ASSESSMENT OF DISPLACEMENT EXPENSES
Colorado Springs City Code § 6.12.706
in effect6.12.706: ASSESSMENT OF DISPLACEMENT EXPENSES:
A. Whenever occupants are displaced from real property pursuant to this part as a result of the property's failure to comply with applicable housing codes due to the owner's failure to maintain the property, and the City is required to make displacement, moving and related expense payments to those occupants, then the actual amount of those displacement payments incurred by the City shall become the responsibility of the real property owner. After determination of the actual displacement expenses incurred by the City in any given case the owner of the real property which is the subject matter of the displacement shall be billed for the actual amount of the City's costs incurred in the displacement of all displaced occupants.
B. In the event that the owner of the property, which is the subject matter of the displacement proceedings as set forth above, shall fail to reimburse the City within twenty (20) days after billing for its actual costs incurred in the displacement, a lien may be assessed against the property for reimbursement of displacement expenses in accord with the City's Sales and Use Tax Code. The lien created shall be superior and prior to all other liens excepting liens for general and special taxes. (Ord. 06-221)
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/0-0-0-7628Fetched: 11/1/2026