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City of Black Hawk - Building Division

Adopted code

The building permit authority for the City of Black Hawk, a home rule gaming city in Gilpin County. Community Planning and Development oversees the Building Division, whose services have been contracted through SAFEbuilt since 2015; all building permits are pulled through the CommunityCore online portal under the City's adopted 2021 I-Codes and, effective July 1, 2026, the 2025 Wildfire Resiliency Code.

Jurisdiction
City of Black Hawk, Colorado
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
City Annex Building, 211 Church Street (PO Box 68), Black Hawk, CO 80422
Contact
  • url: https://www.cityofblackhawk.org/community-planning-development/page/building-division
  • phone: 303-582-0615
Permit portal
Permit portal
Roofing permit required
true
Contractor registration required
true
Registration details
  • license: The Pull a Building Permit page states: "All contractors must register with CommunityCore AND be listed on the Building Permit before it will be issued." This is a permit-portal registration requirement rather than a City business license: per the City Clerk's Business/Sales Tax Licensing page, Ordinance 2023-3 (under SB22-032) limits Business/Sales Tax Licenses to brick-and-mortar businesses operating within the City only, and "NO OTHER BUSINESS is required to apply or renew their license."
Permit process note
The "Do I Need a Permit?" page lists, under both "Commercial Permits Required" and "Residential Permit Required": "Any re-roofing project or any roof repair that requires more than 25% of the roof to be replaced"; the residential list also separately includes "Re-roofing" alongside siding, room additions, and solar panels. "A building permit must be pulled through our online permit portal, CommunityCore, serviced through the city's Building Division, which is contracted through SAFEbuilt." Stated SAFEbuilt plan-review timeframes: residential 5 business days, minor projects (valuation under $2M) 10 business days, major projects ($2M or more) 20 business days. All permit drawings must be collated into a single Bluebeam-ready submittal, Black Hawk Fire Department review is required, and all fees are due at permit issuance (payable by card, check, or cash through CommunityCore).
Adopted code
The Adopted Codes and Design Criteria page states the City has adopted the 2021 I-Codes: the International Building, Fire, Residential, Mechanical, Plumbing, Energy Conservation, Existing Building, Fuel Gas, Property Maintenance, and Swimming Pool and Hot Tub Codes, all 2021 Edition (several with certain appendices), plus the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, the most current state-adopted NEC (effective in Black Hawk one year after state adoption), and the "Wildfire Resiliency Code, 2025 Edition - Adopted April 1, 2026 - Effective July 1, 2026." Design criteria include a 77 psf commercial snow load, wind speeds per the Colorado Front Range Gust Map (2021 IBC 1609.3), and a 48-inch frost depth. Note: the City's separate "Do I Need a Permit?" page still states "The City of Black Hawk is currently under the 2015 Adopted I-Codes" - an internal inconsistency with the Adopted Codes page's 2021 listing.

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