Permitting Authorities / Town of Green Mountain Falls (Pikes Peak Regional Building Department)
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Green Mountain Falls, CO?
Adopted code
Town of Green Mountain Falls (Pikes Peak Regional Building Department)
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Green Mountain Falls, CO, issued by Town of Green Mountain Falls (Pikes Peak Regional Building Department). The Town's "Building Permits and Land Development Approvals" page states in full: "The Pikes Peak Regional Building Department (PPRBD) is the issuing authority for building permits in the Town of Green Mountain Falls. You can find more complete information on their PPRBD home page." Municipal Code Sec. 18-5 (Administration) states: "The regional building department is appointed as the administrator for the purpose of enforcing all the building codes, as adopted, and issuing all building permits for construction." Sec. 18-6 (Application) states this article "shall apply to every building or structure within the corporate limits of the town," meaning the delegation covers the whole town regardless of the El Paso/Teller county line. The Town's homepage separately confirms: "Green Mountain Falls is in both the El Paso County and the Teller County." No town-specific building content (permit fees, inspection scheduling) exists outside PPRBD's own site; PPRBD's reroof guidelines (see the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department record) require a roofing permit, prohibit stocking roofing material on the driveway/roof before permit issuance, and require an ice barrier for properties above 7,000 ft elevation.
Jurisdiction
Town of Green Mountain Falls, Colorado
Contact
- url: https://greenmountainfalls.colorado.gov/services/building-permits-and-land-development-approvals
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
- license: Building permits for the Town of Green Mountain Falls are issued by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, which licenses contractors (including roofers) across the region it serves; see the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department record for its contractor-license and re-roof-permit detail. The Town's own site does not host a separate contractor registration process.
Permit process note
The Town's "Building Permits and Land Development Approvals" page states in full: "The Pikes Peak Regional Building Department (PPRBD) is the issuing authority for building permits in the Town of Green Mountain Falls. You can find more complete information on their PPRBD home page." Municipal Code Sec. 18-5 (Administration) states: "The regional building department is appointed as the administrator for the purpose of enforcing all the building codes, as adopted, and issuing all building permits for construction." Sec. 18-6 (Application) states this article "shall apply to every building or structure within the corporate limits of the town," meaning the delegation covers the whole town regardless of the El Paso/Teller county line. The Town's homepage separately confirms: "Green Mountain Falls is in both the El Paso County and the Teller County." No town-specific building content (permit fees, inspection scheduling) exists outside PPRBD's own site; PPRBD's reroof guidelines (see the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department record) require a roofing permit, prohibit stocking roofing material on the driveway/roof before permit issuance, and require an ice barrier for properties above 7,000 ft elevation.
Adopted code
Municipal Code Sec. 18-1 (Article I — Pike's Peak Regional Building Code) states: "Pursuant to Title 31, Article 16, Part 2, C.R.S., the 2017 Pikes Peak Regional Building Code with amendments adopted by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department effective as of December 7, 2018, as published by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, is adopted by reference as the primary code, including all secondary codes referred to therein... and are hereby enacted as the Building Code of the town." Sec. 18-21 (Article II — Uniform Fire Code) separately adopts the 2018 International Fire Code by reference, repealing all prior Uniform Fire Code editions.
Drip edge
Required — "Drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rakes edges of shingle roofs." (PPRBD Re-Roof Guidelines, citing 2021 IRC Section R905.2.8.5.) Not separately amended by the 2017 Pikes Peak Regional Building Code (as amended effective 12/7/2018) that the Town's Municipal Code Sec. 18-1 adopts by reference -- that edition's amendment list does not touch R905.2.8.5, so the base IRC drip-edge requirement stands as adopted code.
About drip edgeIce & water shield
Required — Conditional on elevation, not universal: Section RBC303.4.2 of the 2017 Pikes Peak Regional Building Code (as amended effective December 7, 2018 -- the edition and printing the Town's own Municipal Code Sec. 18-1 adopts by reference) prints "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required ... YES" in Table R301.2(1), with a footnote: "Required only for buildings and structures with a grade plane at or above 7,000 ft (2,134 m) elevation." The Town straddles El Paso and Teller Counties; elevation determines applicability per the printed footnote, not a townwide flat rule.
About ice & water barrierImpact-resistant roofing
Not required — No provision of the 2017 Pikes Peak Regional Building Code (as amended effective 12/7/2018, the edition adopted by the Town's Municipal Code Sec. 18-1) mandates Class 4 / UL 2218 impact-resistant roof coverings. The full 2017/2018-printing code (not merely its amendment list) was reviewed and contains no such provision.
Wind design criteria
The Town's Municipal Code Sec. 18-1 adopts the 2017 Pikes Peak Regional Building Code (as amended effective December 7, 2018) by reference. Section RBC303.4.2 of that code (2nd Printing 12.7.18) deletes and replaces Table R301.2(1), printing: Wind Design Speed 130 mph, Exposure C (min); Topographic Effects "NO"; Special Wind Region "YES"; Windborne Debris Zone "NO"; Seismic Design Category "B". The PPRBD code's own preface names Green Mountain Falls as a participating jurisdiction.
Roof layer limit / recover
"Section R908.3.1 Roof-recover. Delete." (2017 Pikes Peak Regional Building Code, 2nd Printing 12.7.18, Sec. RBC303.4.66 -- the edition adopted by the Town's Municipal Code Sec. 18-1) -- the IRC's roof-recover allowance is removed from the code enforced in Green Mountain Falls, so full tear-off of existing roof coverings is required for asphalt shingle re-roofs. Two exceptions are added at R908.3 (Sec. RBC303.4.65): complete/separate roofing systems such as standing-seam metal that transmit roof loads directly to the structure without relying on the existing roof for support do not require removal of existing coverings; and metal panel, metal shingle, or concrete/clay tile coverings may be installed over existing wood shake roofs per Section 908.4.
Sales & use tax
8.13% combined using El Paso County framing (state 2.9% + El Paso County 1.23% + Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA) 1% + Town of Green Mountain Falls 3%). The Town's 3% use tax applies to Motor Vehicles and Building Materials. DR1002 itself lists this town as spanning BOTH El Paso and Teller counties; a parcel located in the Teller County portion would carry a different (not independently verified) county-level component instead of the 1.23% El Paso figure used here. 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 — El Paso County
Related guides
The Town of Green Mountain Falls straddles El Paso and Teller Counties but delegates ALL building permitting town-wide to the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department (PPRBD). The Town's own Services page states: "The Pikes Peak Regional Building Department (PPRBD) is the issuing authority for building permits in the Town of Green Mountain Falls." Municipal Code Chapter 18, Article I adopts the 2017 Pikes Peak Regional Building Code (as amended effective December 7, 2018) by reference as the Town's Building Code, applying "to every building or structure within the corporate limits of the town" — i.e., covering both the El Paso and Teller County portions of town under one delegated authority.
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