Loveland orders occupants out of 914 W. Sixth St. after safety violations

The City of Loveland has ordered the owner, tenant and operator of a building at 914 W. Sixth St. to vacate all residents by 10 a.m. Monday after officials said inspections found serious life-safety problems and the structure was unfit for human occupancy.

According to the city’s news release, the building had previously served as a medical office and was being used for residential recovery services and structured life skills and peer coaching programs under the name SuPEERior Connections. City staff said they told the tenant in February that the building could not be legally occupied for residential purposes without first following city procedures to ensure life safety.

The city said it began receiving complaints at the end of April and opened an investigation. A June notice and order outlined violations, and on June 29 a city building inspector and a Loveland Fire Rescue Authority plans reviewer toured the property and found unpermitted electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems; inadequate or absent means of egress, including interior bedrooms with no windows; no fire sprinkler system, smoke alarms or carbon monoxide detectors; and inadequate ventilation.

After that walkthrough, the city issued a final notice and order on July 6 directing the tenant and building owner to vacate by July 22. The city said the owner, tenant and operator filed a lawsuit on July 16 and obtained a 14-day temporary restraining order, but a Larimer District Court judge ended that order after a July 29 hearing, putting the July 6 notice back into effect.

The city said it then ordered the building vacated no later than 10 a.m. Aug. 3 and provided a list of state-licensed facilities to the owner, tenant and operator to help connect residents with recovery and sober living options. The release said SuPEERior Connections told the city it did not have the required state license to operate the facility in Loveland but planned to apply.