Julesburg building permits

Building department

Address

100 West 2nd Street, Julesburg, CO 80737

Phone

970-474-3344

Email

julesburg@live.com

Office hours

No published office hours specific to permitting were found on the Town's website; general Town Hall contact is 970-474-3344 (fax 970-474-3345). Julesburg is a statutory town with no dedicated 'Building Department' webpage — permitting is administered out of Town Hall by the Building Official (per Municipal Code Section 15.04.030, an office whose appointment now functions through the Town Manager or designee, per Ordinance 23-472's 2023 update naming the Town Manager/designee as inspector for the plumbing and electrical trades specifically).

Website

Official site

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Julesburg — sequence, scheduling & re-inspection fees.

Codes adopted

Colorado has no statewide-mandated building code edition. Under the Colorado Constitution's home-rule provisions (art. XX, home rule for municipalities since 1902; home rule for counties since 1970), building codes and zoning are an enumerated home-rule charter power, so cities and counties adopt and amend their own construction codes independently — predominantly the I-Codes, with editions and local amendments varying by jurisdiction. The one statewide floor is for energy: HB22-1362 (2022) created the Energy Code Board (jointly appointed by the Colorado Energy Office and the Department of Local Affairs) and requires that, on or after July 1, 2023 and before July 1, 2026, any municipality or county that adopts or updates a building code must adopt and enforce an energy code achieving performance equivalent to or better than the 2021 IECC together with the board's Model Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code (which includes electric-ready, EV-ready, and solar-ready provisions); from July 1, 2026 onward the floor shifts to the board's Model Low Energy and Carbon Code or an equivalent. Electrical and plumbing permitting defaults to the Colorado State Electrical Board and State Plumbing Board (within DORA's Division of Professions and Occupations) — the state issues permits and inspects statewide except in counties/jurisdictions that operate their own certified Electrical or Plumbing Inspection Program, in which case the local program has authority instead. Always confirm the currently adopted code edition, local amendments, and inspection authority (state board vs. local program) with the specific jurisdiction before submitting plans.

• 2018 International Building Code (IBC), as locally amended — Town of Julesburg Municipal Code Chapter 15.04, adopted by Ordinance No. 23-470 (passed June 5, 2023)
• 2018 International Residential Code (IRC), as locally amended — same Ordinance No. 23-470
• 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC), as locally amended — same Ordinance No. 23-470
• 2018 International Fire Code (IFC), as locally amended — same Ordinance No. 23-470
• 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), as locally amended — same Ordinance No. 23-470
• 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), as locally amended — same Ordinance No. 23-470
• Legacy 1965-edition National Electrical Code base text remains codified at Municipal Code Chapter 15.12 (Ord. 268(3), 1967) and has NOT been superseded by a newer NEC edition adoption ordinance found in this corpus's document chase; Ordinance No. 23-472 (2023) updated ONLY the licensure/permitting administrative sections (15.12.070, 15.12.090) for electrical work, not the substantive wiring-code edition. Confirm the currently enforced NEC edition directly with Town Hall (970-474-3344) before relying on a specific cycle for electrical plan review — this is a genuine open question after full document chasing, not an assumption.
• Ordinance No. 23-470 explicitly repeals all conflicting/inconsistent prior Town of Julesburg ordinances and supersedes the original 1967 Basic Building Code (BOCA) and 1965 National Electrical Code base adoption at Chapter 15.04, replacing the substantive building/residential/mechanical/fire/fuel-gas/energy code editions with the 2018 ICC family; the base administrative/licensing chapters for Plumbing (15.08) and Electrical (15.12) remain independently codified from 1967 as amended by Ordinance No. 23-472 (2023).
• Frost line: 36 inches below finished grade (IBC Section 1809.5 local amendment, Ordinance No. 23-470).
• Ground snow load: 20 psf (Table R301.2, as locally amended, per the adopted Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria table in Ordinance No. 23-470) — figure is somewhat garbled in the source PDF's OCR ('2012fil'), read here as 20 psf; confirm directly with the Building Official before relying on this for structural design.
• Wind design speed: 112 mph (Table R301.2, as locally amended).
• Ice barrier underlayment required per Section R905.1.2 (2018 IRC as amended): required on roofs with a slope equal to or less than 4:12, consisting of not fewer than two layers of cemented underlayment or a self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen sheet, extending from the lowest roof edge to at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall line — this is a slope-triggered requirement, not a 100%-of-all-roofs rule.
• Flood hazard areas established by reference to 'The Flood Plain Information Report: South Platte River for the Town of Julesburg and Sedgwick County, Colorado' (dated May 18, 2021) plus the accompanying FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM), per Section 1612.3 local amendment; Chapter 15.32 'Flood Damage Prevention' is a separate standalone chapter of the Municipal Code (not modeled as a permitType, but is a co-applicable regulatory layer for any parcel in a mapped flood hazard area).
• Elevation for Manual J design criteria: 3,470 ft; Latitude 40.9883°N; Winter design dry-bulb 0°F (indoor 70°F referenced); Summer design dry-bulb 90°F (outdoor); Indoor summer relative humidity gains blank/not legible in source; per the adopted Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria table, Ordinance No. 23-470.
• Unvented gas log heaters and unvented room/decorative heaters are PROHIBITED under locally amended IRC Section R1004.4 and IMC Section 903.3 / IFGC Section G2445.1 (Ordinance No. 23-470) — a materially stricter local amendment than the base ICC text.
• Automatic fire sprinkler systems requirement (IRC Section R313) is DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY by local amendment (Ordinance No. 23-470) — Julesburg does NOT require residential fire sprinklers for one- and two-family dwellings.
• IBC Appendix Adoption Table (Ordinance No. 23-470): Adopted — Appendix AG (Flood-Resistant Construction), AH (Signs), AI (Patio Covers), AJ (Grading). Explicitly Not Adopted — Appendix AA (Employee Qualifications), AB (Board of Appeals), AC (Group U Agricultural Buildings), AD (Fire Districts), AE (Supplementary Accessibility Requirements), AF (Rodent-Proofing), AK (Administrative Provisions), AL (Earthquake Recording Instrumentation), AM (Tsunami-Generated Flood Hazards), AN (Replicable Buildings), AO (Performance-Based Application Index), AU (Cob Construction), AV (Board of Appeals, IRC table), AW (3D-Printed Building Construction).
• IRC Appendix Adoption Table (Ordinance No. 23-470): Adopted — Appendix AH (Patio Covers), AQ (Tiny Homes). Not Adopted — Appendix RA (Solar-Ready Zone, Residential) among others listed Not Adopted.
• HB22-1362 (Colorado 'Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions' Act, 2022) note, checked honestly rather than assumed: the Town's own adopted IRC/IBC Appendix Adoption Tables (Ordinance No. 23-470, June 2023) explicitly list Appendix RA (Solar-Ready Zone — Residential) and Appendix CA (Solar-Ready Zone — Commercial) as 'Not Adopted.' HB22-1362 does not create a flat population-based exemption for any jurisdiction (that premise is associated with a different, never-enacted bill, SB25-141, and was explicitly flagged as wrong going into this research); instead HB22-1362 requires jurisdictions updating to a later-triggering code cycle to adopt either the Model Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code, the Model Low Energy and Carbon Code, or — for rural counties that apply for and are not awarded state grants substantially assisting adoption/enforcement — energy codes achieving equivalent or better performance than the three most recent IECC editions. Julesburg's current adopted energy code is the 2018 IECC (adopted June 2023), and its own appendix table shows solar-ready provisions not adopted as of that ordinance. Whether/when HB22-1362's triggering mechanism reaches a town of Julesburg's size, and whether Sedgwick County or Julesburg has pursued the rural-county grant pathway, was NOT found published anywhere in the Town's ordinances, Sedgwick County's website, or general search after full chasing — flagged as a genuinely open/unresolved compliance question rather than invented.
• Electrical and plumbing: Julesburg runs ITS OWN local licensing and inspection program — it does NOT defer to Colorado DORA state trade boards. Municipal Code Chapter 15.12 creates a Town 'electrical inspector' (referred to in the code as the 'city electrician') appointed by the mayor, and Chapter 15.08 creates a Town 'plumbing inspector.' Ordinance No. 23-472 (2023) updated the licensure sections so that the Town Manager or their designee now serves as plumbing inspector, and updated qualification/bonding requirements for both trades. Permits, licensing, bonding/insurance, and inspection-and-certificate sign-off for both trades are handled entirely at the Town level, not referred to DORA's State Electrical Board or State Plumbing Board.
• No separately-published, dollar-denominated Building/Plumbing/Mechanical/Electrical permit fee schedule was found on the Town's website, its Documents/Forms & Applications library, or Ordinance No. 23-470/23-472 (both state fees are 'in accordance with a fee schedule adopted from time to time by the Town Board by resolution' — i.e. fees live in a separate resolution, not the ordinance itself, and no such resolution PDF is published online). The generic 'Application for Building Permit' and 'Application for Building Permit — Roofing & Siding' forms both have blank Permit Fee / Use Tax fields for Town Hall staff to fill in at submittal. Confirm current fees directly with Town Hall (970-474-3344) before budgeting — omitted rather than invented, per this corpus's zero-tolerance data policy.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit (New Construction)

  Required for new construction of single-family dwellings and other buildings within Town of Julesburg limits. Reviewed under the 2018 IRC/IBC as locally amended by Ordinance No. 23-470 (2023), including the Town's adopted Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria (20 psf ground snow load per source table, 112 mph wind design speed, 36-inch frost depth, slope-triggered ice barrier underlayment). Issued by the Town's Building Official out of Town Hall using a single-page paper application.

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• Residential Addition / Remodel Permit

  Required for additions, remodels, and accessory structures (sheds, garages, fences, sidewalks, porches/breezeways) at existing residences within Town of Julesburg limits, reviewed under the 2018 IRC as locally amended. Uses the same single-page 'Application for Building Permit' form as new construction.

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• Electrical Permit

  Required for installation, alteration, or removal of electrical wiring and apparatus within Town of Julesburg limits. Julesburg runs its OWN electrical licensing and inspection program under Municipal Code Chapter 15.12 (does not defer to Colorado DORA's State Electrical Board), administered by a Town-appointed Electrical Inspector (referred to in the code as the 'city electrician'), with licensure requirements updated by Ordinance No. 23-472 (2023).

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• Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger / EVSE Permit

  Julesburg has no dedicated EV charger/EVSE fee line, application, or standard — the Town's Municipal Code Chapter 15.12 (Electrical Code) and Ordinance No. 23-472 publish no EV-specific provisions, and no fee schedule of any kind is published online for any Julesburg permit type (fees are set case-by-case by the Board of Trustees / Town Hall). EV charger circuit installation is treated as ordinary electrical work, requiring the same written permit obtained through the Town's own electrical licensing and inspection program under Chapter 15.12 (Julesburg does not defer to Colorado DORA's State Electrical Board). Julesburg's population (approximately 1,200) is far below the 10,000-resident municipal threshold that triggers Colorado HB24-1173's requirement to adopt a standardized/expedited EV charging system permitting program, so the Town is not required to have adopted a distinct EV permitting track.

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• Plumbing Permit

  Required for installation, alteration, or repair of plumbing within Town of Julesburg limits, wherever water and/or sewer service originating from the municipal system is furnished. Julesburg runs its OWN plumbing licensing and inspection program under Municipal Code Chapter 15.08 (does not defer to Colorado DORA's State Plumbing Board), with the Town Manager or designee now serving as Plumbing Inspector per Ordinance No. 23-472 (2023).

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• Mechanical / HVAC Permit

  Required for heating, cooling, and ventilation equipment installation or replacement within Town of Julesburg limits. Governed by the 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC) as locally amended by Ordinance No. 23-470 (2023).

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• Reroof / Residing Permit

  Required for reroofing and residing work within Town of Julesburg limits. The Town publishes a dedicated, lighter-weight 'Application for Building Permit — Roofing & Siding' form distinct from its general building permit application. Governed by the 2018 IRC/IBC as locally amended, including the slope-triggered ice barrier underlayment requirement.

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• Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Permit

  Required for rooftop or ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations within Julesburg town limits. The Town runs its own genuine building-permit and electrical-inspection program (not deferred to Sedgwick County or Colorado DORA), but publishes no dollar-denominated fee schedule for any permit type online — fees for solar, as for every other permit type in this file, are set 'in accordance with a fee schedule adopted from time to time by the Town Board by resolution' with no such resolution published. Notably, the Town's own IRC Appendix Adoption Table (Ordinance No. 23-470, June 2023) explicitly lists Appendix RA (Solar-Ready Zone, Residential) as 'Not Adopted.' Colorado's statewide solar-fee cap (C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113, $500 residential/$1,000 commercial via HB21-1284) still applies as a ceiling on whatever fee the Town assesses.

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