The City of Denver is giving itself stronger enforcement tools to hold owners of neglected and derelict properties accountable, including significantly larger fines for those who fail to comply with city orders.
The changes come as nearly 300 properties remain on Denver’s neglected and derelict property list, including one that has become a symbol of neighborhood frustration: the so-called “Poop House” along Denver’s historic 7th Avenue Parkway.
Some properties on the city’s list have been declared unsafe, while others have accumulated repeated code violations or have been deemed public nuisances. But few have drawn as much attention as the vacant home that neighbors nicknamed the “Poop House.”…