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Commercial Building Permit in Saguache, Colorado

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

When you need this permit

  • 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)

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Fee schedule

Town of Saguache Building Permit Fee
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 citationPer 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.
$20.00
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 citationNot 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).
Not published — contact the department

Review timeline

Plan review
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Inspection process

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    Town Hall Review (Clerk / Deputy Clerk)

    Commercial applications are reviewed and administered directly by the Town Clerk or Deputy Clerk at Town Hall, the same generalist process used for residential work; no dedicated Building Official or technical plan-review process is documented for the Town

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Tips

  • There is no separate commercial building permit in Saguache — the same Application for Building Site Permit and the same $20.00 fee apply, whether the project is new commercial construction, a remodel, or a tenant improvement build-out.
  • No model building code (IBC or otherwise) has been adopted by the Town, so there is no formal plan-review standard to check a commercial project against beyond what the Town Clerk requires on the application.
  • No Building Department, contracted county authority, or third-party plan reviewer is documented for commercial work — confirm with the Town Clerk what, if anything, happens beyond the Clerk's own review of the application.
  • If the project sits in the Saguache Downtown Historic District (the Town's historic commercial core) or on a designated landmark, budget for the separate Historic Preservation Commission Alteration Certificate process on top of this Building Permit.
  • The fire district serving Saguache (NSCFPD) publishes no fire-code or plan-review information on its website; call the district directly (719-221-9948) rather than assume no review applies.

Frequently asked questions

Saguache requires a commercial building permit for: 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). If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Saguache Town Hall (Town Clerk / Deputy Clerk administer Building Permit applications; no dedicated Building Department) at 719-655-2232 before starting work.

$20.00, the same flat fee charged for any Building Permit, per Appendix 2-F of the Municipal Code. No separate commercial plan-review or valuation-based fee is published; confirm current amounts with the Town Clerk (719-655-2232).

Saguache does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Saguache Town Hall (Town Clerk / Deputy Clerk administer Building Permit applications; no dedicated Building Department) at 719-655-2232 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Application for Building Site Permit. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through Town of Saguache Town Hall (Town Clerk / Deputy Clerk administer Building Permit applications; no dedicated Building Department) at 504 San Juan Avenue, P.O. Box 417, Saguache, CO 81149. Phone: 719-655-2232, email: townclerk@townofsaguache.org. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., per the Town Hall page as preserved by the Wayback Machine (townofsaguache.org/town-hall-546.htm, captured 2025-12-10). NOTE: the Town's website has been migrated/rebuilt on Netlify and no longer publishes this page or most of its prior content (see sources note below); hours/contact are carried forward from the last-known-good archived capture, cross-verified independently against ColoradoEnergy.org's own listed Town Clerk contact (matches exactly: 504 San Juan Ave, Saguache, CO 81149, 719-655-2232).. Official information: https://www.townofsaguache.org/.

None. The Town has not adopted the IBC or any other model building code, per ColoradoEnergy.org's statewide code-tracking directory and a direct reading of the Town's own Chapter 18 (Building Regulations), which contains no code adoption.

No. Commercial construction, including tenant improvements, uses the same Application for Building Site Permit and the same $20.00 fee as residential work — confirmed by the application's shared 'Commercial' checkbox, the single Building Permit line item in Appendix 2-F of the Municipal Code, and the absence of any commercial-specific process in Chapter 15 (Land Use Regulations).

The Town Clerk or Deputy Clerk at Town Hall, the same generalist staff who administer all Town permits — there is no dedicated Building Department. Saguache County's Land Use Department administers permits only for unincorporated county land and has no documented role for in-town commercial projects; no third-party or regional building authority is published.

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