Painting or decorating public buildings.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 38-65
in effectSec. 38-65. - Painting or decorating public buildings.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to paint or decorate any building, fence or other structure or property owned, leased or used by the city without the written permission of the department head responsible for such building, fence or other structure or property.
(b) In the case of a building, fence or other structure or property managed or in any other way controlled by the parks and recreation department, such permission shall consist of the approval of the subject or type of decoration by a majority of the parks and recreation advisory board, in addition to the approval of the manager of parks and recreation, before actual decoration may lawfully begin.
(c) Violation of this section is a class 4 offense if the aggregate damage to the building, fence or other structure is less than three hundred dollars ($300.00).
(d) Violation of this section is a class 3 offense if the aggregate damage to the building, fence or other structure is three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(Code 1950, § 851.7; Ord. No. 328-26, § 14, 6-29-26)
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_CH38OFMIPR_ARTIIIOFAGPR_DIV2PUPR_S38-65PADEPUBUFetched: 10/27/2026