Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Morrison, CO?

Town of Morrison, Colorado

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Morrison, CO

Morrison contracts with Charles Abbott Associates, Inc. to ensure the Town of Morrison codes are enforced and approved for occupancy on residential and commercial properties. Permits are obtained by completing the Morrison building permit application through the town, and building questions can be directed to [email protected].

Inspections are scheduled online and inspection requests must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. on the business day prior to the requested date.

The Building Department references the 2015 International Building Code as its regulatory standard.

Required — Required town-wide. The Town of Morrison completes the climatic and geographic design criteria table, and that table answers "Ice Shield Underlayment Required" affirmatively, so the ice barrier provisions of the adopted residential code apply to every roof in town. About ice & water barrier

Not required — The Town of Morrison's building-code adopting ordinance (Board of Trustees Ordinance No. 477, effective August 22, 2019, codified at Morrison Municipal Code §§ 9-1-2 through 9-1-9) was reviewed in full, including its complete local amendment lists for the 2015 International Building Code and 2015 International Residential Code; it amends no roof-covering section and contains no impact-resistance or UL 2218 requirement.

A design wind speed of 130 mph in Seismic Design Category B, the highest design wind speed among the Colorado towns in this corpus. The Town of Morrison completes the climatic and geographic design criteria table, which also sets a ground snow load of 37 pounds per square foot, severe weathering, a frost line depth of 36 inches, a slight to moderate termite probability, an air freezing index of 1,000 and a mean annual temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

8.25 percent combined: 2.9 percent state, 0.50 percent Jefferson County, 1 percent Regional Transportation District, 0.1 percent Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and 3.75 percent Town of Morrison. Both districts reach Morrison because the Colorado Department of Revenue publication DR 1002 places all of Jefferson County inside each of them without a carve-out. The Town is state- collected and levies a 3.75 percent use tax reaching building materials. Rates read from the January 2026 edition.