Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Colorado (2026)

Every Arvada property owner must keep the curb, gutter, and sidewalk abutting their land in good repair. The city…

Aurora property owners must keep abutting public sidewalks clear of snow, ice, litter, and slip hazards like algae, but…

Boulder places the duty to keep abutting sidewalks in good repair on the adjacent property owner, not the city. Under…

In Colorado Springs, the owner or occupant of property abutting a public sidewalk must keep it clean and hazard-free…

Denver funds sidewalk construction, reconstruction, and repair through a citywide sidewalk service charge billed to…

Fort Collins puts the duty to keep an abutting sidewalk, curb and gutter in repair on the adjacent property owner. If…

In Fountain, Colorado, the owner of property abutting a public sidewalk must build, rebuild, or repair that sidewalk at…

In Greeley, the property owner next to a sidewalk pays for its repair -- the city engineer orders the fix and bills the…

Littleton places sidewalk maintenance on the abutting property owner. When the City Council finds an existing sidewalk…

Longmont puts sidewalk construction or repair on the abutting property owner or occupant once the city orders it…

Loveland property owners must build and maintain the curb, gutter and sidewalk fronting, alongside and behind their lot…

Every Manitou Springs property owner must keep the sidewalk, curb and gutter abutting their land clean, safe and in…

Pueblo puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property's owner or agent: once the Director of Public Works gives notice a…

Within the South Thornton Urban Renewal Authority area, City Code Section 10-251(c) requires owners of non-residential…

Property owners in Westminster must fix or rebuild the sidewalk, curb or gutter fronting their land once the City…

Arvada bars anyone from obstructing or encumbering a street, alley or sidewalk, or building on one, without a permit…

Boulder bars anyone from placing a building, fence, landscaping, or other obstruction in a public right-of-way, path…

Colorado Springs bans placing any encumbrance on a sidewalk, street, alley, other public way, or natural watercourse…

Denver bars anyone from encumbering a sidewalk, street or alley with an article, vehicle or thing, and the manager of…

Centennial bans storing debris, construction materials, landscape waste, snow, or ice on public sidewalks and…

Fort Collins Municipal Code Section 17-128(b) bars anyone without legal privilege from obstructing a sidewalk, street…

Fountain Municipal Code § 12.04.160 bans placing or building any obstruction, such as earth fill, building materials…

Greeley code lets the city impound or remove any vehicle, item, article, or object that blocks or tends to block…

The City of Lakewood, Colorado (Jefferson County) makes it unlawful to obstruct any sidewalk, street, or other public…

Littleton makes it unlawful to obstruct a sidewalk, street or alley under City Code Section 6-4-76, and separately bars…

Longmont makes it unlawful to block a sidewalk, street, or other public passageway with your person or any object…

Blocking a Loveland sidewalk, street, or other public passage on purpose is a crime under Municipal Code § 12.28.030…

It is unlawful in Manitou Springs to obstruct a sidewalk, street or other public passageway, including by disobeying a…

Pueblo bars merchants from displaying goods on the sidewalk beyond their property line, and caps delivery clutter on…

Thornton police officers and code compliance officers may order the removal of any article, vehicle, or other…

Westminster makes it unlawful to let anything block a public sidewalk, curb or gutter next to your property under…

No one may build, place, or maintain a structure, fence, landscaping, or other encroachment in a Boulder public…

Placing a private improvement in a Centennial public right-of-way requires a City Manager-issued encroachment license…

No one may place a fence, wall, planter, bench, or outdoor merchandise display on a Littleton street, alley, sidewalk…

Anyone doing construction, excavation or other work in a Loveland public right-of-way needs a permit under Municipal…

Private signs that project into Thornton's public rights-of-way need an encroachment approval, not just a building…

Arvada requires anyone doing construction, excavation, or work in a public right-of-way, including private use of the…

Anyone doing work in an Aurora, Colorado public right-of-way, including a homeowner without a contractor, must get a…

Colorado Springs requires a revocable permit before anyone builds in, on, or over public property: sidewalks, streets…

Any structure or appendage projecting into a Denver street, alley or sidewalk needs a written permit from the manager…

Placing a building, fence, barrier or post inside Fort Collins-owned property, a street, sidewalk or public…

Fountain Municipal Code § 12.04.060 requires anyone other than a city contractor to get a permit from the city clerk…

Before building or altering a sidewalk, curb, driveway or curb cut in a Greeley public right-of-way, owners and…

Building a fence, mailbox pillar, or placing a commercial dumpster in Lakewood, Colorado's public right-of-way requires…

Longmont requires a separate infrastructure permit before anyone builds, installs or operates infrastructure such as…

Placing anything in a Manitou Springs street, sidewalk or other public right-of-way, from a temporary sign stand to a…

Anyone occupying, constructing, maintaining, excavating within, or encroaching on Weld County road right-of-way needs a…

Anyone digging, building in, or otherwise working within a Westminster street, alley, sidewalk or public right-of-way…