Enforcement.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 30-9
in effectSec. 30-9. - Enforcement.
(1) It shall be unlawful to violate any provision of this chapter, or to disobey or fail to follow any order, decision or ruling of the commission or the Lower Downtown Design Review Commission ("LDDRC"). Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided by this Code.
(2) In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, externally reconstructed, externally altered, added to or demolished in violation of this chapter, the commission, or if the building or structure is in the LDHD, the LDDRC, may order any such building or structure to be returned to its condition prior to such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, exterior alteration, addition or demolition. This may specifically include ordering the reconstruction of a structure that was demolished to replicate as closely as possible the original structure. Furthermore, the city or any proper person may institute an appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such an unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, exterior alteration, addition or demolition.
(3) The imposition of any penalty hereunder, or pursuant to chapter 2, article XII, Administrative Citations, shall not preclude the city or any proper person from instituting any proper action or proceeding to require compliance with the provisions of this chapter and with administrative orders and determinations made hereunder.
(4) A final decision or action of the commission may be appealed to Denver District Court in accordance with the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Rule.
(Code 1950, § 131.12(9); Ord. No. 934-94, § 1(a), 11-14-94; Ord. No. 94-05, § 5, 2-14-05; Ord. No. 69-10, §§ 10, 11, 2-1-10; Ord. No. 585-15, § 1, 9-14-15; Ord. No. 914-19, § 8, 9-30-19)
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_CH30LAPR_ARTIINGE_S30-9ENFetched: 10/27/2026