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

Palisade requires a change of use permit — town of palisade planning clearance (+ mesa county fee if a building permit is also triggered) for: 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.. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Palisade Community Development Department (Planning Clearance — Step 1) + Mesa County Building Department (Building Permit — Step 2) at Town of Palisade Community Development: (970) 464-5602. Mesa County Building Department: (970) 244-1631 before starting work.

If the change of use also requires a Mesa County building permit, Mesa County separately charges a Change in Use/Occupation Valuation Permit Fee: $50.00 flat under $2,000 project valuation, or a Table 2 valuation-based fee above that — in addition to, not instead of, the Town's own $50.00 Planning Clearance fee.

Palisade does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Palisade Community Development Department (Planning Clearance — Step 1) + Mesa County Building Department (Building Permit — Step 2) at Town of Palisade Community Development: (970) 464-5602. Mesa County Building Department: (970) 244-1631 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Town of Palisade Planning Clearance: Basic application (Change of Use line item); Letter of Intent. Depending on your project, Palisade may also ask for: Mesa County Application for Permit to Build. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through Town of Palisade Community Development Department (Planning Clearance — Step 1) + Mesa County Building Department (Building Permit — Step 2) at Town of Palisade Community Development: 175 East 3rd Street, P.O. Box 128, Palisade, CO 81526. Mesa County Building Department: 200 S. Spruce Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501 (mailing: PO Box 20,000-5005, Grand Junction, CO 81502-5001). Phone: Town of Palisade Community Development: (970) 464-5602. Mesa County Building Department: (970) 244-1631, email: planning@townofpalisade.org (Town Planning Clearance); mccomdev@mesacounty.us (Mesa County Building Department). Office hours: Town of Palisade: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mesa County Building Department: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; permit issuance after 4:30 p.m. is on a limited basis (Source: Mesa County Building Department Fees page).. Official information: https://palisade.colorado.gov/departments/community-development-planning (Town Planning Clearance); https://www.mesacounty.us/departments-and-services/community-development/building (Mesa County Building Department, actual permit issuer).

Palisade, Colorado has 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 limits; 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — Mesa County adopted code, effective enforcement September 1, 2025; 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — Mesa County adopted code, effective enforcement September 1, 2025; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — Mesa County adopted code, effective enforcement September 1, 2025; 2021 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 limits; Town 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. Local amendments apply — see the Palisade overview page for the full list.

Yes. Per LDC Section 4.08(A)(2) and Section 6.03, changing the type of use or occupancy of land or a building requires a Town of Palisade Planning Clearance. It is applied for as the 'Change of Use' line item on the Town's Basic Planning Clearance form ($50.00 flat fee), along with a Letter of Intent stating the current use, proposed use, and zoning.