Residential Building Permit (New Construction) in Lochbuie, Colorado

Lochbuie requires a residential building permit (new construction) for: Online Building Permit Application submitted via the CommunityConnect portal (app.communitycore.com), including applicant/property details, contractor information, construction details, and site/floor plans; Verify property's zoning district and subdivision-specific setbacks via Weld County's Property Portal or by calling 303-990-5776 before applying — Spacious Living (R-1)/Lochwood Farms (R-R)/Lochwood PUD, Blue Lake/Bella Vista PUD, Highplains/Berkshire PUD, and Silver Peaks PUD each have distinct setback tables; Contractors must hold a current Town of Lochbuie contractor license (Class A Unlimited General or Class B Limited General, or Class C Residential as applicable) before portal access is granted; Design Criteria: 30 psf ground snow load, 115 mph ultimate wind speed, Seismic Design Category B, 30-inch frost line, severe weathering exposure, slight-to-moderate termite probability, ice and water shield required, assumed 1,500 psf soils bearing capacity (per the Design Criteria Town of Lochbuie chart); Reviewed by SAFEbuilt (contracted Building Division plan reviewers/inspectors) per the Town's adopted codes. 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.

In Lochbuie, the published Building Permit Fee — valuation $1 to $500 is: $33.80. Additional published fees: Building Permit Fee — valuation $501 to $2,000 — $33.80 for the first $500 plus $3.44 for each additional $100 or fraction thereof, to and including $2,000; Building Permit Fee — valuation $2,001 to $25,000 — $85.40 for the first $2,000 plus $15.77 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000; Building Permit Fee — valuation $25,001 to $50,000 — $448.11 for the first $25,000 plus $11.49 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000; Building Permit Fee — valuation $50,001 to $100,000 — $735.36 for the first $50,000 plus $7.88 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000; Building Permit Fee — valuation $100,001 to $500,000 — $1,129.36 for the first $100,000 plus $6.30 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000; Building Permit Fee — valuation $500,001 to $1,000,000 — $3,649.36 for the first $500,000 plus $5.35 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000; Building Permit Fee — valuation $1,000,001 and up — $6,324.36 for the first $1,000,000 plus $4.11 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof; Initial Plan Review Fee — 65% of total permit fees; Use Tax — 2% of gross purchase price of construction materials; Administrative Fee (project valuation under $10,000) — $20.00; Administrative Fee (project valuation $10,000-$80,000) — $100.00; Administrative Fee (project valuation $80,000-$150,000) — $150.00; Administrative Fee (project valuation $150,000 and over) — $200.00; Additional utility/impact fee lines (Water Meter, Water Resource Charge, Water Plant Investment Fee, WATA Fee, Storm Drainage Impact Fee, Sewer Tap Fee, School Contribution, Interstate Fee, Infrastructure Fee, Public Safety Fee, etc.) — Project-specific, calculated at application; no published flat-rate schedule found. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

The Town does not publish a specific numeric turnaround time for New Construction, which is classified as a Plan Review Permit (as opposed to the faster 'One Stop Permit' category, which the Town states can typically be issued within 24 hours). Colorado has no statewide review-time statute for home-rule/statutory municipalities.

You'll need: Building Permit Application; Site/Floor Plans; Contractor License. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

The Town of Lochbuie Community Development Department handles permit applications and fee collection directly, but contracts plan review and inspection services to a third-party firm, SAFEbuilt. Inspections are scheduled directly with SAFEbuilt (303-774-0454 or firestone-building@safebuilt.com), not the Town office.

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.