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Change of Use Permit — No Zoning Ordinance Exists (Confirmed Absence) in Walsh, Colorado

The Town of Walsh has adopted no zoning ordinance and has no Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or Board of Adjustment -- the Town's entire government consists of six elected Trustees, a Mayor, a Town Clerk, and a Town Superintendent (per the Town Admin/Board page, independently enumerated in this file's localAmendments). Because a change-of-use permit is, by definition, a zoning/occupancy-classification review mechanism, and Walsh has no zoning code or use-classification system of any kind to trigger such a review, no change-of-use permit process exists at the town level. Baca County -- the only other governmental authority over this location -- likewise has no zoning or land-use regulations, per the Baca County Board of Commissioners' 2/22/2017 letter already documented in this file ('Baca County has no zoning or land use regulations at the current time, except regulations regarding septic tanks, septic fields, and leach lines'), ruling out a county-level change-of-use fallback. A project that also involves physical construction or alteration of a structure would still require the Town's general Building Permit ($15.00 flat fee, Board of Trustees approval), but a pure change of occupancy/use with no physical alteration has no identified permitting requirement of any kind in Walsh.

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When you need this permit

  • No zoning ordinance, use-classification system, Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or Board of Adjustment exists for the Town of Walsh -- confirmed via the Town's full site map (no zoning/planning page exists) and the Town Admin/Board page (only Trustees, Mayor, Town Clerk, and Town Superintendent positions exist)
  • No change-of-use permit, application, or fee is published anywhere on the Town's official website
  • Baca County has no zoning or land-use regulations of any kind (per the County Commissioners' 2/22/2017 letter), so there is no county-level change-of-use process to fall back on either
  • If a change of use is accompanied by physical construction, alteration, or a new structure, the Town's general Building Permit process would apply to that construction scope ($15.00 flat fee, Board of Trustees approval at its monthly meeting) -- but this is the general structure permit, not a dedicated change-of-use/occupancy review
  • Confirm directly with Walsh Town Hall (719-324-5411) before relying on this absence for a specific project, particularly one involving a change from residential to commercial occupancy or vice versa

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Change of Use Permit FeeNo change-of-use permit or fee exists -- Walsh has no zoning ordinance or use-classification system to trigger such a review. Confirmed absence, not an unresearched gap. Contact Walsh Town Hall at 719-324-5411 with questions about a specific project.
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    • CONFIRMED ABSENCE of a change-of-use permit: Walsh has adopted no zoning ordinance and has no Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or Board of Adjustment of any kind -- this rules out the hidden Conditional-Use-Review or Alteration-Certificate gates found in some peer small-CO-town files, per this file's own prior independent adversarial re-chase (documented in localAmendments).
    • Baca County also has no zoning or land-use regulations, so there is no county-level change-of-use process serving Walsh either -- a genuine two-layer absence (town and county), not a gap in this research.
    • If your project involves physical construction or alteration alongside a change of use (e.g., converting a residential structure to commercial use with remodeling), the construction scope alone would need the Town's general $15 Building Permit -- but this is not a change-of-use review, since Walsh has no such review to perform.

    Frequently asked questions

    Walsh requires a change of use permit — no zoning ordinance exists (confirmed absence) for: No zoning ordinance, use-classification system, Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or Board of Adjustment exists for the Town of Walsh -- confirmed via the Town's full site map (no zoning/planning page exists) and the Town Admin/Board page (only Trustees, Mayor, Town Clerk, and Town Superintendent positions exist); No change-of-use permit, application, or fee is published anywhere on the Town's official website; Baca County has no zoning or land-use regulations of any kind (per the County Commissioners' 2/22/2017 letter), so there is no county-level change-of-use process to fall back on either; If a change of use is accompanied by physical construction, alteration, or a new structure, the Town's general Building Permit process would apply to that construction scope ($15.00 flat fee, Board of Trustees approval at its monthly meeting) -- but this is the general structure permit, not a dedicated change-of-use/occupancy review; Confirm directly with Walsh Town Hall (719-324-5411) before relying on this absence for a specific project, particularly one involving a change from residential to commercial occupancy or vice versa. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Walsh (Town Clerk / Town Superintendent administer applications; Board of Trustees approves at regular meeting) at 719-324-5411 before starting work.

    Walsh does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Walsh (Town Clerk / Town Superintendent administer applications; Board of Trustees approves at regular meeting) at 719-324-5411 for current turnaround.

    Depending on your project, Walsh may also ask for: Building Permit Application (only if physical construction/alteration accompanies the change of use). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

    Apply through Town of Walsh (Town Clerk / Town Superintendent administer applications; Board of Trustees approves at regular meeting) at Walsh Town Hall, Walsh, CO 81090. Phone: 719-324-5411. Office hours: Not published on the Town's website as of this review; contact Walsh Town Hall at 719-324-5411. Town Clerk is Donna Packard Dawson; Town Superintendent is Dennis Carlson, per the Town Admin (Board/Staff) page.. Official information: https://townofwalsh.colorado.gov/town-admin/permits.

    Walsh, Colorado has adopted: NONE — no evidence was found anywhere on the Town of Walsh's official website (townofwalsh.colorado.gov), including its dedicated Permits page (town-admin/permits) and Town Admin/Board page, of any adopted IBC, IRC, IPC, IMC, IFGC, IECC, or NEC edition, or any other model building code. The Permits page describes the Building Permit and Mobile Home Permit processes entirely in terms of Board of Trustees approval, lot-dimension/setback rules, and a flat filing fee — with no reference to a technical code-compliance plan review of any kind.; This is consistent with the precedent pattern already in this corpus for a very small Colorado statutory town with a genuine but minimal permitting process (Town of Sedgwick, Sedgwick County, CO — sedgwick-town.json), where a real, town-branded, Board/Zoning-Administrator-reviewed permit process exists without any adopted model building code.. Local amendments apply — see the Walsh overview page for the full list.

    No. The Town of Walsh has not adopted a zoning ordinance and has no Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or Board of Adjustment, so there is no change-of-use or occupancy-classification review process. Baca County, the surrounding county, also has no zoning or land-use regulations. A project that involves physical construction alongside a change of use would still need the Town's general $15 Building Permit for the construction itself.

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