Change of Use / Certificate of Zoning Compliance Permit in Burlington, Colorado

Burlington requires a change of use / certificate of zoning compliance permit for: A certificate of zoning compliance is required to change the use of any building, structure, or property in the city (Burlington Municipal Code 17.12.020(A)(3)-(4)); It is unlawful to use or occupy any building or premises whose use has been changed, converted, or altered until a certificate of zoning compliance has been issued (17.12.020(C)); violation is punishable under Section 17.40.020; Complete Part B ('Change of Use') of the combined Building Permit/Zoning Compliance Application: present use, proposed use, current zone, and annexation/petition status if applicable; Submit the application on the form prescribed by the zoning compliance officer, together with a plat drawn to scale showing the lot's actual shape/dimensions, the existing and intended use of each building and of the property, present and proposed utility/service connections, drainage courses and easements, and conditions within fifteen feet of the lot perimeter (17.12.030(A)-(B), the same Title 17.12.030(B) plat cited throughout this file); In areas not served by public water or sewer, submit a certified statement that proposed water/sewer facilities will conform to State Department of Health minimum requirements (17.12.030(C)); An application filed on behalf of a fraternal, charitable, or civic organization must be accompanied by a resolution of that organization authorizing the application (17.12.030(D)); A certificate issued becomes invalid if the physical work it authorizes is not commenced within six months of issuance, or is suspended/abandoned for one year (17.12.040) — for a pure change of use involving no physical construction, confirm with City Hall how this expiration provision is applied in practice; Complete Part A of the combined application as well if the change of use is accompanied by construction, remodeling, or alteration work (see this file's residential-addition-remodel and commercial-tenant-improvement entries). If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Burlington, City Hall (Building Permits) at 719-346-8652 before starting work.

Burlington does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Burlington, City Hall (Building Permits) at 719-346-8652 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application / Zoning Compliance Application (PDF); Scaled Site Plat (Title 17.12.030(B)). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Burlington requires 1 inspection(s) for a change of use / certificate of zoning compliance permit, in order: Final/Field Inspection. Schedule each through City of Burlington, City Hall (Building Permits) (719-346-8652).

Apply through City of Burlington, City Hall (Building Permits) at 415 15th Street, Burlington, CO 80807. Phone: 719-346-8652, email: jim.keehne@burlingtoncolo.com. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Fax: 719-346-8397. Building permits are administered directly by City Hall administrative staff (no separate, dedicated Building Division or named Building Official is published) — the Building Permit Application lists Jim Keehne, City Administrator, as the responsible city officer, with a Public Works signoff line also present on the form.. Official information: https://www.burlingtoncolo.com/151/Building-Permits.

Burlington, Colorado has adopted: NONE LOCALLY ADOPTED — verified directly from the City's own Building Permit Application form (DocumentCenter/View/187), which the applicant must sign: 'I hereby agree and understand that City of Burlington has not adopted a building code and it is my responsibility to follow all state guidelines regarding state building codes, local building codes and all inspections the State of Colorado, City of Burlington and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and Housing may require.'; The City's own Building Codes webpage (burlingtoncolo.com/96/Building-Codes) independently corroborates this: it states the City 'requires all buildings to meet the compliance standards of the State of Colorado's building codes' and links to the Colorado Office of the State Architect (OSA) building-codes page (osa.colorado.gov/state-buildings/building-codes) — but that OSA page was checked directly and its adopted-code list applies ONLY to state-owned/state-lease-purchased construction and specific state-assisted categories (K-12 schools, health facilities), NOT to private construction in municipalities. Burlington's own reference to it therefore does not establish any specific IBC/IRC/IECC/NEC edition as locally adopted or locally enforced for private building permits — it is effectively a pointer to a source that does not govern ordinary residential/commercial permits in Burlington.; Net effect: Burlington has NO locally adopted model code edition (no IBC, IRC, IMC, IPC, IFGC, IECC, IFC, IEBC, or NEC edition/year is specified anywhere in the City's own building-permit materials). Applicants are directed to follow 'state guidelines' generally and Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA)/Division of Housing requirements where applicable, rather than a codified local building code. This is a genuinely verified absence, not an omission — confirmed by the primary-source application form language plus the City's own Building Codes page, and consistent with Burlington's Municode-hosted Code of Ordinances not surfacing any building-code-adoption ordinance in available search results (Municode's Burlington library page is a JavaScript-rendered single-page app that could not be crawled for full-text search during this research; the City's own Ordinances & Resolutions page listing recent ordinance numbers did not show a building-code-adoption ordinance among currently listed items).. Local amendments apply — see the Burlington overview page for the full list.

Yes. Burlington Municipal Code 17.12.020(A) requires a certificate of zoning compliance to change the use of any building, structure, or property in the city — it is unlawful to occupy the property under the new use until the certificate is issued. Apply via Part B ('Change of Use') of the combined Building Permit/Zoning Compliance Application.

No dollar figure is published online. Municipal Code 17.04.090 states the fee is set by the city council and posted at the zoning compliance officer's and city clerk's offices, not itemized in the code itself — confirm the current amount directly with City Hall (719-346-8652).