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Sign Permit in Lone Tree, Colorado

The City of Lone Tree requires a permit from the Community Development Department for erection of all signs within city limits. Sign standards are codified in Article XXIX (Sign Standards) of the Lone Tree Municipal Code (Chapter 16, Zoning), intended to protect public health/safety/welfare and support a favorable physical image consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Design Guidelines. Off-premises signs, including billboards, are generally prohibited, with limited exceptions (e.g., consolidated signage for two or more businesses within a commercial center with enhanced wayfinding, or temporary signage where construction has closed/altered property access).

Verified 2026-08-14 · Source

When you need this permit

  • A permit from the Community Development Department is required for erection of all signs within Lone Tree city limits
  • Governed by Municipal Code Chapter 16 (Zoning), Article XXIX — Sign Standards
  • Off-premises signs, including billboards, are prohibited except where two or more businesses within a commercial center consolidate signage with enhanced wayfinding/identification, or where construction has temporarily closed or altered property access
  • Applications submitted via the City's 24/7 Accela permitting portal

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Fee schedule

Sign Permit FeeReferenced on the City's Fees page; specific dollar amounts were not independently extracted during this review. Contact the Building Division (720-390-5211, building@cityoflonetree.com) for a current fee quote.
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Review timeline

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    Tips

    • Lone Tree generally prohibits off-premises signage/billboards — a proposed sign advertising a business at a different location will likely need to fit one of the narrow consolidated-signage or construction-related exceptions in Article XXIX rather than being approved as a standard on-premises sign.

    Frequently asked questions

    Lone Tree requires a sign permit for: A permit from the Community Development Department is required for erection of all signs within Lone Tree city limits; Governed by Municipal Code Chapter 16 (Zoning), Article XXIX — Sign Standards; Off-premises signs, including billboards, are prohibited except where two or more businesses within a commercial center consolidate signage with enhanced wayfinding/identification, or where construction has temporarily closed or altered property access; Applications submitted via the City's 24/7 Accela permitting portal. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Lone Tree Community Development Department, Building Division at 720-390-5211 before starting work.

    Lone Tree does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Lone Tree Community Development Department, Building Division at 720-390-5211 for current turnaround.

    You'll need: Sign Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

    Apply through City of Lone Tree Community Development Department, Building Division at 9220 Kimmer Dr., Suite 100, Lone Tree, CO 80124. Phone: 720-390-5211, email: building@cityoflonetree.com. Office hours: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday-Friday, excluding holidays/weekends. Chief Building Official: Matt Archer. Community Development Director: Kelly First (kelly.first@cityoflonetree.com, 720-509-1274). General city line: 303-708-1818.. Official information: https://cityoflonetree.com/community-development/building/.

    Lone Tree, Colorado has adopted: 2021 International Building Code (IBC), as amended — City of Lone Tree Design Criteria & Codes page; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), as amended; 2021 International Fire Code (IFC); 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC); 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC); 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC); 2017 ICC A117.1 Accessibility Code; Note on Chapter 18 (Building Regulations), Lone Tree Municipal Code: search-indexed content confirms the City has adopted the International Building Code, 2021 Edition, as amended, with a certified copy on file with the City Clerk; a local amendment adds Section 105.3.8 'Soils Test,' requiring a soils test prepared by a Colorado-registered professional engineer at building permit application, with an engineering geologist additionally required for hillside/geological-hazard/steep-slope sites at the Building Official's discretion. Full text of Chapter 18 could not be independently re-verified beyond this indexed excerpt because library.municode.com/co/lone_tree serves an Angular single-page app shell (empty of code text without JS rendering) and returned HTTP 403 to both a standard fetch and a full-browser-header curl retry — this is a partial-confidence caveat on the amendment-detail level only, not on the base code-edition list, which is independently confirmed on the City's own actively-maintained Design Criteria & Codes page.; HB22-1362 statewide energy floor (Colorado): as of 2026-07-06 (this review date), HB22-1362 requires that municipalities/counties updating their building code adopt an energy code achieving equivalent-or-better performance than the 2021 IECC + Model Electric and Solar Ready Code (effective window 7/1/2023-6/30/2026), stepping up to the Colorado Energy Code Board's Model Low Energy and Carbon Code (published 9/2/2025) as the new statewide minimum for any code update on or after 7/1/2026. Lone Tree's currently-published adopted energy code is the 2021 IECC (per its own Design Criteria & Codes page, most recent update not dated on-page) — this predates the 7/1/2026 Model Low Energy and Carbon Code trigger point and does not itself violate HB22-1362, since that stricter floor applies only when a jurisdiction next updates its code. Flagged honestly rather than assumed; confirm current status with the Building Division (720-390-5211) before relying on this for a 2026-cycle project, since Lone Tree could adopt updated codes at any time.. Local amendments apply — see the Lone Tree overview page for the full list.

    Yes. A permit from the Community Development Department is required to erect any sign, per Municipal Code Chapter 16, Article XXIX (Sign Standards). Off-premises signs and billboards are generally prohibited with limited exceptions. Apply via the City's Accela portal.

    Sources & verification

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