Fence Permit in Basalt, Colorado

Basalt requires a fence permit for: At least two complete documents required at application: (1) the completed Fence Requirements guide with construction type indicated, and (2) a site plan showing project dimensions and its relationship to existing property lines and structures; A Building Permit Application must also be filed; No fence, hedge, or wall may extend beyond or across a property line without the joint agreement of the abutting property owner; the property owner is responsible for locating all property lines; No fence, hedge, or wall may be placed nearer than 12 inches from a public sidewalk; No barbed wire, sharp-pointed, or electrically charged fencing is permitted, except in the Industrial (IN) zone, where up to 3 strands of barbed wire may be attached atop a minimum 6-foot-high fence for security purposes; Fences within the required front yard setback may not exceed 4 feet in height; on corner lots, obstructions over 30 inches within the sight triangle at the adjacent intersection are prohibited except for trees limbed to 7 feet and open wire fencing that obscures vision no more than 10%; Retaining walls greater than 4 feet in height must be designed by a Colorado-licensed structural engineer, per locally amended IBC Sec. R105.1.6/1807. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Basalt Building Department at 970-927-4702 before starting work.

In Basalt, the published Building Permit Fee (same valuation-based schedule as general building permits) is: $21.00 minimum, scaling per the valuation tiers in the Town of Basalt Building Permit Fee Schedule. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

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: Fence Requirements Guide (completed); Site Plan; Town of Basalt Building Permit Application. Depending on your project, Basalt may also ask for: Structural Engineer Design. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Basalt requires 1 inspection(s) for a fence permit, in order: Final Inspection. 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.

Fences within the required front yard setback may not exceed 4 feet in height, per the Town's Fence Requirements guide. Corner lots have additional sight-triangle restrictions limiting obstructions over 30 inches near intersections.