Sign Permit in Castle Pines, Colorado

Castle Pines requires a sign permit for: Sign permit required from the Planning Division for any sign exceeding 6 square feet in area, and any time the sign area is increased (Zoning Ordinance Sec. 2903.01); Fully dimensioned drawing showing the sign message, plus a site plan showing the location, setback, height, and area of all proposed and existing signage (Sec. 2903.02); Maximum height citywide: 15 feet; a variance may be requested from the Board of Adjustment under Zoning Ordinance Section 26 (Sec. 2905); Sign setback: minimum 75 feet from the lot line adjacent to a federal, state, or major City arterial highway right-of-way, reducible to the underlying zoning district's street setback if adequate right-of-way has been dedicated for future widening (Sec. 2904.01); minimum 10 feet from any lot line and no placement within utility easements or public rights-of-way (Sec. 2904.03); signs under 15 feet in height may sit closer per the sliding height/setback scale in Figure A (Sec. 2904.04); Prohibited citywide: portable/non-permanently-affixed signs; signs mounted or painted on vehicles/trailers/boats used as advertising; revolving beacons, flashing signs, or any animated/intermittent lighting; sound-emitting signs; signs in the public right-of-way (including political signs placed there); signs obstructing traffic-control devices; general outdoor advertising or off-site-use advertising; waving flags/banners (limited exceptions for government and civic/charitable/religious/fraternal flags, and 2-week grand-opening banners); roof-mounted signs or signs projecting above the roofline/fascia; signs projecting more than 18 inches perpendicular from a building or mounted more than 18 inches off the wall; and home-occupation identification signs (Sec. 2906); Residential/agricultural districts (A-1/LRR/RR/ER/SR/MF/MH): sizes are capped by use, e.g. 3 sq ft residence ID, 6 sq ft temporary for-sale/rent/lease, 48 sq ft subdivision entrance ID (6 ft max height), 48 sq ft community-facility ID (Sec. 2907); Business/commercial/industrial districts (B/C/LI/GI): wall signs at 50 sq ft plus 1 sq ft per lineal foot of building frontage over 50 feet, up to 450 sq ft (10-foot max character/logo height); freestanding/monument signs up to 200 sq ft at 1 sq ft per 3 lineal feet of street frontage; corner-lot freestanding signs up to 100 sq ft (Sec. 2908); Political campaign signs are exempt from the permit requirement entirely, but are capped at 32 sq ft per face (2 faces max), 15 feet in height, may not be placed in the public right-of-way, and must be removed within 2 weeks after the final election (Sec. 2911); If any new electrical work is involved (illuminated signs), a separate Electrical Permit is also required from the Building Department, per the City's Sign Permit Application form. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Castle Pines Building Department (Community Development Department, Building Division) at 303-705-0227 before starting work.

$63.00 plus $1.00 per square foot of sign area, per the City's 2026 Fee Schedule, plus the City's standard use tax on the sign's declared value.

Castle Pines does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Castle Pines Building Department (Community Development Department, Building Division) at 303-705-0227 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Sign Permit Application; Site Plan (2 copies, to scale); Sign Details (2 sets). Depending on your project, Castle Pines may also ask for: Electrical Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Castle Pines requires 1 inspection(s) for a sign permit, in order: Final Inspection. Schedule each through City of Castle Pines Building Department (Community Development Department, Building Division) (303-705-0227).

Apply through City of Castle Pines Building Department (Community Development Department, Building Division) at 7437 Village Square Drive, Suite 200, Castle Pines, CO 80108. Phone: 303-705-0227, email: BuildingDept@castlepinesco.gov. Office hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Fax 303-688-9414..

Castle Pines, Colorado has adopted: 2021 International Building Code (IBC), Chapters 1-35 inclusive, exclusive of Appendices — adopted by Ordinance No. 23-02 (Feb. 28, 2023), City of Castle Pines Municipal Code Chapter 18, Article I; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), 1st printing; Chapter 11 of the 2018 edition of the International Residential Code (retained separately alongside the 2021 IRC per Ordinance No. 23-02's title recitals — Chapter 11 of the IRC covers energy efficiency; the City kept the 2018 version of this chapter rather than adopting the 2021 IRC's Chapter 11 wholesale); 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC) — City of Castle Pines Municipal Code Chapter 18, Article III, Sec. 18-3-10, adopted pursuant to Title 31, Article 16, Part 2, C.R.S., 'as adopted, amended and updated to the most current edition by the Colorado State Electrical Board from time to time' per the authority in Article 23 of Title 12, C.R.S. — the City ties its NEC edition to whatever the Colorado State Electrical Board currently recognizes, rather than freezing a single print edition; 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC), Chapters 1-15 inclusive — Article IV; 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC), Chapters 1-13 inclusive — Article V; 2021 International Fire Code (IFC) — adopted by Ordinance No. 23-07 (2023); enforced by the South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District, which Ordinance No. 23-02/23-07 designates as the Fire Marshal's Office / fire code official for the City; 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC); 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC); 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC); Note on code-adoption sourcing: the 2021 IBC/IRC/IMC/IPC/IFGC/IECC(2018)/ISPSC/IEBC + 2020 NEC list above is drawn directly from the recitals and Sections 1-5 of Ordinance No. 23-02 (a scanned/image PDF, read via rendered page images since it is not machine-text-extractable), the definitive code-adoption ordinance for Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code. The City's own Building Department FAQ page states more casually that the City 'is currently under the 2021 International Building Code/International Residential Code and the 2023 National Electrical Code' — this FAQ-page NEC reference (2023) is NOT used as the governing citation in this file because it conflicts with the specific, dated ordinance text (2020 NEC, floating to the State Electrical Board's current edition); the ordinance is treated as authoritative and the FAQ's '2023 NEC' is noted as a likely informal/rounded reference to whatever edition the State Electrical Board currently recognizes, consistent with the ordinance's own floating-adoption mechanism.; HB22-1362 (Colorado statewide energy code floor via updated model electrical/energy provisions): no City of Castle Pines ordinance, code-adoption page, or fee schedule references HB22-1362 or a specific electric-vehicle-readiness / electrification-readiness local amendment as of this review (Ordinance No. 23-02 predates HB22-1362's later compliance deadlines and does not mention it); not asserted as inapplicable, simply unconfirmed for this jurisdiction after checking the governing ordinance and the Building Department's public-facing pages directly.. Local amendments apply — see the Castle Pines overview page for the full list.

No. A sign permit is required only for signs exceeding 6 square feet in area (Zoning Ordinance Sec. 2903.01). Political campaign signs are exempt from the permit requirement entirely, though they remain subject to size, height, setback, and removal rules.