Permitting Authorities / Town of Silverton Building & Code Enforcement Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Silverton, CO?
Adopted code
Town of Silverton Building & Code Enforcement Department
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Silverton, CO, issued by Town of Silverton Building & Code Enforcement Department. The Building & Code Enforcement page states: "As of July 1st, 2026, the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code is being enforced for new and applicable retrofit construction. Notably, this will require that new roofing, siding, window, and fencing projects be permitted, using the standard fee schedule below... Applicable code requirements will depend on location, historic preservation classification, and various other factors... All of Silverton falls into either Moderate or High Intensity Class 2; San Juan County properties variously cover the range of classes." The Town's separate "Building Department Requirements" sheet states improvement permits are required for any project over $500 (labor and materials), that contractors need a letter of authority from the property owner to sign the permit, and that work commencing before permit issuance is subject to double fees. Building permit fees follow a 2025 valuation-based fee schedule (e.g., $30 for $1-$500 projects up to $7,025 + $5/$1,000 for projects over $1,000,000).
Jurisdiction
Town of Silverton, Colorado
Address
1360 Greene Street, Silverton, CO 81433
Contact
- url: https://townofsilverton.colorado.gov/building-code-enforcement
- phone: 970-387-5522
- email: [email protected]
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Not required
Registration details
- license: No contractor license or registration requirement was found on the Town's Building & Code Enforcement page or its Licenses & Permits page, which lists only Business Licensing, Liquor Licensing, Lodgers, and Marijuana Licensing (building permits are handled separately through the Building Department). No Town contractor registration requirement is recorded here.
Permit process note
The Building & Code Enforcement page states: "As of July 1st, 2026, the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code is being enforced for new and applicable retrofit construction. Notably, this will require that new roofing, siding, window, and fencing projects be permitted, using the standard fee schedule below... Applicable code requirements will depend on location, historic preservation classification, and various other factors... All of Silverton falls into either Moderate or High Intensity Class 2; San Juan County properties variously cover the range of classes." The Town's separate "Building Department Requirements" sheet states improvement permits are required for any project over $500 (labor and materials), that contractors need a letter of authority from the property owner to sign the permit, and that work commencing before permit issuance is subject to double fees. Building permit fees follow a 2025 valuation-based fee schedule (e.g., $30 for $1-$500 projects up to $7,025 + $5/$1,000 for projects over $1,000,000).
Inspection requirements
Inspections require a minimum 24-hour advance notice to the Building Department (970-946-9031), providing the permit name, physical address, permit number, inspection type, and requested time. Required inspections before a Certificate of Occupancy include footers (with rebar), stem walls/slabs (with rebar), rough-in electrical and plumbing followed by rough-in framing, sheet rock nail/screw inspection, final electrical and plumbing, and final compliance for occupancy.
Adopted code
The Building & Code Enforcement page states: "The Town and County have adopted the 2015 versions of the International Code Councils: ICC/IBC/IRC," and that the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code has been enforced since July 1, 2026. The Town's "Building Department Requirements" sheet specifies the Town uses "the 2015 IBC, IRC, IMC, IFGC, IECC, IFC, and the latest National Electric Code and Plumbing Code adopted by the State of Colorado," with local design criteria of 110 lbs snow load (120 lbs above 10,000 feet), 110 MPH wind load, Seismic Design Category "C," energy requirements of R49 roof/ceilings, R20+5 exterior walls, and R38 floor, and a local roofing requirement of "Full waterproofing to cover roof completely."
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — The Town of Silverton adopts the 2015 International Residential Code by reference at Silverton Municipal Code Section 18-2-10, and its local amendments to that code are collected at Section 18-2-20, as enacted by Ordinance No. 2022-10. The amendment section was reviewed in full; the Town amends only Section 101.1, to insert the Town's name, and Section 114.4, governing violation penalties. Neither addresses impact resistance or requires UL 2218 Class 4 roof coverings.
Wind design criteria
The Town's "Building Department Requirements" sheet, item 4 ("Local requirements"), states: "b. 110 lbs. snow loads. (120 lbs. above 10,000 feet) c. 110 MPH wind load. d. Seismic Design Category 'C'." The same document (item 5) states: "The Town of Silverton uses the 2015 IBC, IRC, IMC, IFGC, IECC, IFC, and the latest National Electric Code and Plumbing Code adopted by the State of Colorado." This document is linked as "Building Department Requirements" directly from the Town's own Building & Code Enforcement page, cited alongside the file itself so the provenance chain does not rest on the opaque Google Drive file ID alone.
Sales & use tax
10.4% combined (state 2.9% + San Juan County 6.5% + Town of Silverton 1%; no RTD/SCFD/RTA district). Per Colorado Department of Revenue form DR 1002 (rev. 06/19/19, updated semi-annually): San Juan County's state-collected general county sales tax is listed at 6.5% (0% vendor service fee, no listed exemptions, no use tax), and the Town of Silverton's own state-collected city rate is separately listed at 1% (0% service fee, exemptions A,B,C,D,E,G,H,K,L,M, no use tax). Silverton is state-collected, not home-rule. 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 Juan County
Related guides
The building permit authority for the Town of Silverton and San Juan County (the Building Department issues permits and inspects for both jurisdictions). The Town and County have adopted the 2015 International Code Council code family, and as of July 1, 2026 the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code is enforced for new and applicable retrofit construction, explicitly requiring permits for new roofing, siding, window, and fencing projects.
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