Permitting Authorities / Town of Ophir - Building Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Ophir, CO?
Adopted code
Town of Ophir - Building Department
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Ophir, CO, issued by Town of Ophir - Building Department. Land Use Code Section 1501.5 states: "It shall be unlawful to commence the excavation for, or the construction of, or movement of any building or any structure, including accessory structures until the Building Inspector and Enforcement Official of the Town of Ophir has each issued a building permit for such work." Section 1501.7 requires plan sets including "Roof, all floor, and foundation plans for the architectural as well as structural design" and states "All building permits expire after one year if the Building Inspector determines that sufficient progress has not been made." Appendix B (2018 IRC Amendments) adds Section R105.1.1: "Re-roofing Permit. A permit is required to reroof any structure governed by the IRC," and amends Section R105.5 (Expiration) to read: "Work must commence within 180 days of issuing the permit," with mandatory inspections at: "Reinforcement in footings or structural (monolithic) slab," "Reinforcement in stem-wall or basement-wall," "Wall and roof sheathing (as required by AHJ)," "Framing," "Insulation," "Drywall or other interior wall coverings," and "All finial [final] inspections." The Town's Building Permit Application Requirements document requires plan sets to show "roofing materials, pitch of roof, roof ventilation design" and lists a "LUC Plan Review Fee" of $500 for "New Building or Remodel" (first 4 hours; $75/hour after) plus a Building Permit Fee "determined by the Building Official, based upon valuation of project.".
Jurisdiction
Town of Ophir, Colorado
Address
P.O. Box 683, Ophir, CO 81426
Contact
- url: https://townofophir.colorado.gov/
- phone: 970-728-4943
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Not required
Registration details
- note: No contractor registration, licensing, or business-license requirement appears anywhere in the 83-page Land Use Code (searched in full for "contractor," "licen-," and "regist-"; the only licensing references found concern surveyors, structural engineers, and title companies, not contractors) or in the Town's Building Permit Application Requirements document. The Building Permit Application form itself requests the contractor's name and contact information but imposes no Town-issued license or registration as a precondition of permit issuance.
Permit process note
Land Use Code Section 1501.5 states: "It shall be unlawful to commence the excavation for, or the construction of, or movement of any building or any structure, including accessory structures until the Building Inspector and Enforcement Official of the Town of Ophir has each issued a building permit for such work." Section 1501.7 requires plan sets including "Roof, all floor, and foundation plans for the architectural as well as structural design" and states "All building permits expire after one year if the Building Inspector determines that sufficient progress has not been made." Appendix B (2018 IRC Amendments) adds Section R105.1.1: "Re-roofing Permit. A permit is required to reroof any structure governed by the IRC," and amends Section R105.5 (Expiration) to read: "Work must commence within 180 days of issuing the permit," with mandatory inspections at: "Reinforcement in footings or structural (monolithic) slab," "Reinforcement in stem-wall or basement-wall," "Wall and roof sheathing (as required by AHJ)," "Framing," "Insulation," "Drywall or other interior wall coverings," and "All finial [final] inspections." The Town's Building Permit Application Requirements document requires plan sets to show "roofing materials, pitch of roof, roof ventilation design" and lists a "LUC Plan Review Fee" of $500 for "New Building or Remodel" (first 4 hours; $75/hour after) plus a Building Permit Fee "determined by the Building Official, based upon valuation of project."
Inspection requirements
Per the 2018 IRC Amendments (Appendix B), Section R105.5 requires, "unless determined otherwise by the Building Official because of the size or complexity of the project," each inspection completed within 180 days of the previous one, per this schedule: "Reinforcement in footings or structural (monolithic) slab. Reinforcement in stem-wall or basement-wall. Wall and roof sheathing (as required by AHJ). Framing (which implies that plumbing, electrical and mechanical have already passed inspection or will be inspected at the time of the framing inspection). Insulation. Drywall or other interior wall coverings. All finial [final] inspections."
Adopted code
Land Use Code Section 107 states: "The Town of Ophir has adopted the International Residential Code (IRC), 2018 Edition, As promulgated by the International Code Council as amended by Exhibit A to Ordinance 2023-1, including appendix chapters A, B, F, I, J, L, Q, R, S AND T (of the '2018 IRC'). The 2018 IRC as amended shall apply and take effect except where it directly conflicts with the provisions of this LUC. The 2018 IRC, as amended, shall be considered a Town Building Code." Section 108 states: "The Town of Ophir has adopted the San Miguel County and the town of Ophir Prescriptive Energy Code. See Appendix B for such code. The Prescriptive Energy Code shall be considered a Town Building Code." No separate commercial International Building Code (IBC) edition is named; the LUC treats the amended 2018 IRC as the Town's building code.
Ice & water shield
Required — Table R301.2(1) as amended by Ophir Land Use Code Appendix B (2018 IRC Amendments) prints "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required" as "YES" in its single unbanded design-criteria row.
About ice & water barrierImpact-resistant roofing
Not required — The Town of Ophir Land Use Code, adopted June 27, 2023 by Ordinance 2023-1 and published by the Town, adopts the 2018 International Residential Code in Section 107, as amended by Exhibit A to Ordinance 2023-1, together with appendix chapters A, B, F, I, J, L, Q, R, S and T. Exhibit A, the Town's complete IRC amendment list, is set out within the Land Use Code and was read in full. Its amendments cover administration and appeals, permit exemptions and expiration, the climatic and geographic design criteria table, fire separation distances, deletion of the automatic fire sprinkler sections, emergency egress, deletion of the termite and swimming pool sections, mechanical ventilation, fireplace and fuel gas provisions, and the Town's energy provisions including its Renewable Energy Mitigation Program. It also adds Section R105.1.1, which requires a permit to reroof any structure, and a new Section R908.7 requiring attic ventilation on reroofs to comply with Section R806. Neither the adopted 2018 IRC nor any Town amendment requires impact-resistant roof coverings or names a UL 2218, FM 4473 or Class 4 standard. The Colorado Energy Office Statewide Building Code Adoption dataset, revised April 2, 2026, lists the International Residential Code as Ophir's currently adopted code.
Wind design criteria
Table R301.2(1) as amended by Ophir Land Use Code Appendix B (2018 IRC Amendments) prints, in its single unbanded design-criteria row: Ground Snow Load "Refer to ASCE 7 or Colorado Design Snow Loads, SEAC 2016"; Wind Design Speed "115 (see footnote "a" below)"; Topographic Effects "NO"; Special Wind Region "NO"; Windborn Debris Zone "NO"; Seismic Design Category "C"; Weathering "Severe"; Frost Line Depth "See footnote "b" below"; Termite "Consult pest managemant [sic] professional"; Winter Design Temp "-6 F"; Ice Barrier Underlayment Required "YES"; Air Freezing Index "2000"; Mean Annual Temp "40 degrees F." Footnote (a): "Exposure C will be assumed unless otherwise noted on sealed construction drawings prepared by a licensed engineer." Footnote (b): "If elevation is x >7500', then 48'' inches from grade to B.O.F."
Sales & use tax
3.9% combined (state 2.9% + San Miguel County 1%). The Town of Ophir does not appear in either the "State-Collected City Sales Taxes" or "Home Rule Cities For Which The State Does Not Collect Local Sales Tax" tables of CO DOR DR 1002 (a 2019/2020-vintage publication), indicating no Town-level sales tax is currently reported to the state; that absence is treated here as the operative current-state indicator. Ophir is also excluded from the San Miguel Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) special district by DR 1002's own boundary language ("unincorporated San Miguel County except for the towns of Ophir and Sawpit"), so no RTA component applies. Note for the record: the Town's own Ordinance No. 96-3 (adopted January 21, 1996) would have imposed a 2% Town sales and use tax contingent on a TABOR election; whether that ballot measure passed and remains in effect today is not established by any document reviewed, so it is not included in the combined figure above. 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 — San Miguel County
Related guides
The building permit authority for the Town of Ophir, a home rule municipality in San Miguel County. Building permits are issued by the Building Inspector under the Town's Land Use Code, which adopts the 2018 International Residential Code (as amended by Ordinance 2023-1) as the Town Building Code.
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