Change of Use / Change of Ownership Permit in Erie, Colorado

Erie requires a change of use / change of ownership permit for: No standalone change-of-use permit application, fee, or numeric review timeline is published anywhere on the Town's Commercial & Multifamily Projects page, Fee Schedules page, or Does my project require a permit? page -- checked all directly (the raw page source for Commercial & Multifamily Projects was read directly, not just summarized); The Commercial & Multifamily Projects page's own project-type table lists 'Commercial Change of Use or Ownership' as a category alongside Commercial New Build, Tenant Finish or Improvement, Addition or Exterior Modification, Remodel, and others -- with 'Certificate of Occupancy Issuance' given as its defining outcome/subtype, rather than a distinct process description; A change of use/ownership follows the SAME submittal package required for every other commercial category on that page: building permit application via eTRAKiT, water usage worksheet, business operations description with tenant name, State/Town stormwater permit (sites over 1 acre), FAA Form 7460-1 (Air Park Influence Area, if applicable), Mountain View Fire Permit, county health department approval (if applicable), Land Survey Plat, and site plan -- already documented in this file's commercial-building-permit entry; The SAME fee list applies as to any other commercial permit: Plan Check Fee, Building Permit Fee (valuation-based), Town Use Tax, Boulder County Use Tax, Water/Sewer Tap Fee, Raw Water Fee, Mechanical/Plumbing/Electrical Permit Fee (if applicable trade work accompanies the use change), and the four non-residential Impact Fee categories (Police, Public Facilities, Storm Drainage, Transportation) -- no distinct change-of-use fee line exists, and Erie's own Fee Schedule (read in full) contains no separate Certificate of Occupancy dollar fee the way some peer jurisdictions (e.g., Dacono) publish; The SAME 'Commercial Permits: 4-6 Weeks for First Review Comments' timeline applies as to every other commercial category, per the Town's Apply for Building Permits page, explicitly labeled 'typical, not guaranteed'; A Mountain View Fire Rescue permit is required before Town building permit issuance on qualifying projects, per the Commercial & Multifamily Projects page's Fire Department Requirements section -- the same prerequisite documented in this file's fire-sprinkler-alarm-permit, residential-building-permit, and commercial-building-permit entries; whether a specific change-of-use scenario triggers this MVFR requirement depends on the new occupancy classification and any accompanying construction; Erie has adopted the 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) as part of its codesAdopted I-Codes cycle (already documented at this file's jurisdiction level) -- the I-code edition that generally addresses change-of-occupancy classification requirements for existing buildings -- but the Town's own public-facing Commercial & Multifamily Projects page describes no distinct IEBC-specific change-of-use submittal checklist beyond the general commercial building-permit package quoted above; To secure the resulting Certificate of Occupancy (CO) or Temporary CO (TCO), the same TCO/CO checklist already documented in this file's commercial-building-permit entry applies: final building/accessibility/mechanical/electrical/plumbing/commissioning inspections, final MVFR inspection, final county health inspection (if applicable), final Planning inspection, final Public Works/Engineering inspection, final Storm Water inspection, special inspection reports, and issuance of a Town of Erie Business License. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Erie Building Division at 303-926-2780 before starting work.

In Erie, the published Building Permit Fee (valuation-based, same table as all commercial building permits) is: $23.50 minimum, scaling per tier — e.g., $69.25 + $14.00/$1,000 from $2,001-$25,000; $993.75 + $5.60/$1,000 from $100,001-$500,000. Additional published fees: Plan Check Fee — 65% of the building permit fee; Town Use Tax + Boulder County Use Tax — 50% of total project valuation x (Town 3.5% + County 1.335%); Certificate of Occupancy — No standalone CO fee is published in Erie's 2026 Fee Schedule. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Erie's published plan-review target for a change of use / change of ownership permit is 20–30 business days.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (Customer Self-Service Portal / eTRAKiT) — Commercial Change of Use or Ownership category; Business Operations Description with Tenant Name; Town of Erie Business License. Depending on your project, Erie may also ask for: Mountain View Fire Rescue Permit. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Erie requires 2 inspection(s) for a change of use / change of ownership permit, in order: Final Inspections for Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO), Certificate of Occupancy (CO). Schedule each through Town of Erie Building Division (303-926-2780).

Apply through Town of Erie Building Division at 645 Holbrook St., Erie, CO 80516 (mailing: P.O. Box 750, Erie, CO 80516). Phone: 303-926-2780, email: building@erieco.gov. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Building Division fax/photo-submission line bldgfax@erieco.gov; HVAC/mechanical contact line 303-926-2700; Planning Division 303-926-2770 / planningdivision@erieco.gov.. Official information: https://www.erieco.gov/110/Building-Division.

No standalone permit exists. The Town's own Commercial & Multifamily Projects page lists 'Commercial Change of Use or Ownership' as one category among its commercial permit types, defined by its outcome of Certificate of Occupancy Issuance, and processed through the same eTRAKiT-based commercial building permit application, fee list, and 4-6 week review timeline used for every other commercial category.

The same fees as any other commercial building permit: a valuation-based Building Permit Fee, a Plan Check Fee of 65% of that fee, Town and Boulder County Use Tax, and any applicable tap or impact fees if construction accompanies the use change. Erie's own Fee Schedule does not publish a separate Certificate of Occupancy dollar fee.