Sign Permit in Bow Mar, Colorado

Bow Mar requires a sign permit for: No dedicated Article or Section addressing sign dimensional standards, sign permit applications, or sign fees exists anywhere in Chapter 16 (Zoning) Article I — confirmed by a full direct read of Secs. 16-1 through 16-21 (2026-08-13); the only 'sign' references in Article I are the applicant-posted PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE sign required for variance requests (Sec. 16-17(f): minimum 36" x 48", posted in a conspicuous location along each abutting public street for at least 21 days prior to the hearing) and the rezoning/subdivision notice sign (Sec. 16-19(2): minimum 4' x 4', posted at least 15 days prior to the hearing); Chapter 18 (Building Regulations, Ordinance No. 340) Sec. 18-32 ('Signs on property of others') is a nuisance/trespass provision: 'No sign, handbill, poster, placard or painted or printed matter shall be posted, pasted or otherwise attached in any public area including easements, or upon any fence, power pole, telephone pole, traffic sign, building or other structure without the permission of the owner, agent or occupant of the property upon which such sign is displayed' — written permission from the Town Clerk is required to post on Town-owned easements/rights-of-way specifically; this governs posting ON others' property, not a homeowner's own signage on their own lot, and creates no permit application, fee, or dimensional standard; Ordinance No. 340, Sec. 18-23(b)(2) exempts persons who 'build, repair or maintain fences, signs or awnings' from the Town's Contractor Registration requirement — confirming signs are within Chapter 18's contemplated scope of buildable work, but this is only an exemption from contractor licensing, not an affirmative statement that a building or sign permit is separately required; No 'sign' line item appears in the Town's published Building Permit Fees schedule, Flat Fee Schedule, or Sample List of Cost page; No dedicated sign permit application form is published among the Town's downloadable forms (Building Permit w/ Plan Review, Demolition, Non-Structural, Roofing, Street Cut & Driveway) — checked townofbowmar.org directly; Confirm any specific proposed sign directly with the Building Department (303-795-2063) or Building Inspector Terry Weis, since no sign-specific process is published to confirm against. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Bow Mar Building Department at 303-795-2063 before starting work.

In Bow Mar, the published Sign Permit Fee is: GAP — no distinct fee exists because no distinct permit exists. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Bow Mar does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Bow Mar Building Department at 303-795-2063 for current turnaround.

Depending on your project, Bow Mar may also ask for: None published. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through Town of Bow Mar Building Department at 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. Phone: 303-795-2063, email: bzapata-diaz@columbinevalley.org. Office hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday through Friday (Building Department office, per the Town's live Building Permits page; the page notes these hours 'will be shortened due to COVID-19' — an apparently stale caveat still present on the live page as of the last verification). Building Department Coordinator Bonnie Zapata-Diaz. Bow Mar Building Inspector Terry Weis (reviews all plans and conducts all inspections) direct line 303-522-3331.. Official information: https://www.townofbowmar.org/building-permits.

Bow Mar, Colorado has adopted: 2021 International Building Code (IBC), including all Appendices — Bow Mar Municipal Code Sec. 18-8, adopted by Ordinance No. 340 (executed February 26, 2024); 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), including all Appendices, with local amendments — Sec. 18-9; 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — Sec. 18-10; 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — Sec. 18-11; 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — Sec. 18-12; 2021 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) — Sec. 18-13; 2021 International Fire Code (IFC), including Appendices B, C, and D, with local amendments — Sec. 18-14; 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — Sec. 18-15; 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — Sec. 18-16; 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — Sec. 18-17; ASME A17.1-2022 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators — Sec. 18-18; National Electrical Code (NFPA 70), 'as currently adopted by the State of Colorado or as is from time to time modified, re-enacted, or re-adopted by the State of Colorado' — Sec. 18-19. This is a dynamic, floating adoption clause (not a fixed local edition); the Town's own Non-Structural Building Permit Application form states in writing that 'The Town of Bow Mar has adopted the 2021 International Building Code and the 2023 National Electric Code,' confirming the 2023 NEC is the currently-referenced edition as of the last verification.; All codes adopted via Ordinance No. 340, 'AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BOW MAR AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE BOW MAR MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADOPTION OF VARIOUS REGULATIONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, AND THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS,' which repealed and replaced the prior 2015-edition code set (the ordinance's own recitals state Chapter 18 'previously adopted the 2015 edition of various codes published by the ICC') — full ordinance text retrieved directly as a PDF from the Town's website.. Local amendments apply — see the Bow Mar overview page for the full list.

No dedicated sign permit process exists in Bow Mar's Municipal Code. Chapter 16 (Zoning) has no sign-dimensional or sign-permitting article, and Chapter 18 (Building Regulations) addresses signs only via a nuisance provision (Sec. 18-32, governing signs posted on Town or others' property without permission) and a contractor-registration exemption (Sec. 18-23(b)(2)). Confirm any specific sign scenario directly with the Building Department, since no sign-specific application or fee is published.

The only sign-specific rules found are procedural, applying to the Town itself and to applicants before certain boards: a public-hearing-notice sign for zoning variance applicants (minimum 36" x 48", posted at least 21 days before the Board of Adjustment hearing, Sec. 16-17(f)), and a similar notice sign for rezoning/subdivision applicants (minimum 4' x 4', posted at least 15 days before the hearing, Sec. 16-19(2)). Neither governs ordinary homeowner signage such as an address sign or temporary yard sign.