CONSTRUCTION OF CURBS AND GUTTERS
Colorado Springs City Code § 3.3.105
in effect3.3.105: CONSTRUCTION OF CURBS AND GUTTERS:
A. Ordered By City:
1. The City Council may by resolution order the construction of curb or curb and gutter and related incidental work other than in districts. In these cases, the City Engineer shall notify the owner of the real property which abuts or is adjacent to the required curb or curb and gutter or the owner of the real property subject to the public easement or right of way to construct the curb or curb and gutter and related incidental work within forty five (45) days from the date the notice is mailed. The notice shall be in writing and shall be mailed to the property owner whose address appears on the real property tax records of El Paso County, Colorado. Whenever any notice is mailed, as required in this article, the fact that the person to whom it was addressed does not receive it shall not in any manner invalidate or affect the proceedings provided. Any real property owner who wishes to object to the notice requiring construction of the curb or curb and gutter shall no later than set forth in the resolution file with the City Clerk his or her written objections or protests to the required improvements and request a public hearing, all as specified in the resolution. The written objection from the property owner shall state the reasons or other remarks concerning the objection and shall include the person's signature. If a valid and timely written objection and request for a public hearing has been received by the City Clerk, a public hearing will be held by City Council on the date specified in the resolution and notice. The owner may present any objections to City Council. If a written objection and request for a public hearing has not been received by the City Clerk in accord with the resolution requirements, all objections to the construction shall be deemed to have been waived, and the owner shall construct the curb and gutter and related incidental work as originally directed. If, after the close of a scheduled public hearing, the City Council determines that the public interest requires the construction of all or part of the improvements, the real property owner(s) shall construct the curb and gutter and related incidental work within forty five (45) days after the public hearing, or as otherwise directed by City Council.
2. The owner of the real property shall construct or pay for the curb or curb and gutter and related incidental work at the street intersection. Whenever the owner is in default, the City may cause the required work to be done by contract and bill the cost of the construction to the abutting or adjacent real property owner or the owner of the real property subject to the public easement or right of way. If the owner fails to pay the costs and charges within thirty (30) days after billing is mailed the costs and charges shall be assessed to the abutting or adjacent real property or the real property subject to a public easement or right of way in the manner and with the effect provided in the City's sales and use tax ordinances.
B. Curb Lines: For the purpose of protecting natural or manmade obstructions, the City Engineer has the discretion to narrow the distance between prescribed curb lines on either side, provided the change extends through an entire block or through an approved transition section. (Ord. 739; 1968 Code §12-16.1; Ord. 91-11; Ord. 01-42)
Source: City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-4792Fetched: 11/1/2026