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

Town of Nucla, Colorado

city

320 Main St, Nucla, CO 81424

Required

Not required

The Town's "Licensing & Permits" page has a "Building Permit Information" section: "Building packets & Information can be requested by emailing [email protected], calling Town Hall (970) 864-7351 or stop by Town Hall Monday - Thursday 7:00a - 5:00p, 320 Main St. Nucla, CO 81424." Under "Do I need a building permit?" the page lists the contents of that building packet — the Town's Land Use & Development Code, a Building Permit Application (with a separate Manufactured Home Building Permit Application for modular/pre-fab/mobile homes), and State of Colorado plumbing and electrical permit applications/guides — but does not itself state which categories of work (including roofing) trigger the requirement, so whether re-roofing needs a Town permit is unconfirmed. State electrical/plumbing permits are handled separately through DORA (dpo.colorado.gov/EandP). No Town-level contractor license or registration requirement is stated on this page either. Vehicle title/registration, marriage licenses, and deeds/liens are handled by the Montrose County Clerk & Recorder's Nucla annex office — a delegation limited to those recording functions, not building permits.

The Town of Nucla Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Building Regulations, Article II, adopts a building code. Section 8-31, Adoption and application of codes, enacted by the ordinance of November 13, 2019 and recodified by Ordinance No. 2020-002 on June 10, 2020, adopts the Uniform Building Code, 1997 Edition, by reference. Section 8-33, which carried the Town's deletions, modifications and exceptions to that code, was deleted by Ordinance No. 2023-007 on June 28, 2023 and stands reserved, so no local amendment to the adopted code is currently stated. Sections 8-34 and 8-35 defer plumbing, gas and electrical work to the State-adopted codes and State licensing. The Colorado Energy Office Statewide Building Code Adoption dataset, revised April 2, 2026, likewise reports a 1997 Uniform Building Code adoption for the Town. This replaces an earlier reading that reviewed Chapters 9 and 10 and reported that no building-regulations chapter existed.

Not required — The Town of Nucla Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Building Regulations, was read in full across all six of its articles. Section 8-31, enacted by the ordinance of November 13, 2019 and recodified by Ordinance No. 2020-002 on June 10, 2020, adopts the Uniform Building Code, 1997 Edition, by reference as the Town's building code. Section 8-33, which carried the Town's own deletions, modifications and exceptions to that adopted code, was deleted in full by Ordinance No. 2023-007 on June 28, 2023 and stands reserved, so the Town states no local amendment of any kind to the code it has adopted. The chapter's other articles cover general provisions, minimum dimensional standards for single-family, multi-family and factory-built homes, manufactured and mobile home licensing and condition requirements, a deferral of plumbing and electrical work to the State-adopted codes, and a housing and nuisance-abatement code; the Code's own comparative legislation table was read and confirms that no later ordinance or resolution amends Sections 8-31 through 8-37. Roofs are mentioned only in a manufactured-home structural alteration inspection clause and a used-home condition checklist requiring an intact roof without interior leaks, neither of which is a covering-material standard. Neither the adopted code nor any Town provision requires impact-resistant roof coverings or names a UL 2218 or Class 4 standard. The Colorado Energy Office Statewide Building Code Adoption dataset, revised April 2, 2026, likewise reports a 1997 Uniform Building Code adoption for the Town. The only statewide instrument reaching reroofing is the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, 8 CCR 1507-39, effective July 1, 2026 in areas designated wildland-urban interface under that code, which requires a Class A roof covering tested to ASTM E108 or UL 790 where 25 percent or more of the roof surface is replaced, at Sections 101.6 and 403.2; that is a fire classification independent of impact rating, and the code sets no impact-resistance requirement.

No dollar-value or minor-repair threshold applies to general building permits. Code of Ordinances Section 8-1 requires a building permit for "all construction within the town," covering "construction replacement, set-up, alteration, repair, remodel, erection, etc." with no minimum-cost exemption. The only threshold stated anywhere in Chapter 8 is fence-specific: Section 8-5(a) provides "Rebuilding or repair of a fence that exceeds or is equal to 50 percent of the total fence shall require a building permit." No comparable exemption exists for roofing or other structures.

70 miles per hour, per Code of Ordinances Section 8-4(b): "Wind loads are hereby established at 70 miles per hour rate as per the Uniform Building Code. This wind speed is established as per Figure 16-1, Vol. II, of the 1997 Uniform Building Code." This is a freestanding, town- wide design standard; the separate snow-load subsection that precedes it is the only one limited to structures moved into or within the jurisdiction.

8.65% combined: 2.9% Colorado state, 1% Montrose County, 0.75% Montrose County Public Safety Improvements special district (applies county-wide, per Montrose County limits, so it reaches Nucla), and 4% Town of Nucla, which is state-collected.