Property Maintenance in Colorado (2026)

Colorado Springs aggressively enforces property blight and nuisance conditions through the Neighborhood Services…

Adams County Ordinance No. 3 makes it unlawful to store rubbish, junk, weeds, brush or inoperable vehicles outside on…

Arvada's building code declares a structure or premises dangerous, and therefore a public nuisance, if it shows any of…

Aurora, Colorado can declare a building or premises "substandard" for fire, structural, sanitation or vermin hazards…

Boulder abates blighted or nuisance properties under B.R.C. 1981 Chapter 10-2.5. A peace officer can order an owner to…

Denver classifies a property as neglected or derelict if it is unsafe, vacant and boarded up for three months…

Fort Collins Municipal Code Article IX (Sec. 20-110 et seq., general code) lets code enforcement officers declare a…

Under Chapter 8.12 of the Fountain Municipal Code, the city's code compliance officer can declare a vacant, abandoned…

Owners and agents of vacant or abandoned buildings in Greeley must secure the structure and keep it looking clean and…

Jefferson County enforces Appendix Y, "Unsafe Buildings and Structures," of its 2024 Building Code Supplements against…

Lakewood requires owners to secure or board up an abandoned building within a week, or within 24 hours if it's a…

Longmont expands the International Property Maintenance Code's dangerous-structure criteria with local additions…

Loveland can declare a property a "chronic nuisance property" after code enforcement issues two or more Notice and…

Manitou Springs requires owners of vacant or abandoned buildings to secure every door, window and gate under Municipal…

Westminster's Building Official can declare any structurally unsafe, unsanitary, fire-hazard, or improperly-occupied…

Article 14 of the Boulder County Land Use Code bans rubbish, junk, garbage and inoperable vehicles on unincorporated…

Castle Rock prohibits any accumulation of rubbish, trash or solid waste on your property. Stored vehicles must be…

Centennial's 2024 Property Maintenance Code sets minimum standards for existing residential and nonresidential…

Unincorporated Larimer County has no general property-maintenance code, but its Rubbish Ordinance makes it unlawful for…

Littleton makes it a public nuisance to let junk, rubbish or debris pile up on a property, or to keep a building out of…

Mesa County Ordinance No. 15 makes it unlawful to accumulate rubbish on any unincorporated property, adopted…

Pueblo orders inspection and abatement of any building found dangerous, dilapidated or unsanitary, treating it as a…

Thornton makes it unlawful to maintain listed blighting conditions on real property, from outdoor building-material…

There is no separate vacant-lot ordinance in unincorporated Adams County, but the same blight, weed and rubbish rules…

Arvada caps weeds and dead plant growth at 12 inches on every premises, including vacant and unimproved lots, and bans…

Aurora, Colorado caps weeds on undeveloped lots at 12 inches within 200 feet of a developed area or street, and…

Boulder requires the owner of any vacant lot, not just an occupied property, to keep trash, recyclables, and…

On residential lots of 2.5 acres or less in unincorporated Boulder County, weeds and brush over nine inches that create…

Vacant and undeveloped lots in Castle Rock must be kept clear of tall weeds and debris just like occupied properties…

Vacant lots in Colorado Springs must be maintained to prevent nuisance conditions. Owners must keep weeds and grass…

Denver requires every property owner, including owners of vacant and unimproved lots, to keep plantings weeded and…

Vacant, undeveloped land in Fort Collins gets a taller weed allowance than built lots: twelve inches instead of nine…

If Greeley clears weeds on a vacant or unimproved lot itself, the owner owes the full cost within 30 days of mailed…

Lakewood caps weeds and grass at 12 inches on vacant lots without a habitable structure, with an exemption for…

Larimer County has no property-maintenance code setting weed height or upkeep standards for vacant lots, but noxious…

Once Longmont's city inspector finds evidence of rat infestation on a vacant lot, vacant building or occupied…

Loveland bars owners and occupants whose property touches an open area, vacant lot, ditch, detention pond, storm drain…

Mesa County allows vacant nonconforming lots to be developed with any use permitted in the underlying zoning district…

Colorado's Premises Liability Act sets statewide landowner duties regarding snow and ice. Specific clearing timelines…

Arvada gives property owners and occupants 24 hours after any snowfall or ice storm ends to clear sidewalks of snow…

Aurora, Colorado requires abutting sidewalks cleared of snow and ice within 24 hours of a snowfall, with administrative…

Boulder property owners, managers, and adult occupants of detached homes, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes must…

Centennial requires non-residential property owners to clear sidewalk snow and ice within 24 hours after a storm ends…

Colorado Springs gives residential property owners 24 hours after snowfall stops to clear sidewalk snow and ice, and…

Denver property owners and occupants must clear snow and ice from adjoining sidewalks immediately after every snowfall…

Fort Collins property owners and occupants have 24 hours after snow or ice accumulates to clear the sidewalk abutting…

Greeley requires everyone, owner, agent, or tenant, to clear snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of their property…

Lakewood property owners, tenants and occupants must clear snow and ice from public sidewalks and bikeways next to…

Littleton City Code Section 7-1-3(G) requires the responsible party of every lot to clear snow and ice from the…

Longmont gives owners, managers, tenants of an entire premises, and adult occupants of single-family homes 24 hours…

Loveland property owners and occupants must clear snow and ice from sidewalks abutting their lot within 24 hours of the…

Manitou Springs property owners, occupants or agents have 24 hours after snow stops falling to clear their abutting…

Pueblo requires whoever occupies or owns property abutting a sidewalk to clear overnight snow and ice by 8:00 a.m., and…

Thornton owners, agents, and tenants must clear snow, sleet, or ice from adjoining sidewalks within 24 hours of the…

Westminster property owners must clear snow and ice from the public sidewalk abutting their land within 24 hours of the…