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Baca County Zoning Permits and Land Use

Baca County, in Colorado's far southeastern corner, has no building department and is listed by the Colorado Division of Housing among jurisdictions without building departments. Zoning permits and land use regulations are defined by the county commissioners through a Baca County Land Use Letter; roofing work is not subject to local building-code enforcement.

Jurisdiction
Baca County, Colorado
Jurisdiction type
county
Address
Springfield, CO
Contact
  • url: https://www.bacacountyco.gov/government/county-commissioners/zoning-permits-and-land-use/
  • phone: 719-523-6532
Permit process note
Baca County is listed by the Colorado Division of Housing among Colorado jurisdictions without building departments; in such jurisdictions there is no local building department to issue building permits or perform building-code inspections.
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — Baca County enforces no building code, so no local instrument imposes an impact-resistance requirement. The Board of County Commissioners' land use letter of February 22, 2017 - the County's own statement of its zoning and land use regulations - was reviewed in full and confirms the County has no zoning or land use regulations apart from septic system rules and does not require building permits. Baca County Ordinance No. 7 (adopted April 23, 2026), the County's open fire and open burning ordinance, was also reviewed in full; it regulates outdoor burning and fire bans only and contains no roof-covering, impact-resistance, or UL 2218 provision. The only statewide instrument reaching reroofing is the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, 8 CCR 1507-39, effective July 1, 2026 in areas designated wildland-urban interface under that code, which requires a Class A roof covering tested to ASTM E108 or UL 790 where 25 percent or more of the roof surface is replaced, at Sections 101.6 and 403.2; that is a fire classification independent of impact rating, and the code sets no impact-resistance requirement.

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