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Saguache building permits

Saguache, Colorado — as published 2026-07-06.

Reviewed 2026-07-06 · Source

Codes adopted

NONE — ColoradoEnergy.org, a statewide Colorado building/energy code-adoption tracking directory maintained independently of any single jurisdiction, lists the Town of Saguache's Building Code status explicitly as 'No Building Codes' (coloradoenergy.org/codes/codes.aspx?City=Saguache), with a Town Clerk contact (504 San Juan Ave, Saguache, CO 81149, 719-655-2232) matching this file's independently-verified Town Hall contact exactly — confirming this listing is genuinely about the Town, not Saguache County.The Town's own currently codified Municipal Code (hosted on Municode Library, library.municode.com/co/saguache) does contain a 'CHAPTER 18 - Building Regulations' with at least an 'Article 2 - Field Approval' and an 'Article 3 - Manufactured Homes/Mobile Homes/Home Parks/Vacation Parks' (chapter/article titles confirmed via Municode's own site-indexed page titles across multiple independent search-engine queries). However, the verbatim text of Chapter 18 (including any fee schedule, permit-issuance procedure, or code-edition citation it may contain) could NOT be retrieved after exhausting every available recovery avenue: Municode's MunicodeNEXT platform serves this content exclusively via an authenticated Angular/API backend (library.municode.com/api and mcclibraryfunctions.azurewebsites.us/api both returned 401 Unauthorized to unauthenticated and referer-header requests); the Wayback Machine never captured real chapter content because Municode is a client-rendered SPA that legacy crawlers indexed as an empty shell (CDX lookups for library.municode.com/co/saguache* returned zero snapshots); Firecrawl (which can render JS) was unavailable due to exhausted account credits at time of this review; and Google/Bing search snippets surfaced only page titles, never body text, for this specific chapter. Given ColoradoEnergy.org's explicit, independently-sourced 'No Building Codes' finding, the balance of evidence is that Chapter 18 does not adopt a model building code (IBC/IRC) for general construction, and likely functions similarly to peer small-town Colorado jurisdictions in this corpus (e.g. Sedgwick) where a 'Building Regulations' chapter exists but does not incorporate the ICC family — but this inference about Chapter 18's specific content is NOT independently confirmed and is flagged as an open gap rather than asserted as fact.No adopted electrical code (NEC) or plumbing code (IPC) edition was found attributable to the Town specifically; per Colorado's standard structure for small statutory towns without their own trade-permitting programs, electrical and plumbing work is presumed to fall to Colorado DORA state board licensing/permitting rather than a Town-run trade-permit program, but this file does NOT assert a Town electrical or plumbing permit process given the complete absence of any Town-published fee, form, or procedure for either trade (see localAmendments).

Permit types & fees

Building Permit

The Town of Saguache requires a Building Permit for construction activity within town limits, per the Town's own official 'Licenses and Permits' page. Applications are handled directly by the Town Clerk or Deputy Clerk at Town Hall — there is no dedicated Building Department, Building Official, or Zoning Administrator role documented for the Town, and no confirmed adopted model building code (IBC/IRC) governs plan review; ColoradoEnergy.org's independent statewide code-tracking directory lists the Town's Building Code status as 'No Building Codes.'

Reviewed 2026-07-06 · Source

Requirements

Contact the Town Clerk or Deputy Clerk at Saguache Town Hall (504 San Juan Avenue, P.O. Box 417, Saguache, CO 81149; 719-655-2232) to apply — the Town's own page directs applicants there directly rather than to a specific online portal or downloadable form
No downloadable Building Permit application form, fee schedule, or submittal checklist was found on the Town's website (live or archived) — the Town's 'Forms' page lists only an unrelated 'Community Building Use Application' (a facility-rental form)
The State of Colorado may require further permits or licenses in addition to the Town's Building Permit, per the Town's own Licenses and Permits page — likely referring to electrical/plumbing trade licensing administered by Colorado DORA state boards, though the Town's page does not itself specify which state permits apply

Required documents

RequiredBuilding Permit Application (form/procedure not published)The Town's Licenses and Permits page directs applicants to 'see the Clerk or Deputy Clerk at the Town Hall' to apply; no specific form, document checklist, or online application was found after exhausting the Town's Forms page, live site, and Wayback-archived captures

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes

Sources & verification

Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-06.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Saguache building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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