| Repair | Who pays | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| Bulk Trash / Junk Removal | City | Denver collects large/bulky items free every nine weeks, capped at 5 items plus 10 bags, but excludes electronics, appliances, and construction materials. |
| Gas Service Line | Property owner | In Denver, Xcel Energy owns the gas line to the meter; the property owner is responsible from the meter outlet to appliances. Cited to Xcel’s customer-owned-gas-lines bill insert. |
| Sewer Lateral | Property owner | Who pays for sewer lateral in Denver, CO? The City and County of Denver maintains only the public sewer mains. |
| Sidewalk Repair | City | Denver repairs sidewalks citywide under the Denver Deserves Sidewalks program, funded by a recurring service charge on every property owner; owners still clear snow and ice. |
| Tree Roots | City | Since Ordinance 1076-24 (2024), Denver repairs sidewalks itself, tree-caused damage or not, funded by a mandatory per-parcel sidewalk service charge. |
| Water Service Line | Property owner | In Denver the property owner owns the entire water service line to the tap at the main, including under the street. Denver Water owns only the main. Cited to Denver Water’s homeowner-responsibility page. |
Bulk Trash / Junk Removal
Denver Solid Waste Management collects large/bulky items curbside for free every nine weeks on residents' regular collection day, capped at 5 large items plus 10 bags per address, and excludes electronics, appliances, construction/automotive materials, and hazardous waste.
Denver Solid Waste Management collects large or bulky items every nine weeks. Check the calendar below and sign up for reminders so you never miss a collection!
Source: Large Item Pickup
Gas Service Line
Denver: past the gas meter it is yours, Xcel owns the line to the meter, and "you are responsible for maintaining any natural gas lines from the meter outlet" onward.
Xcel Energy owns and maintains the natural gas piping from the street to our customers’ gas meters, but as the property owner you are responsible for maintaining any natural gas lines from the meter outlet to gas appliances and equipment.
Source: Customer-owned gas lines (MN/ND/MI/WI/CO bill insert)
Sewer Lateral
Denver: the property owner pays, the city is "only responsible for main public sewers"; the service line from your building to the main is yours.
The City and County of Denver is only responsible for main public sewers. For information about your private tap/service line, we recommend you to hire a licensed plumbing company that provides such services.
Source: Denver DOTI: Wastewater Management FAQ (city responsible only for public mains)
Sidewalk Repair
Denver: the City repairs sidewalks under the "Denver Deserves Sidewalks" program, funded by a recurring service charge on every property owner (owners still clear snow).
Historically, each owner of a lot or parcel of real property adjacent to the sidewalk within the city was responsible for the construction, reconstruction and repair of the sidewalk abutting their property. To create a comprehensive, integrated, and accessible sidewalk network, while also reducing the burden on...
Tree Roots
Denver flipped to a city-run sidewalk utility in 2024: a per-parcel service charge now funds all sidewalk repair, so tree-root damage is just the city’s program like everything else.
this division promulgates and sets forth a sidewalk service charge to be paid by the owners of every lot or parcel of land within the city, the revenues from which shall be dedicated to construction, reconstruction and repair of sidewalks and sidewalk infrastructure to be performed by the city.
Source: Sec. 49-145. - Findings and purpose; Sidewalk Program and Sidewalk Fund.
Water Service Line
Denver: the property owner owns the whole water service line, "owned by and installed at the expense of the property owner," all the way to the tap at the main under the street.
The dividing point between Denver Water-owned mains or distributor-owned mains and service lines that are the responsibility of the property owner is located where the property taps into the main, or the discharge side of the valve closest to the Denver Water-owned or distributor-owned main. ... The service line is...
Source: Homeowner responsibility: water service line ownership
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