Change of Use / Certificate of Occupancy Permit in Ault, Colorado

Ault requires a change of use / certificate of occupancy permit for: No standalone Change of Use or zoning-level Certificate of Occupancy permit, application form, fee, or numeric review timeline is published anywhere in Ault's Zoning Code (Chapter 16.03, all 13 sections — 010 General Provisions, 020 Purpose, 030 Zoning Districts and Boundaries, 040 Principal and Conditional Uses, 045 PD Overlay Districts, 050 Conditional Uses, 060 Nonconforming Uses, 070 Appeals and Variances, 080 Waivers, 090 Amendments, 100 Wireless Telecommunications, 110–112 Home Occupation — read directly via Wayback Machine archive of the Town's now-defunct myaultgov.org portal, captured 2022-12-05) or on the Town's live Forms & Permits directory (aultcolorado.gov/formsandpermits, which lists only Building, ROW, Fence, Special Event, Sign, Business & Sales Tax, Contractor, Home-Based Business, Marijuana, and Mobile Vendor permits/licenses); Zoning Code Section 16.03.060 ('Nonconforming Uses – Buildings') is the closest analog found: a lawful nonconforming use, building, sign, lot, or activity existing before the current zoning code may continue, EXCEPT that (1) if discontinued for six (6) months, the use may not be reestablished and any future use must conform to current zoning; (2) a nonconforming use or building may not be altered, extended, or restored (ordinary repairs/maintenance excepted); (3) a nonconforming building damaged by fire or other cause may be restored to its original condition only if work commences within six (6) months of the damage; (4) an unsafe nonconforming building may be ordered replaced, strengthened, or restored by the Building Official; Certain use changes require a Conditional Use Permit approved by the Planning Commission under Zoning Code Section 16.03.050 if the new use is classified as a 'conditional use' rather than a 'use by right' in the applicable zoning district — no separate fee or numeric review timeline for this conditional-use process was found in the recovered chapter text; If a change of use involves construction, remodeling, alteration, or a change in occupancy classification, the ordinary SAFEbuilt-administered Building Permit process applies instead (see this file's residential-addition-remodel and commercial-tenant-improvement entries); the only documented Certificate-of-Occupancy reference anywhere in this file is the Health Department sign-off required for restaurant/commercial-kitchen tenant finishes before CO issuance; Contact Ault Town Hall (970-834-2844) directly to confirm current practice for any change-of-use question, since no standalone process, application, or fee for this specific scenario is published anywhere in the Town's available materials. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 970-834-2844 before starting work.

Ault does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 970-834-2844 for current turnaround.

Depending on your project, Ault may also ask for: None published specifically for a standalone change-of-use / zoning Certificate of Occupancy permit; Building Permit Application (Title 15/SAFEbuilt process, if construction or remodel accompanies the use change). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 201 1st Street, PO Box 1098, Ault, CO 80610. Phone: 970-834-2844, email: info@aultcolorado.gov. Office hours: Town Hall does not publish specific daily office hours on its Contact Us or Building Permits pages as of this review; the Town's public-works page separately states Public Works operates 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday (except holidays), and the site-wide holiday-closure banner implies a standard 9:00 a.m. reopening time, but neither is confirmed as the Building Department's specific window. Call 970-834-2844 to confirm hours before visiting in person.. Official information: https://www.aultcolorado.gov/buildingpermits.

Ault, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — per the '2026 SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List' (Town of Ault Building Permits page, Helpful/Residential resource): 'All submittal information must comply with the 2024 I-codes and the 2023 NEC.'; 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — per the SAFEbuilt 'New Commercial Plan Submittal Procedure' and 'Commercial Tenant Finish/Remodel Plan Submittal Procedure' documents on the Town of Ault Building Permits page, both headed '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES.'; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — required compliance documentation (ResCheck or energy rating report) explicitly named in the SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List; commercial submittal procedures likewise require 'Documentation showing compliance with the 2024 IECC.'; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — explicitly named in the SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List ('...and the 2023 NEC').; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) / International Plumbing Code (IPC) — inferred from the SAFEbuilt submittal procedures' consistent requirement of 'Mechanical/Plumbing Plans' stamped by a Colorado-licensed engineer, cross-referenced against the same '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES' heading used for the IBC/IECC citation on the same documents; not independently named by edition number in the source text, so carried at 'partial' confidence for the specific IMC/IPC edition number. 2026-07-23 re-chase: the Town's own codified Municipal Code (Title 15 Ch.04, Sections 030/060), recovered via Wayback Machine archive of the now-defunct myaultgov.org portal (Sec. 030 Mechanical captured 2022-12-05: 'International Mechanical Code, 2018 Edition'; Sec. 060 Plumbing captured 2022-12-05: 'International Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition'), shows both trade codes were LAST codified at pre-2024 editions — older than, and in unresolved tension with, SAFEbuilt's current 2024-I-code submittal language; no live, currently-hosted Municipal Code exists to confirm whether these sections have since been amended to 2024 editions, so the specific currently-governing IMC/IPC edition numbers remain genuinely unconfirmed and are NOT asserted as '2024' anywhere in this file.; 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC), Table 1-A — still the operative VALUATION-BASED FEE TABLE per the Town's 'Building Permit Fee Schedule' (Exhibit B — Fee Schedule for Services, a SAFEbuilt consultant-services fee exhibit posted on the Town's Building Permits resource list, last modified 5/19/24). This is a fee-calculation table, not a life-safety code edition, and is retained purely because it is the Town's actual current, published fee mechanism — it does not indicate the Town is still enforcing 1997 UBC life-safety provisions, which are superseded by the 2024 I-codes cited above.; No separate Ault-specific building-code-adoption ordinance was found published online: the Town of Ault Municipal Code page (aultcolorado.gov/MuniCode) states 'A Copy of the Ault Municipal Code is Available Upon Request' and is not hosted on Municode/eCode360 or any other public code-hosting platform; the Town's online Document Archive 'Ordinances' folder contains only a 'Non-Certified Copy of 2024 Model Traffic Code' (unrelated to building codes). The SAFEbuilt submittal-requirement documents (which explicitly compel 2024 I-code / 2023 NEC compliance and are hosted directly on the Town's own Building Permits page) are therefore treated as the governing, currently-operative code-adoption source for this file, consistent with SAFEbuilt Colorado being Ault's contracted building official/plan-review/inspection provider (per Exhibit B of the Town-SAFEbuilt consultant services agreement).. Local amendments apply — see the Ault overview page for the full list.

No standalone process was found. Ault's Zoning Code (Chapter 16.03) has no dedicated change-of-use or zoning-level Certificate of Occupancy section, and no such application, fee, or form is published on the Town's Forms & Permits directory. The closest applicable provision is Section 16.03.060 (Nonconforming Uses), which governs what happens when a use on nonconforming property changes or lapses. Confirm directly with Town Hall (970-834-2844) for a specific project.

Per Zoning Code Section 16.03.060, if a lawful nonconforming use or building is discontinued for six (6) months, it may not be reestablished, and any future use of that property must conform to the Town's current zoning requirements.