Permitting Authorities / Town of De Beque - Building Safety and Permitting
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in De Beque, CO?
Adopted code
Town of De Beque - Building Safety and Permitting
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in De Beque, CO, issued by Town of De Beque - Building Safety and Permitting. The Town's Building Permit/Zoning Compliance page states: "Any site preparation, new construction, or major remodel requires a Building/Zoning Compliance Approval... Applicants are also required to obtain a Building Permit from Mesa County, the building code administrative entity for De Beque." The Building Safety and Permitting page adds that the Town "contracts with the Mesa County Building Department to provide construction permit and inspection services" and advises contacting the Building Department at (970) 244-1651 before starting a project, noting information is also on the Mesa County website.
Jurisdiction
Town of De Beque, Colorado
Address
381 Minter Avenue, De Beque, CO 81630
Contact
- url: https://townofdebeque.colorado.gov/building-safety-permitting
- phone: 970-283-5475
Roofing permit required
Required
Permit process note
The Town's Building Permit/Zoning Compliance page states: "Any site preparation, new construction, or major remodel requires a Building/Zoning Compliance Approval... Applicants are also required to obtain a Building Permit from Mesa County, the building code administrative entity for De Beque." The Building Safety and Permitting page adds that the Town "contracts with the Mesa County Building Department to provide construction permit and inspection services" and advises contacting the Building Department at (970) 244-1651 before starting a project, noting information is also on the Mesa County website.
Adopted code
The Town's own page states De Beque "ensures safety in both new construction and remodels by adopting the most up to date versions of the International Codes in effect in Mesa County." Mesa County's Adopted Codes and Regulations page lists the 2024 International Building Code and 2024 International Residential Code (effective September 1, 2025), alongside the 2024 International Existing Building Code, 2024 International Mechanical Code, and 2021 International Energy Conservation Code.
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — The Town of De Beque adopts the 2024 International Building Code at De Beque Municipal Code Section 12.12.010 and the 2024 International Residential Code at Section 12.22.010, each by reference with local amendments. Both adopting sections and their amendment lists were reviewed in full; neither addresses impact resistance or requires UL 2218 Class 4 roof coverings. The Town's only roof covering requirement is a wildfire provision, Section R333.2, which requires a Class A or Class B covering tested to ASTM E108 or UL 790 in areas rated medium or above on the Mesa County Wildfire Hazard Map; that is a fire classification and is independent of impact rating.
Repair permit threshold
De Beque exempts "roof recover" from a building permit only where the work stays within the limits of (unamended) 2024 IRC Sections R908.4 and R908.4.1 -- the code's own recover-vs-replacement conditions (e.g. a qualifying separate roofing system or specific covering-over- covering cases). Roof work that exceeds those limits, including tear- off replacement, is not on the Town's permit-exempt list and requires a building permit. The Town's own amendment, De Beque Municipal Code Section 12.22.020, names the threshold by section reference rather than restating R908.4/R908.4.1's text.
Roof layer limit / recover
De Beque adopts the 2024 IRC unamended on roof recovering: a new roof covering may be installed over an existing one only where the existing roof is not water-soaked or deteriorated, is not slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile, and does not already carry two or more layers of any roof covering -- so at most one recover is permitted before a full tear-off replacement is required. Section R908.4 / R908.4.1, 2024 International Residential Code, confirmed unamended against the Town's own 40-item Section 12.22.020 amendment list.
Sales & use tax
7.27% combined (state 2.9% + Mesa County 2% + Mesa County Public Safety Improvements (PSI) special district 0.37% + Town of De Beque 2%). The PSI district's boundary in DR 1002 is "Mesa County Limits", so it applies across the county and reaches De Beque. Although the Town is organized as a home rule municipality, DR 1002 lists De Beque on the State-Collected City Sales Tax table rather than the home-rule self-collecting table, so its sales tax is administered by the Colorado Department of Revenue rather than self-collected. The Town's own 2% use tax reaches building materials.
Local roofing hub
Roof permits nearby — Mesa County
Related guides
The building permit authority for the Town of De Beque, a home rule municipality in Mesa County. The Town does not run its own building department; through a memorandum of understanding it contracts with the Mesa County Building Department to provide construction permit and inspection services, and the Town's own site names Mesa County as "the building code administrative entity for De Beque." The Town separately administers a local Building/Zoning Compliance Approval for site preparation, new construction, or major remodels.
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