Commercial Tenant Finish / Improvement Permit in Pierce, Colorado

Pierce requires a commercial tenant finish / improvement permit for: Governed by the 2024 IBC, IPC, IMC, IFGC, and IECC as adopted for commercial construction per the Design Criteria page; Business Name and specific commercial scope (New Building / Shell Only / Remodel-Addition / Tenant Finish) identified on the Building Permit Application's Commercial/Industrial Structures section; Electrical Valuation captured as a distinct field on the application for commercial projects; Pierce Commercial Submittal Checklist (2021) governs the required submittal document set for commercial projects — RESOLVED 2026-07-23: the document is served via a row-level onclick handler (not a standard <a href>) in the Town's document-library table, which is why it was missed by direct-link checks; the actual file URL was recovered by inspecting the page's DOM and the PDF was retrieved and read directly. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Pierce Planning & Zoning / Building Permit Department (Town Hall) at 970-834-2851 before starting work.

In Pierce, the published Building Permit Fee (same general schedule) is: UBC fee schedule + $30 or 30% (whichever is greater). Additional published fees: Land Use Application Permit Fee (if the project involves rezoning, PUD, or special review) — $600.00 plus engineering/planning/recording/legal costs. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Pierce does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Pierce Planning & Zoning / Building Permit Department (Town Hall) at 970-834-2851 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application — Commercial/Industrial section; Pierce Commercial Submittal Checklist (2021). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Pierce requires 2 inspection(s) for a commercial tenant finish / improvement permit, in order: Rough Electrical / Plumbing / Mechanical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Pierce Planning & Zoning / Building Permit Department (Town Hall) (970-834-2851).

Apply through Town of Pierce Planning & Zoning / Building Permit Department (Town Hall) at 144 Main Street, Pierce, CO 80650 (PO Box 57). Phone: 970-834-2851, email: info@piercecolo.gov. Office hours: Town Hall main line (970) 834-2851, fax (970) 834-2755, per the Town's Building Permit Application form. The Town's general Contact Us page lists the same address/phone but no posted office hours; the Planning and Zoning department directs all building-permit, addition, new-construction, annexation, and remodel questions to the Town Hall main line. Inspections (not permit intake) are scheduled directly with SAFEbuilt Inc. at 970-674-1036 or 1-866-671-1036, calls before 7:30 a.m. receive same-day inspection, after 7:30 a.m. scheduled for the next working day. Note: the Contact Us page renders the street address as '144 Main Avenue' while the Town Hall page and the Building Permit Application PDF both render it as '144 Main St./144 Main Street' — treated as the same address, minor inconsistency in the Town's own CMS.. Official information: https://www.piercecolo.gov/government/departments/planning-and-zoning/pages/building-permits.

Pierce, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — Town of Pierce Design Criteria page (Residential Construction Codes); 2024 Energy Conservation Code (residential) — Design Criteria page; 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — Design Criteria page (Commercial Construction Codes); 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC); 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2024 International Energy Code (IECC); 2024 Pool and Spa Code; 2024 International Property Maintenance Code; 2024 International Existing Building Code; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — listed for both Residential and Commercial Construction Codes on the Design Criteria page; Note on document currency: the Town's downloadable project guides in the Building Permits 'Supporting Documents' list are titled for the prior code cycle ('2018 IRC Accessory Structures Guide', '2018 IRC Decks Guide', '2018 IRC Home Additions Guide', '2018 Pole Barns Guide', '2018 Swimming Pools Guide', '2018 IRC Basement Finish Guide', '2018 IRC Patio Covers - Carports Guide', '2018 IRC Window Replacement', '2018 IRC Re-Roof Guide', '2020 NEC - Significant Changes Residential') even though the Town's live Design Criteria page lists 2024 IRC/IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/Pool-Spa/Property-Maintenance/Existing-Building codes plus 2023 NEC as currently adopted. As in this corpus's established pattern (e.g. Vail), the actively maintained Design Criteria webpage is treated as the current, governing adopted-code list; the 2018/2020-titled PDFs are legacy guidance documents whose filenames were not renamed when the Town's adopted-code edition was updated.; State-level requirement: Electric Ready, Solar Ready, and EV Ready provisions apply per the Town's Design Criteria page, consistent with Colorado's HB22-1362 statewide energy-code floor (2021 IECC baseline plus electric/solar/EV-ready provisions, in effect July 2023-July 2026) — Pierce's own 2024 IECC adoption already meets or exceeds this floor, and the Town's page lists the electric/solar/EV-ready provisions as an explicit, separate 'State Code Requirements' item rather than folding them silently into the IECC line.. Local amendments apply — see the Pierce overview page for the full list.

No standalone application — commercial tenant finish work uses the same Building Permit Application as residential work, but with a dedicated Commercial/Industrial Structures section identifying the specific scope (New Building, Shell Only, Remodel/Addition, or Tenant Finish) and an Electrical Valuation field. The Town's Pierce Commercial Submittal Checklist (2021) additionally requires architect/engineer-stamped Architectural, Structural, Electrical, and Mechanical/Plumbing plans for tenant finish/remodel work, reviewed by SAFEbuilt.