Remedies for public nuisances.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 37-78
in effectSec. 37-78. - Remedies for public nuisances.
(a) General. Where the existence of a public nuisance is established in a civil action under this article III of chapter 37, the court shall enter prohibitory and mandatory injunctions requiring all defendants to abate the public nuisance and take specific steps to prevent the same and all other public nuisance offenses, as listed in section 37-50(c), from occurring on the real property or in the motor vehicle, or to prevent any person from using the real property, motor vehicle, or personal property to commit, conduct, promote, facilitate or aid the commission of or flight from the public nuisance.
(b) Supplementary remedies. In any action where probable cause for the existence of a public nuisance is established, in the event that the defendants, or any one of them, fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the court's temporary restraining orders, receiverships, closures, and other orders, the court shall, upon the motion of the city, in addition to the remedy of contempt, enter such orders as necessary to permit the city to enter upon the real property, gain access to the motor vehicle or the subject personal property, and take such actions as are necessary to abate the public nuisance or create such additional orders as necessary to secure the property against continued public nuisance offenses during the pendency of the civil action, including, but not limited to, orders of detention, closure, and receivership. The city shall be entitled to reimbursement for all costs necessitated by the defendant(s) failure to comply with the court's orders.
(c) The public nuisance abatement coordinator, based upon probable cause to believe that a public nuisance offense has occurred, may issue a cease and desist order to the owner(s) of specified real property, ordering such persons to implement an incorporated abatement plan within a specified reasonable period of time. Failure to comply with the cease and desist order will subject the real property to the filing of a remedial civil in rem public nuisance abatement action for judicial remedies available under article III, chapter 37, D.R.M.C.
(Ord. No. 481-98, § 1, 7-13-98; Ord. No. 671-04, § 2, 9-20-04; Ord. No. 307-19, § 11, 4-22-19)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH37NU_ARTIIICIABPUNU_S37-78REPUNUFetched: 10/27/2026