Residential rental property fees.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 32-105
in effectSec. 32-105. - Residential rental property fees.
(a) Residential rental property owners are subject to the following fees beginning on January 1, 2022:
(1) Application fee:
i. Two (2) or more dwelling units on a parcel(s) (Fee is $25.00 if application is submitted before January 1, 2023) .....$50.00
ii. Single dwelling unit on a parcel (Fee is $25.00 if application is submitted before January 1, 2024) .....50.00
(2) License fee, per license term: .....
i. Single dwelling unit on a parcel .....50.00
ii. Two—ten dwelling units on a parcel(s) .....100.00
iii. Eleven—50 dwelling units on a parcel(s) .....250.00
iv. Fifty-one—250 dwelling units on a parcel(s) .....350.00
v. More than two hundred fifty (250) dwelling units on a parcel(s) .....500.00
(b) Application and license fees shall be waived for any residential rental property that, at the time of application, is:
(1) Owned in whole by, owned in part by or leased and operated by a local, state, or federal government agency;
(2) Owned by or leased and operated by any organization that has been exempted from federal income tax as a non-profit organization in good standing under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and has been designated as income-restricted housing in section 27-154(d);
(3) An affordable housing project constructed with the support of any combination of federal, state or local financial resources, including private activity bonds, tax credits, grants, loans, or other subsidies to incentivize the development of affordable housing, including support from the affordable housing permanent funds created in section 27-150; and
(4) A property that is restricted by law, contract, deed, covenant, lease, or any other legally enforceable instrument to provide at least eighty (80) percent of the total housing units only to income-qualified household receiving low-income housing assistance.
(Ord. No. 420-21, § 3, 5-3-21; Ord. No. 1585-22, § 1, 12-19-22)
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_CH32LI_ARTIILIFE_S32-105REREPRFEFetched: 10/27/2026