Residential Addition / Remodel Permit in La Salle, Colorado

La Salle requires a residential addition / remodel permit for: Additions and basement refinishes require full compliance with the 2018 IRC as enforced by the Town; Structural changes (wall removal, new foundation elements) require engineer/architect-stamped plans; Electrical/plumbing/mechanical scope within an addition or remodel requires a licensed, Town-registered contractor holding a current Colorado DORA license; Application submitted via Community Core online permitting system. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of La Salle Building Inspections (contracted to ProCode Inc. / SAFEbuilt) at 970-305-3161 before starting work.

In La Salle, the published Building Permit Fee is: Varies — valuation-based per Appendix L, $24 minimum. Additional published fees: Construction Use Tax — 2% of total material cost. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

La Salle does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of La Salle Building Inspections (contracted to ProCode Inc. / SAFEbuilt) at 970-305-3161 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application. Depending on your project, La Salle may also ask for: Structural Plans (if applicable); Residential One-Story Addition — Building Guide (Colorado Chapter ICC, via ProCode); Residential Basement Finish — Building Guide (Colorado Chapter ICC, via ProCode). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

La Salle requires 3 inspection(s) for a residential addition / remodel permit, in order: Framing / Structural, Rough Electrical / Plumbing / Mechanical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of La Salle Building Inspections (contracted to ProCode Inc. / SAFEbuilt) (970-305-3161).

Apply through Town of La Salle Building Inspections (contracted to ProCode Inc. / SAFEbuilt) at 128 N 2nd Street, La Salle, CO 80645. Phone: 970-305-3161. Office hours: Town of La Salle main line 970-284-6931. Building Inspections direct line 970-305-3161 (inspection requests ext. 1, general ext. 0). Building Official: Jonathan Gesick. Building permit review and inspections are contracted to ProCode Inc., a SAFEbuilt company (regional office: 39 S. Parish Avenue, Suite 220, Johnstown, CO 80534; COemail@safebuilt.com). General town office hours are not published on the Building Permits, Directory, or Municipal Code pages as of the last verification; not stated rather than assumed.. Official information: https://www.lasalletown.com/2169/Building-Permits.

La Salle, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC) — per the Town of La Salle Building Permits page: 'The Town of LaSalle has adopted and is currently enforcing the 2018 International Codes, 2012 Energy Conservation Code, and 2020 National Electrical Code.'; 2018 International Residential Code (IRC); 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC); 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) (bundled under the page's 'International Codes' reference; not itemized by individual code title on the live page); 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — the live page names this specifically as '2012 Energy Conservation Code,' an older cycle than the 2018 base I-Codes it is paired with; 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC); 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code (Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control model code, dfpc.colorado.gov/WRCB) — listed as adopted on the Town's Building Permits page; Model Colorado Electric and Solar Ready Code (Colorado Energy Office, energyoffice.colorado.gov/building-energy-codes-toolkit) — listed as adopted on the Town's Building Permits page; A note on which code edition actually governs. The Town's codified Chapter 18 (Building Regulations) still recites the 2003 IBC/IRC/IPC/IMC/IFGC, 1999 NEC and 1997 Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, with a 1977/1978-vintage Colorado energy standard — none of which match the 2018 I-Codes, 2012 IECC and 2020 NEC that the Town's actively-maintained Building Permits webpage states it is 'currently enforcing.' The live Building Permits page is treated as the governing statement of adopted codes here, because codification frequently lags the underlying adopting ordinances and the Town's current-enforcement statement names exact code years. Design to the live page's editions, and confirm with the Building Department if the difference matters to your project. The codified Chapter 18 text is retained as a source of durable local amendment language — definitions, frost depth, sleeping-room rules, refund provisions, the fee-authorization mechanism — which is likely still in force, since amendments of that kind are typically carried forward from cycle to cycle.; Note on HB22-1362 (statewide energy floor, window July 2023-July 2026): the Town's stated 2012 IECC base energy code edition does NOT itself meet HB22-1362's requirement that jurisdictions updating their code during this window adopt at least the 2021 IECC. However, the Town's Building Permits page separately lists the 'Model Colorado Electric and Solar Ready Code' as adopted alongside the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code — meaning La Salle appears to have layered on the HB22-1362 electric/solar-ready provisions as a standalone addition without upgrading its underlying energy-code base edition to 2021 IECC. This is reported honestly as observed; this record does not assume full HB22-1362 compliance, only that the electric/solar-ready model code specifically has been adopted per the Town's own published list.; La Salle's Municode codification (library.municode.com/co/lasalle) is current through Ordinance No. 5-2026 (enacted 3-24-2026), with online content updated 7-1-2026, and Chapter 18 was comprehensively overhauled by Ordinance No. 19-2025 (adopted 12-9-2025). Per each article's adoption section: Sec. 18-18 now adopts the 2024 IBC (not 2018), Sec. 18-43 the 2023 NEC (not 2020), Sec. 18-68 the 2024 IPC (not 2018), Sec. 18-93 the 2024 IMC (not 2018), Sec. 18-143 the 2024 IRC (not 2018), and Sec. 18-166 the 2024 IECC (not 2012 — which also resolves the HB22-1362 gap flagged in the note above, since the 2024 IECC exceeds the 2021 IECC statewide floor). Chapter 18 was also restructured into 16 articles, adding new Article IX (2024 International Fire Code), Article XI (International Property Maintenance Code), Article XII (International Existing Building Code), Article XIII (International Swimming Pool and Spa Code), and Article XVI (Graywater Systems). None of this is reflected on the Town's own Building Permits webpage, which still states only '2018 International Codes, 2012 Energy Conservation Code, and 2020 National Electrical Code.' The two Town-controlled channels therefore directly conflict; the codified ordinance — more recently dated, and the Town's actual governing law — appears to be the accurate one, and the informational webpage the stale one. Local-amendment language carried forward unchanged into the 2024-edition articles (the 120 sq ft accessory-structure exemption, 180-day permit expiration/half-fee renewal, 80% refund provisions, and sleeping-room definition), so those specific amendment provisions remain reliable. Sources: https://library.municode.com/co/lasalle (Chapter 18, Article II Sec. 18-18; Article III Sec. 18-43; Article IV Sec. 18-68; Article V Sec. 18-93; Article VII Sec. 18-143; Article VIII Sec. 18-166 — all citing Ord. No. 19-2025, 12-9-2025).. Local amendments apply — see the La Salle overview page for the full list.

Yes. The Town's Building Permits page explicitly lists basement refinishes among the project types requiring a permit.