Permitting Authorities / Town of Fairplay - Building Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Fairplay, CO?
Adopted code
Town of Fairplay - Building Department
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Fairplay, CO, issued by Town of Fairplay - Building Department. The Town's Permitting page (fairplayco.us/181/Permitting) defines three permit tracks: "Easy permits are for small projects that are primarily a like-for-like replacement of an item as part of building lifetime maintenance"; "Building permits are for the alteration, demolition, construction, enlargement, movement, repair, removal, or replacement of any building or structure"; and "Right-of-Way/Excavation Permits are issued by the Public Works Department for any work to be completed within the right-of-way areas of the town or when connecting to town water or sewer lines." The page states explicitly: "Any items that are not in the list above for an Easy Permit... require a building permit. This includes reroofing, decks, and solar power generation equipment" — so a reroof requires a building permit. Fees are calculated on form submission rather than published as a flat schedule. The Building page (fairplayco.us/177/Building) states "The Building Department issues permits, performs reviews of construction-related plans, and inspects all structures located within the corporate limits of the Town of Fairplay," and confirms the CAA services agreement dating to 2022. A "Building Guide - Reroof" document is referenced as a supporting submittal document on the Building page. Fairplay also maintains a Certificate of Appropriateness process (a form is published on the Forms page) for a historic district, which may apply to visible roof work on contributing structures; confirm the district boundary and criteria with the Building Department.
Jurisdiction
Town of Fairplay, Colorado
Address
901 Main Street, Fairplay, CO 80440
Contact
- url: https://www.fairplayco.us/177/Building
- phone: 719-836-2622
- email: [email protected]
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
- license: The Town's Contractor's Licensing page states: "The town of Fairplay also requires that excavation contractors, roofing contractors, and mechanical contractors carry a Park County Contractor License," and lists "Park County Roofer Contractor C" among the license classes Park County issues. Licensing itself is administered by Park County, not the Town.
Permit process note
The Town's Permitting page (fairplayco.us/181/Permitting) defines three permit tracks: "Easy permits are for small projects that are primarily a like-for-like replacement of an item as part of building lifetime maintenance"; "Building permits are for the alteration, demolition, construction, enlargement, movement, repair, removal, or replacement of any building or structure"; and "Right-of-Way/Excavation Permits are issued by the Public Works Department for any work to be completed within the right-of-way areas of the town or when connecting to town water or sewer lines." The page states explicitly: "Any items that are not in the list above for an Easy Permit... require a building permit. This includes reroofing, decks, and solar power generation equipment" — so a reroof requires a building permit. Fees are calculated on form submission rather than published as a flat schedule. The Building page (fairplayco.us/177/Building) states "The Building Department issues permits, performs reviews of construction-related plans, and inspects all structures located within the corporate limits of the Town of Fairplay," and confirms the CAA services agreement dating to 2022. A "Building Guide - Reroof" document is referenced as a supporting submittal document on the Building page. Fairplay also maintains a Certificate of Appropriateness process (a form is published on the Forms page) for a historic district, which may apply to visible roof work on contributing structures; confirm the district boundary and criteria with the Building Department.
Adopted code
The Town's Adopted Codes and Local Criteria page lists: 2018 International Building Code, 2018 International Residential Code, 2023 National Electrical Code, 2018 International Mechanical Code, 2018 International Plumbing Code, 2018 International Fire Code, 2018 International Fuel Gas Code, 2018 International Energy Conservation Code, 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, and the 2018 Wildland-Urban Interface Code. The page states "Amendments apply to each of the adopted codes as described in Chapter 18, Article I-XIV of the Municipal Code," and directs readers to the Municode Library website for current amendment text, noting "the latest ordinance may not be updated" there and to contact the Building Department directly with specific questions.
Drip edge
Required — Not separately amended by the Town of Fairplay. § 18-1-20(c)'s 2018 IRC amendment list (14 numbered items, R101.1 through P3103.1, read in full and exhaustive) does not delete or modify R905.2.8.5; its two "drip edge" string appearances are unrelated to flashing (one describes where item (13)'s ice-barrier underlayment extends from, the other is a Wildland-Urban Interface Code glossary definition of a tree's drip line), so the base 2018 IRC drip-edge requirement stands as adopted code.
About drip edgeIce & water shield
Required — Fairplay Municipal Code § 18-1-20(c) item (9), Table R301.2(1) as filled: "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required: Yes." Item (13) separately rewrites R905.1.2 in full: "An ice dam protection that consists of an approved self-adhering modified bitumen sheet underlayment shall be used at all sloped roofs. This ice dam protection underlayment shall extend up the slope of the roof from the drip edge of the roof or eave and cover the entire roof deck surface. In new construction, ice dam protection shall extend a minimum 30 inches up walls adjacent to the roof surface" -- a universal, non-history-conditional mandate corroborating the table.
About ice & water barrierImpact-resistant roofing
Not required — No Town of Fairplay amendment mandates Class 4 / UL 2218 impact-resistant roof coverings. § 18-1-20(c)'s full 14-item 2018 IRC amendment list was read in full and contains no UL 2218 or Class 4 reference.
Wind design criteria
Fairplay Municipal Code § 18-1-20(c) item (9) (2018 IRC amendments) fills in Table R301.2(1) Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria: Ground Snow Load "65 PSF"; Wind Design Speed "Ultimate 110, Nominal 90 Exp. C"; Topographic effects "Yes"; Special wind region "No"; Wind-borne debris zone "No"; Seismic Design Category "B"; Weathering "Severe"; Frost line depth "48 inches"; Termite "Slight to moderate"; Winter Design Temp "2 F" (printed exactly as "2 F" in the ordinance's own table, no minus sign present; quoted as printed); Flood Hazards "See Town adopted regulations and Article III"; Air Freezing Index "2500"; Mean Annual Temp "32 F".
Sales & use tax
7.9% combined per DR1002 (state 2.9% + Park County 1% + Town of Fairplay 4%). Fairplay is state-collected (listed in DR1002's state-collected-towns table: "Fairplay Park 4% 3.33% A None" — Use Tax "None," meaning neither the Town nor Park County levies any separate use tax on construction materials; the same "None" appears on Park County's own state-collected-county row: "Park 1% 3.33% A,B,C,D,K None"). The Town's own Finance page (fairplayco.us/233/Finance) lists only business licensing, lodging tax, and a plastic-bag fee — no sales/use tax rate table or construction-use-tax mechanism of its own, consistent with a fully state-collected town with no local use tax. Re-verified 2026-08-27 against the January 2026 edition of Colorado Department of Revenue form DR 1002, read from a rendered image of its tables rather than from extracted text: the state, county and city figures above match that edition exactly. Where the text above names the June 19, 2019 revision of DR 1002, that describes the edition the figure was originally taken from and is not a current citation.
Local roofing hub
Roof permits nearby — Park County
Related guides
The building permit authority for the Town of Fairplay, Park County seat. "The Building Department issues permits, performs reviews of construction-related plans, and inspects all structures located within the corporate limits of the Town of Fairplay." In 2022 the Town Board of Trustees approved a professional services agreement with Charles Abbott Associates (CAA) to provide comprehensive Building Department services. Reroofing explicitly requires a Building Permit (not eligible for the Town's simplified "Easy Permit" track), and roofing contractors working in Fairplay are explicitly required to carry a Park County Contractor License.
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