Commercial Tenant Improvement / Plan Review in Lamar, Colorado

Lamar requires a commercial tenant improvement / plan review permit for: Plan Review Application (separate from the standard Building Permit Application) required for commercial properties and developments; Building Permit Application also required for the underlying construction work; Plan review fee (65% of building permit fee) applies when submittal documents are required under Section 106; City of Lamar Contractor's License required for all contractors performing the work; Asbestos certification per C.R.S. 25-7 et seq. required on the Building Permit Application. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Lamar Building Department at 719-336-2085 before starting work.

In Lamar, the published Building Permit Fee (same valuation-based schedule) is: $33.00 minimum, scaling per the valuation tiers in the 2026 Rate and Fee Schedule. Additional published fees: Plan Review Fee — 65% of the total Building Permit Fee; Additional plan review (changes/additions/revisions) — $65.00 per hour; Use of Outside Consultants for Inspection — Cost + 10%. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Lamar does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Lamar Building Department at 719-336-2085 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Plan Review Application; Building Permit Application (2026). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Lamar requires 2 inspection(s) for a commercial tenant improvement / plan review permit, in order: Rough Inspections (per trade, as applicable), Final Inspection. Schedule each through City of Lamar Building Department (719-336-2085).

Apply through City of Lamar Building Department at Lamar Community Resource & Senior Center, 405/407 E. Olive, Lamar, CO (mailing: 102 E Parmenter St, Lamar, CO 81052). Phone: 719-336-2085, email: buildingcodes@ci.lamar.co.us. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Inspections conducted Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM; 24 hours advance notice required by calling 719-336-2085. Staff: Tony Gratta (Building Inspector) and Joy Dashner (Assistant Building Inspector), both reachable at 719-336-2085 / buildingcodes@ci.lamar.co.us.. Official information: https://ci.lamar.co.us/building-department.

Lamar, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC); 2018 International Residential Code (IRC); 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC) (listed on the City's page as '2018 Mechanical Code'); 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2018 International Fire Code (IFC); 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC); 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) (listed on the City's page as '2018 International Energy Code'); 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (listed separately on the City's page as '2015 Energy Conservation Code' alongside the 2018 IECC entry — the page lists both without clarifying which governs; treated here as a verbatim-as-published discrepancy rather than resolved by assumption); 2015 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC); 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards; 2006 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC); Codes are enforced within Lamar city limits AND for any properties connected/connecting to City water/wastewater within a 3-mile radius of the City limits, per the Building Department's own scoping statement.; HB22-1362 (Colorado Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions Act) compliance note: Lamar's own Building Department webpage lists the 2018 IECC (plus a separately-listed 2015 Energy Conservation Code entry) as the currently enforced energy code, which pre-dates the 2021 IECC-family editions that HB22-1362 nominally directs Colorado jurisdictions to adopt on a phased statewide timeline. HB22-1362's own statutory carve-out mechanism is a 'rural county' exemption (grant-application-contingent, allowing continued use of one of the 3 most recent IECC editions in lieu of the model low-energy/electric-ready codes) that applies at the COUNTY level, not a flat municipal population threshold — Prowers County (est. population ~11,900-12,300) would plausibly qualify as rural under this mechanism, but the City's own webpage does not cite HB22-1362, a grant application, or any rural-county determination as the basis for its 2018 IECC adoption. This is reported as an honest as-published discrepancy, not resolved by assumption; confidence on code-currency is 'partial' for this reason alone (the codes-adopted list itself, as literally published by the City, is verified).. Local amendments apply — see the Lamar overview page for the full list.

Yes. Commercial properties and developments use a distinct Plan Review Application in addition to the standard Building Permit Application, and are subject to a plan review fee of 65% of the building permit fee when Section 106 submittal documents are required.