This is PermitBase’s published record for Palisade as of 2026-08-14. It has since been superseded — see the current record. A historical record reflects what PermitBase had verified at that time; it may not capture a real-world change the jurisdiction had made but PermitBase had not yet verified, and it includes any errors we later corrected. Snapshots are never edited retroactively.

Palisade building permits

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Palisade, Colorado — as published 2026-08-14.

Verified 2026-07-06 · Source

Codes adopted

AUTHORITY MODEL NOTE: Colorado has no statewide building code (home-rule state); each city or county adopts and amends its own. Colorado does set a statutory statewide energy-code floor via HB22-1362 (requiring jurisdictions that adopt a building code to also adopt the most current or immediately preceding edition of the IECC on a rolling basis) and separate ADU-related state statutes (e.g., HB24-1152). The Town of Palisade has NOT adopted its own separate building code — it relies on Mesa County's adopted code cycle for all building, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical permitting, per Mesa County's own department description ('supplies permits, and current codes for building projects in ... the towns of De Beque, Collbran, Palisade, and the City of Grand Junction').Mesa County Building Department began enforcement of a new adopted-code cycle effective September 1, 2025 (per Mesa County Ordinance adopting and amending Building Codes, in compliance with HB21-1110). Source: Mesa County Adopted Codes and Regulations page. This is the same code cycle documented in this corpus's grand-junction.json (same issuing department).2024 International Building Code (IBC) — Mesa County adopted code, effective enforcement September 1, 2025, applies within Palisade town limits2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — Mesa County adopted code, effective enforcement September 1, 20252024 International Residential Code (IRC) — Mesa County adopted code, effective enforcement September 1, 20252024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — Mesa County adopted code, effective enforcement September 1, 20252021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — Mesa County adopted code; enforcement began September 1, 2025 'in compliance with House Bill 22-1362'Colorado Plumbing and Fuel Gas Code, 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC), 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — all state/county-adopted per Mesa County's Adopted Codes page, applying identically within Palisade town limitsTown of Palisade Land Development Code (LDC), most recently the July 2023 Revision — this is a ZONING/LAND-USE code, not a building code; it governs the Town's own Planning Clearance process (Section 4.08) and does not itself set building-code technical standards

Permit types & fees

Residential Building Permit (New Construction) — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

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Required for construction of new one- and two-family dwellings, townhouses, manufactured homes, and additions to existing residences in Palisade. A Town of Palisade 'New Residential Build' Planning Clearance must be applied for CONCURRENTLY with the Mesa County Building Department building permit application; Mesa County performs the actual plan review, permit issuance, and inspections, applying the 2024 IRC and 2021 IECC as adopted by Mesa County.

Verified 2026-07-06 · Source

Requirements

STEP 1 (concurrent Town prerequisite): Submit a Town of Palisade 'Planning Clearance: New Residential Build' application to the Community Development Department (175 East 3rd Street / P.O. Box 128, Palisade, CO 81526; planning@townofpalisade.org; (970) 464-5602), including a scaled site plan, property survey, plan view/elevation drawings, HOA/covenants (if applicable), civil plans, parcel zone, and lot/building square footage and height data. Flat clearance fee $10.00 (single-family detached, manufactured home, townhouse, duplex, or addition to existing residential) or $50.00 (multifamily), plus any applicable Business License, Sewer, Water, School Land Dedication, Transportation Impact, and Open Space in-lieu fees.
STEP 2: Submit the Mesa County Building Department 'Application for Permit to Build' and Residential Plan Review Submittal Checklist — building permit is issued and inspected by Mesa County, not the Town, applying the 2024 IRC and 2021 IECC as adopted by Mesa County, plus Mesa County's local snow/wind design criteria
Per Town LDC Section 4.08(B), the Planning Clearance application must be made CONCURRENTLY with the Mesa County building permit application, not as a separate prior gate — the two applications proceed in parallel, but the Town clearance is a legal prerequisite to lawfully beginning construction
Total project valuation (all labor and materials) determines the Mesa County permit fee per Mesa County's Table 2 fee schedule and Table 3A Building Valuation Data — see this corpus's grand-junction.json (same Mesa County fee schedule applies)

Required documents

RequiredTown of Palisade Planning Clearance: New Residential Build applicationTown Community Development Department form; requires scaled site plan, property survey, plan view/elevation drawings, HOA/covenants, civil plans, parcel zone, and lot/building data
RequiredMesa County Application for Permit to BuildMesa County Building Department application form (revised 6/11/2024) — the actual building permit application
RequiredMesa County Residential Plan Review Submittal ChecklistMesa County Building Department checklist for residential plan submittals

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Town of Palisade Planning Clearance fee — single-family detached, manufactured home, townhouse, duplex, or addition to existing residential	$10.00 flat fee	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILD' application form, verified live 2026-07-06; excludes any additional legal/engineering review, mailing, or recording costs
Town of Palisade Planning Clearance fee — multifamily	$50.00 flat fee	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILD' application form, verified live 2026-07-06
Mesa County Building Permit Fee — total valuation up to $1,200	$50.00	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 2 - Permit Fee Schedule (same schedule documented in this corpus's grand-junction.json)
Mesa County Building Permit Fee — total valuation $2,000.01 to $25,000	$68.00 for the first $2,000, plus $9.90 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 2

Residential Remodel / Reroof / Accessory Structure Permit — Basic or Accessory Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

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Required for reroofs, residing, interior remodels (excluding change of use), window replacement, electrical/plumbing service upgrades, and accessory structures (sheds, garages, carports, patios, gazebos, ADUs) in Palisade. A Town of Palisade 'Basic' or 'Accessory Structures & Uses' Planning Clearance is required concurrently with the Mesa County building permit application where a building permit is triggered.

Verified 2026-07-06 · Source

Requirements

STEP 1 (concurrent Town prerequisite, where a building permit is required): Submit a Town of Palisade 'Basic Planning Clearance' (reroof, residing, interior remodel excluding change of use, window replacement, demo, electrical/plumbing service upgrades) or 'Accessory Structures & Uses' clearance (shed, garage, carport, patio, gazebo, cabana, porch, ADU, fruit/vegetable stand, driveway/sidewalk) to the Town Community Development Department. Flat fee $10.00 for either category.
The Basic Planning Clearance form explicitly states the description of work 'must match application for Mesa County building permit' — the two applications must describe the same scope of work
STEP 2: Submit the corresponding Mesa County Building Department permit application — Mesa County performs the actual plan review, issuance, and inspection under the 2024 IRC as adopted by Mesa County
Per Mesa County's own 'Items that DO NOT REQUIRE a building permit' notice (applicable countywide, including Palisade): certain small accessory structures (200 sq ft or less), low decks (30 inches or less above grade), fences under 7 ft, and similar minor work do not require a Mesa County building permit — confirm with Mesa County whether a Town Planning Clearance is still required for such minor work even when no county building permit is triggered, per LDC Section 4.08(B)'s 'in all other cases, application shall be made before initiating any of the activities that trigger compliance with this Section'

Required documents

RequiredTown of Palisade Planning Clearance: Basic (or Accessory Structures & Uses) applicationTown Community Development Department form
RequiredMesa County Application for Permit to BuildMesa County Building Department application form used for remodel/reroof/accessory permits

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Town of Palisade Basic Planning Clearance fee	$10.00 flat fee	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: BASIC' application form, verified live 2026-07-06
Town of Palisade Accessory Structures & Uses Planning Clearance fee	$10.00 flat fee	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: ACCESSORY STRUCTURES & USES' application form, verified live 2026-07-06
Mesa County Decks, Patio Covers, Storage Sheds & Open Carports — under 400 sq ft, accessory to residence	$50.00 flat fee	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 1A, Fee #19 (same schedule documented in this corpus's grand-junction.json)
Mesa County Remodel/Alteration Permit Fee — valuation-based	$50.00 minimum (up to $1,200 valuation), scaling per Table 2	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 2; valuation is actual labor and material cost

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

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Required for rooftop or ground-mount solar photovoltaic installation on property within the Town of Palisade. The actual building/electrical permit is issued and inspected by the Mesa County Building Department (not the Town), applying the Mesa County Photovoltaic Guide. Critically, the Mesa County Photovoltaic Guide explicitly names Palisade — together with De Beque and Collbran — as one of the jurisdictions where a residential roof-mount PV system requires a Town Planning Clearance BEFORE Mesa County will issue the building/electrical permit; this Town clearance step is NOT required for roof-mount systems in Grand Junction itself. Ground-mount PV systems require a Town/City planning clearance regardless of jurisdiction per the same Guide.

Verified 2026-07-19 · Source

Requirements

STEP 1 (Town prerequisite for Palisade specifically): Obtain a Town of Palisade Planning Clearance from the Community Development Department (175 East 3rd Street / P.O. Box 128, Palisade, CO 81526; planning@townofpalisade.org; (970) 464-5602) before Mesa County will issue the PV building/electrical permit — the Basic Planning Clearance application form ($10 flat fee) covers 'service upgrades and/or similar actions which do not change the scale, use or character of a structure,' with an 'Electrical Work Included' checkbox, and is the most likely applicable clearance category for a roof-mount solar installation, though the form does not explicitly enumerate 'solar' or 'photovoltaic' as a named example
STEP 2: Submit the Mesa County Building Department PV permit application per the Mesa County Photovoltaic Guide (rev. 7/20/2023) — structural certification report verifying the existing roof framing supports the array (115 mph wind speed design criteria), three-line diagram, component spec sheets, and roof layout
Total project valuation (modules, inverters, remaining electrical work, structural alterations) determines the Mesa County permit fee per Table 2 of the County's fee schedule
Ground-mount PV systems require a Town of Palisade planning clearance regardless of jurisdiction, per the Mesa County Photovoltaic Guide's explicit statewide-jurisdiction list
All commercial and ground-mount PV system designs require structural, foundation, and electrical drawings stamped and signed by a Colorado Professional Engineer, per the Mesa County Photovoltaic Guide

Required documents

RequiredTown of Palisade Planning Clearance: Basic applicationTown Community Development Department form ($10.00 flat fee); description of work must match the Mesa County building permit application
RequiredMesa County Photovoltaic Guide Submittal PackageStructural certification report, three-line diagram, component spec sheets, and roof layout per the County's Photovoltaic Guide (rev. 7/20/2023)
RequiredMesa County Application for Permit to BuildMesa County Building Department application form — the actual PV building/electrical permit application

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Town of Palisade Planning Clearance (Basic)	$10.00 flat fee	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: BASIC' application form; covers service upgrades/similar actions not changing scale, use, or character. Excludes any additional legal/engineering review, mailing, or recording costs
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Hot Tubs, Pools & Spas Permit Fee (applies to PV system electrical scope, issued by Mesa County)	Valuation-based per Mesa County Table 2 Permit Fee Schedule	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 1A, Fee #11; no dedicated solar fee waiver found on the County's published fee schedule — same fee mechanism documented in this corpus's grand-junction.json

EV Charger / EVSE Permit — Mesa County Building Permit (Electrical)

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The Town of Palisade does not issue building or electrical permits — as with solar PV, the actual permit for an EV charger circuit is issued and inspected by the Mesa County Building Department, applying Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule Fee #11 ('Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Hot Tubs, Pools & Spas Permit Fee'), billed per the valuation-based Table 2 schedule. No dedicated EV-specific line item or fee waiver is published in the Mesa County Fee Schedule (confirmed by direct review). Mesa County's population is well above the 20,000-resident threshold that triggers Colorado HB24-1173, the statewide EV Charging System Permits law requiring covered jurisdictions to notify applicants of approval/denial within 3 business days by a December 31, 2025 compliance deadline; whether Mesa County adopted the Colorado Energy Office's model code, its own standards, or elected to keep its existing process is not confirmed in any published source found. The Town of Palisade itself (population well under the Act's 10,000-resident municipal threshold) is not independently covered by HB24-1173, and it is not confirmed whether the Town's Basic Planning Clearance prerequisite — required for solar roof-mount systems per the Mesa County Photovoltaic Guide — also applies to EV chargers.

Verified 2026-07-20 · Source

Requirements

Mesa County Building Department Application for Permit to Build required for the EV charger circuit/electrical scope; the Town of Palisade does not itself issue this permit
Fee computed on total project valuation (equipment plus labor/materials) per Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule Fee #11 (Table 2)
Under Colorado HB24-1173, Mesa County (population over the 20,000-resident county threshold) must notify EV charging permit applicants of an approval, conditional approval, or denial decision within 3 business days of that determination, by a December 31, 2025 compliance deadline
Not confirmed whether the Town of Palisade Basic Planning Clearance step required for residential roof-mount solar under the Mesa County Photovoltaic Guide is also required for EV chargers — confirm directly with Town Community Development (970-464-5602) before applying

Required documents

RequiredMesa County Application for Permit to BuildMesa County Building Department application form for the EV charger electrical scope
OptionalTown of Palisade Planning Clearance: Basic applicationNot confirmed as required for EV chargers specifically, but is the Town's prerequisite clearance form for service upgrades/electrical work in other contexts (e.g., solar); confirm applicability with the Town before applying

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Hot Tubs, Pools & Spas Permit Fee (Fee #11)	Valuation-based per Table 2 — e.g., $50 up to $1,200 valuation; $68 for $2,000; $295.70 for $25,000; scaling up per the published Table 2 formula	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Exhibit A, Table 1A Fee #11 and Table 2 (confirmed by direct PDF review); no EV-specific line item exists
Town of Palisade Planning Clearance (Basic), if applicable	$10.00 flat fee	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: BASIC' application form; applicability to EV chargers specifically is not confirmed

Commercial Building Permit (New Construction / Addition) — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

Required for new commercial/non-residential construction and additions to existing commercial/non-residential buildings within the Town of Palisade. A Town of Palisade 'Planning Clearance: New Nonresidential Build' must be applied for CONCURRENTLY with the Mesa County Building Department commercial building permit application, per LDC Section 4.08(B) (the same concurrent-filing rule already documented for Palisade's residential building permit). Mesa County performs the actual commercial plan review, permit issuance, and inspections, applying the 2024 IBC (enforcement effective September 1, 2025) — the identical Mesa County commercial building-permit process and fee tables already documented in this corpus's grand-junction.json (same issuing department; Table 2/Table 3A figures independently re-confirmed against the Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule PDF during this research pass, 2026-08-02).

Reviewed 2026-08-02 · Source

Requirements

STEP 1 (concurrent Town prerequisite): Submit a Town of Palisade 'Planning Clearance: New Nonresidential Build' application to the Community Development Department (175 East 3rd Street / P.O. Box 128, Palisade, CO 81526; planning@townofpalisade.org; (970) 464-5602). Flat fee $50.00 for either the 'Commercial/Non-Residential' (new construction) checkbox or the 'Addition to Existing Commercial/Non-Residential' checkbox, plus any applicable Business License, Sewer, Water, School Land Dedication, Transportation Impact, and Fee in Lieu of Open Space charges. Source: Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILD' application form (Comm Dev_6), fetched and verified live 2026-08-02.
Required documents for the Town clearance: 8.5"x11" scaled site plan (setbacks, area, dimensions, heights, property easements, rights-of-way), property survey, plan view/elevation drawings, and civil plans (landscaping, parking, irrigation, lighting, utility, and pedestrian/phasing plans) — a broader civil-plan checklist than the residential New Build clearance, which does not separately enumerate parking/irrigation/lighting/utility plans. Required information fields: parcel zone, area of existing building(s), area of proposed building(s), area of lot/parcel, and height of proposed structure(s). Source: same form, page 2, verified live 2026-08-02.
Per LDC Section 4.08(B), the Planning Clearance application must be made CONCURRENTLY with the Mesa County building permit application, not as a separate prior gate — same rule already verified for Palisade's residential-building-permit entry.
STEP 2: Submit the Mesa County Building Department 'Application for Permit to Build' plus the Commercial Plan Review - Submittal Checklist (drawings sealed/signed/dated per 2024 IBC Section 107.1, 2 copies). Mesa County performs the actual plan review, issuance, and inspection under the 2024 IBC and 2021 IECC as adopted by Mesa County, identical in mechanics to the process already documented for Grand Junction in this corpus (same issuing department, same application form, same fee schedule).
Total project valuation for new construction/additions is the Table 3A square-foot construction-cost multiplier times the outside-dimension building area (Table 2, Note 1); the Mesa County permit fee is then read from Table 2, with commercial plan review billed on top at up to 50% of the calculated permit fee (Table 1A, Fee #1) — figures independently verified against the Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule PDF (Exhibit A) during this research pass.
NEWLY IDENTIFIED THIS PASS (2026-08-02): a THIRD clearance authority applies — the Palisade Fire Department (a Town of Palisade department, not Mesa County or Grand Junction Fire; 175 East 3rd Street, Palisade, CO 81526; (970) 464-4745; cbalke@townofpalisade.org) requires its own 'Business Permit Application' (a fire plan-review/clearance form) for commercial 'Building- New' and 'Building- Addition' project types, found via the Town's Fire & EMS department page (not previously located in this corpus's Palisade research). This resolves the fire-authority-identity gap left open in an earlier pass of this file. Source: Palisade Fire Department Business Permit Application (PDF, form dated 'Created 04/2018', fetched live 2026-08-02); Town of Palisade 'Palisade Fire and Emergency Medical Services' page, fetched live 2026-08-02.
Town water and sewer service to Palisade properties (including commercial) is Town-of-Palisade-operated (not a separate special water/sewer district) — the Town's own published Fee Schedule (Updated June 2025) lists one-time Water Tap Fees by meter size and a Sewer Tap Fee billed per Equivalent Residential Unit (EQU) with a stated minimum of 1.00 EQU for commercial connections (Palisade Municipal Code 13-101), plus monthly Business/Industrial water service rates by meter size. Source: 'TOWN OF PALISADE, COLORADO FEE SCHEDULE - Updated June 2025' (PDF), fetched live 2026-08-02.
The Town's Transportation Impact Fee — flagged in an earlier pass of this file as an amount 'not separately published on the form' — IS published, as an attached ITE-code-based schedule referenced from the Town's own Planning & Development fee table ('Transportation Impact Fees: SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE'). The attached schedule sets fees by land-use type and unit (e.g., per 1,000 sq ft for most commercial categories, per room for Hotel/Motel, per hole for Golf Course), separately for Retail Commercial, Office/Institutional, and Industrial categories. Source: same Town Fee Schedule PDF (Updated June 2025), 'Transportation Impact Fee Schedule' page, fetched live 2026-08-02.
PARTIALLY WALKED BACK FROM AN EARLIER PASS: the 'School Land Dedication Fee' line item ($920.00) appears in the Town's own Fee Schedule specifically under 'Major Subdivision Final Plat' as a per-residential-dwelling charge (based on $35,000/acre) tied to platting, not as a standalone fee applicable to every commercial building permit — its applicability to a given commercial project depends on whether that project also involves a subdivision/plat action, and was NOT confirmed to apply to a simple commercial building permit with no subdivision component. The 'Fee in Lieu of Open Space' line item (shown on the same Town fee table as 'Park In Lieu') remains genuinely unpublished as a fixed dollar figure — the Town's own Fee Schedule lists it as 'TBD, 10% open space/per lot,' i.e., a percentage/case-by-case formula rather than a stated amount, so this specific fee is confirmed to exist but NOT confirmed to a dollar figure even after this fresh chase.
STILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED FOR PALISADE, after this research pass: Mesa County's Commercial Building Permit clearance process for Grand Junction properties (documented in this corpus's grand-junction.json) includes a Gamma Radiation Survey (Grand Valley uranium-mill-tailings legacy requirement) and City Cross Connection Control line item; whether either has a Palisade-specific analog (versus being purely City-of-Grand-Junction-specific) was not located in this pass. Confirm directly with Mesa County Building Department (970-244-1631) and Town of Palisade Community Development (970-464-5602) at time of application.

Required documents

RequiredTown of Palisade Planning Clearance: New Nonresidential Build applicationTown Community Development Department form (Comm Dev_6); requires scaled site plan, property survey, plan view/elevation drawings, civil plans (landscaping, parking, irrigation, lighting, utility, pedestrian, phasing), parcel zone, and building/lot area and height data
RequiredPalisade Fire Department Business Permit ApplicationFire plan-review/clearance form (PDF, form dated 'Created 04/2018') covering Building- New and Building- Addition project types, filed with the Town's own Fire Department (distinct from the Town Planning Clearance and from Mesa County); requires building construction type (IBC), occupancy type(s) (IBC), fire sprinkler/alarm status, and project square footage. Fetched live 2026-08-02 from the Town's Fire & EMS page.
RequiredMesa County Application for Permit to BuildMesa County Building Department application form (revised 6/11/2024) — the actual commercial building permit application
RequiredMesa County Commercial Plan Review - Submittal Checklist plan setSealed/signed/dated drawings per 2024 IBC 107.1, 2 copies: architectural, foundation, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing designs, Energy Com-checks, Building Code Analysis Statement, fire-rated assembly details (per this corpus's grand-junction.json, same Mesa County checklist); re-confirmed against the current 'Plan Submittal Requirements - Commercial Checklist (revised 9.2025)' PDF, fetched live 2026-08-02
RequiredMesa County Commercial Structure Characteristics FormMesa County Assessor's Office form with separate full-size floor plan (min 11x17), required for permits adding footprint or changing layout

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Town of Palisade Planning Clearance fee — Commercial/Non-Residential (new) or Addition to Existing Commercial/Non-Residential	$50.00 flat fee (either category)	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILD' application form, verified live 2026-08-02; Show full citationHide Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILD' application form, verified live 2026-08-02; excludes any additional legal/engineering review, mailing, or recording costs; may also incur Business License, Sewer, Water, School Land Dedication, Transportation Impact, and Fee in Lieu of Open Space charges (amounts not separately published on the form)
Mesa County Building Permit Fee — total valuation up to $1,200	$50.00	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule (Exhibit A), Table 2; independently re-verified against the PDF 2026-08-02
Mesa County Building Permit Fee — total valuation $100,000.01 to $500,000	$725.70 for the first $100,000, plus $3.90 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 2; commercial valuation is computed via Table 3A square-foot cost x building area, not actual cost (Table 2, Note 1)
Commercial Plan Review Fee — 'New Commercial Construction, Addition, or Alteration to Commercial Building'	Maximum 50% of the Value of the Calculated Permit Fee, as determined appropriate by the Building Department	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 1A, Fee #1 — charged in addition to the permit fee; contrast with the 15% residential (R-3) plan-review cap
Table 3A commercial square-foot construction costs (examples, per sq ft, by construction type IA-VB)	B Business $81.61 (VB) to $119.85 (IA); M Mercantile $59.22 to $88.15; A-2 Assembly restaurants/bars $87.94 to $117.34	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 3A Building Valuation Data; shell-only buildings deduct 20 percent (Note 3); table dollar values derive from the 2003 IBC per Note 6 (applies only to these values, not to code requirements)
Third Party Plan Review surcharge	Maximum 20% of the Calculated Permit Fee, plus third-party reviewer costs negotiated directly between applicant and reviewer	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 1A, Fee #1
Work Commencing Before Permit Issuance	2x the Permit Fee (at Building Official discretion)	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 1A, Fee #21
Palisade Fire Department New Building Fee (fire plan review + inspections, IBC 109.1/109.2)	1-5,000 sq ft: $150 flat fee, plus $75 per inspection. Over 5,000 sq ft: $150 plus $0.04/sq ft over 5,000 sq ft, plus $75 per inspection.	NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): 'TOWN OF PALISADE, COLORADO FEE SCHEDULE - EMERGENCY SERVICES' (Updated June 2025), Fire Department/EMS Department, 'International Fire and Building Code… Show full citationHide NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): 'TOWN OF PALISADE, COLORADO FEE SCHEDULE - EMERGENCY SERVICES' (Updated June 2025), Fire Department/EMS Department, 'International Fire and Building Code Inspection Fees' > 'New Building Fee'. This is a separate fee from both the Town Planning Clearance and the Mesa County building permit — paid to the Town's own Fire Department for the Business Permit Application required for Building-New/Building-Addition projects.
Town of Palisade Water Tap Fee (one-time, by meter/tap size — commercial 'Business/Industrial Service')	3/4" Tap $5,500 (+$850 labor/materials); 1" Tap $8,500 (+$1,000 L&M); 1-1/2" Tap $12,222 (+$1,500 L&M); 2" Tap $22,000 (+$2,500 L&M); 3" Tap $49,500 (+$5,000 L&M); 4" Tap $88,000 (+$5,000 L&M); Unmetered Fire Suppression Line $6,500	NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): Town of Palisade Fee Schedule (Updated June 2025), 'UTILITIES' page, Water Fees / Water Tap Fees. Show full citationHide NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): Town of Palisade Fee Schedule (Updated June 2025), 'UTILITIES' page, Water Fees / Water Tap Fees. Applies only if a new or upsized tap is needed. Monthly Business/Industrial water service rates (separate from the one-time tap fee) also published on the same page, from $55.00/mo for a 3/4"-1" meter up to $443.00/mo for a 4" meter (up to 5,000 gal), plus per-1,000-gallon rates above that.
Town of Palisade Sewer Tap Fee (one-time)	$5,500.00 per Equivalent Residential Unit (EQU); no commercial tap fee shall be less than 1.00 EQU (Palisade Municipal Code 13-101)	NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): Town of Palisade Fee Schedule (Updated June 2025), 'UTILITIES' page, Sewer Fees. Monthly sewer service (separate from the one-time tap fee) is $57.23/mo per EQU up to 4,000 gal, plus $5.13 per 1,000 gal over that.
Town of Palisade Transportation Impact Fee (by ITE land-use code, per unit)	Examples (Retail Commercial, per 1,000 sq ft unless noted): Shopping Center (0-99K SF) $4,190, Shopping Center (500K+ SF) $3,521, Bank $6,365, Restaurant Sit-Down $5,150, Restaurant Fast Food $11,532, Hotel/Motel $2,407/room. Office/Institutional: Office General (0-99K SF) $3,142, Office Medical $8,865, Day Care Center $4,094. Industrial: Industrial Park $1,857, Warehouse $1,324, Mini-Warehouse $463.	NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): previously flagged in this file as 'not separately published on the form' — now located as an attached ITE-code-based schedule in the Town's own Fee Schedule… Show full citationHide NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): previously flagged in this file as 'not separately published on the form' — now located as an attached ITE-code-based schedule in the Town's own Fee Schedule (Updated June 2025), 'Transportation Impact Fee Schedule' page, referenced from the 'PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT' fee table ('Transportation Impact Fees: SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE'). Full schedule has additional land-use rows beyond the examples listed here.
Fee in Lieu of Open Space Requirement ('Park In Lieu')	Not a fixed dollar figure — Town's own Fee Schedule lists it as 'TBD, 10% open space/per lot'	Confirmed via the Town Fee Schedule (Updated June 2025) that this is a genuine percentage/case-by-case formula, not an unpublished omission — still cannot be reduced to a specific dollar amount from any published source.
School Land Dedication Fee — CLARIFICATION	$920.00 per residential dwelling (based on $35,000/acre), per the Town's own Fee Schedule	Re-examination this pass shows this fee is listed under the Town Fee Schedule's 'Major Subdivision Final Plat' section as a per-residential-dwelling subdivision charge — its applicability to a… Show full citationHide Re-examination this pass shows this fee is listed under the Town Fee Schedule's 'Major Subdivision Final Plat' section as a per-residential-dwelling subdivision charge — its applicability to a standalone commercial building permit (no subdivision/plat action) was NOT confirmed and may not apply; flagged here as a correction to an earlier assumption that it was a standard commercial New Nonresidential Build line item.

Commercial Tenant Improvement / Alteration Permit — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

Permit pathway for tenant finishes, interior remodels, and alterations to existing commercial/non-residential space within the Town of Palisade. Mesa County does not publish a separately named 'tenant improvement' permit — TI work is permitted by the Mesa County Building Department as an 'Alteration to Commercial Building,' the identical mechanism already documented in this corpus's grand-junction.json (same issuing department, same fee schedule). On the Town side, a TI that does NOT change the scale, use, or character of the space falls under the Town of Palisade 'Basic Planning Clearance' ($10.00 flat fee) — the same clearance category and fee already documented in this file's residential-addition-remodel-reroof entry. Re-verified live 2026-08-02: the Basic Planning Clearance form text is NOT restricted to residential structures on its face ('reroof, residing, interior remodel, window replacement, demo, service upgrades, and/or similar actions which do not change the scale, use or character of a structure or land use'). A TI that changes the occupancy/use classification instead falls under the SAME form's separate 'Change of Use' line item ($50.00 flat fee).

Reviewed 2026-08-02 · Source

Requirements

STEP 1 (concurrent Town prerequisite): For a tenant improvement/alteration that does NOT change the scale, use, or character of the space, submit a Town of Palisade 'Basic Planning Clearance' application ($10.00 flat fee) to the Community Development Department — the same form and fee category already documented for Palisade's residential remodel/reroof entry; the form's own text carries no occupancy-type restriction. Source: Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: BASIC' application form (Comm Dev_1), re-fetched and verified live 2026-08-02.
If the tenant improvement CHANGES the use/occupancy classification, the same Basic Planning Clearance form has a separate 'Change of Use' checkbox line item requiring a Letter of Intent (current use, proposed use, zoning) at a $50.00 flat fee, distinct from the $10.00 basic-work fee. Source: same form, verified live 2026-08-02.
The Basic Planning Clearance form explicitly requires the 'Description of Work' to match the application submitted for the Mesa County building permit.
STEP 2: Submit the Mesa County Building Department 'Application for Permit to Build.' Mesa County bills TI/alteration work on ACTUAL labor-and-material valuation (Table 2, Note 2 — 'The Total Valuation for remodels is the actual labor and material cost of the project'), not the Table 3A square-foot schedule used for new construction, and applies its 'Change in Use/Occupation Valuation Permit Fee' (Table 1A Fee #16: $50.00 under $2,000 valuation, Table 2 valuation-based above $2,000) when occupancy classification changes — figures independently re-verified against the Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule PDF during this research pass, 2026-08-02, and mechanically identical to this corpus's grand-junction.json commercial-tenant-improvement-permit entry (same issuing department, same fee schedule).
NEWLY IDENTIFIED THIS PASS (2026-08-02): the fire authority left unidentified in an earlier pass IS the Palisade Fire Department (a Town of Palisade department; 175 East 3rd Street; (970) 464-4745; cbalke@townofpalisade.org) — its 'Business Permit Application' form explicitly covers 'Tenant Finish - Interior' and 'Tenant Finish - Exterior' as checkbox project types, confirming a TI-specific fire clearance/plan-review step applies in Palisade, billed under the Town's own published 'Tenant Finish Plan Review Fee' schedule. Source: Palisade Fire Department Business Permit Application (PDF); Town of Palisade Fee Schedule (Updated June 2025); both fetched live 2026-08-02.
STILL NOT INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED FOR PALISADE, after this research pass: whether Mesa County or the Town separately requires a Food Handling clearance (for restaurant/grocery fit-outs) or a Persigo Waste Water Pre-Treatment step (for grease-generating tenants) analogous to Grand Junction's TI process — not located in this pass. The sewer/water provider question IS now resolved: Palisade's water and sewer utilities are Town-of-Palisade-operated (see the Town's own published Water/Sewer Fee Schedule), not a separate district. Confirm remaining open items directly with Mesa County Building Department (970-244-1631) and Town of Palisade Community Development (970-464-5602) at time of application.

Required documents

RequiredTown of Palisade Planning Clearance: Basic (or Change of Use) applicationTown Community Development Department form (Comm Dev_1); $10.00 flat fee for a straight interior TI, $50.00 if the project changes use/occupancy (Change of Use line item, requires Letter of Intent with current/proposed use and zoning)
RequiredPalisade Fire Department Business Permit ApplicationFire plan-review/clearance form (PDF, form dated 'Created 04/2018') covering Tenant Finish - Interior and Tenant Finish - Exterior project types, filed with the Town's own Fire Department (distinct from the Town Planning Clearance and from Mesa County); requires occupancy type(s) (IBC), fire sprinkler/alarm status, and scope-of-work square footage. Fetched live 2026-08-02 from the Town's Fire & EMS page.
RequiredMesa County Application for Permit to BuildMesa County Building Department application form (revised 6/11/2024) — used for the TI/alteration permit; no dedicated TI-specific application form exists
RequiredMesa County Commercial Plan Review - Submittal Checklist plan set (scoped to the TI)Sealed/signed/dated drawings per 2024 IBC 107.1, scoped to the alteration: architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing (and structural where walls/openings change); per this corpus's grand-junction.json, same Mesa County checklist applies to alterations; re-confirmed against the current 'Plan Submittal Requirements - Commercial Checklist (revised 9.2025)' PDF, fetched live 2026-08-02

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Town of Palisade Basic Planning Clearance fee (TI not changing scale/use/character)	$10.00 flat fee	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: BASIC' application form, re-verified live 2026-08-02; excludes legal/engineering review, mailing, or recording costs
Town of Palisade Change of Use fee (TI changing occupancy classification)	$50.00 flat fee	Same 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: BASIC' form, 'Change of Use' line item, re-verified live 2026-08-02; requires Letter of Intent with current use, proposed use, and zoning
Mesa County TI/Alteration Permit Fee — valuation-based on actual cost	$50.00 up to $1,200 valuation; $68.00 for the first $2,000 plus $9.90/additional $1,000 to $25,000; scaling per Table 2	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 2, Note 2 ('actual labor and material cost'); independently re-verified against the PDF 2026-08-02
Commercial Plan Review Fee — 'Alteration to Commercial Building'	Maximum 50% of the Value of the Calculated Permit Fee, as determined appropriate by the Building Department	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 1A, Fee #1 — the fee line explicitly names 'Alteration to Commercial Building,' confirming TI work is billed under the 50% commercial cap, not the 15% residential cap
Change in Use/Occupation Valuation Permit Fee	$50.00 under $2,000 valuation; Table 2 valuation-based over $2,000	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 1A, Fee #16 — applies when the TI changes the occupancy classification; independently re-verified against the PDF 2026-08-02
Work Commencing Before Permit Issuance	2x the Permit Fee (at Building Official discretion)	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule, Table 1A, Fee #21
Palisade Fire Department Tenant Finish Plan Review Fee (fire plan review + inspections, IBC 109.1/109.2)	1-200 sq ft: $50 flat fee (includes inspections). 201-500 sq ft: $50 flat fee plus $75 per inspection. 501-5,000 sq ft: $100 flat fee plus $75 per inspection. Over 5,000 sq ft: $150 plus $0.04/sq ft over 5,000 sq ft, plus $75 per inspection.	NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): 'TOWN OF PALISADE, COLORADO FEE SCHEDULE - EMERGENCY SERVICES' (Updated June 2025), Fire Department/EMS Department, 'International Fire and Building Code… Show full citationHide NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): 'TOWN OF PALISADE, COLORADO FEE SCHEDULE - EMERGENCY SERVICES' (Updated June 2025), Fire Department/EMS Department, 'International Fire and Building Code Inspection Fees' > 'Tenant Finish Plan Review Fee.' Separate from both the Town Planning Clearance fee and the Mesa County TI/alteration permit fee — paid to the Town's own Fire Department for the Business Permit Application's 'Tenant Finish' project type.
Fire Alarm / Fire Sprinkler Plan Review Fee (if the TI adds or modifies alarm or sprinkler systems)	Fire Alarm: $50 flat (system modification, <= devices) or $150 plus $2.00/device (new system), plus $75/inspection. Fire Sprinkler: $50 flat (modification, <=20 heads) or $150 plus $2.00/head (new system), plus $75/inspection.	NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): same Town Fee Schedule page (Updated June 2025), conditional on scope — only applies if the tenant improvement touches fire alarm or sprinkler systems.
Town of Palisade Water/Sewer connection or tap fees (if the TI requires a new or upsized water/sewer tap)	Same tiered Water Tap Fee (from $5,500 for a 3/4" tap) and Sewer Tap Fee ($5,500/EQU, minimum 1.00 EQU commercial) documented in this file's commercial-building-permit entry	NEWLY CONFIRMED this pass (2026-08-02): Town of Palisade Fee Schedule (Updated June 2025), 'UTILITIES' page. Most straight interior TIs will not trigger a new tap, but this applies if fixture counts or service size change.

Sign Permit — Town of Palisade Planning Clearance (+ Mesa County Permit if Valuation-Triggered)

Verified

Town of Palisade Land Development Code (LDC, July 2023 Revision) Section 4.10 requires a sign permit before any sign — including permanent, temporary, portable, and sandwich signs — is erected, located, or altered, plus a building permit 'if necessary.' The Town's own 'Planning Clearance: Signs' application form (flat $10.00 fee per sign type) is the practical implementation of this LDC-mandated Sign Permit. Design standards are set by LDC Section 10.10 (Signs). Separately, the Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule lists a 'Signs Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Permit Fee' (Fee #10, Table 2, actual labor-and-material valuation) for the underlying building/electrical permit on a sign.

Verified 2026-08-14 · Source

Requirements

'No sign, including permanent, temporary, portable and sandwich signs, may be erected, located or altered in any manner until a sign permit, and building permit if necessary, has been secured from the Community Development Director. Change of copy on a legally constructed sign shall not require a permit.' Source: Town of Palisade LDC (July 2023 Revision), Section 4.10.A, verified live 2026-08-14.
Town of Palisade 'Planning Clearance: Signs' application (Comm Dev_3.1) submitted to the Community Development Department; flat $10.00 fee per sign category: Wall Sign, Projecting Sign, Pole Sign, Monument Sign, Ground Sign, and Awning/Marquee/Canopy/Hanging Sign each billed separately at $10.00. Source: Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: SIGNS' application form, verified live 2026-08-14.
Required documentation: a scaled aerial Site Plan showing the sign's location, roads, property boundary, setbacks, and dimensions; and a Diagram of the sign showing all dimensions (area, height, width, length). Required information fields: property zoning and height of proposed structure(s). Source: same Town application form.
Dimensional/design standards per LDC Section 10.10.B-C: total on-premises sign area for a property may not exceed 1.5 times street frontage length (10% bonus if no freestanding sign other than a monument sign is proposed). Wall/Fascia sign: max 25% of wall area, no more than 12" projection from the wall (or 8' minimum clearance if projection exceeds 6"). Pole sign: max 20' height, max 0.15 sq ft per linear foot of street frontage, sign-width-to-support-width ratio greater than 4:1. Monument sign: max 8' height, max 0.20 sq ft per linear foot of street frontage, ratio less than 4:1. Ground sign: max 4' height, max 0.5 sq ft per linear foot of street frontage. Awning/Marquee/Canopy sign: max 75% of the awning/marquee face, max 6 sq ft if hanging. Projecting sign: max 10 sq ft, one per business, minimum 8' ground clearance/max 15' height, no closer than 3' to the curb line.
Freestanding signs are limited to one per lot unless a Signage Plan is approved by the Community Development Director for a property with more than one street frontage; freestanding signs require landscaping (shrubs/flowers/ground cover at least 18" high, planting bed area equal to 1/2 the sign area) around the base, per LDC Section 10.10.B (per the Town's Sign Info Sheet handout).
Electronic signs are permitted only as free-standing signage (not in the TC Town Center zone district); messages may not change more than once every 4 seconds, and no video/animation/in-motion display or intensity-changing display is allowed, per LDC Section 10.10.E.11-12.
Exempt from the sign permit requirement, per LDC Section 10.10.D: historic signs (50+ years old or particularly unique), signs placed by a government entity on public property/right-of-way, murals (approvable as a conditional use), window signs (no more than 5 per business, no more than 30% of any window), and up to one easel/A-frame sign per business (max 6 sq ft per face, must not block sidewalk ramps/reduce passage below 48", max 3' height, not within 10' of a fire hydrant, removed at close of business).
Prohibited signs, per LDC Section 10.10.E: roof signs projecting more than 12" above the roofline; nongovernmental signs on public property/right-of-way; signs affixed to trees, shrubbery, or utility poles; portable signs (except seasonal agricultural-product signs in the AFT district); windblown signs/banners/pennants/balloons (except at temporary events); and interactive signs.
A Common Signage Plan is required for all multi-use developments, filed using the same sign permit form, addressing colors (max 4 including white), letter/graphics style, sign locations, materials, dimensions, and a limit of one freestanding sign per street frontage, per LDC Section 10.10.F.
Once issued, sign installation must be completed within six (6) months or the permit becomes null and void if the signs are not in conformance with the approved application, per LDC Section 4.10.F.2.
Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule (Exhibit A) separately lists Fee #10, 'Signs Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Permit Fee,' billed per Table 2 on the sign's actual labor-and-material valuation — confirm directly with Mesa County Building Department (970-244-1631) whether a specific sign's construction or electrical scope also requires a county permit in addition to the Town's Sign Permit; this was not separately confirmed to apply in every case in this research pass.

Required documents

RequiredTown of Palisade Planning Clearance: Signs applicationTown Community Development Department form (Comm Dev_3.1); flat $10.00 fee per sign category
RequiredSite PlanScaled aerial site map showing the sign's proposed location, roads, property boundary, setbacks, and dimensions
RequiredSign DiagramShows all sign dimensions — area, height, width, and length

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Town of Palisade Sign Planning Clearance fee — Wall, Projecting, Pole, Monument, or Ground Sign, or Awning/Marquee/Canopy/Hanging Sign (each category)	$10.00 flat fee per sign category	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: SIGNS' application form, verified live 2026-08-14; excludes any additional legal/engineering review, mailing, or recording costs; may also incur a Business License fee ($10/day or $50/calendar year) if applicable
Mesa County Signs Illuminated and Non-Illuminated Permit Fee	Table 2, valuation-based on actual labor-and-material cost (e.g., $50.00 minimum up to $1,200 valuation, scaling per Table 2's tiers)	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule (Exhibit A), Table 1A Fee #10, footnote (1) 'Total Valuation is the actual cost of project labor and materials' — independently verified by direct visual… Show full citationHide Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule (Exhibit A), Table 1A Fee #10, footnote (1) 'Total Valuation is the actual cost of project labor and materials' — independently verified by direct visual (PNG-rendered) inspection of the fee table this pass, 2026-08-14, given the risk of column misalignment in a plain-text extraction of this 2-column PDF table

Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm System Permit — Town of Palisade Fire Department

Verified

Fire protection plan review and permitting for properties within Town of Palisade limits is provided by the Town's own Palisade Fire Department (175 East 3rd Street, Palisade, CO 81526; (970) 464-4745; cbalke@townofpalisade.org) — a Town of Palisade department, NOT the separate Palisade Rural Fire Protection District (PRFPD). PRFPD is a distinct special taxing district (governed by its own elected Board of Directors) covering the unincorporated rural area surrounding the Town; PRFPD's own public board-meeting postings confirm it pays the Town of Palisade under contract for combined 'EMS, Fire and Rescue Services' (e.g., a $110,000.00 payment recorded for July 2026) and that the same Fire Chief (Chief Balke) reports to both bodies — but PRFPD was not found to separately issue its own building-fire-code permits within Town limits. Fire alarm and fire sprinkler system plan review fees are published on the Town of Palisade's own Fee Schedule under 'Fire Department/EMS Department,' citing International Fire Code (IFC) section numbers, and are collected via the Town's Fire Department Business Permit Application.

Verified 2026-08-14 · Source

Requirements

Application submitted via the Palisade Fire Department 'Business Permit Application' (175 East 3rd Street, Palisade, CO 81526; (970) 464-4745; cbalke@townofpalisade.org) — the same form used for new commercial building and tenant-finish fire clearance, which captures fire sprinkler system status (Fully/Partially/Not Sprinklered) and fire alarm system status (Fully/Partially/Not Alarmed). Source: Palisade Fire Department Business Permit Application (PDF), verified live 2026-08-14.
Fees per the 'TOWN OF PALISADE, COLORADO FEE SCHEDULE - Updated June 2025,' Fire Department/EMS Department section, 'International Fire and Building Code Inspection Fees': a Fire Alarm Plan Review Fee (cited to IFC Section 105.7.6) and a Fire Sprinkler Plan Review Fee (cited to IFC Section 105.7.1, printed in the PDF as '150.7.1') — verified live 2026-08-14.
Per Town of Palisade LDC (July 2023 Revision) Section 10.08.B.1, fire flows must comply with 'the most recent edition of the International Fire Code as adopted by the Town' — the specific currently-adopted IFC edition is set by separate Town ordinance and was not located in this research pass; not asserted here.
The Town of Palisade Fire Department is organizationally and legally distinct from the Palisade Rural Fire Protection District (PRFPD), even though the same Fire Chief serves both and PRFPD contracts with the Town for services in the surrounding unincorporated area. For property within Town of Palisade limits (this file's scope), the Town's own Fire Department is the fire-code plan-review and permitting authority, per its own published Fee Schedule and Business Permit Application. Source: Palisade Fire and Emergency Medical Services page (townofpalisade.org) and Palisade Rural Fire Protection District public-postings page (palisaderuralfpd.colorado.gov), both verified live 2026-08-14.
All submitted drawings/plans for fire alarm and fire sprinkler work are expected to comply with the applicable adopted fire and building codes; specific plan-content requirements (e.g., hydraulic calculations, device schedules) were not separately published by the Palisade Fire Department beyond the Business Permit Application form itself and were not located elsewhere on the Town's site in this research pass.

Required documents

RequiredPalisade Fire Department Business Permit ApplicationFiled with the Town of Palisade Fire Department (distinct from both the Town Planning Clearance and the Mesa County Building Department); requires building/scope square footage, IBC occupancy type(s), and fire sprinkler/fire alarm system status

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Fire Alarm Plan Review Fee — System Modification	$50 flat fee (modification not increasing device count) plus $75 per inspection	TOWN OF PALISADE, COLORADO FEE SCHEDULE - Updated June 2025, Fire Department/EMS Department, International Fire and Building Code Inspection Fees, cited to IFC 105.7.6; verified live 2026-08-14
Fire Alarm Plan Review Fee — New Fire Alarm System	$150 plus $2.00 per device, plus $75 per inspection	Same source, IFC 105.7.6
Fire Sprinkler Plan Review Fee — System Modification	$50 flat fee (modification, 20 heads or fewer) plus $75 per inspection	Same source, cited to IFC 105.7.1 (printed in the PDF as '150.7.1')
Fire Sprinkler Plan Review Fee — New Fire Sprinkler System	$150 plus $2.00 per head, plus $75 per inspection	Same source
Underground Fire Line	$200 per permit with building clearance (includes a maximum of 3 inspections)	Same source

Change of Use Permit — Town of Palisade Planning Clearance (+ Mesa County Fee if a Building Permit Is Also Triggered)

Verified

Town of Palisade LDC (July 2023 Revision) Section 4.08(A)(2) makes it unlawful to change the type of use of land, or the type of use or occupancy of any building, until the Community Development Director has issued a planning clearance for the intended use. LDC Section 6.03(A)(1) clarifies that a change of use from one permitted use to another permitted use within the SAME Zone District does not require a full development application/public hearing — only the issuance of a planning clearance by Town staff. This is applied for as a dedicated 'Change of Use' line item ($50.00 flat fee) on the Town's 'Planning Clearance: Basic' application form, distinct from that form's $10.00 fee for other minor work. Where the change of use also requires a Mesa County building permit, Mesa County separately assesses its own 'Change in Use/Occupation Valuation Permit Fee' (Fee #16).

Verified 2026-08-14 · Source

Requirements

Per LDC Sec. 4.08(A)(2): 'It shall be unlawful to change the type of use of land, to change the type of use or type of occupancy of any building or to extend any use or any lot on which there is a nonconforming use, until the Community Development Director has issued a planning clearance for such intended use, including a determination that the proposed use, in all respects, conforms to the provisions of this LDC.' Source: Town of Palisade LDC (July 2023 Revision), verified live 2026-08-14.
Per LDC Sec. 6.03(A)(1): 'A change of use from one (1) permitted use to another permitted use in the same Zone District shall not require a development application process including a public hearing except for the issuance of a planning clearance by Town staff.' Where the proposed use is not otherwise a permitted use in the applicable zone district (i.e., it would require a conditional use permit or rezoning), this planning-clearance-only pathway does not apply — confirm the applicable process with Town Community Development (970-464-5602).
Applied for via the Town's 'Planning Clearance: Basic' application (Comm Dev_1), 'Change of Use' line item, which captures the current use, proposed use, and zoning district — $50.00 flat fee, distinct from the same form's $10.00 fee for other Basic Planning Clearance work. Source: Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: BASIC' application form, verified live 2026-08-14.
Required document: a Letter of Intent including the current use, proposed use, and zoning, per the Basic Planning Clearance form's Required Documents section.
If the change of use also requires a Mesa County building permit (e.g., an IBC occupancy classification change, or physical alteration of the space), Mesa County separately assesses a 'Change in Use/Occupation Valuation Permit Fee' (Fee #16): $50.00 flat under $2,000 total project valuation, or a Table 2 valuation-based fee above $2,000. Source: Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule (Exhibit A), Table 1A Fee #16 — independently re-verified by direct visual (PNG-rendered) inspection of the fee table this pass, 2026-08-14, given the risk of column misalignment in a plain-text extraction of this 2-column PDF table.

Required documents

RequiredTown of Palisade Planning Clearance: Basic application (Change of Use line item)Town Community Development Department form (Comm Dev_1); $50.00 flat fee for the Change of Use line item, distinct from the form's $10.00 Basic-work fee
RequiredLetter of IntentStates the current use, proposed use, and zoning district
OptionalMesa County Application for Permit to BuildRequired only if the change of use also triggers a Mesa County building permit (e.g., occupancy classification change or physical alteration)

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Town of Palisade Change of Use Planning Clearance fee	$50.00 flat fee	Town of Palisade 'PLANNING CLEARANCE: BASIC' application form, Change of Use line item, verified live 2026-08-14; excludes any additional legal/engineering review, mailing, or recording costs
Mesa County Change in Use/Occupation Valuation Permit Fee (Fee #16) — under $2,000 valuation	$50.00 flat fee	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule (Exhibit A), Table 1A Fee #16; applies only if a Mesa County building permit is also required; independently re-verified by direct visual inspection of the fee table this pass, 2026-08-14
Mesa County Change in Use/Occupation Valuation Permit Fee (Fee #16) — over $2,000 valuation	Table 2 valuation-based fee (e.g., $68.00 for the first $2,000 plus $9.90 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to $25,000)	Mesa County Building Department Fee Schedule (Exhibit A), Table 1A Fee #16 and Table 2; applies only if a Mesa County building permit is also required

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-06.

Town of Palisade Community Development Department (Planning Clearance — Step 1) + Mesa County Building Department (Building Permit — Step 2) — official building department

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Residential Building Permit (New Construction) — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

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Residential Remodel / Reroof / Accessory Structure Permit — Basic or Accessory Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

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EV Charger / EVSE Permit — Mesa County Building Permit (Electrical)

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Commercial Building Permit (New Construction / Addition) — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

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Commercial Tenant Improvement / Alteration Permit — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit

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Sign Permit — Town of Palisade Planning Clearance (+ Mesa County Permit if Valuation-Triggered)

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Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm System Permit — Town of Palisade Fire Department

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Change of Use Permit — Town of Palisade Planning Clearance (+ Mesa County Fee if a Building Permit Is Also Triggered)

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