Neighborhood Support A Division of the Neighborhood Services Department
	Ron Moore, Manager 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 4500 – Aurora, CO 80012 303-739-7280 – 303-739-7191 (fax) - neighborhood@auroragov.org
		Multi-Family Systematic Housing Inspection Program
		The City of Aurora, through the Comprehensive Plan, is committed to provide a higher quality of life and ensure the health and safety for it’s citizens. In its effort to accomplish this objective, the City established the Multi-Family Systematic Housing Inspection Program on a City-wide basis. The City-wide Multi-family Systematic Housing Inspection Program was developed to emphasize housing maintenance as a preventative measure to protect and enhance the value of private property in Aurora, as well as to safeguard the life, limb, health and safety for all tenants. This particular program assists with the primary function and purpose of the City’s Housing Code, which establishes and defines the responsibilities of Managers, Owners, and Occupants to maintain the minimum housing standards for basic equipment and facilities for light, ventilation and heating. For safety from fire, for occupancy standards and for safe and sanitary maintenance. In 1987, the City formed the Neighborhood Services Department with the responsibility of expanding and implementing the program City-wide. The Neighborhood Support Division was designated to ensure safe and adequately maintained rental housing. The Housing Codes that are used to enforce these minimum standards are for the basic life, health, and safety requirements for all tenants in Aurora.
		Complaint Based Housing Inspections
		Multi-family properties as well as rental single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and duplexes. Complaint based inspections are initiated at the request of a Resident, Owner or Manager, and usually address a specific issue(s). Most violations resulting from a complaint are given a Notice with 7 to 30 days to comply unless there is an imminent hazard that requires immediate attention. Contact Access Aurora at 303-739-7000 to make a housing complaint. Code Enforcement Officers and Neighborhood Support staffers are not authorized to provide legal advice. We can recommend the following telephone number to you for Landlord/Tenant Advice: 303-831-1935.
		Hotels/Motels Systematic Inspection Program
		The Hotel/Motel Systematic Inspection program was developed for the same reason as the Multi-Family Housing Program. That is, to emphasize maintenance as a preventative measure and enhance the value of private property, as well as safeguard the life, limb, health and safety for all occupants. All hotels and/or motels built prior to 1975 are required to be inspected in a similar manner as other multi-family properties.
		Occupancy Standards
		Residential Housing Requirements limit the number of people or families allowed in a single-family home. The requirements are as follows: Every dwelling unit is required to have a minimum of 150 square feet of floor space for each occupant. No attached garage, basement, or cellar may be used for floor space unless such space is lawfully improved & finished in accordance with all City codes. Only one “family” may live in a single family home or an apartment unit… meaning only one of the following: a. A group of persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit, and normally consisting of two parents and their children; b. Persons living together in the relationship and for the purpose of guardian, ward or foster family care who live together as a single housekeeping unit; c. A group of not more than four unrelated persons living together in a dwelling unit as a single housekeeping unit; or d. Living arrangements wherein one person is providing care to another occupant living together as a single housekeeping unit. Space and Occupancy regulations must be met. The “Space” requirement is the net floor area, and “Occupancy” is the number of individuals allowed within the net floor area. A bedroom or a room used for sleeping purposes must be at least 70 square feet for one or two persons, and, if more than two people sleep in a room, the room must have 50 square feet for each additional person. Building permits are required for plumbing, electrical, mechanical or structural modifications. Please call the Building Division at 303-739-7420 for more information. A single-family dwelling is a single building on a lot designed for occupancy by one “family”. Garages and sheds may not be used for occupancy and/or sleeping purposes. If you have any questions, please call the Neighborhood Support Division at 303-739-7280.
		Methamphetamine (METH) Labs
		Code Enforcement Officers work closely with the Aurora Police Department, Tri-County Health Department and the city’s Environmental Compliance Specialist to ensure properties designated as a meth lab are secured by placarding the structure. When a property has been placarded, only licensed personnel who are approved to remove hazardous chemicals may enter the property. Staff then monitors the property to ensure no one violates the placard by entering the building.