Project Overview
The City of Boulder is proposing an update to its current public nuisance ordinance to redefine public nuisance and create a chronic nuisance designation. This project is part of a larger effort to strengthen living conditions for all Boulder community members, better define the rights and responsibilities of property owners, create stronger neighborhoods and uphold public safety. If adopted, the ordinance will apply to property owners (owner-occupied and rental) who are repeatedly unresponsive to correcting repeated violations. The city anticipates that 2 percent or less of properties citywide will fall into this category.
This project will create a more equitable, consistent and defined process to address properties with repetitive codes violations in the areas of public safety, building safety and fire and code enforcement. Public nuisance violations are individual incidents, and chronic nuisance is a designation for properties that receive repeated citations.