Enforcement; violations; penalties.

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 56-107

in effect

Sec. 56-107. - Enforcement; violations; penalties. (a) The violation of the provisions of this division or of the rules and regulations of the manager of transportation and infrastructure issued pursuant to this division by any person shall be unlawful. (b) Any person who violates any provision of this division or the rules and regulations of the manager of transportation and infrastructure issued pursuant to this division or the provisions of any permit issued by the manager shall also be subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each day during which such violation occurs. (c) Penalties shall be determined by the manager of transportation and infrastructure after hearing as to propriety and amount thereof. The manager shall consider the history of provisions violations, the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the user charged, whether the user was negligent, the effect on the user's ability to continue in business, the gravity of the violation, and the demonstrated good faith of the user charged in attempting to achieve rapid compliance after notification of a violation. (d) Penalties shall be collected by the manager of transportation and infrastructure by action initiated in the district court for collection of such penalty. A stay of any order of the manager pending judicial review shall not relieve any person from any liability under subsection (b), but the reason for judicial review shall be considered in the determination of the amount of the penalty. (e) Whenever a discharge of wastewater is in violation of the provisions of this division or otherwise causes or threatens to cause a condition of contamination, pollution or nuisance, the city may petition the district court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction or both, as may be appropriate in restraining the continuance of such discharge. (f) When a discharge of wastes causes an obstruction, damage or any other impairment to the city facilities, the city may assess a charge against the user for the work required to clean or repair the facility and add such charge to the user's sewer service charge. (g) In order to enforce the provisions of this division, the city may correct any violation hereof. The cost of such correction may be added to any sewer service charge payable by the person violating the division or the owner of the property upon which the violation occurred. (h) The city may also petition the district court for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, as may be appropriate, restraining any person from the continued violation of this division. (Code 1950, § 167.15; Ord. No. 681-81, § 4, 12-14-81; Ord. No. 73-83, § 7, 1-31-83; Ord. No. 39-20, § 249, 2-3-20)

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_CH56UT_ARTIIISE_DIV3SASECHMAWA_S56-107ENVIPEFetched: 10/27/2026