Permitting Authorities / Town of Williamsburg Building Department
Town of Williamsburg Building Department
Adopted codeThe building permit authority for the Town of Williamsburg, Fremont County (a separate incorporated town not served by the Fremont County Building Department). Municipal Code Chapter 18, Article I adopts the 2017 International Residential Code and is "currently in use by Planning & Zoning." Building permit applications are handled by Town Hall, physically located in Florence, Colorado.
Jurisdiction
Town of Williamsburg, Colorado
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
1 John St, Florence, CO 81226
Contact
- url: https://townofwilliamsburg.colorado.gov/permits
- phone: 719-784-4511
Registration details
- license: No Town-level contractor license or registration requirement was found on the Forms/Permits page or in Municipal Code Chapter 18. contractor_registration_required is not asserted here.
Permit process note
The Town's Forms/Permits page lists a "Building Permit Application" and a "Solar Permitting Process" document among its published forms. The Town's own "Residential Building Permit—Application and Submittal Requirements" form (signed by Building Inspector Randy Babb) covers a generic "Describe Work" field with a Building Permit Fee based on total project cost, and requires additional documents (address issuance, evidence of ownership/water/sanitation, plot plan, foundation design, floor plan, construction details, truss design) only "For New Builds & Additions." Municipal Code Chapter 18 itself contains Article I (adoption of the 2017 IRC per C.R.S. §31-16-202) and Article II (Dangerous Buildings), but has no standalone "Permits Required" section comparable to its Article III (Electrical) and Article IV (Mechanical) sections, which instead state those permits/inspections "are administered by the State of Colorado." No document reviewed named re-roofing or roof replacement specifically as requiring or being exempt from a permit, so roofing_permit_required is not asserted here.
Inspection requirements
No building-inspection procedure specific to roofing or general construction was found on the Town's site; a Code Enforcement Officer (719-429-5790, [email protected]) handles code-violation complaints separately from Building Department permitting.
Adopted code
Municipal Code Sec. 18-1 states: "Pursuant to CRS §31-16-202, the 2017 edition of the International Residential Code is hereby adopted and is currently in use by Planning & Zoning of the Town of Williamsburg." No adoption of the International Building Code (for commercial/multi-family structures) was found in Chapter 18; Article III (Electrical) and Article IV (Mechanical) instead state those permits/inspections are administered by the State of Colorado rather than adopting IMC/electrical code editions locally.
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Related guides
Sources
- townofwilliamsburg.colorado.gov verified 2026-07-17
- townofwilliamsburg.colorado.gov verified 2026-07-17
- townofwilliamsburg.colorado.gov verified 2026-07-17
- townofwilliamsburg.colorado.gov verified 2026-07-17