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Commercial Tenant Finish / Remodel (Tenant Improvement) Permit in Kersey, Colorado

Tenant improvement IS a distinct published submittal track in Kersey: page 2 of the Town's 'Kersey Commercial Submittal Checklist 2021' PDF is a standalone 'Commercial Tenant Finish/Remodel Plan Submittal Procedure' with a lighter document set than new commercial construction (no Town-approved site plan package, soils report, structural calculations, project specifications, or fire protection plans on its base list). It is a submittal-procedure distinction, not a separately-priced permit: no TI-specific fee line or timeline exists in either Town fee document — the same SAFEbuilt UBC-valuation building-permit fee mechanism applies. Reviewed by SAFEbuilt Colorado (Windsor Office) under the adopted 2024 IBC/IEBC (Ordinance No. 2025-0010, 9/9/2025).

Verified 2026-08-02 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Building permit application must state description of project and square footage, total project valuation and electrical valuation, USE OF SURROUNDING SPACES (a TI-specific item not on the new-commercial list), type of construction, and occupancy group
  • Submit one electronic set of: Architectural Plans, Structural Plans, Electrical Plans, Mechanical/Plumbing Plans, and Energy Code Compliance Documents — each plan discipline stamped by a Colorado licensed architect or engineer
  • Architectural plans are always required and must include floor plan, wall section details, building section, fire-rating details, and code summary
  • Structural plans are required only for structural changes — removal of bearing walls, openings in bearing walls, floor systems for storage, etc.
  • Electrical plans are required for adding circuits, service upgrades, or emergency lighting, and must include load calculations, one-line diagrams, and fault current analysis
  • Mechanical plans are required for any changes to heating, ventilation, or air-conditioning — equipment change, relocation and/or replacement of ductwork or refrigeration piping
  • Plumbing plans are required for any changes to plumbing within the building, including sewers, drains, vents, water piping, roof drains, and gas piping
  • All plan sheets must bear the original seal of a Colorado-licensed architect or engineer unless statutorily exempted (checklist cites '12-4-112 C.R.S.' verbatim)
  • Approved plan set must remain on the job site through final inspection; changes to the approved site plan require prior Town of Kersey approval
  • If the tenant finish creates a restaurant/commercial kitchen, the checklist's page-3 restaurant requirements also apply (grease interceptor, hood types, sprinkler/exit thresholds, Weld County health department approval as a Certificate of Occupancy condition, seating plan)

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Fee schedule

Building Permit Fee (UBC valuation-based, SAFEbuilt-calculated)Confirmed by re-checking both the Development Fee Schedule (3/3/2026) and 2026 Fee Schedule: neither publishes a tenant-finish/remodel line item; the standard mechanism (30% plan review fee, 20% Town surcharge, use tax of 3.0% on 50% of material value) applies
Set by SAFEbuilt per the Uniform Building Code valuation-based fee schedule applied to the TI's declared valuation — no TI-specific fee line exists in either Town fee document
Permit Revision Fee2026 Fee Schedule general permit-administration line item — relevant to TIs, where mid-project scope changes are common
$75.00
Re-inspection Fee2026 Fee Schedule
$50.00/hour, 2-hour minimum

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Rough Trade Inspections (as applicable to scope)

    The TI procedure itself publishes no inspection list; trade rough-ins before concealment follow SAFEbuilt's standard sequence for whichever disciplines (electrical/mechanical/plumbing/structural) the TI scope touches — confirm the required sequence with SAFEbuilt at permit issuance

  2. 2

    Final Inspection

    Approved plan set must be on site through final inspection; for food-service TIs, written Weld County health department approval must be on the jobsite before final inspection approval

See the full Kersey inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • The TI application asks for the 'use of surrounding spaces' — unique to the tenant-finish track, because occupancy separation and fire-rating requirements between suites depend on neighboring uses. Have this information ready for a multi-tenant building.
  • Even a cosmetic-leaning TI needs stamped architectural plans in Kersey — the checklist makes architectural plans (with fire-rating details and code summary) unconditionally required, while structural/electrical/mechanical/plumbing sheets scale with what the scope actually touches.
  • A change of occupancy group (e.g., retail suite to restaurant) pulls in the checklist's restaurant/commercial-kitchen page and Weld County health department approval as a Certificate of Occupancy condition — scope and budget for that before signing a lease that assumes a quick finish-out.

Frequently asked questions

Yes for the architectural plans, which are always required and must be stamped by a Colorado licensed architect or engineer. Structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing sheets are required (and must be stamped) only when the project scope touches those systems.

In Kersey, the published Building Permit Fee (UBC valuation-based, SAFEbuilt-calculated) is: Set by SAFEbuilt per the Uniform Building Code valuation-based fee schedule applied to the TI's declared valuation — no TI-specific fee line exists in either Town fee document. Additional published fees: Permit Revision Fee — $75.00; Re-inspection Fee — $50.00/hour, 2-hour minimum. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Kersey does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Kersey Building Inspection Department (building inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado, Windsor Office) at 970-353-1681 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (via Community Core online portal); Stamped Architectural Plans; Energy Code Compliance Documents. Depending on your project, Kersey may also ask for: Stamped Structural Plans; Stamped Electrical Plans; Stamped Mechanical/Plumbing Plans. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Kersey requires 2 inspection(s) for a commercial tenant finish / remodel (tenant improvement) permit, in order: Rough Trade Inspections (as applicable to scope), Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Kersey Building Inspection Department (building inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado, Windsor Office) (970-353-1681).

Apply through Town of Kersey Building Inspection Department (building inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado, Windsor Office) at 446 1st Street, P.O. Box 657, Kersey, CO 80644. Phone: 970-353-1681, email: kdamrell@kerseygov.com. Office hours: Not published on the Town of Kersey website (Building Inspection Department page, Administration Department page, or building permit how-to page were all checked directly). Town Hall main line 970-353-1681; SAFEbuilt Windsor office line 970-686-7511 (cited on the Town's Current Building Regulations page for building-code clarification); SAFEbuilt inspection requests may also be emailed to windsor@safebuilt.com per the Town's Re-Roofing guide.. Official information: https://www.kerseygov.com/departments/building_inspection_department/index.php.

Kersey, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — actively cited as the current adopted code on all nine of the Town's SAFEbuilt-published 'Building Guides for Homeowners' (Additions, Accessory Structures, Re-Roofing, Basement Finish, Decks, Patio Covers/Carports, Window Replacement, Pole Barns, Swimming Pools), each stamped 'Document published by SAFEbuilt, Inc. 1.1.2026' and headed '2024 IRC' — these are the Town's most recently updated, actively maintained permitting documents (site-wide document-center timestamps show a 2026-03-30 publish date).; 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC) — per the Town's Planning Department 'Current Building Regulations' page, which references a '2020 NEC - Significant Changes Residential Electrical' resource alongside the Municipal Code Chapter 18 structure.; RESOLVED 2026-07-23 (live primary source, Municode Library, library.municode.com/co/kersey, Kersey Municipal Code 'VERSION: OCT 23, 2025 (CURRENT)', codified through Ordinance No. 2025-0008 enacted 6/10/2025): the Municipal Code's own home page lists 'Adopted Ordinances Not Yet Codified,' including Ordinance No. 2025-0010, adopted 9/9/2025, titled verbatim 'AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, 2024 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, 2024 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, 2024 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, 2024 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE, 2024 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE, 2024 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, 2024 EDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL and SPA CODE, 2024 EDITION, AND THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, 2024 EDITION, PROMULGATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL.' This is a real, dated, numbered ordinance (not a guess or inference) and directly confirms the SAFEbuilt-published '2024 IRC' guides were current and correct — the Town has adopted 2024 editions of IBC, IRC, IFGC, IPC, IMC, IEBC, IPMC, ISPSC, and IECC, superseding the 2018/2012 editions still shown in Chapter 18's currently-codified section text (Sec. 18-19 Building Code = 2018 IBC, Sec. 18-44 Residential Code = 2018 IRC, Sec. 18-64 Mechanical Code = 2018 IMC, Sec. 18-89 Fuel Gas Code = 2018 IFGC, Sec. 18-109 Plumbing Code = 2018 IPC, Sec. 18-134 Energy Conservation Code = 2012 IECC, Sec. 18-154 Property Maintenance Code = 2018 IPMC, Sec. 18-179 Existing Building Code = 2018 IEBC) — those codified sections simply have not yet been updated in Municode's online supplement to reflect the 9/9/2025 ordinance, exactly as the Municode banner itself discloses ('This Code of Ordinances... may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality'). Notably, Ordinance No. 2025-0010's list does NOT include the International Fire Code — Article X (Sec. 18-199, adopted separately by Ordinance No. 2021-0001) remains the 2018 International Fire Code with no 2024-edition update found. Per this corpus's practice of treating the more current, actively-distributed and now ordinance-confirmed source as authoritative, this file treats IBC/IRC/IFGC/IPC/IMC/IEBC/IPMC/ISPSC as 2024 editions (per Ord. No. 2025-0010, 9/9/2025) and IFC as the 2018 edition (per Ord. No. 2021-0001, 1/12/2021, locally amended by Sec. 18-200) — the prior 'partial' flag on the non-residential code editions is resolved.; HB22-1362 (Colorado statewide energy code floor, 2021 IECC + electric/solar/EV-ready provisions, effective window July 2023-July 2026): RESOLVED IN PART 2026-07-23 — Municode confirms Chapter 18, Article VII (Sec. 18-134) currently codifies the 2012 IECC (not the ambiguous, undated 'Energy Conservation Code' the static Current Building Regulations page implied), and the same live Ordinance No. 2025-0010 (adopted 9/9/2025, not yet codified) adopts by reference the 2024 IECC, which post-dates and satisfies HB22-1362's 2021-IECC-floor requirement. The Home Additions guide's instruction to submit an 'Energy Code Compliance Report (www.energycodes.gov) or REScheck calculations' is consistent with 2024 IECC compliance documentation but still does not itself name an edition year — the 2024 IECC edition-year figure comes from the Ordinance 2025-0010 citation above, not from the SAFEbuilt guide.. Local amendments apply — see the Kersey overview page for the full list.

It is a separately published submittal procedure — page 2 of the Town's Commercial Submittal Checklist is a dedicated 'Commercial Tenant Finish/Remodel Plan Submittal Procedure' with a lighter required-document list than new commercial construction — but it is not separately priced: fees use the same SAFEbuilt UBC-valuation building-permit mechanism, with no TI-specific fee line in either Town fee document.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-08-02.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Kersey building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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