Loveland, CO Trash & Recycling: Valet Trash Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing provision
- IFC Appendix O, adopted with amendment to O101.1
- Occupancy covered
- Group R-2 (multi-family) only
- Sprinkler condition
- Building must have IFC § 903.3.1.1 or .1.2 sprinklers
- Enforcing agency
- Loveland Fire Rescue Authority Fire Marshal
- Adopted by
- Ordinance No. 6787, September 16, 2025
Summary
Loveland adopted IFC Appendix O to govern door-to-door valet trash and recycling collection in apartment buildings. Under Municipal Code § 15.28.020, valet trash service is allowed only in Group R-2 occupancies (multi-family buildings) that carry an automatic sprinkler system.
QQQQ.Appendix O - Valet Trash and Recycling Collection in Group R-2 Occupancies - is adopted in its entirety, with one amendment to O101.1 - Scope: Valet trash collection in Group R-2 occupancies shall comply with this appendix. Valet trash collection shall be allowed only in Group R-2 occupancies protected in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 or Section 903.3.1.2 of this code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
2. That means a Loveland apartment complex cannot contract for hallway or door-side valet trash pickup unless the building already has one of those code-compliant sprinkler systems in place; the appendix's remaining provisions, adopted without further local change, cover container specifications, collection scheduling, and corridor storage limits that keep accumulated trash from blocking egress paths. The amendment traces to the same 2024 IFC re-adoption, Ordinance No. 6787, effective September 16, 2025, that replaced Loveland's prior 2021 Fire Code chapter. 060, reviews and enforces compliance, including for new valet trash contracts proposed at existing apartment communities that were built before sprinklering was required.
Violations & Fines
A valet trash operation in an unsprinklered R-2 building, or one that otherwise fails to comply with the adopted Appendix O provisions, is a fire code violation punishable under the general penalty at § 1.12.010: a fine up to the state-law maximum under C.R.S. § 13-10-113, imprisonment up to 364 days, or both, with a $15 surcharge per violation and each day treated as a separate offense.
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