Safer at Home status allows for a local variance process for communities to tailor social distancing policies to local conditions to promote wellness and economic stability.

Currently, the state is only granting site-specific variances. Most of the variance applications below are no longer active. To view a list of active, site-specific county variances, please visit the state’s COVID-19 dial webpage.

Click here for the state’s slide deck on the variance application process.

View applications & decisions, organized by county below. 

Adams: Decision

Alamosa: Application

Arapahoe: Application | Decision

Baca: Decision

Bent, Crowley & Otero: Application  | Decision

Broomfield: Decision

Chaffee: Application  | Decision

Cheyenne: Application  | Decision

Clear Creek:

Decision (re-Community Centers, Tours, Panning Lessons)

Decision (re-Outdoor Gatherings)

Custer:  Decision

Delta: Application | Decision

Denver:

Decision (re-Botanical Gardens)

Decision (re-Denver Zoo)

Decision (re-Museums, Park, Restaurants, Mall, Gyms, Indoor Pools, National              Western Complex)

Dolores: Application  | Decision

Douglas:

Application

Decision (re-Indoor Mall, Restaurants, Houses of Worship, Gyms)

Decision (re-Large Gatherings, Event Venues, Receptions, Life Rites, Libraries,            Bowling Alleys)

Eagle:

Application

Decision April

Decision May

Elbert:

First Variance Application (Follow Up Letter, Supplement)

First Variance Decision

Second Variance Application

Second Variance Decision

Third Variance Decision

El Paso:

Decision (re-Graduations)

Decision (re-Restaurants)

Decision (re0Zoo & Houses of Worship)

Amendment to Houses of Worship Variance

Decision (re-Personal Recreation, Indoor & Outdoor Events, Amusement Parks,            Restaurants, Transportation for Outdoor Recreation)

Fremont:

Application Purpose & Background, Restaurants, Places of Worship, Fitness Facilities, Recreation, Outfitters

Decision (May Variance)

Decision (re-Tasting Rooms, Movie Theatres, Bowling Alleys)

Decision (re-Gatherings)

Garfield:

Application Letter, Suppression Plan, Restaurants, Places of Worship, Fitness Facilities, Recreation, Outfitters, Tourist Attractions

Decision (re-Restaurants, Houses of Worship, Gyms, Recreation Areas & Outfitters)

Decision (re-Public Gatherings & Large Tourist Attractions)

Gilpin: Decision

Grand County: Decision

Gunnison: Decision

Hinsdale:

Application

Decision (re-Restaurants, Places of Worship & Short-Term Rentals)

Decision (re-Gatherings, Theaters)

Huerfano & Las Animas: Decision

Jefferson: Decision

Kiowa: Decision

Kit Carson:

Application Letter, Protocol for Businesses, Proposed Reopening Plan

Decision

Decision (Outdoor Gatherings, Gyms, Bowling Alleys, Theaters)

Lake: Decision

Larimer: Decision

Lincoln:

Application (re-Restaurant)

Decision (Re-Restaurant)

Application (re-Gatherings)

Decision (re-Gatherings)

Logan: Application  | Decision

Mesa:

Application

Decision Initial

Decision Secondary

Mineral: Application  | Decision

Moffat:

Application

Decision (re- Retail, Gyms, Theaters, Places of Worship)

Decision (re-Restaurant)

Decision (re- Gatherings, Events, Youth Recreation)

Montezuma: Application Letter, Proposed Reopening Plan

Montrose:

Application

Decision Restaurants, Gyms, Houses of Worship

Decision Public Gatherings, Theaters, Restaurants , Offices, Manufacturing, Houes of Worship, Healthcare, Personal Services, Funeral Homes, Retail, Higher Education, Summer Camps

Morgan: Application

Ouray: Decision

Park:

Application

Decision (re- Community Centers)

Decision (re- Events & Life Rites)

Phillips: Decision

Pitkin: Application | Decision

Prowers:

Application Cover Letter, Letter of Support, Proposed Reopening Plan

Decision

Pueblo: Application  | Decision

Rio Blanco:

Application

Decision

Decision (re- Gatherings, Offices, Retail, Personal Services, Restaurants, Bars, Recreation, Child Care, Real Estate, Houses of Worship, Gyms, Summer Sports & Youth Activities)

Rio Grande: Application | Decision

Routt: Decision

San Juan: Decision

Saguache: Application

Sedgwick:

Application

Decision (re- Restaurants, Bars & Gyms)

Decision (re- Gatherings for Special Events, Theaters, Town Festivals)

Summit:

Application Letter, Suppression Plan, Roadmap to Recovery, Physical Distancing Protocol, Lodging Stabilization Plan, Restaurant Indoor Dining Stabilization Plan

Teller:

Application, Casino Application

Decision (re-Restaurants, Places of Worship, Gyms, Movie Theaters)

Decision (re-Movie Theaters & Casinos)

Yuma:

Application Initial, Secondary

Decision