WPBN: In Aspen, Colorado, it’s actually illegal to toss snowballs. Did you know that? Every state, including the Centennial State, has its own peculiar laws.
It should come as no surprise that Colorado has peculiar rules pertaining to the cold climate, given its popularity as a winter holiday destination.
1. Upholstered furniture cannot be used outside.
Any upholstered furniture should not be kept outdoors in Boulder. The law prohibits this. Title 5, Chapter 4, 5-4-16, Boulder General Offenses, states that people are not allowed to have “upholstered furniture not manufactured for outdoor use” in their front, side, or backyard.
According to the law, couches, chairs, and beds are considered upholstered furniture. It is not illegal to leave furniture outside while a resident is moving or on a day when garbage is supposed to be picked up.
It’s also acceptable to sell furniture that is set up outside.
2. Avoid scheduling your car purchase for a Sunday.
Colorado is a bad place to buy a car if you want to do it on a Sunday.
According to the law, “no person, firm, or corporation, whether owner, proprietor, agent, or employee, shall keep open, operate, or assist in keeping open or operating any place or premises or residences, whether open or closed, for the purpose of selling, bartering, or exchanging or offering for sale, barter, or exchange any motor vehicle, whether new, used, or secondhand, on the first day of the week commonly called Sunday,” according to Colorado Revised Statute 12-6-302.
Even though you can’t buy a car on Sunday, you can still buy automobile accessories or have your car maintained because those firms are permitted to stay open on that day.
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3. Maintain weeds
Residents in Pueblo, Colorado, in particular, have to control their weeds. Dandelions are one example of this; people frequently blow the seeds off of them in a magnificent manner, making a wish that they hope would come true.
“Any landowner who allows weeds that are more than ten (10) inches tall to grow, lie, or be present on their property is breaking the law. According to Pueblo Colorado’s Code of Ordinances, Section 7-4-2 states that it is illegal for landowners to fail to cut, kill, or remove any weeds that are more than ten (10) inches tall.
This rule also applies to a number of other plants, such as common ragweed, redroot pigweed, Russian thistle, and Canada thistle.
“This list is not intended to be exclusive, but rather is intended to be indicative of those types of plants which are considered noxious and a detriment to the public health and safety, but shall not include flower gardens, plots of shrubbery, vegetable gardens and small grain plots (wheat, barley, oats and rye),” as per the law.
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4. Don’t throw snowballs
Before you let the snowball you’ve made fly in Aspen, exercise caution. Snowball tossing is covered in Section 15.04.210 of the City of Aspen Municipal Code.
“It shall be unlawful for any person to throw any stone, snowball or other missile or discharge any bow, blowgun, slingshot, gun, catapult or other device upon or at any vehicle, building or other public or private property or upon or at any person or in any public way or place which is public in nature,” as per the law.
