Westminster, CO

Westminster generally permits artificial turf installation with some requirements for drainage, appearance, and base preparation.

Westminster may encourage or require native and drought-tolerant landscaping. Some areas restrict traditional grass lawns in favor of water-efficient alternatives.

During a declared drought or water shortage emergency, Westminster's City Manager can limit lawn watering to specific days or times, ban new lawn installs and outdoor irrigation, and…

Westminster requires property owners, occupants, or agents to remove dead trees or dead, overhanging boughs that endanger life, limb, or property once the Director of Parks, Recreation…

Westminster bans weeds taller than 12 inches and turf or grass over six inches on any premises, including the strip between the property line and the street, under Code Section 8-1-13…

Westminster's Director of Parks, Recreation and Libraries controls trimming, spraying, and removal of trees, shrubs, vines, and hedges on the public right-of-way of any street, alley…

Colorado law universally permits residential rooftop rainwater collection up to two rain barrels totaling 110 gallons, overriding the state's strict prior-appropriation doctrine that…

Westminster lets EV charging stations go in as an accessory or primary zoning use under Municipal Code Section 11-4-6(T). Home Level 1 and Level 2 chargers skip the Official…

Westminster requires all non-parking areas in off-street lots, including loading zones, emergency lanes, and doorway spaces, to be clearly delineated, alongside striping rules for…

Westminster caps street parking of RVs, boats, mobile homes and trailers under 35 feet at 72 hours within any seven-day period, and bans anything 35 feet or longer from public streets…

Westminster enforces Colorado's state abandoned-vehicle law rather than a separate city ordinance: a vehicle left unattended on public property longer than 48 hours, or beyond whatever…

Westminster's traffic code bars parking on any street in ways that block driveways, choke traffic flow, or crowd neighboring cars. Vehicles must keep at least two feet of clearance…

Westminster bars trucks, buses, semi-tractors, truck trailers and construction equipment from parking on any public street or highway in the city under Section 10-1-12(B)(3), with a…

In residential zone districts of unincorporated Adams County, all storage of vehicles must sit on an approved hard surface of asphalt or concrete, and no parking is allowed in the back…

Colorado's Towing Bill of Rights, C.R.S. 40-10.1-405, governs only nonconsensual ("predatory") tows that PUC-permitted towing carriers pull from private property and common parking…

Westminster does not name or ban any dog breed. Instead, Section 6-7-8 declares an animal 'potentially dangerous' or 'vicious' based on what it actually did, then imposes leash…

Keeping bees in Westminster requires a City permit before the bees even arrive. Hive counts scale from two on a quarter-acre lot up to eight on larger lots, and every hive needs a…

No retail store in Westminster may sell, deliver, or offer for adoption any dog or cat. Stores can still host lawful rescue or shelter adoption events on-site, provided they take no…

Westminster requires owners to keep dogs under leash control off their own property, making it a civil infraction for an animal to run at large under W.M.C. 6-7-5(A)(1). Fines escalate…

Westminster does not require spay or neuter for ordinary dogs and cats, but it does mandate it in two specific cases: potbellied pig permits require proof of spay or neuter, and a dog…

Westminster requires a permit before a single chicken sets foot on a residential lot, and caps flocks at six hens on lots of two acres or less, or 12 hens on larger lots, under Section…

Residential properties in Westminster may keep no more than 10 domestic animals total, and no more than 4 of those can be dogs or cats over four months old. Emotional-support and ADA…

It is unlawful to knowingly put out food for wild animals anywhere in Westminster, a rule aimed at deer, geese, and other unconfined wildlife. The ban specifically exempts feeding…

Westminster bans importing, selling, or keeping any 'prohibited animal', a defined list running from big cats and bears to venomous snakes and large constrictors, anywhere in the city…

Adams County does not require cat licensing, but every cat must be vaccinated against rabies. Off the owner's property, a cat must wear its current rabies tag, and cats causing damage…

Westminster zoning treats a licensed home daycare as a 'family care home,' defined as a state-licensed facility inside the provider's residence offering less than 24-hour child care…

Westminster requires a home-based business to stay invisible from the street. Section 11-4-10(B) bars a separate outside entrance, limits exterior signage to one square foot, and makes…

A Westminster home occupation may display only one sign, and it must be unanimated, non-illuminated, flat against a wall or window, and no larger than one square foot in area under…

Westminster allows home occupations in any dwelling unit, in any zoning district, but caps the use at 20 percent of the home's gross floor area or 300 square feet, whichever is…

Colorado lets you bake, jar and dehydrate for sale out of your own kitchen with no license, no plan review and no routine inspection. C.R.S. § 25-4-1614, the Colorado Cottage Foods…

Colorado has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no exemption that lets you cook meals to order at home for the public. The state food code closes the question from both…

Westminster limits fences ahead of the required front setback to 36 inches, or 42 inches for open ornamental-iron or woven-wire designs, while side and rear yard fences may reach six…

Westminster only exempts a fence from a building permit if it's 30 inches or shorter. Anything taller, including most of the 6-foot side and rear yard fences the zoning code allows…

Westminster's zoning code bans electrically charged fences outright and prohibits barbed wire or similar sharp-pointed fencing unless it's specifically approved on an Official…

Retaining walls in Westminster skip the building permit only if they're three feet or shorter and aren't holding back a surcharge, a structure, or flammable liquid. Anything taller…

Adams County does not set a separate 'shared fence' cost-sharing rule; fences on the property line are a civil matter between neighbors. The county does prohibit any fence that…

Any person offering a short-term rental in Westminster must first obtain a City license under W.M.C. 5-24-3. The license names the licensee and the licensed premises, runs two years…

Westminster caps how many people can occupy a short-term rental by applying the City's general dwelling occupancy standard, W.M.C. 11-12-4, to every STR under Section 5-24-8(4). The…

Westminster charges a 7 percent accommodations tax on every short-term rental stay under W.M.C. 4-4-2, and STR licensees must collect and remit it under 5-24-7. The tax applies to the…

Westminster homeowners can skip a building permit for a detached tool shed, playhouse, gazebo, or pergola only if its floor area stays at or under 120 square feet, under Section…

Westminster permits one accessory dwelling unit per single-family lot, sized 190 to 1,200 square feet with no more than two bedrooms, approved administratively without a public hearing…

A single manufactured or tiny dwelling may serve as a single-family home on an individual lot in any residential zone that allows single-family homes, but it must be no more than 5…

Westminster may have wildfire hazard zones requiring defensible space around structures, fire-resistant building materials, and vegetation management.

Westminster's building code requires listed smoke alarms in every building it regulates, installed to UL 217 and NFPA 72 standards, under Section 11-9-5(D), which locally replaces…

Nearly all open burning in Westminster requires a permit from the Westminster Fire Department under Code Section 8-6-1, covering everything from rubbish fires to agricultural crop…

Small backyard recreational fires are allowed when kept under 3 ft by 2 ft and 25 feet from anything flammable, but are completely prohibited during Sheriff-ordered fire restrictions…

Adams County bans possessing, manufacturing, storing, selling, handling or using fireworks anywhere in the unincorporated area under the adopted International Fire Code. The ban does…

Colorado adopts NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code by reference under CRS 8-20-232, applying uniform propane storage, container, and installation rules to all jurisdictions statewide.

Westminster makes it a civil infraction for an owner to let an animal disturb neighbors with unreasonably loud, persistent barking, howling, or yelping. A written warning must precede…

Westminster imposes strict quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. at Standley Lake Regional Park, banning generators, music and radios, and caps noise at 60 decibels at 50 feet even…

Westminster's Chapter 4 sound truck ordinance sets hard limits on vehicle-mounted amplified sound equipment: operation only between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. for up to nine hours a day…

Colorado's Noise Abatement Act does not exempt construction. Under C.R.S. 25-12-103, construction noise is measured against the higher industrial-zone limits during the permitted…

Colorado fixes industrial noise ceilings at 80 decibels daytime and 75 decibels nighttime statewide under the Noise Abatement Act, with stricter local rules permitted but state…

A backyard swimming pool, spa, or hot tub in Westminster needs a building permit before construction starts, per Section 11-9-3(A)(1) of the Municipal Code. Only prefabricated pools or…

Westminster amends the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code so a dwelling wall can serve as part of a required pool barrier only if the doors, gates or windows opening onto the…

Westminster confines adult businesses to PUD zoning districts only and bans them within 1,000 feet of a church, school, park, residential district, or another adult business, on top of…

Westminster requires anyone acting as a pawnbroker to hold a City license, backed by a $1,000 application fee and a $10,000 bond, on top of state pawnbroker law under Article 56 of…

Westminster requires anyone operating a massage parlor to obtain a City license through a public hearing process before the special permit and license board, with neighborhood notice…

Opening a tattoo or body piercing parlor in Westminster requires a special use permit from the Planning Commission, not just a business license. Section 11-4-8 also blocks approval…

Westminster's home occupation rules make running an auto repair business from a residence essentially impossible. Section 11-4-10(B)(4) bans using a garage for a home occupation at…

Colorado requires retailers selling cigarettes, vapor products, and other tobacco items to obtain a state retail tobacco license and follow strict point-of-sale rules.

Westminster charges a 7% excise tax on the purchase price of hotel, motel, and short-term rental rooms. The vendor collects the tax from the guest and remits it to the City; stays of…

Westminster assigns each residential area a specific weekly collection day set by the City Manager, and licensed haulers may operate in a neighborhood only on that designated day, with…

Westminster caps outdoor household trash cart storage at eight containers and bars keeping them in a front yard or any side or back yard facing the street, under Section 8-1-11(B)…

Composting yard waste in Westminster is only lawful inside an approved holding unit under Section 8-1-4(B): no bigger than five feet in any dimension, built of wood, wire, metal or…

Depositing, throwing or leaving litter on any public or private property, or in City waters, is unlawful in Westminster under Section 6-18-1, and courts can suspend a violator's fine…

Every licensed solid waste collector in Westminster must offer curbside recycling to residential customers who want it, and must provide recycling collection to all multifamily and…

A one- or two-family home in Westminster cannot keep a trash dumpster or roll-off of one cubic yard or larger without written authorization from a code enforcement officer, per Section…

Ordinance No. 17 requires every unincorporated Adams County trash hauler to run leak-proof, tarped vehicles labeled with the company name and phone number, carry at least $150,000 per…

Westminster lets restaurants add outdoor seating equal to any indoor capacity reduction under a temporary use permit, capped at 180 consecutive days per 12-month period, under Section…

Westminster requires a special event permit for any public event on city parks, trails or open space that is open to the public or expected to draw 25 or more people. Applications go…

Westminster requires a use permit for exclusive use of any community building or recreation facility, filed with the Parks Director 20 days to a year ahead. Fees, deposits and a signed…

Neighbors who want to close a street for a block party need an operational permit from the Westminster Fire Department, which will approve the closure only if it will not block…

Westminster caps principal residential buildings at 25 feet in the RE, R1, RA, R2 and O1 districts, rising to 35 feet in R3, R4 and T1. Accessory buildings top out at 15 feet in every…

Westminster's Density Schedule sets a 30-foot front setback in the RE, R1 and RA districts, dropping to 25 feet in R3, R4 and T1. Interior side setbacks run 5 to 7 feet, with a…

Westminster caps the principal building's footprint at 30 percent of total lot area in every residential zoning district, from RE through T1. In the O1 (Open) district, the ceiling…

Westminster requires off-street parking areas to carry security lighting that is designed so as not to unreasonably disturb occupants of adjacent residential structures, under Section…

Adams County has no formal dark-sky ordinance, but its operational standards require exterior lighting to be shielded, low-level, indirect and diffused, and no taller than 20 feet…

Westminster requires new construction in a mapped floodplain to elevate the lowest floor one foot above the base flood elevation, and three feet above grade in AO zones, under Section…

Westminster requires erosion and sediment controls on any land-disturbing activity and bans illicit discharges into its storm sewer system under Code Chapter 11, backing the rules with…

Westminster requires erosion and sediment controls on every land-disturbing project under Chapter 11 of Title VIII. Any grading, excavation or ground disturbance covering an acre or…

Westminster requires a floodplain development permit for any construction in a special flood hazard area, bars storage of flammable or buoyant materials in a floodplain, and prohibits…

Adams County's wildfire code requires a noncombustible ring of hard-surface materials, such as rock, gravel, sand, concrete, bare earth or pavers, in the Immediate Zone around any new…

Drinking or carrying an open alcoholic beverage container in any public place in Westminster is a criminal offense under Section 6-9-3, punishable by fine or jail under Section 1-8-1…

Openly and publicly displaying, consuming or using up to one ounce of marijuana anywhere in Westminster is a violation of Section 6-12-3, carrying a fine fixed at $100.00 and up to 15…

Westminster criminalizes public urination and defecation as public indecency under W.M.C. 6-4-1(A)(6), grouped with sexual acts, lewd exposure and masturbation performed in public or…

Westminster makes it a crime to loiter on or within 100 feet of school grounds with intent to disrupt classes or endanger students, once a school official or officer has told the…

Adams County does not ban skateboarding on its park and trail system, but Rule 14(c) of the POSCA regulations makes it unlawful to operate a skateboard, bicycle, scooter, or other…

Westminster caps every garage sale at three consecutive days and limits residents to one sale per 90-day period under City Code Section 8-1-7. Violations draw a fine set by the city's…

Westminster requires carbon monoxide alarms installed to the manufacturer's instructions in buildings covered by the adopted Building Code, under Section 11-9-5(E), which locally…

Westminster adopts the National Electrical Code, as amended by the Colorado State Electrical Board, as its Electrical Code under Section 11-9-1(b)(3), and any electrical system work…

Westminster adopts the 2021 International Plumbing Code and the Colorado Plumbing Code as its Plumbing Code under Section 11-9-8, and any plumbing system work needs a building permit…

Unincorporated Adams County adopted the 2024 International Building Code by reference through Ordinance No. 12, effective July 1, 2026, so any construction, alteration, repair or…

Westminster closes its parks and community buildings from 11:00 p.m. to sunrise, with narrow exceptions for city employees, permitted activities, and people just passing through on…

Westminster bars unsupervised minors 17 and under from loitering in public between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on weeknights, and between midnight and 6 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, under…

Westminster bans flying drones in any city park unless it is a city staff member or licensed city contractor operating one on official duty. Violations are misdemeanor park-code…

The one drone launch site Adams County allows without a permit, the Riverdale Regional Park drop-in gravel lot, shuts down whenever that ground hosts a permitted special event, a…

Commercial drone operations in Colorado are governed almost entirely by FAA Part 107, with limited state additions covering wildlife, critical infrastructure, and privacy that apply…

Westminster's Rental Property Maintenance Code sets minimum health and safety standards for every rental unit in the city. Landlords must supply working heat, hot water, sound…

Westminster requires every rental property owner to either hold a rental property license or register the dwelling with the City, tied to a periodic inspection cycle that runs every…

Before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent, a Colorado landlord must serve a standard residential tenant with 10 days' written notice to pay or quit under Colo. Rev. Stat. §…

Colorado HB23-1171 created a statewide for-cause eviction standard requiring landlords to cite specific statutory grounds, such as nonpayment or lease violations, before terminating…

Colorado caps residential late fees at the greater of $50 or 5% of the past-due rent. No late fee may be charged until rent is at least seven days late, and only if disclosed in…

To end a no-fault tenancy, Colorado requires written notice scaled to the tenancy length under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-107: 21 days for a month-to-month tenancy, 28 days for…

Colorado prohibits rent control statewide. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-12-301 declares rent control a matter of statewide concern and bars any county or municipality from enacting an…

For residential tenancies with no written agreement (including month-to-month), a Colorado landlord must give at least 60 days' written notice before raising rent. Statewide, a…

Colorado caps residential security deposits at two months' rent. Landlords must return the deposit, with an itemized written statement of any deductions, within 30 days of lease…

Colorado's general adverse possession period is 18 years of open, continuous, hostile possession under Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-41-101. The period shrinks to 7 successive years where the…

Westminster runs a scheduled, risk-based inspection program for licensed rental properties (four or more units) tied to building age, while smaller rental dwellings are inspected only…

Posting a 'NO SOLICITATIONS' or 'NO TRESPASS' sign at a Westminster residence makes it criminal trespass under W.M.C. 6-3-5(C)(3) for anyone to knock and try to sell goods, distribute…

Westminster names garage sale signs as a no-permit incidental sign, but limits how long a temporary freestanding sign can stay up, and separately caps garage sales themselves to three…

Westminster bans billboards outright, so a new off-premise digital billboard cannot be permitted anywhere in the city. Any legal digital sign that does exist must meet strict…

Westminster lets any property post window signs without a permit, but caps the total sign area at 30 percent of the glass in a window's mullion-and-transom frame. Anything mounted…

Adams County regulates political signs content-neutrally as temporary signs. On residential lots one temporary sign up to 32 sq ft may be displayed for up to 14 consecutive days, and…

Westminster makes it unlawful to let anything block a public sidewalk, curb or gutter next to your property under Section 9-1-5 of Title IX. Piles of materials, overhanging vegetation…

Property owners in Westminster must fix or rebuild the sidewalk, curb or gutter fronting their land once the City serves written notice, under Sections 9-1-2 through 9-1-4 of Title IX…

Anyone digging, building in, or otherwise working within a Westminster street, alley, sidewalk or public right-of-way needs a right-of-way permit first under Section 9-2-1 of Title IX…

Westminster treats solar panels as an accessory use under Section 11-4-6(Q.5). Ground-mounted residential systems are capped at 400 square feet and 10 feet tall, must sit in side or…

This is a statewide protection against private restrictions, not a local mandate: Colorado voids any deed, contract, or HOA covenant blocking a renewable energy device wherever one…

Westminster limits reclaimed and non-potable water under Chapter 12 of Title VIII to landscape irrigation on commercial, industrial, park and golf course sites, plus common areas in…

Westminster treats an unrepaired leaking irrigation system as unlawful water waste under Code Section 8-7-25(A)(2). The Director of Public Works and Utilities enforces it with a…

Westminster's zoning use table confines crop production, dairy farming, pasture and livestock raising to the O1 (Open) zoning district, marking that use with a 'P' only in the O1…

Colorado's Right to Farm Act under CRS 35-3.5-102 shields agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they follow generally accepted practices and predate complaints.

Westminster limits adults 21 and older to growing, processing or transporting between seven and 12 marijuana plants only as a fineable violation, and personal-use possession from the…

Westminster prohibits marijuana establishments citywide: it is unlawful to operate a medical marijuana center, optional premises cultivation operation, marijuana-infused products…

Adams County's Marijuana Hospitality Business ordinance bars a licensed hospitality or retail-and-sales cannabis business from sitting within 1,000 feet of a school, daycare or…

Mobile food preparation vehicles operating in Westminster must hold an operational permit from the Fire Prevention Bureau before serving. The requirement is written into the City's…

Unincorporated Adams County limits food and merchandise vending stands to sidewalks at least 6 feet wide, bans them within 24 feet of any crosswalk or bus stop, and caps stand size at…

Adams County bars vending from sidewalks and vehicles along Principal Arterial streets classified in the county's Comprehensive Plan, and prohibits vending anywhere within 100 feet of…

Westminster requires household trash to be kept in a liquid-tight container with a tight-fitting cover, precisely because loose trash and debris can become a breeding place for flies…

Westminster property owners must clear snow and ice from the public sidewalk abutting their land within 24 hours of the last measurable snowfall or drift, under Code Section 8-1-10(A)…

Westminster's Building Official can declare any structurally unsafe, unsanitary, fire-hazard, or improperly-occupied building a public nuisance under Section 11-9-2(E) of the Municipal…

There is no separate vacant-lot ordinance in unincorporated Adams County, but the same blight, weed and rubbish rules apply. Owners must keep lots free of trash, junk and overgrown…

Adams County bans overnight camping, and overnight vehicle, trailer or camper parking for camping purposes, in every county park, trail and open space area. Adams County Park Rangers…

Bicycles, including e-bikes and unicycles, may only be ridden on trails specifically designated for that use within Adams County parks, trails and open space areas, and at Riverdale…

Colorado runs two separate regimes. A low-speed electric vehicle is a motor vehicle under C.R.S. § 42-1-102 (58)(a), so it is titled, registered, plated and driven on a licence, and…

Adams County's fire code bars gas or charcoal grills and other open-flame cooking devices from balconies, under overhangs, or within 10 feet of any structure, unless the building is…

Colorado allows local governments to adopt minimum wages above the state rate under CRS 8-6-101, with statewide minimums adjusted annually for inflation.

Colorado requires paid sick leave under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and offers paid family medical leave through the FAMLI program funded by payroll premiums.

Colorado requires a concealed handgun permit issued by the county sheriff to carry a concealed firearm in public, with training and background check requirements.

Colorado repealed firearms preemption in 2021, allowing cities and counties to enact local gun regulations stricter than state law in most circumstances.

Colorado generally permits open carry of firearms by adults without a license, though local jurisdictions may impose restrictions in specific areas after the 2021 preemption repeal.

Colorado allows adults legally able to possess a firearm to carry a handgun in a private vehicle for lawful protection without a permit under CRS 18-12-105.5.

Colorado's constitution confines all commercial casino gaming to the historic commercial districts of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek: nowhere else in the state is a casino…

Colorado bars all lotteries and games of chance except licensed bingo and raffles run by charities. The Secretary of State issues bingo-raffle licenses only to religious, charitable…

Colorado's criminal code doesn't reach purely social gambling. C.R.S. section 18-10-102(2)(d) carves any game, wager, or transaction incidental to a bona fide social relationship out…

Colorado legalized sports betting statewide in 2020 under C.R.S. section 44-30-1505, but the state issues a "master license" only to holders of an existing retail gaming license -- the…

Under the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, C.R.S. § 38-33.3-316, an association has a statutory lien for unpaid assessments. After HB22-1137 (2022) it may foreclose only once…

Colorado law entitles any unit owner in a common interest community to examine and copy the association's records without stating a reason. C.R.S. § 38-33.3-317 bars boards from…

C.R.S. § 38-33.3-302 lets a Colorado association enforce covenants and 'levy reasonable fines' only 'after notice and an opportunity to be heard.' Architectural and landscaping…

Colorado bars homeowners associations from effectively prohibiting six specific energy efficiency devices: a retractable clothesline, evaporative cooler, garage or attic fan…

Colorado law limits how homeowners' associations regulate yard landscaping, but the strongest protections in C.R.S. § 38-33.3-106.5(1)(i.5) apply only to single-family detached homes…

Colorado's flag protection applies only inside common interest communities, HOAs, condos, and co-ops governed by the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act, not to every property…

Colorado's Common Interest Ownership Act sets statewide due-process and dollar limits on how condo and homeowner associations fine owners and collect delinquent accounts, with one…

A Colorado association's assessment lien attaches automatically the moment the declaration is recorded, but foreclosing it has become the hardest remedy in the association's toolkit…

Colorado never passed a law creating sobriety checkpoints. The word "roadblock" does not appear anywhere in the Colorado Revised Statutes, and "checkpoint" appears in the statutory…

Colorado is one of the few states that put the right to film officers into its own sentence of statute. C.R.S. § 16-3-311(1) says a person "has the right to lawfully record any…

Colorado writes the demand into statute and then declines to punish the refusal. C.R.S. § 16-3-103 lets a peace officer who reasonably suspects you of a crime stop you and require your…

Colorado is one of a small group of states that requires the advisement out loud. Under C.R.S. § 16-3-310, before a peace officer may conduct a consensual search of a vehicle, of a…

Colorado banned single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers statewide under the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, fully effective in 2024.

Colorado prohibits retail food establishments from using expanded polystyrene foam containers for ready-to-eat food and beverages under the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act.

Colorado prohibits the sale and furnishing of cigarettes, tobacco, and nicotine vapor products to anyone under age 21 statewide under CRS 18-13-121.

Colorado permits four categories of extra forward lighting and caps each at two lamps: spot lamps, fog lamps, auxiliary passing lamps and auxiliary driving lamps, under C.R.S. §…

Colorado has no statute naming dash cameras and no list of permitted windshield attachments, so two general rules decide where one may go. Section 42-4-201 (4) requires the driver’s…

Riding between lanes of traffic is illegal in Colorado. C.R.S. § 42-4-1503 (3)(a) forbids driving a motorcycle or autocycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Colorado writes its plate-cover ban around machine readability. C.R.S. § 42-3-202 (2)(b) makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle with an affixed device or substance that causes…

A passenger-car driver in Colorado may use a radar detector. Nothing in title 42 regulates one: the word "detector" does not appear anywhere in the Vehicles and Traffic title. What…

Colorado puts no calendar on studded tires. C.R.S. § 42-4-228 (3) lets single-tired passenger vehicles, and other single-tired vehicles rated up to and including three-fourths of a…

Colorado sets a single light transmittance figure for every window except the windshield. Under C.R.S. § 42-4-227 (1)(a)(I) no window other than the windshield may allow less than…