Change of Use / Land Use Review (Development Application) in Basalt, Colorado

Basalt requires a change of use / land use review (development application) permit for: No standalone change-of-use permit, application, checklist, or fee schedule was found on the Town of Basalt's Forms, Licenses & Permits page or the Planning Department page — both checked directly; this is a genuinely confirmed gap after an active chase, not an unexamined assumption; This file's own commercial-building-permit entry already documents that a change to a commercial space's IBC occupancy classification is captured within the ordinary Building Permit process (the 'Existing AND Proposed Occupancy Use Classification(s)' field on the Commercial Buildings / Tenant Finish checklist) rather than through any separate zoning permit; A zoning-level change of use — to a use not permitted by right in the applicable zone district under Basalt Municipal Code Chapter 16 (Zoning), Article II (District Regulations) — instead requires a Development Application; 'Special Review' (Basalt Municipal Code Sections 16-44 through 16-47, per web-search-indexed ordinance citations — the full Municode chapter text is not independently fetchable in this session, consistent with this file's documented HTTP 403 Municode limitation) is the closest documented application category for this scenario, used by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Town Council to evaluate special-review-use requests; The Town's own Development Application form (basalt.net/DocumentCenter/View/2154) lists these 'Type of Application' categories: Annexation, Rezoning, Regular Rezoning, ESA Environmental, ESA Floodplain, Special Review, Special Review for Off-Street Parking, Variance, Minor Subdivision, Minor Subdivision Condominimization, Major Subdivision or Replat, Planned Unit Development, Sketch Plan, Preliminary Plat, Final Plat, Preliminary Development Plan, Final Development Plan, TRC (Technical Review Committee) Administrative Amendment, and 'Other type of Application' — with no dedicated 'Change of Use' box among them; Required Development Application content: a brief project description; complete contact information for the applicant(s), owner(s), owner's representative, engineer/surveyor, and architect/planner; existing and proposed zoning designations; property acreage or square footage; development specifications (dwelling units, bedrooms, floor area, open space); legal description of the property and deed reception number; owner's authorization if represented by an agent; and application-specific documentation per Basalt Town Code; The form's own 'To be filled out by the Town' section leaves 'Application Fee,' 'Review Fee,' and 'Total Payment Received' blank, filled in per-application by Town staff — no static dollar figure or published fee schedule for Development Applications or Special Review was found anywhere on basalt.net, checked directly; Talking with Planning Staff is the Town's own first recommended step for any property-change proposal; Planning Staff meets by appointment (970-927-4701) before an application is formally submitted. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Basalt Building Department at 970-927-4702 before starting work.

Basalt does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Basalt Building Department at 970-927-4702 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Town of Basalt Development Application; Legal Description and Deed Reception Number. Depending on your project, Basalt may also ask for: Public Notice Affidavit; Owner's Authorization. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Basalt requires 1 inspection(s) for a change of use / land use review (development application) permit, in order: Planning Department / Planning and Zoning Commission Review. Schedule each through Town of Basalt Building Department (970-927-4702).

Apply through Town of Basalt Building Department at 101 Midland Avenue, Basalt, CO 81621. Phone: 970-927-4702, email: carlos.peugnet@basalt.net. Office hours: Town of Basalt main line 970-927-4701; Building Department direct line 970-927-4702. Chief Building Official: Mitch Miller, 970-279-4386, mitch.miller@basalt.net. Plans Examiner & Inspector: Carlos Peugnet, 970-279-4385, carlos.peugnet@basalt.net. As of May 2017 the Building Department no longer performs inspections or site visits on Mondays and Fridays (confirmed on the Building Department page).. Official information: https://www.basalt.net/132/Building.

Basalt, Colorado has adopted: 2021 International Building Code (IBC) as locally amended by Town of Basalt Ordinance (Chapter 18 amendments effective July 20, 2023) — confirmed via the Town's own 'Building' page code-adoption summary ('2021 ICC') and via the Town's detailed strike-through/underline local-amendment comparison document (2021-Code-change--ICC-reference-articles, basalt.net/DocumentCenter/View/6221); 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), as locally amended — the Town's own Building Permit Application Checklist is titled for 'Single Family, Duplex, and Townhomes' built to the IRC; 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC); 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — State of Colorado adopted edition referenced alongside the Town's 2021 IBC/IRC/IMC cycle; 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC); 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — adopted at the State of Colorado level and applied by the Town; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — per the Building Department page's current-adoptions summary; NOTE electrical work in Basalt is permitted and inspected by the State of Colorado Electrical Board, not the Town Building Department itself (confirmed directly on the Town's own Building Permit Application form: 'Electrical is permitted and inspected by the State of Colorado'); 2024 Sustainable Building Regulations I & II (SBRI/SBRII) — Town of Basalt Municipal Code Sec. 18-23/18-24/18-25, amended by Ordinance 20, Series of 2024, effective November 12, 2024, reflecting Holy Cross Energy's approximately 90% renewable power supply achievement by end of 2024; Prior/superseded local design-parameter reference: the Town's 'Local Structural Design Parameters' document (basalt.net/documentcenter/view/2388) still headers itself against the 2015 IBC/IRC/IMC/IECC/IEBC code cycle and 2017 NEC/2015 IPC-IFGC — the numeric structural design values on that document (ground snow load, wind speed, seismic category, frost depth) are treated as still-current in this file because the Town's later 2021-code-adoption amendment document (View/6221) re-adopts the identical IRC Table R301.2(1) frost-depth (36 inches) and retaining-wall figures verbatim rather than superseding them; the code-EDITION labels on that older PDF itself are NOT current and should not be read as Basalt's current adopted code cycle.; Local amendments to all adopted codes are codified in Chapter 18 (Building Regulations) of the Basalt Municipal Code; Municode's Basalt library returned an HTTP 403 to direct automated fetch in this session (library.municode.com/co/basalt) — the Town's own downloadable strike-through/underline amendment comparison document (View/6221) was used as the authoritative source for specific local IBC/IRC section amendments instead, since it is a primary Town document rather than a third-party mirror.. Local amendments apply — see the Basalt overview page for the full list.

No. There is no standalone change-of-use permit or checklist. A change to a use not otherwise permitted by right in the applicable zone district runs through the Town's general Development Application process, most likely under the 'Special Review' category (Basalt Municipal Code Sections 16-44 through 16-47). A change limited to a building's IBC occupancy classification for construction purposes (e.g., a tenant finish) is instead captured within the ordinary Building Permit process, already documented in this file's commercial-building-permit entry.

Neither figure is published. The Town's own Development Application form leaves the Application Fee and Review Fee fields blank, to be filled in by Town staff per application, and no numeric review-timeline SLA for Development Applications or Special Review is published anywhere on basalt.net. Confirm both directly with the Planning Department (970-927-4701) before submitting.