Retaliation Prohibited.
Boulder Revised Code 1981 § 10-12-29
in effect10-12-29. - Retaliation Prohibited.
(a) Protected Actions: Every Resident shall have the rights described in this section. A Park Owner shall not take any retaliatory actions against a Resident for any of the following actions:
(1) The Resident has expressed an intention to complain or has complained to a governmental agency about conditions in the manufactured housing community;
(2) The Resident has made any complaint in good faith to the Park Owner;
(3) The Resident has filed or expressed an intention to file a lawsuit or administrative action against the Park Owner;
(4) The Resident has expressed an intent to organize or has organized or is a member of an association of Residents;
(5) The Resident has expressed intent to abate rent or has abated rent for the actual or reasonable cost of a contractor to conduct repairs; or
(6) The Resident has performed or expressed intent to perform any other act for the purpose of asserting, protecting, or invoking the protection of any right secured to Residents under any federal, state, or local law.
(b) A Park Owner or an agent of a Park Owner shall not take any of the following actions in response to any protected actions described in this section:
(1) Increase a Resident's rent or decrease the services that a Resident receives;
(2) Alter or refuse to renew an existing rental agreement, impose a fee, change community rules, enforce community rules in an unreasonable or non-uniform manner; or
(3) Bring or threaten to bring any legal action, including, but not limited to an action for eviction.
(c) Any attempt to evict a Resident, except for nonpayment of rent, within six months after the Resident has taken any action identified in subsection (a) above, shall create a rebuttable presumption that the eviction action is in retaliation against the Resident.
(d) No Park Owner shall harass or threaten any Resident association or engage in any unfair or deceptive conduct. Community owners shall not prohibit Resident associations from publishing and distributing information about their association meetings and shall not discourage Residents from belonging to a Resident association.
(e) Residents shall have the right to meet and establish an association of Residents. Meetings of Residents or associations of Residents relating to mobile home living and affairs in their park or for social or educational purposes, including without limitation forums for or speeches by public officials or candidates for public office in their common area, community hall, or recreation hall, if such a facility or similar facility exists, shall not be subject to prohibition by the landlord or operator if the common area or hall is reserved and used in compliance with the park rules and such meetings are held at reasonable hours and when the facility is not otherwise in use.
Ordinance No. 8216 (2017)
Source: City of Boulder, Colorado, Revised Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT10ST_CH12MOHO_10-12-29REPRFetched: 11/14/2026