Sign Permit in Sedgwick, Colorado

Sedgwick requires a sign permit for: A sign permit from the Zoning Administrator is required before erecting, remodeling, enlarging, moving, operating, or maintaining a sign, except for the categories listed under 'Signs Not Subject to Permit' (Section 5): government/political/civic/religious flags and emblems; signs of a governmental body (traffic/regulatory/warning signs); memorial signs and tablets; address numerals and other legally required signs; small signs of 5 sq ft or less for public convenience (entrance/exit, parking, one-way, restroom, freight-entrance signs); and non-advertising athletic scoreboards; Only the sign types enumerated for each district may be erected: Residential (R-LD/R-MH) permits nameplate, identification, real estate, and construction signs (ground/pole/wall structural types only), maximum 2 signs per permitted use; Commercial (C) and Industrial (I) permit any type except advertising signs (functional) and roof signs (structural), maximum 2 signs per permitted use; Maximum gross surface area by district: Residential — nameplate 2 sq ft, identification/bulletin board 40 sq ft, real estate 6 sq ft per lot (with a one-time 100 sq ft subdivision sign allowed for up to 3 years or until 75% of lots sell), construction 40 sq ft; Commercial — 50 sq ft per business; Industrial — 200 sq ft; Maximum height and required setback by district: Residential — 15 ft height, 15 ft front setback; Commercial — 30 ft height, same setback as required for principal structures (no sign may project over public right-of-way); Industrial — 30 ft height, 10 ft setback; Illumination restrictions: no flashing, rotating, or moving signs/lights permitted in any district; illuminated signs visible from a residential district must not be illuminated between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; Residential district signs may not be illuminated at all except bulletin board signs (indirect only); Commercial and Industrial districts permit indirectly illuminated signs; All signs must conform to applicable building and electrical codes; wiring of electrical signs must conform to applicable electrical codes (per this file's other entries, electrical work in Sedgwick is routed to the State, not town-reviewed); No sign may be attached to a tree or utility pole (public or private property), and no sign may obstruct, impair, or be confused with any traffic control sign, signal, or device; Metal signs with internal wiring or electrically wired fixtures must maintain 9 ft of clearance to grade; no metal ground sign may be located within 8 ft vertically / 4 ft horizontally of electric wires/conductors carrying more than 48 volts; Non-conforming signs existing at ordinance passage must be maintained in good repair (may not be relocated, replaced, or structurally altered) and must be brought into conformance or removed within 5 years of the ordinance's passage. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Sedgwick Town Hall (Zoning Administrator reviews building permit applications; Town Clerk administers submission) at 970-463-8814 before starting work.

$1.00 plus $0.20 per square foot of signage, per Zoning Ordinance Section 5's 'Fees for Sign Permits' — not a flat fee.

Sedgwick does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Sedgwick Town Hall (Zoning Administrator reviews building permit applications; Town Clerk administers submission) at 970-463-8814 for current turnaround.

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

Apply through Town of Sedgwick Town Hall (Zoning Administrator reviews building permit applications; Town Clerk administers submission) at 29 Main Avenue, P.O. Box 27, Sedgwick, CO 80749. Phone: 970-463-8814, email: sedgwickinfo@pctelcom.coop (general/forms submission); sedgwickco@pctelcom.coop (Town Clerk). Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., per the Town of Sedgwick website footer/contact info.. Official information: https://www.sedgwickcolorado.com/sedgwick-town-government.

Sedgwick, Colorado has adopted: NONE — the Town of Sedgwick has NOT adopted the IBC, IRC, or any other model building code edition by ordinance. Chapter 152 of the Sedgwick Town Code, titled 'BUILDING CODE,' is explicitly marked '[Reserved]' in the currently codified Code of Ordinances (2023 S-1 supplement, current through Ordinance 01-2023 passed 3-13-2023) — confirmed by direct extraction of the Code Book PDF (American Legal Publishing, hosted at sedgwickcolorado.com/_files/ugd/4d4221_87d4af0c271c403eace6f27595d559ee.pdf).; Chapter 151 (Building Regulations) is NOT a model code adoption — it is an unmodernized 1919-era fire-limits ordinance (Ord. 19, passed 6-2-1919) still on the books, governing construction materials (masonry/incombustible-material requirements) only within a narrowly described historical 'fire limits' district of downtown Sedgwick; it sets wall-thickness and combustible-material rules but does not incorporate or reference the IBC/IRC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/NEC or any edition year for general residential/commercial construction.; The only references to an International Code family found anywhere in the Sedgwick Town Code are narrow, use-specific citations to the 2012 International Fire Code (IFC) and 2012 International Building Code (IBC) inside Chapter 112 (Marijuana Regulations) — Sec. 112.070-112.072, governing exiting/security/fire-extinguisher standards specifically for marijuana cultivation, product-manufacturing, and testing facilities (Ord. 04-2019, passed 5-14-2019). This is not a general building-code adoption applicable to ordinary residential or commercial construction and is not modeled as a codesAdopted entry for permit types in this file.; Electrical and plumbing work is explicitly NOT locally coded or inspected by the Town — the Town's own Application for Building Permit form flags 'New/Replace Electrical' and 'New/Replace Plumbing' work items with the parenthetical '(State Permit Required)', and Section C of the form asks whether a State permit will be required for the Electrician/Plumber/Engineer named on the application, confirming those trades are governed by Colorado state licensing/permitting (e.g., State Electrical Board), not a town-adopted trade code.; Chapter 150 (Flood Damage Prevention, Ord. 01-2017 passed 4-10-2017, last amended by Ord. 01-2023) is the Town's most substantive adopted land-use/construction regulation: it requires a Floodplain Development Permit for any development in the Special Flood Hazard Area, administered by the Zoning Administrator acting as Floodplain Administrator, and sets standards for elevation/flood-proofing of structures (lowest floor at least 2 feet above base flood elevation) — this operates alongside, not instead of, the general Building Permit.. Local amendments apply — see the Sedgwick overview page for the full list.

Yes, for most signs. Zoning Ordinance Section 5 requires a permit from the Zoning Administrator before erecting, remodeling, enlarging, moving, or maintaining a sign, with a short exempt list (small public-convenience signs of 5 sq ft or less, government/memorial signs, address numerals, non-advertising scoreboards).