Permitting Authorities / Town of Mountain Village - Building Division
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Mountain Village, CO?
Adopted code
Town of Mountain Village - Building Division
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Mountain Village, CO, issued by Town of Mountain Village - Building Division. The Town's Cedar Shake Roof Replacement program page states the application steps for a re-roof verbatim: "Submit a Design Review Process Application for approval to re-roof your home or building from Cedar Shake and Shingle to a Town of Mountain Village-approved fire- rated roofing material. Hire a town-approved roofing contractor to perform the work. Submit a Town of Mountain Village Building Permit upon approval of your Design Review Process Application (and pay your building permit)." The program (2025) waives up to $25,000 in building permit fees per property for re-roofs off cedar shake (San Miguel County fees still apply), and can be combined with the Wildfire Mitigation/Defensible Space Incentive Program. Separately, within the Mountain Village Center specifically, the town's roofing guidance page states: "The CDC requires most roofing projects within the Village Center to submit a Class 3 Development Application for a project- specific design review, unless the roofing material[] is being repaired or replaced" with like materials (which does not require Design Review Board review). For new development or roof replacements not qualifying as a repair/replacement, CDC Section 17.5.6(C)(3) permits, subject to DRB contextual-compatibility approval: Burnt Sienna Concrete Tiles, compatible earth-tone materials, brown pre-patina copper, standing seam or bonderized metals in dark grey or black, zinc, and non-reflective solar roof tiles (other variations allowed with specific DRB approval). General permitting is run through OpenGov for permit applications, inspection scheduling, contractor registration, and fee payments; almost all applications carry a fee per the annual Community Development Department Fee Schedule, and a Use Tax Ordinance taxes building materials purchased outside town limits (or where no sales tax was collected) and used on a permitted project, reconciled at project completion.
Jurisdiction
Town of Mountain Village, Colorado
Address
455 Mountain Village Blvd., Suite A, Mountain Village, CO 81435
Contact
- url: https://townofmountainvillage.com/business/building/building-division/
- phone: 970-728-8000
- email: [email protected]
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
- license: The Building Division page states: "In 2011, we adopted an ordinance that establishes regulations requiring certain members of the contracting community to be certified by the International Code Council (ICC) by passing certain tests... We require general contractors, roofing contractors and mechanical contractors to submit proof of applicable ICC Certificates. Electrical and plumbing contractors must be licensed by the State of Colorado" (state Master and Contractor licenses, plus separate no-fee Town registration for those two trades). The town's official Chapter 17.7 Building Regulations document lists the specific ICC exams by trade, including "Roofing Contractor Exam for all roofing contractors or subcontractors or roofing permits," and states each contracting company must have at least one license holder holding the currently-adopted ICC certification matching their trade, with the Town building license renewed after the Town adopts updated ICC codes. Permitting is run through the OpenGov portal, where "Contractors must also complete the Contractor Registration permit type before submitting any new permit applications." A list of Licensed General Contractors, Electricians, Plumbers & Roofers is available on request by calling 970-369-8242, and an "Approved Licensed Roofing Contractors" list is published specifically for the Cedar Shake Incentive Program.
Permit process note
The Town's Cedar Shake Roof Replacement program page states the application steps for a re-roof verbatim: "Submit a Design Review Process Application for approval to re-roof your home or building from Cedar Shake and Shingle to a Town of Mountain Village-approved fire- rated roofing material. Hire a town-approved roofing contractor to perform the work. Submit a Town of Mountain Village Building Permit upon approval of your Design Review Process Application (and pay your building permit)." The program (2025) waives up to $25,000 in building permit fees per property for re-roofs off cedar shake (San Miguel County fees still apply), and can be combined with the Wildfire Mitigation/Defensible Space Incentive Program. Separately, within the Mountain Village Center specifically, the town's roofing guidance page states: "The CDC requires most roofing projects within the Village Center to submit a Class 3 Development Application for a project- specific design review, unless the roofing material[] is being repaired or replaced" with like materials (which does not require Design Review Board review). For new development or roof replacements not qualifying as a repair/replacement, CDC Section 17.5.6(C)(3) permits, subject to DRB contextual-compatibility approval: Burnt Sienna Concrete Tiles, compatible earth-tone materials, brown pre-patina copper, standing seam or bonderized metals in dark grey or black, zinc, and non-reflective solar roof tiles (other variations allowed with specific DRB approval). General permitting is run through OpenGov for permit applications, inspection scheduling, contractor registration, and fee payments; almost all applications carry a fee per the annual Community Development Department Fee Schedule, and a Use Tax Ordinance taxes building materials purchased outside town limits (or where no sales tax was collected) and used on a permitted project, reconciled at project completion.
Inspection requirements
Inspections are requested through the applicant's OpenGov account (request the previous day before 3 p.m.); partial inspections are approved at the inspector's discretion and may be disapproved if a substantial portion of the work is incomplete. Applicants must provide the approved red-lined plans, permit card, and any engineered documents to the inspector at the job site, with the job-site address and permit clearly posted. The Mountain Village Building Board of Appeals, established under Section 112 of the adopted International Building Code, adjudicates appeals of Building Official decisions.
Adopted code
The Building Division's "Codes & Guides" list (current as published) states the town reviews permits under: "International Building Code (2024), National Electrical Code (2023), International Fuel Gas Code (2024), International Energy Conservation Code (2021), International Existing Building Code (2024), International Fire Code (2024), International Mechanical Code (2024), International Plumbing Code (2024), International Residential Code (2024)," with all local amendments contained in Municipal Code Chapter 17.7 (per Ordinance 2025-05, amending Chapter 17.7). The town's separately hosted "Chapter 17.7 Building Regulations" PDF (an earlier codification predating that 2025 ordinance, referencing the 2018 IBC/IRC editions) shows the type of local amendments the Town makes to roofing-adjacent provisions, including a local design snow load of "130 lbs. min standard plus elevation per SEAC Guide," a 90 mph 3-second wind gust exposure C, and an amendment to the metal-roof-covering corrosion-resistance provisions (IBC Section 1507.4.3 / IRC R904.3) stating metal roofing "shall not be required to be corrosion resistant or listed by any agency in the Town of Mountain Village," with a minimum 22-gauge thickness where installed. Because the current webpage lists 2024-edition codes while the hosted amendment PDF is written against the 2018 editions, the specific amendment section numbers above should be confirmed against the current Chapter 17.7 text (Ordinance 2025-05) before being treated as still-current verbatim code language.
Drip edge
Required — Not separately amended by the Town of Mountain Village. The Town's own hosted "Chapter 17.7 Building Regulations" document adopts the 2018 IRC by reference (§17.7.11.A) with a 31-item exhaustive amendment list (§17.7.11.B, items 1-31) that amends R904.3 (metal roof corrosion resistance) but does not delete or modify Section R905.2.8.5, so the base IRC drip-edge requirement stands as adopted code. This hosted document predates Ordinance 2025-05 (which re-adopted 2024-edition codes) and its current codified text is unreachable (Cloudflare-walled at mountainvillage.municipal.codes), so this finding reflects the Town's own most recently confirmable amendment list, not necessarily the current 2024-edition text.
About drip edgeImpact-resistant roofing
Not required — No Town of Mountain Village amendment mandates Class 4 / UL 2218 impact-resistant roof coverings. Both the IBC amendment list (§17.7.10.B, 13 items -- item 9 "Roofing" addresses only metal roof corrosion resistance, item 10 sets local IBC Ch. 16 structural design conditions) and the IRC amendment list (§17.7.11.B, 31 items -- item 17 addresses only R904.3 metal roof corrosion resistance) were read in full, along with the Fire Code and Snow and Ice Removal Regulations chapters, and none contain an impact-resistance provision.
Roof layer limit / recover
Not separately amended by the Town of Mountain Village. The Town's §17.7.11.B 31-item exhaustive amendment list to the 2018 IRC does not touch Section R907 (Reroofing) or R908 (Roof Replacement), so the base IRC roof-recover/layer-limit provisions govern as adopted (section text behind the ICC paywall, not restated here). As with drip_edge_required, this reflects the Town's own hosted pre-2025-05-ordinance document; the current codified text is unreachable (Cloudflare-walled). Base-code rule, read at 2018 IRC Section R908.3.1.1 (Roof recover not allowed) and quoted here rather than left behind the ICC paywall: a roof recover "shall not be permitted" where "the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering" (nor where the existing covering is water soaked or deteriorated, or is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile). One existing layer may therefore be recovered; a second existing layer forces tear-off to the deck.
Sales & use tax
9.47% combined (state 2.9% + San Miguel County 1% + San Miguel Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) 1.07% + Town of Mountain Village 4.5%). Home-rule, self-collected — the Town's own page states "you will need to remit sales taxes to Mountain Village as we self-collect taxes."
Local roofing hub
Roof permits nearby — San Miguel County
Related guides
The building permit authority for the Town of Mountain Village, San Miguel County (a mountain resort community on Ordinance-adopted 2024-edition International Codes). The Building Division, part of the Planning and Development Services Department, requires ICC certification for general, roofing, and mechanical contractors, runs permitting and contractor registration through OpenGov, and operates a Cedar Shake Fire Mitigation Incentive Program that waives building permit fees for re-roofing from cedar shake to Town-approved fire-rated roofing material.
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