Sign Permit in Basalt, Colorado

Basalt requires a sign permit for: Reviewed and approved by the Assistant Planning Director (Planning Department), a different routing than the Town's building, mechanical, and plumbing permits, which the Building Department issues directly — confirmed by the Town's own Sign Permit Application form, which is signed off by 'James Lindt, Assistant Planning Director' under 'Signature of the Town Approving the sign permit'; Applicant must provide: legal description and address of the property; owner/tenant contact info; sign cost; size of sign face (width and length); height measured from existing grade; sign thickness; type of sign (free-standing, wall, projecting, suspending; temporary or permanent); purpose (e.g., business identification); materials; a site plan/sketch/building elevation showing the sign's location and dimensions in relation to the building, street, and sidewalks; Applicant must also describe any OTHER existing signs on the building or property (with dimensions on the same required sketch) and the location/size of any signs being removed — the Town evaluates cumulative signage on a property, not just the single proposed sign in isolation; If lighting is proposed for the sign, the applicant must describe how it will satisfy the Town's lighting ordinance; It is the applicant's responsibility to demonstrate compliance with sign restrictions contained in the Basalt Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance Article VII, per the form's own citation); the Town may request additional information depending on the initial answers; No fee amount is printed on the form itself — 'Application Fee' and 'Review Fee' are blank fields the Town fills in at filing — and the Building Permit Fee Schedule carries no sign-specific line item, so the fee mechanism for signs is genuinely distinct from, and not confirmed to be the same as, the valuation-based Building Permit Fee table used for other permit types here; No dimensional standards (maximum sign height, area, or setback) are stated on the application form itself; these live in the Zoning Ordinance's Article VII text — consult it directly. 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 Sign Permit Application; Site Plan, Sketch, or Building Elevation. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

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 — the Town's own Building Permit Application form states: '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 record 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: library.municode.com/co/basalt). The Town's own downloadable strike-through/underline amendment comparison document (View/6221) serves as the authoritative source here for specific local IBC/IRC section amendments, 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. The Town's own Sign Permit Application is reviewed and approved by the Assistant Planning Director within the Planning Department — a different routing than the Town's building, mechanical, and plumbing permits, which the Building Department issues directly.

The Town's own Sign Permit Application directs applicants to 'Article VII of the Basalt Zoning Ordinance' for specific restrictions, and leaves the Application Fee and Review Fee blank for the Town to fill in at filing — neither figure is published elsewhere on basalt.net. Confirm both directly with the Planning Department (970-927-4701).