Town of Silver Cliff Building & Zoning Department

Town of Silver Cliff, Colorado

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Silver Cliff, CO 81252

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The Town's "Building Permit Application" ("Jurisdiction of Silver Cliff") lists checkboxes for New Construction, Addition, Alteration, Repair, Roof, Demolition, Excavation, and Solar, confirming roof work as a named permit category. To obtain a permit, applicants submit a completed Building Permit Application, a Driveway Access Permit Application, proof of ownership, a property survey, and utility confirmations (Black Hills Energy for electric; Round Mountain Water & Sanitation District for water/sewer; State of Colorado for wells). Residential plan submittals (two complete sets) must include a site plan, building elevations, foundation plan (40" minimum frost-line protection), floor plan, roof plan, structural cut showing "roofing material and sheathing," and design criteria of 110 mph exposure C wind and 40 psf ground snow load for trusses/rafters. Commercial plans require the same items plus three stamped sets from a Colorado Registered Professional Engineer, ADA and Fire Code compliance. A 3% Town of Silver Cliff use tax applies to building materials not already taxed at the point of sale, due before final Certificate of Occupancy. Work must commence within 180 days of issuance; abandonment for over 180 days may cause revocation; no permit is valid longer than two years. No explicit Town contractor-license requirement was found in the permit packet (a "Contractor" info field is collected on the application, and the excavation-permit provisions require culvert installers to be "licensed and insured," but no general Town contractor-licensing ordinance or fee schedule was found), so contractor_registration_required is not asserted.

Per the permit packet: "There shall be a Final Inspection and approval of all buildings and structures when completed and ready for occupancy and use. A Certificate of Occupancy must be issued for all construction projects. Use Tax must be paid prior to a Final Inspection." Inspection requests must be filed with the Building Official at least 24 hours in advance; the Building Official is reachable Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Silver Cliff Town Hall, 719-783-3034. A site visit with the applicant and site plans in hand is required before a permit is issued, to verify property lines and setbacks.

"THE TOWN OF SILVER CLIFF ENFORCES THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL CODES." The Town's permit packet reproduces the 2006 International Residential Code Sections R101-R106 as amended for local use (several subsections, e.g. R102.1-R102.7 except R102.7.1, R104.3, R104.8, R105.2.3, R107, and R108, are marked "NON-APPLICABLE" in the Town's version), establishing a "department of building safety" headed by a Building Official who issues permits, conducts inspections, and enforces the code. The Town's Building & Zoning department page separately confirms: "Silver Cliff has adopted: 2006 International Building Codes (PDF) [and] 2006 International Residential Code (PDF)." A "2006 Minimum Energy Efficiency Requirements" sheet in the same packet sets minimum R-values (ceiling R-49, walls R-19, foundation R-10) and maximum U-factors (windows/doors 0.35, skylights 0.60). This is a locally amended, town-adopted 2006-vintage code, not the 2021 edition used in neighboring La Veta.