Code Enforcement

Code Enforcement items pertain to issues like weed control, abandoned vehicles, restricted parking of boats, campers & trailers on the street and similar items of concern. 

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Code Complaints

If you have a complaint regarding code enforcement issues, please contact the code enforcement officer at the police department at 970-587-5555.  A copy of the ordinances pertaining to code enforcement is available by contacting the code enforcement officer and will soon be available through this web page.

Popular Municipal Ordinances

MO 7-81 – Growth and accumulation of weeds on premises and adjoining sidewalks and alleys prohibited.

• No owner of any lot, block or parcel of ground within the Town, nor any tenant or agent in charge thereof, shall allow or permit weeds to grow, or remain when grown, on such lot, block or parcel of ground, or on or along any sidewalk adjoining the same, or in the alley behind the same, but such weeds shall be cut close to the ground and kept so cut.

MO 8-47 – Restricted parking of trailers, campers and boats on streets.

a)       Detached trailers, pickup campers and boats. 

(1)     No trailer shall be detached from a towing vehicle and left standing in any public right-of-way. 

(2)     No pickup camper shall be unloaded from a pickup truck and left standing in any public right-of-way.

(3)     No boat, whether standing on a trailer or standing by itself, shall be left standing on any public right-of-way unless attached physically to a motor vehicle. 

MO 8-62 – Abandoned and Junked Vehicles – Disables vehicles on premises prohibited.

• It shall be unlawful for any person or his or her agent, either as owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of any lot or land within the Town, to park, store, deposit or permit to be parked, stored or deposited thereon, an inoperable vehicle unless it is enclosed in a garage or other building.