a radio, amplifier or loudspeaker within 300 feet of a home if it's audible 25 feet from the curb, treating it as disorderly conduct.

Pueblo Municipal Code § 11-4-31(b) presumes a nuisance when a dog barks, whines, or howls continuously for more than 10 minutes, or intermittently for more than an hour, audible 25…

Pueblo has no breed ban: dogs are declared 'dangerous' or 'potentially dangerous' based on bite history and behavior, triggering mandatory muzzling, six-foot escape-proof enclosures…

Only a City-appointed Feral Cat Colony Manager may legally feed a feral cat or colony in Pueblo, Colorado: anyone else doing so commits a Class 2 municipal offense.

Pueblo caps residential flocks at 10 standard or 10 bantam chickens over 4 months old, requires coops 8 to 50 feet from property lines and neighboring homes, and limits pet-kept fowl…

Pueblo exempts honeybees from its wild-animal nuisance ban only up to two beehives per property, with each hive capped at one colony and one queen.

Pueblo caps households at four dogs, four cats, or eight animals total: beyond that you need a kennel, cattery, or multiple animal license from the Health Department.

Pueblo doesn't require pet owners citywide to alter their animals, but under § 11-4-16(c) any animal adopted from the Pueblo Animal Shelter must be spayed or neutered before release…

Pueblo bans keeping wild animals, venomous snakes, and constricting snakes over 12 feet as pets citywide, plus livestock like hogs, sheep, horses, cattle, and goats, outside a public…

Pueblo Municipal Code § 11-4-15(a) makes it a strict-liability offense to let a dog or other animal, except cats, run at large, meaning off the owner's property and not under leash…

Colorado prohibits feeding big game wildlife including deer, elk, and bears under Parks and Wildlife regulations. The ban applies statewide and preempts permissive local practices.

Pueblo allows a home-based business only as a conditional use run by residents themselves, capped at 25% of the home's floor area, with no customers, signage, or outside employees…

Pueblo requires a Conditional Use Permit for a licensed home child care business, plus a state Home Child Care permit, a city business license, and on-site parking before you can care…

Colorado lets you bake, jar and dehydrate for sale out of your own kitchen with no license, no plan review and no routine inspection. C.R.S. § 25-4-1614, the Colorado Cottage Foods…

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…

Pueblo requires bed and breakfast homes to have working smoke alarms on every floor, verified through periodic Fire Department and Health Department inspections tied to the home's…

Pueblo bans possessing, selling or using fireworks citywide; only a narrow class of novelty items the code excludes from the fireworks definition may be sold, and only with a City…

Pueblo's open-burning ban does not apply to recreational fires or to portable outdoor fireplaces used the way the International Fire Code requires, so a backyard fire pit is allowed…

Pueblo bans burning rubbish, trash, wood or other combustible material on any property or adjacent street or alley, and the Fire Chief can impose a citywide burn ban whenever…

Colorado adopts NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code by reference under CRS 8-20-232, applying uniform propane storage, container, and installation rules to all jurisdictions statewide.

Colorado's Wildfire Resiliency Code Board, created by SB23-166 and codified at C.R.S. 24-33.5-1236, adopts minimum statewide wildfire-resiliency building and defensible-space codes…

In Pueblo's Residential Charter Neighborhood (RCN) zone, fences, walls and hedges are capped at 4 feet in the front yard and 6 feet elsewhere, and corner-lot fences must still clear…

Colorado is a fence-out state: when two owners' agricultural or grazing lands adjoin, each must build and maintain half of the boundary line fence at joint cost. Ignore a neighbor's…

Pueblo prohibits "topping" trees and requires 15 feet of clearance over roadways and 8 feet over sidewalks for any tree overhanging a public way, enforced under the city's tree-care…

Pueblo's landscape performance standard encourages using native, drought-resistant nursery stock in required plantings, though builders can choose other approved species from the…

Pueblo's water utility code bars letting lawn or garden sprinkling waste water or run off onto neighboring property, sidewalks or streets, with no set watering days or hours specified.

Pueblo landowners must cut, destroy, or remove weeds, grass, brush, or other rank vegetation once it exceeds ten inches in height, under the city's weed-abatement chapter.

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…

Pueblo caps detached accessory buildings like sheds at 15% of the lot or 1,500 square feet, whichever is less, and lets one-story structures 16 feet or shorter sit as close as 5 feet…

Pueblo requires lot owners to prove they occupy the property before building or converting an accessory dwelling unit, using a utility bill, medical bill, mail, or bank statement dated…

Pueblo allows one accessory dwelling unit by right on any lot zoned for a one-family residence, including qualifying PUDs, but caps its size at 800 square feet or the size of the main…

Colorado defines a tiny home as a chassis-mounted dwelling of 400 square feet or less built for long-term residency, and regulates its manufacture, sale, and installation statewide…

Vehicles other than licensed trucks can't stop in a marked freight curb loading zone in Pueblo without a permit, and even permitted loading stops are capped at 15 minutes.

Leaving a vehicle sitting more than 48 hours on a Pueblo street, public lot, or private property without the owner's consent makes it "abandoned" and unlawful under the city's…

Pueblo requires every residential off-street parking space and driveway to be permanent and paved with asphalt concrete, Portland cement concrete, pavers or an equivalent material…

Pueblo bars boats, travel trailers and other major recreational equipment from sitting on any street except to load or unload, and forbids storing or living in them on a residential…

Pueblo bans any vehicle rated over one ton, dump trucks, semis, tow trucks and similar commercial equipment, from residential zones and A-3/A-4 lots, except while loading, unloading or…

Colorado law prohibits HOAs and common-interest communities from banning electric vehicle charging stations and protects owners' rights to install them on their property.

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…

An above-ground pool skips Pueblo's building permit only if it's prefabricated, installed entirely above ground, and accessory to a Group R-3 residential property: all three at once.

Pueblo treats hot tubs and spas the same as pools: any unit holding more than 24 inches of water needs a 48-inch barrier, unless it has an ASTM-rated locking safety cover or sits above…

Colorado requires short-term rental operators to collect 2.9 percent state sales tax plus any local lodging taxes, with marketplace facilitators like Airbnb collecting on behalf of…

In Pueblo's Commercial Charter Neighborhood district, window signs can cover only 20% of the window they're mounted on, with a separate cap on combined wall-and-window signage per…

In Pueblo, a sign in a commercial or industrial zone next to the state highway system needs a separate CDOT sign permit: the city code never overrides Colorado's own highway…

Pueblo caps electronic message signs at 10,000 NITs by day and 5,000 by night, bans them within 100 feet of homes, and allows only one per property in eight commercial and industrial…

Colorado state law prohibits homeowner associations from banning political signs on member property during election periods, preempting any conflicting HOA covenants statewide.

Massage parlors in Pueblo, Colorado must be licensed through the City's Liquor Administrative Hearing Officer under the state Colorado Massage Parlor Code before they can legally…

Selling tobacco or vape products anywhere in Pueblo requires a City tobacco product retailer license, $500 to start, $400 to renew each year, and operating without one is a Class 1…

Pueblo keeps adult entertainment uses at least 500 feet from homes, schools, churches and parks, bars them within 1,000 feet of each other, and confines them to the B-4 and BP zone…

Secondhand dealers in Pueblo must hold an annual $50 City license, log every purchase and trade, and forward records to police within 72 hours under Sec. 9-10-65 and 9-10-66.

Pawnbrokers in Pueblo must hold a City license costing $100 a year, post a $1,000 bond, keep detailed transaction books open to police, and stay closed overnight Saturday into Monday.

Pueblo has no municipal trash pickup: property owners and occupants must arrange removal of trash and debris at least every seven days through a City-licensed private hauler, per…

Dumping trash, litter, or garbage anywhere in Pueblo other than a licensed disposal or recycling facility is a Class 1 municipal offense carrying a mandatory $1,000 fine.

In Pueblo, collecting or hauling trash, litter, or garbage on residential streets is banned before 6:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., keeping early or late pickup noise out of neighborhoods.

Pueblo runs a paid clean-up program for items commonly dumped illegally: residents can drop off large or bulky items for $10.00 each, or $1.00 per tire, instead of illegally disposing…

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…

Pueblo bars planting cottonwood, box-elder, fruit-bearing mulberry, Russian olive, tamarisk and tree of heaven in any public place, with a narrow exception for river restoration…

Pueblo bars merchants from displaying goods on the sidewalk beyond their property line, and caps delivery clutter on sidewalks to a 6-foot clear path for pedestrians, removable within…

Pueblo puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property's owner or agent: once the Director of Public Works gives notice a walk is out of repair, they have 30 days to fix it.

Pueblo taxes hotel, motel, and short-term lodging stays at 4.3% of the room charge under the city's Lodger's Tax, collected by the operator and remitted to the Director of Finance.

Pueblo requires a City license to run a shared scooter fleet, sets a minimum rider age of 18, bans riding on sidewalks and walkways, and caps top speed at 15 mph under Sec. 9-9-67.

Pueblo allows e-bikes and scooters on park sidewalks, paths and the river trail but not on grass, caps their speed at 20 mph, and requires a Director permit specifically for…

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…

Pueblo requires whoever occupies or owns property abutting a sidewalk to clear overnight snow and ice by 8:00 a.m., and daytime snow within two hours of it stopping.

Pueblo orders inspection and abatement of any building found dangerous, dilapidated or unsanitary, treating it as a public nuisance under the Unsafe Structures chapter.

Pueblo requires a City license for any circus, carnival, or outdoor exhibition: a $250 fee, an approved security plan, $500,000 liability insurance, and 100 off-street parking spaces…

Organizing a parade anywhere in Pueblo requires a permit from the Chief of Police, filed at least 30 days ahead with a $150 application fee.

Pueblo requires a revocable, City Council-approved permit before selling food or drink from a sidewalk cafe, with a mandatory four-foot pedestrian clear zone and a $50 annual fee.

Pueblo requires a Parks and Recreation Director permit for any park gathering, procession, tournament or exhibition expected to draw 25 or more people, plus for ball fields…

Pueblo confines mobile food units to zone districts where the use is approved and bars them within 100 feet of any park or restaurant unless the park department authorizes an exception.

Pueblo requires a permit before anyone sells or displays goods, food, or services on a street, alley, or sidewalk, applied for at least ten days ahead and limited to two sales a year.

Pueblo mobile food units need a city business license, must serve pedestrians only with no drive-thru, and can't park within 100 feet of a park or a restaurant.

Pueblo declares the creation, establishment, operation or participation in a needle-exchange 'syringe services program' within city limits a nuisance under its General Offense Code.

Pueblo classifies manure, feces or organic matter that attracts insects or rodents as a public nuisance the Health Officer can order removed within 24 hours.

Pueblo bans urinating or defecating in any public building, street, alley, sidewalk, park or golf course outside a designated toilet facility.

Riding a skateboard on a sidewalk anywhere in Pueblo's business districts is illegal outright, and skaters must also obey posted no-skateboarding signs and yield to pedestrians…

Pueblo bars adults from carrying or drinking alcohol in an open container in any public place or inside a vehicle in public, and bars anyone under 21 from possessing alcohol at all.

Pueblo makes it unlawful to loiter in a way that obstructs public streets, sidewalks or facility entrances, or that would make a reasonable passerby feel afraid, harassed or…

Smoking, consuming, or using marijuana in public in Pueblo, Colorado is a Class 1 municipal offense, unless you're on private residential property with the owner's permission and set…

Pueblo caps spillover light at 0.1 foot-candle measured 20 feet past the property line, defining light trespass as light shining beyond a lot's boundaries.

Pueblo requires full cut-off fixtures and bans uplighting citywide to cut sky glow, with narrow carve-outs for monument signs and accents.

Pueblo requires developers of sites disturbing an acre or more to build permanent stormwater quality best management practices under the City's Stormwater Utility Ordinance.

Pueblo requires owners and operators of construction sites disturbing an acre or more to run erosion and sediment control BMPs through final site stabilization.

Pueblo requires a Floodplain Development Permit for any construction in FEMA-mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas within city limits.

Pueblo requires new and substantially improved buildings in flood zones to sit at least 1 foot above base flood elevation.

Running a standby generator in Pueblo for non-emergency purposes caps out at 70 decibels at the property line, 80 in industrial and S-1 zones, with no discernible vibration allowed.

Renovating an existing Pueblo building beyond 25% of its replacement cost triggers full compliance with the current fire code, not just the rules in force when the building was…

Under Pueblo's Dangerous Buildings Code, the Building Official, the Fire Chief, and the Health Director are each authorized to inspect structures and take enforcement action to abate…

Pueblo enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code and ICC Electrical Code Administrative Provisions for all wiring work, with permits issued and inspected by the Southern Colorado…

Pueblo strikes the IRC's mandatory fire sprinkler rule for one- and two-family homes and narrows the townhouse sprinkler exception to buildings of four or fewer units.

Pueblo adopts the Colorado Plumbing Code, including IPC and IRC plumbing provisions, and requires a permit for water, sewer and drain work inspected by the Southern Colorado Building…

Pueblo bans planting or spacing street trees in any public place except as set by the Parks Director's specifications, covering parkways, streets and sidewalks citywide.

Pueblo limits residential structures in the R-1 Single-Family District to a maximum building height of thirty-five feet under the Title XVII Schedule of District Regulations.

Pueblo caps building coverage at 50 percent of the lot in its R-1 Single-Family Residential zoning district under the Title XVII schedule of district regulations.

In Pueblo's Residential Charter Neighborhood (RCN) District, the front yard setback isn't a fixed number -- it matches the average of existing building setbacks on the block.

Pueblo's citywide open-burning ban exempts fires used to cook food outdoors, so a backyard smoker, grill, or fire pit used for cooking is lawful without a burn permit.

A Pueblo retail marijuana store must sit at least 1,000 feet from an operating school, 500 feet from a hospital or substance-abuse treatment center, and 300 feet from any residential…

Pueblo keeps medical marijuana centers at least 1,000 feet from schools and childcare centers, 500 feet from I-25 or a hospital, and 250 feet from Highway 50A or a residential zone.

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…

Pueblo requires a $2 permit for casual sales like garage and patio sales, capped at two permits per address per year and 48 hours each.

Exterior work on any building in Pueblo's Historic Business district needs Historic Preservation Commission review and a written certificate of compliance before a building permit can…

Pueblo requires anyone peddling goods or soliciting orders door-to-door to get a City license first, backed by a sworn application and a police background check before they can knock…

A posted no-soliciting sign alone generally is not enough for criminal trespass in Colorado. Under C.R.S. 18-4-503, second-degree criminal trespass of residential premises requires…

Pueblo's Historic Preservation Commission can designate buildings, objects, monuments, structures, or sites as Landmarks or Historic Districts under Chapter 14, triggering design…

Pueblo closes every city park from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Anyone found inside during those hours commits a Class 2 municipal offense unless the Parks and Recreation Director issued a…

Pueblo bans anyone under 18 from loitering in public or semi-public spaces from 10 p.m. (Sun–Thu) or 11:59 p.m. (Fri–Sat) until 6 a.m., unless with a parent or guardian.

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…

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 law entitles any unit owner in a common interest community to examine and copy the association's records without stating a reason. C.R.S. § 38-33.3-317 bars boards from…

C.R.S. § 38-33.3-302 lets a Colorado association enforce covenants and 'levy reasonable fines' only 'after notice and an opportunity to be heard.' Architectural and landscaping…

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…

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'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.

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.

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…

Colorado caps solar permit fees and prohibits restrictions on solar access easements. The law preempts local efforts to block residential solar installations across all Colorado.

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…