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Denver Community Resource Guide

Community Planning and Development Agency - Resource Guide

Common Areas of Responsibility — City and County of Denver

  • The street from curb-to-curb, subsurface infrastructure, such as sewer vaults, utilities, etc.
  • Protective services such as police and fire
  • Construction and use permits
  • Residential trash collection


Common Areas of Responsibility — Citizens
  • Their property
  • Snow shoveling and maintenance of sidewalks and tree lawns
  • Litter clean-up, vegetation control
  • Avoid blocking the rear property line to center of alley, or the sidewalk


Airport
Denver International Airport 303.342.2000
Lost & Found 303.342.4062
General Airport Information Online at www.flydenver.com

Alleys
Solid Waste Management 720.865.6900
  • Dumpsters
  • Residential Trash Graffiti 720.865.STOP (7867)


Animals
Animal Shelter 303.698.0076
  • Pet licensing
  • Animal adoptions
  • Animal-related complaints
  • Live trap rentals
  • Mosquito or rat complaints
  • Animal abuse complaints
  • Wild animal complaints


Dead Animal Pick-Up:
Solid Waste Management 720.865.6900

Building Code Violation
Building Inspection Division 720.865.2700
  • Construction related complaints
  • Building Inspectors


Automated Inspection Request Line 720.570.1501
  • Available 24 hours a day by touch tone phone
  • Have permit number, type of permit, and inspection code available


Business
Mayor’s Office of Economic Development 720.913.1640
Mayor’s Office of Contract Compliance 720.913.1700

Cable TV
Office of Telecommunications 720.913.8888
  • Complaints about cable providers
  • Cable expansion updates
  • Channel 8, the City’s TV channel


City Council
City Council Office 720.865.9534
  • Talk to your Councilperson
  • File complaints
  • Council Agendas


Code Enforcement
Neighborhood Inspection Services 720.865.3200
  • Property maintenance complaints
  • Housing related complaints
  • Zoning complaints


Community Relations
Human Rights & Community Relations:
Anti-Discrimination Office 720.913.8458
  • Complaints and general questions

Commission on Aging 720.913.8450
Commission on Youth 720.913.0300
Denver Women’s Commission 720.913.8450
Commission For People with Disabilities 720.913.8480
  • Accessibility complaints


Consumer Complaints
Better Business Bureau 303.758.2100
  • Information on private businesses
  • Complaints


Denver District Attorney’s Office 720.913.9000
Economic Crime Unit 720.913.9015
Consumer Fraud Complaints 720.913.9179
State Attorney General’s Office 303.866.4500
Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud 303.866.4494

County Court
Parking Violations Referee 720.913.5300
  • Parking ticket resolution


Traffic Violations Bureau 720.865.7840
  • Moving violations


District Attorney
District Attorney’s Office 720.913.9000
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Economic Crimes
  • Gang Unit


Domestic Violence
Emergency 911
Non-emergency Reporting:
Police Department Dispatch 720.913.2000

Elections
Election Commission 720.913.8683

Employment and Training
Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development 720.865.5619

Employment with the City of Denver - Career Service Authority:
Job Announcement 720.913.5751
Job Line Recording 720.913.5627
Internet www.DenverGov.org/jobs

Fire Department
Emergencies 911
Administration 720.913.2400

Forestry (trees)
City Forester 303.964.2480
  • Dead or diseased trees on City right-of-way
  • Subsidized tree removal programs
  • Pruning hazardous trees in the right-of-way


Gardens
Denver Botanic Gardens 303.331.4000
Denver Urban Gardens 303.292.9900
  • Community Garden Program


Graffiti
Denver Partners Against Graffiti
Graffiti Hotline: 720.865.STOP (7867)
  • No cost graffiti cleanup
  • Citywide incident reporting/Complaints
  • Public, private, and commercial property
  • Anti-graffiti resources

    Vandalism in progress:
    Denver Police Department 720.913.2000

    Housing
    Low Income/Subsidized Housing:
    Denver Housing Authority (DHA) 720.932.3000
    HUD Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity 303.672.5437
    • Subsidized housing
    • Section 8

    Housing & Neighborhood Development Services (H&NDS) 720.913.1555
    • Down payment assistance
    • Home rehabilitation
    • Developer loans


    Housing Code Enforcement/Upkeep:
    Neighborhood Inspection Services 720.865.3200
    • Complaints about private housing
      Department of Environmental Health, Environmental Protection Division 720.865.5452
    • Asbestos testing


    Information:
    Housing Information & Referral Service 303.831.1966
    Housing Discrimination:
    Denver Human Rights Commission 720.913.8450
    Colorado Civil Rights Commission 303.894.2997
    Housing and Urban Development 303.672.5437
    Community Housing Services:
    Elderly Housing Choices 303.831.4046
    Landlord/tenant issues 303.672.5437
    Rental referrals 303.831.1966
    Homeless shelter helpline 303.561.2222

    Jobs With the City of Denver
    Career Service Authority:
    Information 720.913.5751
    Job Line Recording 720.913.5627
    Internet www.DenverGov.org/jobs

    Jury Duty
    District Court Jury Clerk 720.865.9100
    • Questions on Jury Summonses for County or District Courts


    Landlord/Tenant Issues
    Housing Information &
    Referral Service 303.831.1935
    HUD Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity 303.672.5437
    Justice Information Center 303.832.1220

    Mayor
    Office of the Mayor 720.865.9000

    Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Response 720.865.2960
    • Complaint resolution
    • Mediation services


    Neighborhood Cleanup Programs:
    Keep Denver Beautiful 720.865.6800
    • Plan cleanup programs
    • Cleanup resources


    Noise
    Department of Environmental Health
    Noise Control 720.865.5452
    • General noise complaints
    • Construction noise


    Parking
    Handicapped Permits:
    Commission for People with Disabilities 720.913.8480

    Residential Parking Permits:
    Parking Management Cashier 720.913.5365
    • Permits for neighborhood parking


    Parking Management 720.913.1720
    Complaints about illegal parking on the right-of-way 720.913.1600

    Parking Referee 720.913.5300
    Parking Violations Bureau 303.296.2595
    • Questions about parking tickets


    Neighborhood Inspection Services 720.865.3200
    • Unsurfaced parking complaints
    • Inoperable vehicle complaints


    Parks & Recreation
    Parks & Recreation Department 303.964.2500
    • General information
    • Complaints about park maintenance
    • Special Use Permits


    Permits, Building
    Building Inspection Division 720.865.2500
    • Construction or Occupancy Permits
    • Complaints about illegal construction
    • Complaints about construction without permits


    Automated Inspection Request System:
    24 hours a day by touch-tone phone 720.570.1501
    • Have permit number, type of permit, and inspection code available


    Planning
    Community Planning and Development Agency 720.865.2915
    • Land Use and Transportation Plan (LUTP)/ Blueprint Denver


    Housing and Neighborhood Development (H&NDS) 720.913.1555
    Focus Neighborhoods Initiative 720.913.1555

    Planned Unit Developments (PUDs), Planned Building Groups (PBGs) and subdivision approvals:
    Zoning 720.865.3000
    Building Department 720.865.2700

    Police Department
    Emergencies 911
    Non-Emergencies 720.913.2000
    Crime Stoppers 720.913.7867

    Pot Holes
    Street Maintenance 720.865.6855
    • Potholes
    • Sinkholes

    Public Works
    Automated Direct Connect Line 303.640.1000
    • Automated 24 hour line connects you to the Public Works Department of your choice
    • Touch tone phone required


    Residential Recycling
    Denver Recycles 720.865.6805

    Safe City Office
    Community Diversion Program 720.913.6026
    • Prevention of violence by and against youths
    • Youth Services (i.e., employment, education, counseling, etc, all at no cost)


    Sewer
    Storm & Sanitary Sewer 303.446.3400
    • Flooded Intersections
    • Overflowing sewers


    Sidewalks
    Snow Removal 720.865.3200
    • Snow shoveling complaints


    Repair 303.446.3469
    • Broken or uneven sidewalk complaints (Homeowners may be charged for repair or replacement of sidewalks)


    Curb & gutter repair 720.913.4574

    Smoking Vehicles
    Smoking Vehicle Hotline 720.865.5452
    • Report smoking vehicles
    • Have date, time, place of violation, and vehicle license plate number


    Taxes
    Property Tax Assessment:
    Assessment Division 720.913.4000

    Property Tax Payments:
    Treasury Division 720.865.7070

    Tickets
    Parking Management 720.913.1720
    • Questions on parking tickets


    Illegal parking reporting 720.913.1600

    County Court 720.865.7840
    • Traffic violations questions


    Trash
    Volunteer/Community Cleanups:
    Keep Denver Beautiful 720.865.6800

    Large Item Pick-up:
    Solid Waste Management 720.865.6900

    Household Hazardous Waste Collection
    Curbside Inc. 1.800.HHW.PKUP (1.800.449.7587)
    • Free service for Denver residents
    • Takes paints, lubricants, cleaners and polishes, fuels, etc.
    • Call for details about what materials are accepted


    Keep Denver Beautiful 720.865.6800

    Trees
    City Forester 303.964.2480
    • Diseased trees
    • Dangerous trees
    • Fallen trees
    • Financial support for those who qualify
    • Tree care workshops


    Trucks & Cars
    Abandoned/Illegally Parked on Right-Of-Way:
    Parking Management 720.913.1747
    Vehicle Impound Facility 303.295.4360

    Booted:
    Parking Violations 303.296.2595
    Car Pound 303.295.4360

    Abandoned Car Detail 720.913.1747
    Inoperable Vehicles, Unsurfaced parking, & Too Many Vehicles:
    Neighborhood Inspection Services 720.865.3200

    License plates, titles, registration:
    Denver Motor Vehicles 303.376.2200

    Voter Registration
    Election Commission 720.913.8683

    Wastewater
    Storm & Sanitary Sewers 303.446.3400

    Water Denver Water Board 303.893.2444

    Billing & Service Information 303.893.2444

    Emergency 303.628.6801

    Weeds (uncut)
    Neighborhood Inspection Services 720.865.3200

    Zoning
    Information:
    Zoning Administration 720.865.3000

    Violations:
    Neighborhood Inspection Services 720.865.3200
    • Trashy yards
    • Weeds
    • Too many cars
    • Too many people in a house
    • Illegal home businesses
    • Zoning violations

    Inspectors 720.865.3200

    Denver Community Planning and Development Agency
    200 14th Street, Suite 203, Denver, Colorado 80204
    Phone: 720-865-2915 Internet: www.DenverGov.org/planning

    This handout is provided as a general guide, effective as of 04/2002. The information is subject to change.


    Posted by lakeside on 11/03/2002
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