Permitting Authorities / City of Wray - Building Department
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Wray, CO?
Adopted code
City of Wray - Building Department
Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Wray, CO, issued by City of Wray - Building Department. The City of Wray's Building/Activity Permit application lists "Roofing" (with number of squares and shingle type) among the types of work covered. The application must be approved and signed by the Building Inspector/City Manager before work begins, and the permit is valid for no more than one year from approval.
Jurisdiction
City of Wray, Colorado
Contact
- url: https://cityofwray.org/371/Building-Department
- phone: 970-332-4431
- email: [email protected]
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Not required
Registration details
- license: Wray Municipal Code Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations) was read in full and contains only three chapters -- Chapter 5.20 (Peddlers), Chapter 5.26 (Retail Liquor Stores), and Chapter 5.50 (Medical Marijuana) -- with no general business license or contractor-registration provision. Chapter 15.08 (Building Permits) requires only a permit application and fee; it does not condition permit issuance on holding a Town contractor license.
Permit process note
The City of Wray's Building/Activity Permit application lists "Roofing" (with number of squares and shingle type) among the types of work covered. The application must be approved and signed by the Building Inspector/City Manager before work begins, and the permit is valid for no more than one year from approval.
Adopted code
The City of Wray has adopted the 2018 International Building Code and the 2018 International Residential Code.
Drip edge
Required — Not separately amended by the City of Wray. Ordinance No. 646's IRC amendment list (Section R101.1 through Section R1004.4, sequential and textually exhaustive) was read in full and does not delete or modify R905.2.8.5, so the base 2018 IRC drip-edge requirement stands as adopted code. The ordinance's own adoption clause states the 2018 IRC is adopted "to have the same force and effect as if set forth herein in every particular," i.e. except as specifically amended.
About drip edgeIce & water shield
Required — Table R301.2's Ice Barrier Underlayment row cross-references R905.1.2 rather than stating Yes/No directly. Ordinance No. 646 replaces R905.1.2 in full: "On roofs with a slope equal to or less than four units vertical in 12 units horizontal (33-percent slope), an ice barrier shall be installed for asphalt shingles, metal roof shingles, mineral-surfaced roll roofing, slate and slate-type shingles, wood shingles and wood shakes. The ice barrier shall consist of not fewer than two layers of underlayment cemented together, or a self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen sheet shall be used in place of normal underlayment and extend from the lowest edges of all roof surfaces to a point not less than 24 inches (610 mm) inside the exterior wall line of the building." This removes the base 2018 IRC's "history of local damage" trigger, making the ice barrier an unconditional requirement for qualifying roof coverings at or below a 4:12 slope.
About ice & water barrierWind design criteria
Ordinance No. 646 (adopted 6/13/2023, amending Wray Municipal Code Chapter 15.04) replaces 2018 IRC Table R301.2 in full. Read directly from the ordinance's own printed table (rendered at 250 DPI to resolve the table's cell layout, which a plain text extraction garbles): Ground Snow Load 20 psf; Wind Speed 115 mph; Topographic effects None; Special wind region No; Windborne debris zone No; Seismic Design Category, Weathering, Termite, Flood Hazards, Air Freezing Index, and Mean Annual Temp are each printed as "-" (not filled in); Frost line depth 36"; and Ice Barrier Underlayment Required is printed as "See R905.1.2" (a cross-reference rather than a direct Yes/No entry).
Sales & use tax
5.40% combined (state 2.9% + City of Wray 2.5%; Yuma County levies no county sales tax -- it does not appear on CO DOR DR 1002's county sales-tax table at all, and DR 1002 states "If a county is not listed, that county does not have a sales tax"). 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 — Yuma County
Related guides
The building permit authority for the City of Wray in Yuma County. Issues Building/Activity Permits, which explicitly cover roofing work, and has adopted the 2018 International Building Code and International Residential Code.
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