Residential Building Permit (New Construction) — Town Planning Clearance + Mesa County Building Permit in Palisade, Colorado

Palisade requires a residential building permit (new construction) — town planning clearance + mesa county building permit for: 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). 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.

In Palisade, the published Town of Palisade Planning Clearance fee — single-family detached, manufactured home, townhouse, duplex, or addition to existing residential is: $10.00 flat fee. Additional published fees: Town of Palisade Planning Clearance fee — multifamily — $50.00 flat fee; Mesa County Building Permit Fee — total valuation up to $1,200 — $50.00; 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. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

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: New Residential Build application; Mesa County Application for Permit to Build; Mesa County Residential Plan Review Submittal Checklist. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Palisade requires 3 inspection(s) for a residential building permit (new construction) — town planning clearance + mesa county building permit, in order: Foundation (Footer/Stem Wall or Monoslab), Rough-In (Framing, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Insulation), Final. Schedule each through Town of Palisade Community Development Department (Planning Clearance — Step 1) + Mesa County Building Department (Building Permit — Step 2) (Town of Palisade Community Development: (970) 464-5602. Mesa County Building Department: (970) 244-1631).

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.

No. The actual building permit is issued and inspected by the Mesa County Building Department, per Mesa County's own department description covering unincorporated Mesa County plus the towns of De Beque, Collbran, Palisade, and the City of Grand Junction. However, Palisade is NOT a pure pass-through: the Town's Land Development Code (Section 4.08) requires a Town Planning Clearance to be applied for concurrently with the Mesa County building permit, and every Town Planning Clearance application form directs applicants to Mesa County Building Department for permit issuance. Source: Town of Palisade LDC Section 4.08 and Planning Clearance application forms; Mesa County Building Department department description.