Change of Use / Change of Occupancy in Lochbuie, Colorado

Lochbuie requires a change of use / change of occupancy permit for: No standalone change-of-use or change-of-occupancy application distinct from the general Town Building Permit process was found published on the Town's website as of this review; Processed, if at all, through the Town's general Building Permit process, submitted via the CommunityConnect Portal, with building services contracted to SAFEbuilt (Chief Building Official Tim Moroney); For a commercial change of use, Hudson Fire Protection District (HFPD) fire-code compliance review likely also applies, given HFPD's confirmed coverage of parts of Lochbuie and its enforcement of 2018 IFC Appendices B and C; Contact the Building Department (303-655-9308, building@lochbuie.org) to confirm requirements for a specific change-of-use project. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Lochbuie Building Department (Community Development), building services contracted to SAFEbuilt at 303-655-9308 before starting work.

Lochbuie does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Lochbuie Building Department (Community Development), building services contracted to SAFEbuilt at 303-655-9308 for current turnaround.

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

Lochbuie requires 1 inspection(s) for a change of use / change of occupancy permit, in order: Final Inspection / Occupancy. Schedule each through Town of Lochbuie Building Department (Community Development), building services contracted to SAFEbuilt (303-655-9308).

Apply through Town of Lochbuie Building Department (Community Development), building services contracted to SAFEbuilt at 703 Weld County Rd. 37 (WCR 37), Lochbuie, CO 80603. Phone: 303-655-9308, email: building@lochbuie.org. Office hours: Town of Lochbuie main line 303-655-9308 (fax 303-655-9311/9312), Monday-Thursday 7am-6pm (4-day/10-hour Town office schedule per site footer). Inspections are scheduled and performed by SAFEbuilt directly: 303-774-0454 or firestone-building@safebuilt.com. Chief Building Official (SAFEbuilt) Tim Moroney: 970-545-3555. Community Development Director Kevin Wrede: 303-990-5324. Community Development Technician Rachael Bender (fee payments): 303-990-5776.. Official information: https://www.lochbuie.org/community-dev/page/building-permits-and-inspections.

Lochbuie, Colorado has adopted: 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — per the Town's live Building Department webpage (Adopted Building Codes section), the current governing statement; 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — per the same live webpage statement; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — per the same live webpage statement; Municipal Code Chapter 18 (Building Regulations), Town of Lochbuie — the live webpage directs to 'Chapter 18 - Building Regulations' of the Municode-hosted Municipal Code for local amendments; Municode's library.municode.com renders chapter text via a JavaScript/Angular single-page application backed by a private API, which could not be retrieved directly (repeated 403s/404s on documented API-guess and Wayback Machine snapshot attempts, all of which returned only the unrendered JS shell, not chapter text) — the live department webpage's own explicit code-list statement (2021 IPC/IECC, 2023 NEC) is treated as the current, governing, actively-maintained source per this corpus's standing practice of trusting a live department page over a static/undated artifact, consistent with the Vail file's precedent.; Document-currency conflict noted honestly: three different code vintages appear across the Town's own published materials — the live Building Permits webpage states 2021 IPC/2021 IECC/2023 NEC; the 'Design Criteria Town of Lochbuie' PDF (undated) lists 2018 IRC/2018 IECC/2017 NEC for residential and 2018 IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/2017 NEC for commercial, plus 2018 IPMC/IEBC/Swimming Pool & Spa Code as 'Other Adopted Codes'; and SAFEbuilt's own trade-specific guidance documents cite yet other editions (PV Submittal Requirements, last revised 10.22.2021, cites '2020 NEC, 2018 International Codes'; the Re-Roof Requirements guide states 'Current code 2018 IRC'). No IBC or IRC edition is named anywhere on the live Building Permits webpage itself — only IPC, IECC, and NEC are explicitly stated there. Per the live-webpage-wins convention, this file treats 2021 IPC/2021 IECC/2023 NEC as verified-current, and lists 2018-cycle IRC/IBC/IMC/IFGC/IPMC/IEBC/Swimming Pool & Spa Code from the Design Criteria PDF as the best-available (but visibly stale, per the department's own newer NEC/IPC/IECC citations) reference point for those code families pending confirmation directly with the Building Department.; 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) — per the Design Criteria Town of Lochbuie PDF (undated, 'Residential Construction' column); not restated on the live webpage, so carried at partial confidence pending direct confirmation; 2018 International Building Code (IBC), 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC), 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — per the same Design Criteria PDF ('Commercial Construction' column); not restated on the live webpage, partial confidence; 2018 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), 2018 Swimming Pool & Spa Code — per the same Design Criteria PDF ('Other Adopted Codes' column); partial confidence. Local amendments apply — see the Lochbuie overview page for the full list.

This could not be independently confirmed during this review — no standalone change-of-use application was found published. Contact the Building Department (303-655-9308) to confirm requirements for a specific project; a commercial change of use may also trigger Hudson Fire Protection District review.