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Saguache building permits
VerifiedSaguache, Colorado — as published 2026-08-26.
Verified 2026-08-02 · Source
Codes adopted
Permit types & fees
Building Permit
VerifiedThe 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.'
Verified 2026-08-02 · 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 fee schedule or submittal checklist is published on the Town's website; the downloadable 'Application for Building Site Permit' packet (Documents > Forms) is the only building-permit document, and the legacy archived 'Forms' page listed 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
- RequiredApplication for Building Site Permit (found live 2026-07-13)One-page fillable form, part of an 8-page scanned PDF packet titled 'Building Permit' under Documents > Forms on the Town's rebuilt live site (https://www.townofsaguache.org/uploads/building_permit_package.pdf; approved by Board of Trustees 12/14/2015). Covers New Construction, Addition, Bridges/Walkways/Driveways, Roof Replacement, Fence or Deck, Demolition, Mobile Home, Single/Multi Unit Residence, Lot Level Change, and Commercial/Industrial project types on one form. No fee schedule or numeric review-turnaround language appears anywhere in the 8-page packet (pages 3-8 are generic Colorado CDPHE asbestos renovation/demolition handouts, not Town-specific).
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Town of Saguache Building Permit Fee | $20.00 | Per the Town's own codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule, library.municode.com, site header 'VERSION: FEB 1, 2024 (CURRENT)' — the Town's current, live-effective fee table,… Show full citationHidePer the Town's own codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule, library.municode.com, site header 'VERSION: FEB 1, 2024 (CURRENT)' — the Town's current, live-effective fee table, not an archive), which states verbatim under the 'BUILDING PERMITS' heading: 'Building Permit (valid for 1 year from date of issue)... $20.00'. Appendix 2-F is adopted by reference in Sec. 4-1-20 of the Code ('A Consolidated Fee Schedule has been established for the various fees charged for the benefit of different services provided by the Town... may be hereafter updated and changed by resolution of the Board of Trustees') and is itself sourced to Ord. No. 2015-4, § 1, 11-16-2015. The fee appears nowhere on the Town's own website or in its Wayback captures — the Municode fee-schedule appendix is the sole published source. |
Commercial Building Permit
The Town of Saguache has no separate commercial building permit, plan-review track, or fee tier — a commercial project or tenant improvement uses the same $20.00 Building Permit as residential work, administered by the Town Clerk or Deputy Clerk at Town Hall. Three primary sources establish this: the Application for Building Site Permit lists 'Commercial' as one of ten project-type checkboxes on the single shared form; the Town's codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule), carries exactly one Building Permit line item with no commercial or valuation-tiered fee; and Chapter 15 (Land Use Regulations) sets no formal zoning districts and no commercial-specific review procedure. No adopted model building code (IBC or otherwise) governs plan review, for commercial work or any other — ColoradoEnergy.org's statewide code-tracking directory lists the Town's status as 'No Building Codes,' and the Town's own Chapter 18 (Building Regulations) contains no code adoption. No dedicated Building Department, Building Official, or third-party plan-review authority is documented; Saguache County's Land Use Department is a separate issuing authority that administers permits only for unincorporated county land, not in-town parcels.
Reviewed 2026-08-26 · 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) and check the 'Commercial' box on the Application for Building Site Permit — there is no separate commercial application
- No adopted model building code (2018 IBC or any other edition) governs technical plan review for commercial work — per ColoradoEnergy.org's independently-verified 'No Building Codes' finding for the Town and Municipal Code Chapter 18 itself, which contains no code adoption
- No commercial-specific fee, valuation-based schedule, or plan-review fee is published — the Town's Appendix 2-F Consolidated Fee Schedule carries exactly one 'BUILDING PERMITS' line item ($20.00, valid one year from issue), applied to every project type including commercial
- No dedicated Building Department, Building Official, or named plan reviewer is documented for commercial work — applications are administered directly by generalist Town Hall clerical staff. Saguache County's Land Use Department (505 3rd Street, Saguache, CO 81149, 719-655-2321) administers permits only for unincorporated county land and has no documented role for in-town commercial parcels; no interlocal agreement, third-party provider, or regional building authority is published for the Town's commercial plan review
- If the property is a Town-designated historic landmark, a contributing structure, or sits within a designated historic district — which includes the Saguache Downtown Historic District, the Town's historic commercial core — a separate Alteration Certificate from the Historic Preservation Commission is required in addition to this Building Permit, per Ordinance 2025-1
- No fire code adoption or fire-district plan-review process for commercial construction is published by the Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District (NSCFPD), the district serving the Town; its official website is marked 'Currently under construction' and its Services and FAQs pages carry no fire-code, permit, or fee content. No evidence was found that NSCFPD requires plan review for commercial construction — confirm directly with NSCFPD (719-221-9948) before assuming none applies
- Electrical and plumbing work is not administered by the Town — apply separately to the Colorado State Electrical Board and State Plumbing Board (DORA)
Required documents
- RequiredApplication for Building Site PermitSame 8-page packet used for all project types (https://www.townofsaguache.org/uploads/building_permit_package.pdf); page 1 lists 'Commercial' as one of ten project-type checkboxes alongside New Construction, Addition, Bridges/Walkways/Driveways, Roof Replacement, Fence or Deck, Demolition, Mobile Home, Single or Multi Unit Residence, and Lot Level Change. No dedicated commercial application, checklist, or fee schedule accompanies the packet.
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Town of Saguache Building Permit Fee | $20.00 | Per the Town's codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule, library.municode.com), which under its 'BUILDING PERMITS' heading states verbatim: 'Building Permit (valid for 1 year from date of issue)... Show full citationHidePer the Town's codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule, library.municode.com), which under its 'BUILDING PERMITS' heading states verbatim: 'Building Permit (valid for 1 year from date of issue)... $20.00.' This is the same flat fee documented on the residential-building-permit record for the Town, which read the appendix directly ('VERSION: FEB 1, 2024 (CURRENT)') and confirmed no commercial, TI, or valuation-tiered line item exists anywhere in the schedule. Municode serves a client-rendered JS application to a non-browser fetch, so the appendix could not be independently re-opened this session; the figure is carried forward from that direct reading rather than re-verified here. |
| Commercial Plan Review / Valuation-Based Fee | Not published. Appendix 2-F's sole Building Permit line item is the flat $20.00 fee above; Show full citationHideNot published. Appendix 2-F's sole Building Permit line item is the flat $20.00 fee above; no separate plan-review percentage, valuation table, or commercial surcharge appears anywhere in the fee schedule, on the Town's live site, or in its Wayback-archived pages. Confirm with the Town Clerk (719-655-2232) whether the Board of Trustees has adopted anything by resolution since Ord. No. 2015-4 (11-16-2015). |
EV Charger / EVSE Permit (Town Building Permit + State Electrical Permit)
VerifiedThe Town of Saguache has no dedicated EV charger/EVSE permit type, no adopted model building or electrical code, and no dedicated Building Department — a residential or commercial EV charging station installation within Town limits is still subject to the Town's general Building Permit requirement (per the Town's own 'Licenses and Permits' page and the downloadable 'Application for Building Site Permit'), administered by the Town Clerk/Deputy Clerk, with the electrical-connection scope handled entirely by the State of Colorado (DORA State Electrical Board), not the Town. Colorado's HB24-1173 (EV Charging System Permits, effective for permitting requirements by 12/31/2025) applies only to counties with population 20,000+ and municipalities with population 10,000+ — Saguache (population 539) is well under both thresholds and is not subject to that law's streamlined-permitting/model-code/3-business-day-decision requirements.
Verified 2026-07-23 · 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) — the Town's Application for Building Site Permit form has no dedicated 'EV Charger' or 'EVSE' checkbox among its project-type options (New Construction, Addition, Bridges/Walkways/Driveways, Roof Replacement, Fence or Deck, Demolition, Mobile Home, Single/Multi Unit Residence, Lot Level Change, Commercial); confirm with the Town Clerk which category applies to an EV charger installation
- No adopted model building or electrical code (IBC/IRC/NEC) governs technical plan review, per ColoradoEnergy.org's independently-verified 'No Building Codes' finding for the Town and Municipal Code Chapter 18 itself (which contains no code adoption)
- Electrical-connection work (the core scope of an EV charger install) is NOT administered by the Town — apply directly to the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA, Division of Professions and Occupations), consistent with the general Colorado pattern of small statutory towns without their own trade-permitting programs
- Colorado HB24-1173 (EV Charging System Permits) requires counties with population 20,000+ and municipalities with population 10,000+ to adopt a streamlined EV-charger permitting process (state model code, local objective standards with a 3-business-day decision window, or a formally-adopted ordinance continuing existing process) by December 31, 2025 — Saguache's population (539) is far below the 10,000-person municipal threshold, so the Town has no obligation under this law, and no voluntary adoption is published
- The Town of Saguache does not participate in SolarAPP+ (gosolarapp.org) — SolarAPP+ covers solar/storage permitting, not EV chargers specifically, and no evidence of any Saguache-specific automated permitting platform exists
Required documents
- RequiredApplication for Building Site PermitSame general Town of Saguache building permit form used for all project types (townofsaguache.org/uploads/building_permit_package.pdf); no dedicated EV charger checkbox exists, so select the closest applicable project-type box and confirm with the Town Clerk
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Town of Saguache Building Permit Fee (general scope) | $20.00 | Per the Town's own codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule, library.municode.com, 'VERSION: FEB 1, 2024 (CURRENT)'), which states verbatim under 'BUILDING PERMITS': 'Building… Show full citationHidePer the Town's own codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule, library.municode.com, 'VERSION: FEB 1, 2024 (CURRENT)'), which states verbatim under 'BUILDING PERMITS': 'Building Permit (valid for 1 year from date of issue)... $20.00.' This is the same general Building Permit fee documented in the residential-building-permit entry; an EV charger installation using the Town's general Building Permit is subject to this same $20.00 fee (plus the separate State electrical permit fee below). |
| State of Colorado Electrical Permit -- Residential, up to 1,000 SF (statewide DORA State Electrical Board schedule, C.R.S. 12-23-117) | $200 | Colorado's State Electrical Board sets a single statewide electrical permit fee schedule (assessed annually each July) that automatically governs in any jurisdiction, like Saguache, with no… Show full citationHideColorado's State Electrical Board sets a single statewide electrical permit fee schedule (assessed annually each July) that automatically governs in any jurisdiction, like Saguache, with no locally-adopted electrical inspection authority -- confirmed by cross-referencing the Town of Hudson, CO's Building Permit Fees handout (a fellow small statutory town with no local electrical program), which reproduces this schedule verbatim and labels it 'Assessed ea. July by State Electrical Board.' This is the governing fee for the core EV-charger electrical-connection scope in Saguache since the Town itself has no trade-permitting program. Saguache-specific confirmation of which square-footage/valuation tier applies to a retrofit EVSE circuit (vs. new construction) was not independently obtained -- confirm the exact tier with DORA (303-894-7800 / dora_electricalboard@state.co.us) before budgeting. |
Solar PV Permit (Town Building Permit, Statewide Fee Cap)
VerifiedThe Town of Saguache has no dedicated solar/photovoltaic permit type, no adopted model building code, and no dedicated Building Department — but a solar installation within Town limits is still subject to the Town's general Building Permit requirement (per the Town's own 'Licenses and Permits' page and the downloadable 'Application for Building Site Permit'), administered by the Town Clerk/Deputy Clerk. Regardless of the Town's minimal local process, Colorado state law caps what ANY local government (including a small statutory town like Saguache) may charge in aggregate fees for a solar installation, and the electrical-connection scope is handled entirely by the State of Colorado, not the Town.
Verified 2026-07-23 · 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) — the Town's Application for Building Site Permit form does not list a dedicated 'Solar' checkbox among its project-type options (New Construction, Addition, Bridges/Walkways/Driveways, Roof Replacement, Fence or Deck, Demolition, Mobile Home, Single/Multi Unit Residence, Lot Level Change, Commercial); a solar installation likely falls under 'New Construction,' 'Addition,' or 'Commercial/Industrial' depending on scope — confirm with the Town Clerk which category to select
- No adopted model building code (IBC/IRC) governs technical plan review, per ColoradoEnergy.org's independently-verified 'No Building Codes' finding for the Town and Municipal Code Chapter 18 itself (which contains no code adoption)
- Electrical-connection work is NOT administered by the Town — apply directly to the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA, Division of Professions and Occupations), consistent with the general Colorado pattern of small statutory towns without their own trade-permitting programs
- Statewide fee cap under C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113 (enacted by HB21-1284): the AGGREGATE of all charges/fees ANY Colorado governmental body — including a small statutory town like Saguache — may impose to install an active solar energy system is capped at $500 for a residential system under 10kW and $1,000 for a commercial system or a residential system 10kW or over; this statute contains no population-based exemption, so it applies to Saguache's Town fee (whatever that fee turns out to be, since none is published) exactly as it would to a larger city
- HB25-1096's automated-permitting mandate (requiring an automated platform such as SolarAPP+) applies only to municipalities with population over 5,000 — Saguache's population (539) is well under that threshold, so the Town is NOT required to offer automated solar permitting under that statute
Required documents
- RequiredApplication for Building Site PermitSame general Town of Saguache building permit form used for all project types (found live 2026-07-13, townofsaguache.org/uploads/building_permit_package.pdf); no dedicated solar checkbox exists, so select the closest applicable project-type box and confirm with the Town Clerk
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Town of Saguache Building Permit Fee (structural/general scope) | $20.00 | Per the Town's own codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule, library.municode.com, 'VERSION: FEB 1, 2024 (CURRENT)'), which states verbatim under 'BUILDING PERMITS': 'Building… Show full citationHidePer the Town's own codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule, library.municode.com, 'VERSION: FEB 1, 2024 (CURRENT)'), which states verbatim under 'BUILDING PERMITS': 'Building Permit (valid for 1 year from date of issue)... $20.00.' This is the same general Building Permit fee documented in the residential-building-permit entry; a solar installation using the Town's general Building Permit is subject to this same $20.00 fee (plus the separate State electrical-connection fee below), well within the $500/$1,000 statutory cap of C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113 (HB21-1284), which applies to every Colorado local government regardless of population or whether it has adopted a model building code. |
| State of Colorado electrical permit fees (electrical-connection scope) | Statewide valuation-based schedule under C.R.S. § 12-23-117: base fee ~$100-$120 for job valuation up to $2,000, plus roughly $10-$11.50 per $1,000 of valuation above that — capped in aggregate (with the Town's building-permit fee) at $500 residential/$1,000 commercial by C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113 | Confirmed 2026-07-20 against the DORA State Electrical Board's own live fee-schedule document (hosted by the Town of Larkspur, CO, at townoflarkspur.org/media/2901, printed with DORA's own Denver… Show full citationHideConfirmed 2026-07-20 against the DORA State Electrical Board's own live fee-schedule document (hosted by the Town of Larkspur, CO, at townoflarkspur.org/media/2901, printed with DORA's own Denver address/phone: 1560 Broadway Suite 1350, Denver, 303.894.2300), Section B "Commercial and other fees." Larimer County's current equivalent (Table 1-E, larimer.org/sites/default/files/2020_electrical_fee_table.pdf) explicitly confirms solar falls under this same valuation-based bracket and cites the identical $500/$1,000 statutory cap. Since Saguache has no local electrical inspection program (electrical is a matter of statewide concern per C.R.S. § 12-23-117, and no local government may charge more than 1.15x this state schedule), this state schedule governs the electrical scope of a Saguache solar installation directly. |
Historic Preservation Alteration Certificate (Historic District / Landmark, IN ADDITION to Building Permit)
This is NOT a commercial-specific permit -- it applies identically regardless of a building's residential or commercial use -- but it is a genuine, distinct, currently-effective permit-like requirement layered on top of the Town's generic Building Permit. Under the Town's Historic Preservation ordinance (Ord. 2010-4, adopted 2010-02-16; repealed and re-enacted with largely the same substance as Ord. 2025-1, adopted 2025-05-12, currently in force -- both available in full via the Town's Documents page), a Historic Preservation Commission reviews and the Town Board decides on a mandatory 'Alteration Certificate' required before any new construction, alteration, removal, or demolition of a building (including vacant land) within a designated historic district, or on a designated historic landmark or contributing structure -- obtained IN ADDITION TO, not instead of, the Town's regular Building Permit. This is directly relevant to commercial construction in Saguache because the Saguache Downtown Historic District (NRHP-listed 2014) is independently documented (Wikipedia, History Colorado) as locally significant specifically as the Town's historic commercial center since 1874, consisting substantially of historic commercial buildings.
Reviewed 2026-08-02 · Source
Requirements
- Triggered only for properties that are a Town-designated historic landmark, a contributing structure within a Town-designated historic district, or located within a Town-designated historic district (including vacant land) -- per Ord. 2025-1 Section VI, the Town Clerk determines applicability whenever an owner applies for a Building Permit or any other permit affecting alteration, removal, demolition, or new construction, and refers qualifying applications to the Historic Preservation Commission
- No primary source confirms whether the Town Board has locally designated the full Downtown Historic District under this ordinance's own Section III designation procedure, as distinct from the district's separate 2014 National Register of Historic Places listing (a federal/state action, not the same legal act as a local Town designating ordinance). The only confirmed Town-designated landmark is the Community Building at 525 7th Street, per Ordinance 2014-5. Confirm with the Town Clerk (719-655-2232) or the Historic Preservation Commission whether a specific property is currently subject to this ordinance before assuming it applies or does not apply.
- If applicable, the owner must apply for the Alteration Certificate within 60 days of applying for the Building Permit or other permit (Ord. 2025-1, Section VI)
- Application must include plans/specifications showing proposed exterior appearance (texture, materials, architectural details) and names/addresses of adjacent property owners
- Review criteria are technical, not administrative: the Commission (guided by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties) must find the proposed work would not detrimentally alter, destroy, or adversely affect any contributing architectural/landscape feature, and must be visually compatible with the landmark/contributing structures/district in design, finish, material, scale, mass, and height
- Normal maintenance work (repainting existing features, minor repairs not removing historic fabric, non-street-visible roofing, interior modifications, like-for-like signage repainting, landscaping) is explicitly exempted and does not require an Alteration Certificate
- An exemption from the usual criteria may be requested if the applicant provides adequate professional documentation and at least two-thirds of the Commission recommends approval of the exemption
Required documents
- RequiredOrdinance 2025-1 (Amending/Re-enacting Ord. 2010-4, Historic Preservation)Currently-effective ordinance (adopted 2025-05-12) establishing the Historic Preservation Commission and the Alteration Certificate requirement; 16 pages, at townofsaguache.org/uploads/ordinance_2025_1_amending_the_hpc_ordinance.pdf
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Historic Landmark/District Designation Nomination Fee (NOTE: this is the fee to NOMINATE a property for historic designation, not a confirmed fee for the Alteration Certificate application itself) | $25.00 (Ord. 2025-1; the superseded Ord. 2010-4 had set $25 with owner consent / $50 without owner consent, simplified to a flat $25 in the 2025 re-enactment) | Neither Ord. 2010-4 nor Ord. 2025-1 states a specific dollar fee for filing an Alteration Certificate application itself (as distinct from the $25 fee for nominating a property for historic… Show full citationHideNeither Ord. 2010-4 nor Ord. 2025-1 states a specific dollar fee for filing an Alteration Certificate application itself (as distinct from the $25 fee for nominating a property for historic designation in the first place). The ordinance only says the Commission 'shall recommend a fee schedule' to the Town Board and that 'amendments to such fees and additional fees shall be established by Resolution of the Town Board' -- no such resolution is published. A property in this process would also owe the underlying $20.00 Building Permit fee documented in the residential-building-permit entry. |
Sign Regulations (No General Sign Permit; Historic District/Landmark Signs Require Commission and Board Approval)
VerifiedThe Town of Saguache has no standalone, general-purpose sign permit application, fee, or approval process — nothing in the Town's entire codified Municipal Code establishes a sign-permit process, and the Town's own 'Application for Building Site Permit' has ten project-type checkboxes that do not include a 'Sign' option. Two narrow, real regulations exist instead: (1) Sec. 15-2-80 (Sidewalk Displays), Chapter 15 Land Use Regulations, sets townwide size/placement rules for sandwich-board signs and banners/pennants used in sidewalk commercial displays, with no associated permit or fee; and (2) within a Town-designated historic landmark, contributing structure, or historic district, Section VII (Signage) of the Town's currently-effective Historic Preservation ordinance (Ord. 2025-1, adopted 2025-05-12) requires any exterior sign (or exterior-visible interior sign, plus exterior lighting) to be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission and approved by the Town Board of Trustees — folded into the same historic-district process documented in the historic-district-landmark-alteration-certificate entry.
Verified 2026-08-14 · Source
Requirements
- No general townwide sign permit application, fee schedule, or approval process exists in Saguache — confirmed via a full-code Municode search for 'sign permit' (10 results, none a distinct permit product with an application/fee) and 'change of use', plus a direct read of Chapter 15 in full, and confirmed against the Town's Application for Building Site Permit, whose 10 project-type checkboxes (New Construction, Addition, Bridges/Walkways/Driveways, Roof Replacement, Fence or Deck, Demolition, Mobile Home, Single/Multi Unit Residence, Lot Level Change, Commercial) do not include 'Sign'
- Sec. 15-2-80 (Sidewalk Displays), Chapter 15 Land Use Regulations, Article 2: any commercial retail display on a sidewalk must permit adequate pedestrian use and must be taken in at the conclusion of business hours; the Board of Trustees may permit temporary seasonal displays to be kept on the sidewalk 24 hours a day for a specified time period; commercial displays are not permitted on the Town streets
- Sandwich board signs (defined as any sign of A-frame design, posted periodically to reflect commercial 'specials') are limited to no larger than three feet by four feet, per Sec. 15-2-80(1)
- Special pennants and banners (cloth or paper, announcing specials, products, special events, or 'Open' status) must be located so pedestrian/vehicular traffic is not impaired and vehicular vision is not compromised; banners for specific civic events (e.g. posted over a roadway) may be erected up to two weeks prior to the event and must be removed at its conclusion, per Sec. 15-2-80(2)
- Within a Town-designated historic landmark, contributing structure, or historic district, any and all exterior signs (and interior signage visible from the exterior, plus any exterior lighting) must be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission for a recommendation, with final approval by the Town Board of Trustees, considering permits, colors, textures/finish, materials, design, location, and size, per Ordinance 2025-1, Section VII (Signage)
- Repainting existing historic-district signage with the same color and lettering is exempted as normal maintenance and does not require Commission/Board review, per Ordinance 2025-1, Section VI
- GENUINE UNRESOLVED GAP (shared with the historic-district-landmark-alteration-certificate entry): no primary source confirms whether the Town Board has locally designated the full Downtown Historic District under the ordinance's own Section III designation procedure, as distinct from its separate 2014 federal/state National Register of Historic Places listing — confirm with the Town Clerk (719-655-2232) whether a specific property is currently subject to this sign-review requirement
Required documents
- OptionalNone (Sec. 15-2-80 sidewalk-display sign rules)No application form exists for the general sandwich-board-sign/banner size and placement rules — they are self-executing use restrictions, not a permitted product
- OptionalAlteration Certificate application (historic landmark/district signs only)Signage within a designated historic landmark, contributing structure, or historic district is reviewed as part of the same Alteration Certificate process documented in the historic-district-landmark-alteration-certificate entry
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sign Review Fee | No fee is published for sign review under either regime. Show full citationHideNo fee is published for sign review under either regime. Sec. 15-2-80 (Sidewalk Displays) states no fee for the general sandwich-board-sign/banner rules. The Historic Preservation ordinance's Signage section (Section VII) does not itself state a fee separate from the ordinance's general designation-nomination fee ($25.00, per the historic-district-landmark-alteration-certificate entry); no distinct Alteration-Certificate-application or sign-specific fee is published. Confirm with the Town Clerk (719-655-2232) or the Historic Preservation Commission. |
Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm Permit (Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District)
VerifiedFire protection system permitting for properties within the Town of Saguache is not administered by the Town itself — the Town has no dedicated Building Department, adopted building code, or fire-code adoption of its own, per the residential-building-permit entry. If any such process exists, it would fall to the Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District (NSCFPD), a volunteer fire protection district formed in 1978 that serves Saguache, Moffat, Crestone, Villa Grove, and Bonanza. NSCFPD's official website (northernsaguachefire.org) — which displays a 'Currently under construction' banner — publishes no fire sprinkler/alarm permit application, fee schedule, adopted fire code, or plan-review process of any kind.
Verified 2026-08-14 · Source
Requirements
- Fire protection permitting for Saguache properties, if any formal process exists, would be administered by the Northern Saguache County Fire Protection District (NSCFPD), not the Town of Saguache — the Town itself has no dedicated Building Department, adopted model building code, or fire-code adoption
- NSCFPD was formed in 1978 and serves Saguache, Moffat, Crestone, Villa Grove, and Bonanza, per the District's own official website
- NSCFPD's official website displays a 'Currently under construction' banner; its Home, About, Services, and FAQs pages contain no fire code, fire sprinkler/alarm permit, fee schedule, or plan-review information of any kind — the 'Services' page in particular lists no services beyond a generic 'Contact Us' teaser, and the 'FAQs' page has no content under its heading
- No adopted fire code (e.g. International Fire Code) attributable to either the Town of Saguache or NSCFPD is published
- Confirm the current fire-system permit process, if any, directly with NSCFPD via its official contact channels: email mooreswesley@gmail.com or closesaguachefire@gmail.com, phone 719-221-9948, mailing address PO Box 556, Saguache, CO 81149 (per the District's own live Contact Us page)
Required documents
- OptionalNone publishedNo fire sprinkler/alarm permit application form is published on NSCFPD's official website
Fee schedule
| Fee type | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| NSCFPD Fire Sprinkler/Alarm Permit and Plan Review Fees | No fire sprinkler/alarm permit fee schedule — or any fee schedule at all — is published on NSCFPD's official website (the site displays a 'Currently under construction' banner and its Services/FAQs pages are empty). Show full citationHideNo fire sprinkler/alarm permit fee schedule — or any fee schedule at all — is published on NSCFPD's official website (the site displays a 'Currently under construction' banner and its Services/FAQs pages are empty). Contact NSCFPD directly (719-221-9948, mooreswesley@gmail.com or closesaguachefire@gmail.com) for current information, if any exists. |
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