Permitting Authorities / Town of Saguache Building Site Permits
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Saguache, CO?
Adopted code
Town of Saguache Building Site Permits
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Saguache, CO, issued by Town of Saguache Building Site Permits. 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 no Town contractor registration requirement is recorded here.
Jurisdiction
Town of Saguache, Colorado
Address
Saguache, CO 81149
Contact
- url: https://townofsaguache.org/documents
- phone: 719-655-2232
- fax: 719-655-2699
- email: [email protected]
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Not required
Registration details
- license: Saguache Municipal Code Chapter 6 - Business Licenses and Regulations was read in full: Article 1 (Business Licenses) requires only a general license, granted by the Town Clerk/Treasurer, for "any person located in the Town and/or doing business on a regular basis... to engage in the business of selling tangible personal property or furnishing services" (Sec. 6-1-20), a tax-administration license whose stated purpose is "to enable the Town to enforce the obligation of businesses to remit sales tax and business license fees" (Sec. 6-1-10). Article 2 covers Alcoholic Beverage Licenses, Article 3 Adult-Oriented Businesses, Article 4 Building Site Permits, and Article 5 Peddler/Solicitor Permits — none of the five articles contains a contractor-specific license or registration requirement.
Permit process note
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 no Town contractor registration requirement is recorded here.
Adopted code
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.
Drip edge
Not required — The Town of Saguache's codified Municipal Code — all twelve substantive chapters, read in full, current through Ordinance No. 2023-2 — contains no adopted IBC/IRC edition. Chapter 18 Article 1 (Dangerous Buildings, read in full) references only "the adopted building code" generically, without naming an edition or year, so no drip-edge flashing requirement is enforced by the Town.
About drip edgeIce & water shield
Not required — The Town of Saguache's codified Municipal Code — all twelve substantive chapters, read in full, current through Ordinance No. 2023-2 — contains no adopted IBC/IRC edition and no chapter addresses an ice-and-water-shield membrane requirement, so none is enforced by the Town.
About ice & water barrierMid-roof inspection
Not required — The Town's own "Application for Building Site Permit" is approved by the Town Clerk/Deputy Clerk with 1st, 2nd, and final inspections logged generically for all permitted work, but no chapter of the codified Municipal Code and no provision on the permit application itself describes a roof-specific mid-roof or dry-in inspection stage, and no adopted IBC/IRC edition exists to establish one.
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — The Town of Saguache's codified Municipal Code — all twelve substantive chapters, read in full, current through Ordinance No. 2023-2 — contains no adopted IBC/IRC edition and no chapter addresses impact-resistant (UL 2218 / Class 4) roofing, so no such requirement is enforced by the Town.
Repair permit threshold
The Town of Saguache's codified Municipal Code — all twelve substantive chapters (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18), read in full, current through Ordinance No. 2023-2 — contains no adopted International Building Code or International Residential Code edition, and no chapter states a dollar or percentage threshold distinguishing a minor roof repair from a full roof replacement. The Town's own Building Site Permit application lists "Roof Replacement" as a checked project category without stating a repair-size threshold.
Wind design criteria
The Town of Saguache's codified Municipal Code — all twelve substantive chapters, read in full, current through Ordinance No. 2023-2 — contains no adopted IBC/IRC edition and states no wind design criteria (design wind speed, exposure category) for roofing. Chapter 18 Article 1 (Dangerous Buildings) references resisting "a wind pressure of one-half of that specified in the adopted building code" without stating a value or naming an edition, so no town-published wind design figure exists to record here.
Roof layer limit / recover
The Town of Saguache's codified Municipal Code — all twelve substantive chapters, read in full, current through Ordinance No. 2023-2 — contains no adopted IBC/IRC edition and no chapter addresses a limit on the number of roof-covering layers permitted before a full tear-off is required.
Deck & sheathing requirements
The Town of Saguache's codified Municipal Code — all twelve substantive chapters, read in full, current through Ordinance No. 2023-2 — contains no adopted IBC/IRC edition and no chapter addresses roof deck sheathing material, thickness, or fastening requirements.
Sales & use tax
9.40% combined (state 2.9% + Saguache County 2.50% + Town of Saguache 4%; no RTD/SCFD/RTA district). The Town's own rate is confirmed directly from its code: Saguache Municipal Code § 4-3-20(a) imposes "a sales tax equal to three percent of the gross receipts" and § 4-5-30 separately imposes a law-enforcement sales tax "at a rate of one percent of the amount of each sale," totaling 4%, which matches Colorado Department of Revenue form DR 1002 (rev. 06/19/19)'s State-Collected City Sales Taxes table listing "Saguache / Saguache / 4% / 3.33% [service fee] / None [use tax]." DR 1002's State-Collected Colorado County Sales Tax table lists Saguache County's rate as 2.50%. 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 — Saguache County
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The building permit authority for the Town of Saguache, in Saguache County and the San Luis Valley. The Town issues its own "Application for Building Site Permit," which explicitly lists "Roof Replacement" as a checked project category — in contrast to Saguache County, whose own Land Use FAQ states a building permit is NOT required to replace a roof in the unincorporated county. The Town's roofing requirement is a documented divergence from the county's stance.
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