Town of Saguache Building Site Permits

Town of Saguache, Colorado

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Saguache, CO 81149

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The Town's "Application for Building Site Permit" (approved by the Board of Trustees on 12/14/2015) lists checkboxes for "New Construction, Addition, Bridges, walkways, or driveways, Roof Replacement, Fence or Deck, Demolition, Mobile Home, Single Unit Residence, Multi Unit Residence, Lot Level Change, Commercial/Industrial," confirming roof replacement is a named, permitted category distinct from the county's roof-permit exemption. The form states: "For all work done under this permit, the applicant accepts full responsibility for compliance with the Town of Saguache Land Use Regulations, all applicable Town of Saguache Ordinances, and State of Colorado Regulations. It is the responsibility of the owner and/or builder to obtain separate permits for electrical and plumbing from the State." The application requires a description of work, utility information (water/sewer taps, gas/electric work), dimensions, setbacks, and approximate start/end dates, and is approved by the Town Clerk/Deputy Clerk with 1st, 2nd, and final inspections logged. No fee amount was found on the form itself (a "Fees Paid on:" line is present but blank). Contractor name/address/phone is collected on the application if applicable, but no Town contractor-license requirement or fee was stated, so contractor_registration_required is not asserted.

No specific IBC/IRC edition adoption was found. The Town of Saguache Municipal Code Chapter 15 ("Land Use Regulations," Ord. No. 2015-4, 11-16-2015) sets zoning-style rules: minimum lot size a platted Town lot (generally 50 ft x 130-150 ft), one dwelling per lot, front/rear setbacks of at least 10 ft and side setbacks of at least 6 ft (differing setback rules apply on two blocks of 4th Street), and a maximum building height of two stories. Chapter 18 ("Building Regulations") contains Article 1 (Dangerous Buildings), Article 2 (Flood Damage Prevention), and Article 3 (Manufactured Homes, Mobile Homes, Mobile Home Parks and RV Parks); its dangerous-buildings provisions repeatedly reference compliance with "the adopted building code" (e.g., wind and load-bearing standards) but the sections reviewed do not themselves name an IBC/IRC edition or year. This is hedged per the town's own code language rather than asserted as a specific edition.