Certificate of Demolition Eligibility Review

Step 1.Factors that may affect your project 

Landmark Status

A Certificate of Demolition Eligibility will not be issued if the property is:

• an individually designated Denver historic landmark
• in a designated historic district
• currently being considered for designation as a landmark or as part of a historic district

If you are unsure about the landmark status of your property, see the landmark/historic district map and enter the property address. 

Step 2.Application

• Certificate of Demolition Eligibility Application (PDF)
• Landmark Standards for Photographs (PDF)

Complete the application and submit along with the related fee ($250) by mail or in person as detailed at the bottom of this page. Please make the check out to Manager of Finance.

How to submit

Step 3.Staff review and posting

Applications are reviewed in the order they are received.

No Landmark Designation Potential 

If the Landmark Preservation staff review determines that the property does not have potential for landmark designation, staff will issue a Certificate of Designation Eligibility within 10 business days of application receipt.

Landmark Designation Potential

If the Landmark Preservation staff determines the property has potential for historic designation, a notice will be posted on the property for 21 calendar days.

• If Landmark Preservation staff receives a designation application and application fee by 4:30 p.m. on the 21st calendar day, the landmark designation process would begin.
• If Landmark Preservation staff does not receive a landmark designation application or a "notice of intent to file a designation application" by 4:30 p.m. on the 21st calendar day, a Certificate of Demolition Eligibility will be issued on the next business day.
• If Landmark Preservation receives a "notice of intent to file a landmark designation application" by the 21st day, the posting period is extended to 4:30 p.m. on the 60th calendar day. 
• By day 40 of the posting period, a stakeholder meeting with a third-party facilitator must take place. The meeting must include the property owner(s) or owner(s)' representative, one of the persons who filed the notice of intent, and a Landmark Preservation staff member.  Representative members of the community may also be invited to the meeting. 
• If the posting period is extended and Landmark Preservation staff receives a designation application and application fee by 4:30 p.m. on the 60th calendar day, the landmark designation process would begin. Note: The designation applicant does not have to be one of the people who submitted the notice of intent. 
• If the posting period is extended and Landmark Preservation staff does not receive a designation application and application fee by 4:30 p.m. on the 60th calendar day, a Certificate of Demolition Eligibility will be issued on the next business day.

In cases in which the landmark designation process is initiated, if the property is not designated within 90 days of the date the landmark designation application was received, the Certificate of Demolition Eligibility will be issued.