Larimer County is working hard to ensure adequate public road infrastructure is available to support the needs of our growing community.  

Prior to 1994, if a new development created roads that met County design standards, they could petition the Board of County Commissioners for the roads to be accepted for County-funded routine maintenance, which generally includes crack sealing, chip sealing and minor pothole repair.

In 1994, Larimer County stopped accepting new public subdivision roads for County-funded routine surface maintenance and road maintenance became solely the responsibility of the property owners. Even pre-1994 subdivisions receiving routine surface maintenance from the County, the property owners remain responsible for overlays, structural patching, or road rehabilitation.   

Larimer County offers the Public Improvement District (PID) program as a means of generating the funding needed by neighborhoods to maintain and improve their roads. A PID enables property owners within a given boundary – usually a neighborhood – to create a taxing district to fund construction and maintenance of public facilities.

Public Facilities may include, but are not limited to, grading, paving, sidewalks, curbing, gutters, or otherwise improving the whole or any part of any street or alley, parking and off-street facilities, and drainage systems.

The predominant use of PIDs in Larimer County is for maintenance and improvements to subdivision roads.

Timeline & Steps to Forming a Public Improvement District  

County Maintained Subdivision Information

Individual resolutions adopted by the Board of County Commissioners for each subdivision dictate the level of maintenance the County provides.  Generally, County maintenance includes; crack seal, chipseal, minor pothole repair, grading and dust control of existing surface, snow removal, sign maintenance and limited drainage maintenance. 

When the roads have deteriorated to a point where it is no longer cost effective to maintain, it is the responsibility of the subdivision to fund improvements to the roads to get them to back to County standards so that maintenance techniques listed above can continue.

Maintenance typically does NOT include:

• Overlays
• Structural Patching
• Reconstruction
• Curb/Gutter/Sidewalk
• Crosspans/Aprons
• Storm drain inlets
• Resurfacing of gravel roads

There are exceptions to the exact areas and types of maintenance approved for each subdivision, so if you have a specific question about your County maintained road, please contact us.