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Sign Regulations (Zoning Code — No Standalone Sign Permit) in Columbine Valley, Colorado

Unlike peer small Colorado enclave town Bow Mar (which has NO sign ordinance anywhere in its municipal code), Columbine Valley DOES directly regulate signs in its own Zoning Code and Land Use Regulations (approved as Trustee Bill #6, Series 2020) — Article III (Special Regulations), Section 3 (General Provisions), Subsection F ('Signs'), read directly and in full 2026-08-13. The Town prohibits advertising signs, billboards, and 'unsightly objects or nuisances' town-wide except for five named, dimensionally-limited categories. However, there is no standalone 'Sign Permit' application, fee line item, or approval process anywhere on the Town's Building Permits, Other Permits, or Fee Schedule pages (checked directly 2026-08-13) — signs are regulated as a zoning use-restriction enforced under the Zoning Code's general violation/penalty mechanism (Article I, Sections 10-12), not issued as a distinct permit product with its own application or fee.

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When you need this permit

  • 'For sale' signs: maximum 36" x 48", front yard only (not rear or side), removed within 10 days of closing (Art. III, Sec. 3.F.1)
  • Political signs: maximum 36" x 48", front yard only, placed no earlier than 90 days before an election and removed no later than 10 days after, one sign per candidate or issue (Art. III, Sec. 3.F.2)
  • Signs advertising a new subdivision, and construction-related signs generally, follow whatever is specified on the approved Final Development Plan rather than a town-wide standard (Art. III, Sec. 3.F.3)
  • One builder/contractor sign per lot, maximum 24" x 36", naming the primary builder/contractor only, may be placed only AFTER the building permit has been approved; sub-contractor and other service signs are not allowed without prior Town Administrator approval; must be removed within 10 days after the certificate of occupancy is issued (Art. III, Sec. 3.F.4)
  • Temporary celebratory signs (e.g., birthdays, anniversaries, academic or sports achievements): maximum 36" x 48" (Art. III, Sec. 3.F.5)
  • Home occupations are categorically barred from any signage at all: Article III, Section 2.B.3 requires a home occupation to 'not display or create outside the building any external evidence of the operation ... no signs are permitted'
  • Zone-district-specific variant found in the Equestrian Planned Development (EPD) district's own regulations (Art. II, Sec. 7.F, 'Signage'): one 'for sale' sign per VACANT lot, capped at a maximum sign surface area of 6 square feet AND a maximum height of 4 feet — narrower than the general 36"x48" (12 sq ft) town-wide 'for sale' sign standard; all other EPD signage defers to the general Art. III, Sec. 3.F standard
  • No permit application, fee, or approval process is published for any of the above categories — compliance is a zoning-code obligation, not a permit-application step; garage-sale signage is separately regulated under Article III, Section 7 (erected and removed same-day as the sale)

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Sign Permit FeeChecked the Town's Building Permits page, Other Permits page, Fee Schedule webpage, and Fee Schedule PDF (effective Jan. 1, 2026) directly (2026-08-13) — none list a sign-specific fee line item. Violations of the Zoning Code's sign regulations are enforceable as a general zoning violation under Article I, Section 12: a fine of not more than $2,650 or imprisonment for not more than one year, with each day of continued violation a separate offense.
None published — no distinct fee exists because no distinct permit product exists

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

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    Tips

    • Columbine Valley is a genuine outlier among this corpus's small Colorado enclave towns for actually having real, specific, dimensioned sign rules (Art. III, Sec. 3.F) rather than a total sign-ordinance gap like neighboring Bow Mar — but don't expect a permit or fee to go with them; compliance is self-executing under the zoning code.
    • The builder/contractor construction sign (24"x36" max) is the one sign category explicitly gated on an already-approved building permit — you cannot post it before the Town approves your Building Permit with Plan Review or Non-Structural Building Permit application, and sub-contractor signs need separate Town Administrator sign-off.
    • If your lot sits in the Equestrian Planned Development (EPD) district, note its 'for sale' sign standard is stricter than the town-wide rule (6 sq ft / 4 ft max height vs. the general 36"x48" allowance) — confirm your zone district before posting a for-sale sign.

    Frequently asked questions

    No standalone sign permit exists. The Town's Zoning Code (Article III, Section 3.F) directly regulates signs by dimension and placement instead — 'for sale' signs, political signs, one builder/contractor construction sign, and temporary celebratory signs are each allowed within specific size and timing limits without a separate permit application or fee. Signs outside these categories are prohibited as advertising signs, billboards, or nuisances.

    In Columbine Valley, the published Sign Permit Fee is: None published — no distinct fee exists because no distinct permit product exists. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

    Columbine Valley does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Columbine Valley Building Department at 303-795-1434 for current turnaround.

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

    Apply through Town of Columbine Valley Building Department at 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. Phone: 303-795-1434, email: bzapata-diaz@columbinevalley.org. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., or by appointment (Town Hall itself is open until 4 p.m.). Building Department Coordinator: Bonnie Zapata-Diaz. Inspection requests must be called in to 303-795-1434 between 8 a.m. and noon, Monday through Friday. Dispatch line (non-emergency): 303-795-4711.. Official information: https://columbinevalley.org/building-department/.

    Columbine Valley, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — Town of Columbine Valley Building Codes page, current as of page last-modified date 2026-06-17; 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — same page, adopted alongside the IBC; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — same page; Note on code scope: the Town's live Building Codes page (columbinevalley.org/building-codes/) names ONLY the 2024 IBC, 2024 IRC, and 2023 NEC by edition; it does NOT separately name adopted editions of the IECC (energy code), IPC (plumbing code), IMC (mechanical code), IFGC (fuel gas code), IFC (fire code), or IEBC (existing building code) anywhere on that page, the Building Department page, the Building Permits page, or the Fee Schedule page — checked all directly. This is a materially thinner published code-adoption list than larger peer Colorado jurisdictions in this corpus (e.g. Vail names 9 separate model codes). It is plausible the IRC/IBC editions carry their own internal plumbing/mechanical/fuel-gas provisions by reference (both the IBC and IRC contain their own integrated plumbing/mechanical/fuel-gas chapters or cross-reference companion I-Codes), but the Town does not state this explicitly, so no separate IPC/IMC/IFGC edition is asserted here.; Third-party aggregator ColoradoEnergy.org's code database lists Columbine Valley under a stale 'IRC 2003 / NEC 2003' entry with no IECC data — this aggregator is out of date relative to the Town's own live, actively-maintained Building Codes page (dateModified 2026-06-17) and is NOT used as a source for this file's codesAdopted list, per this corpus's official-source-only policy.; HB22-1362 (Colorado Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act) note: this statute requires any Colorado local government that adopts or updates ANY building code between July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2026 to concurrently adopt the 2021 IECC (or equivalent) plus an Electric Ready and Solar Ready code. The Town's Building Codes page shows a dateModified of 2026-06-17 (within this window) and reflects an update from a prior code cycle to the 2024 IBC/IRC — however, the Town's own page does not mention IECC, Electric Ready, or Solar Ready adoption anywhere, and no separate ordinance or resolution documenting HB22-1362 compliance was found after searching the Town's website, Board of Trustees packets, and general web search. This is flagged as an open compliance question rather than assumed either way — the Town may be out of step with HB22-1362, may have adopted an energy code not documented on this particular webpage, or the page update may not itself constitute a triggering 'adoption or update' event under the statute's technical definition. Confidence on this specific point is partial; verify directly with the Building Department (303-795-1434) before relying on it for compliance purposes.. Local amendments apply — see the Columbine Valley overview page for the full list.

    Only the primary builder/contractor, and only after the building permit has been approved — one sign, maximum 24"x36", naming the primary builder/contractor. Sub-contractor or other service-provider signs require prior approval from the Town Administrator, and any contractor sign must come down within 10 days after the certificate of occupancy is issued.

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