Right to Farm in Colorado (2026)
21 rules on the books across Colorado, 18 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Farm Nuisance Protection
Whether established farms are shielded from nuisance lawsuits and from local ordinances that would restrict their operations.
Colorado: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsColorado's Right to Farm Act under CRS 35-3.5-102 shields agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they…
Read full rule →Mesa County
Light RestrictionsMesa County's Land Development Code shields historical, traditional, legitimate and reasonable farm and ranch…
Read full rule →El Paso County
Few RestrictionsEl Paso County's Land Development Code recognizes Colorado's right-to-farm law, limiting when agricultural operations…
Read full rule →Loveland
Few RestrictionsLoveland's Unified Development Code exempts farms and ranches that existed before the UDC's effective date, or that…
Read full rule →Agricultural Zoning Protection
State rules that limit how cities and counties may zone or restrict agricultural land uses, including livestock and crop operations.
Fort Collins
Significant RestrictionsFort Collins doesn't operate a right-to-farm nuisance shield; instead its Transitional Land Use Code treats agriculture…
Read full rule →Westminster
Significant RestrictionsWestminster's zoning use table confines crop production, dairy farming, pasture and livestock raising to the O1 (Open)…
Read full rule →Arapahoe County
Some RestrictionsArapahoe County's A-E and A-1 agricultural zone districts exist to preserve a rural, agriculture-based economy in…
Read full rule →Aurora
Some RestrictionsAurora's Unified Development Ordinance allows agriculture by right only in the R-R Rural Residential district and a…
Read full rule →Centennial
Some RestrictionsCentennial's Residential Agriculture Overlay District lets qualifying properties keep farm animals as an accessory use…
Read full rule →Colorado Springs
Some RestrictionsColorado Springs protects agricultural land through its A: Agricultural zone district under UDC Section 7.2.201…
Read full rule →Denver
Some RestrictionsDenver's Zoning Code treats farming activities as Agricultural Primary Uses allowed only in specific zone districts…
Read full rule →Douglas County
Some RestrictionsDouglas County protects farming and ranching through its A-1 Agricultural One zone district rather than a standalone…
Read full rule →Littleton
Some RestrictionsLittleton zones agricultural land use through its Acreage Residential (ACR) district, successor to the city's former…
Read full rule →Manitou Springs
Some RestrictionsManitou Springs allows community-scale agriculture such as apiculture, community gardens, CSA farms and farmers markets…
Read full rule →Arvada
Light RestrictionsArvada's Residential/Agricultural (RA) zoning district exists specifically to protect semi-rural, large-lot living…
Read full rule →Boulder
Light RestrictionsBoulder protects farming through zoning rather than a nuisance-immunity statute. Section 9-5-2 creates an Agricultural…
Read full rule →Fountain
Light RestrictionsFountain's large lot agricultural/residential (LLR) and residential agricultural (RA) districts let landowners farm…
Read full rule →Loveland
Light RestrictionsLoveland's Unified Development Code allows farm and ranch use in every zone in this Larimer County, Colorado city, but…
Read full rule →Weld County
Light RestrictionsWeld County codifies a Right-to-Farm Statement at Code Sec. 22-2-30, telling anyone moving into the unincorporated…
Read full rule →El Paso County
Few RestrictionsThe county's Land Development Code flags Colorado's right-to-farm law, which limits when an established agricultural…
Read full rule →Greeley
Few RestrictionsGreeley's Holding-Agriculture (H-A) zoning district preserves annexed land for agriculture, and the Development Code's…
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