What is Nuisance Abatement?
Nuisance abatement is a civil action that can be pursued parallel with criminal prosecution. The potential outcome of a nuisance abatement action is a corrective, injunctive-type order issued by municipal court. A property owner cannot be deprived of his/her property under this regulation (Chapters 10-2.5 Abatement of Public Nuisances” and 12-2 “Landlord Tenant Relations.”) For the purposes of this program, “public nuisance” means: the condition or use of any parcel (house, apartment, etc.) where two or more separate violations of the Boulder Revised Code have occurred within a year; or three or more separate violations have occurred within a two-year period, if during each such violation, the conduct of the person committing the violation was such as to annoy residents in the vicinity of the parcel or passers-by on the public streets, sidewalks, and rights-of-way in the vicinity of the parcel. There are no specific violations or actions that are designated as “public nuisance” acts. W
