City Manager May Order Premises Vacated.
Boulder Revised Code 1981 § 10-3-15
in effect10-3-15. - City Manager May Order Premises Vacated.
(a) Whenever the city manager determines that any rental housing is in violation of this chapter or of chapter 10-2, "Property Maintenance Code," B.R.C. 1981, and has caused a summons and complaint requiring the operator to appear in municipal court to answer the charge of violation to issue, and the summons cannot be served upon the operator despite reasonable efforts to do so, or, having been served, the operator has failed to appear in the municipal court to answer the charges or at any other stage in the proceedings, or, having been convicted or entered a plea of guilty or no contest, the operator has failed to satisfy the judgment of the court or any condition of a deferred judgment, then the city manager may, after thirty days' notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the tenants and the operator, require that the premises be vacated and not be reoccupied until all of the requirements of the Property Maintenance Code and the rental licenses code have been satisfied and a rental housing license is in effect. No person shall occupy any premises as a tenant after receiving actual or constructive notice that the premises have been vacated under this section.
(b) Any notice required by this section to be given to an operator is sufficient if sent by first class or certified mail to the address of the last known owner of the property as shown on the records of the Boulder County Assessor as of the date of mailing. Any notice to the tenant required by this section is sufficient if sent by first class or certified mail to or delivered to any occupant at the address of the premises and directed to "All Tenants."
(c) The remedy provided in this section is cumulative and is in addition to any other action the city manager is authorized to take.
Ordinance Nos. 5798 (1996); 7724 (2010); 7725 (2010)
Source: City of Boulder, Colorado, Revised Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT10ST_CH3RELI_10-3-15CIMAMAORPRVAFetched: 11/14/2026