Demolition Permit in Center, Colorado

Center requires a demolition permit for: Flat $50.00 application fee; Asbestos Material Survey and, if applicable, Asbestos Abatement Certificate required (staff checklist item); Contractor License and Certificate of Insurance required (staff checklist item); Landfill Notification required — to Rio Grande County or Saguache County depending on disposal location, reflecting the Town's cross-county location; Structures older than 1950 additionally require Historical Society Review AND Town Board of Trustees Review before demolition may proceed. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Center Public Works Department at (719) 754-3497 before starting work.

In Center, the published Demolition Application Fee is: $50.00 flat. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Plan review for a demolition permit in Center typically runs 1–2 business days. This is an estimate, not a published figure — confirm current review times with Town of Center Public Works Department at (719) 754-3497.

You'll need: Demolition Application; Asbestos Material Survey; Certificate of Insurance. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through Town of Center Public Works Department at 294 S. Worth Street, Center, CO 81125. Phone: (719) 754-3497, email: cwebb@centerco.gov. Office hours: Monday-Thursday 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Friday 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Saturday-Sunday Closed. Fax (719) 754-3379.. Official information: https://www.centerco.gov/documents.

Center, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC) — per the Town of Center's own Building Permit Application / Fee Schedule document ('CURRENT (2018 Codes)', referencing https://codes.iccsafe.org/codes/colorado); 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC); 2018 International Fire Code (IFC); 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) (listed on the Town's document as 'International Energy Commission Code'); 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); ICC/ANSI A117.1 Accessibility Code (ADA); ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code; Note on currency: the Town's Building Permit Application/Fee Schedule packet (the only currently-published code-adoption source found) explicitly labels these as the '2018 Codes' with no revision date visible on the document itself. No newer code-adoption ordinance, resolution, or updated fee-schedule packet was found anywhere on the Town's current website (centerco.gov) or its Documents/Building Department listing as of this review (2026-07-06). The prior townofcenter.colorado.gov CivicPlus-style site (which hosted the original seed URL, .../departments/public-works-department/building-department, and an alternate .../departments/building-department path) now 301-redirects at the domain root to www.centerco.gov — the entire old site has been retired and its content was not recoverable via Wayback Machine chase within this review; the Town's own current-generation site (a minimal TownCloud/SvelteKit site launched circa 2025-2026) is treated as authoritative and does not itself carry a separate 'Adopted Codes' page distinct from the Building Permit Application document.. Local amendments apply — see the Center overview page for the full list.

Yes. Per the Town's Demolition Application internal checklist, any structure built before 1950 requires both a Historical Society Review and a Town Board of Trustees Review in addition to the standard demolition permit requirements.