Public Health Rules in Colorado (2026)
23 rules on the books across Colorado, 17 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Rodent Control
Property owner duties to abate rats and mice, restrictions on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (CA AB-1788), and integrated-pest-management standards.
Denver
Significant RestrictionsDenver requires every building, occupied or vacant, to be ratproofed and kept free of rats, with the health department…
Read full rule →Arvada
Some RestrictionsArvada requires every structure to be kept free of insect and rodent infestation. Once a structure is found infested…
Read full rule →Aurora
Some RestrictionsAurora's Health and Housing Code makes owners and occupants jointly responsible for keeping dwellings insect- and…
Read full rule →Boulder
Some RestrictionsBoulder Municipal Code section 6-5-3 makes every building owner and occupant responsible for rat-proofing their…
Read full rule →Colorado Springs
Some RestrictionsCity Code Section 6.12.404 requires every dwelling owner in Colorado Springs to keep the premises free of insects…
Read full rule →El Paso County
Some RestrictionsEl Paso County requires salvage yards and auto recycling facilities to submit vector and mosquito control plans…
Read full rule →Fort Collins
Some RestrictionsFort Collins requires every structure and exterior property to stay free of rodent harborage under Section 302.5 of its…
Read full rule →Greeley
Some RestrictionsGreeley property owners, tenants and agents may not let land become infested with prairie dogs, legally defined as more…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsLakewood makes property owners responsible for exterminating any rodent infestation caused by a failure to keep the…
Read full rule →Littleton
Some RestrictionsLittleton's nuisance code makes it unlawful to accumulate junk, rubbish or debris on any property because that…
Read full rule →Longmont
Some RestrictionsLongmont bans letting garbage, rubbish or trash pile up on any property, improved or vacant, where it could feed or…
Read full rule →Loveland
Some RestrictionsLoveland bans keeping premises infested with rats or mice, or leaving uncovered garbage that could attract them…
Read full rule →Manitou Springs
Some RestrictionsOwners and occupants of every Manitou Springs dwelling unit must keep it in insect, pest, and wildlife-resistant…
Read full rule →Mesa County
Some RestrictionsMesa County's Infestation and Rodent Harborage Code requires every dwelling and its premises to be kept rodent- and…
Read full rule →Pueblo
Some RestrictionsPueblo classifies manure, feces or organic matter that attracts insects or rodents as a public nuisance the Health…
Read full rule →Thornton
Some RestrictionsIn the South Thornton Urban Renewal Authority area, City Code Section 10-258 requires all non-residential structures to…
Read full rule →Westminster
Some RestrictionsWestminster requires household trash to be kept in a liquid-tight container with a tight-fitting cover, precisely…
Read full rule →Bed-Bug Rules
Landlord disclosure of bed-bug history, treatment-cost responsibility, and tenant duties to cooperate with treatment in California (CIV §1954.603).
Syringe Disposal
How residents must dispose of home-generated sharps (insulin syringes, EpiPens), including kiosk locations and take-back-mailer programs.
Pueblo
Heavy RestrictionsPueblo declares the creation, establishment, operation or participation in a needle-exchange 'syringe services program'…
Read full rule →Longmont
Some RestrictionsLongmont's solid waste code classifies used needles and syringes from home use as infectious waste, which the city…
Read full rule →Aurora
Light RestrictionsAurora shields syringe-exchange participants and people who disclose a needle before a search from paraphernalia…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Light RestrictionsIn Lakewood, Colorado (Jefferson County), the drug paraphernalia code exempts participants in a state-approved syringe…
Read full rule →Denver
Few RestrictionsColorado C.R.S. 25-1.5-303 authorizes municipal syringe access programs. Denver Public Health operates the SHARP needle…
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