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Change of Use Permit — Platteville, Colorado · Requirements sheet
Verified 2026-08-14 · Source: https://library.municode.com/co/platteville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH16ZO_ARTIGEPR_S16-1-50APCH
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Change of Use Permit in Platteville, Colorado
A change in the use of land, a building, or a structure within the Town of Platteville triggers Chapter 16 (Zoning) compliance review, per Sec. 16-1-50(d)(3)(c): 'A change of use. Prior to being issued a building permit or being granted a change in use, an applicant shall demonstrate that the property will comply with all applicable regulations of this Chapter.' This is processed as part of the Town's standard combined Building Permit Application (reviewed by SAFEbuilt for building-code compliance) together with a zoning-compliance demonstration administered by the Town.
Verified 2026-08-14 · Source
When you need this permit
- Sec. 16-1-50(d)(3), verbatim: 'The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all uses as follows: a. All new structures and uses of land. b. Additions involving the expansion of the gross floor area of any structure existing in the Town, as of July 23, 2011, by twenty percent (20%) or more. c. A change of use. Prior to being issued a building permit or being granted a change in use, an applicant shall demonstrate that the property will comply with all applicable regulations of this Chapter.'
- Sec. 16-1-50(d)(1)-(2): no building/structure may be used for any purpose other than as allowed in the district regulations for its zone district, and any building/structure/open-space change must conform to the applicable dimensional, district-development, and supplementary regulations for that zone district
- Sec. 16-1-50(d)(4): all buildings, parking, landscaping, signs, and other improvements addressed by Chapter 16's development standards must be constructed/installed per plans approved by the Town prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy
- Sec. 13-4-180 (Notification of changes in use): 'The property owner shall notify the Town at any time the use being made of his or her property changes in such a way that any oil, grease or sand interceptor will be required' — relevant where a change of use affects food-service/industrial discharge
- Sec. 13-2-490 (Calculation of EQR value for premises): a change in use or configuration of a licensed premises that could reasonably be expected to increase Equivalent Residential Unit (EQR) demand triggers a recalculation of water/sewer system investment charges, effective as of the date of the change in use
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Fee schedule
Building Permit Fee (same general schedule as other Platteville building permits)CONFIRMED live 2026-08-14: Appendix A - Fee Schedule contains no standalone 'change of use' fee line — a live full-text search of the entire current Code of Ordinances and Appendix A for 'change of use' and 'change in use' returned no dedicated fee entry. Change-of-use work is billed under the same base Building Permit fee ('Per Chapter 18 + $50.00 to determine compliance with zoning applied to residential applications ONLY') documented for the residential-building-permit entry in this file.
Per Chapter 18 + $50.00 zoning-compliance surcharge (residential applications only)
Review timeline
Plan review
Not published — contact the department
Inspection process
- 1
Final Inspection / Certificate of Occupancy Review
Per Sec. 16-1-50(d)(4), buildings, parking, landscaping, signs, and other improvements addressed by Chapter 16's development standards must be constructed/installed per Town-approved plans before a certificate of occupancy is issued for the new use
See the full Platteville inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →
Tips
- A change of use in Platteville requires Town sign-off even when no physical construction is involved — Sec. 16-1-50(d)(3)(c) ties it to 'being issued a building permit OR being granted a change in use,' meaning a use change alone can trigger the same zoning-compliance review as new construction.
- If your change of use adds food-service, industrial, or other discharge-heavy operations, check Sec. 13-4-180 (grease/oil/sand interceptor notification) and Sec. 13-2-490 (EQR recalculation) — a change of use can trigger new utility system-investment charges even without any building modification.
- There is no separate 'change of use' fee line in Platteville's Fee Schedule — budget for the same base Building Permit fee structure (Per Chapter 18 + the $50 residential zoning-compliance surcharge, where applicable) used for every other Platteville building-permit scope.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Sec. 16-1-50(d)(3)(c) of the Municipal Code requires that, prior to being issued a building permit or being granted a change in use, an applicant demonstrate the property will comply with all applicable Chapter 16 (Zoning) regulations for the new use.
No distinct change-of-use fee line is published in Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances. It is billed under the same base Building Permit fee structure as other Platteville building permits ('Per Chapter 18' plus a $50.00 zoning-compliance surcharge for residential applications only).
Platteville does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Platteville — SAFEbuilt Permits (contracted building department services) at 970-785-2245 for current turnaround.
You'll need: Town of Platteville Building Permit Application; Zoning Compliance Demonstration. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.
Platteville requires 1 inspection(s) for a change of use permit, in order: Final Inspection / Certificate of Occupancy Review. Schedule each through Town of Platteville — SAFEbuilt Permits (contracted building department services) (970-785-2245).
Apply through Town of Platteville — SAFEbuilt Permits (contracted building department services) at 400 Grand Avenue, Platteville, CO 80651. Phone: 970-785-2245, email: kcampos@plattevillegov.org. Office hours: Town Hall main line 970-785-2245 (fax 970-785-2476). Building permit applications and plan-review submittals are emailed to kcampos@plattevillegov.org; SAFEbuilt plans examiners (coloradoplanreview@safebuilt.com for resubmittals) interpret International Codes and conduct building inspections on the Town's behalf. No separate SAFEbuilt local office address or in-person hours are published on the Town's site; all intake is via Town Hall or email.. Official information: https://platteville.colorado.gov/safebuilt-permits.
Platteville, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Building Code (IBC), Chapters 1-35 — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 directly from the Town's own codified ordinances (Sec. 18-2-10, 'Adoption', Chapter 18 — Building Regulations, Article II — Building Code): 'The International Building Code, 2024 Edition as published by the International Code Council, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478, Chapters 1 through 35 inclusive...' Retrieved live via Municode Library (library.municode.com/co/platteville/codes/code_of_ordinances), Code of Ordinances Supplement 2, online content updated 2026-02-17, codified through Ordinance No. 2025-851 (enacted 2025-12-16) — the Dec-2025 code-adoption ordinance referenced in this corpus's Colorado research playbook.; 2024 International Residential Code (IRC), Chapters 1-43 — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 via Sec. 18-10-10 'Adoption' (Chapter 18, Article X — Residential Code): 'The International Residential Code, 2024 Edition as published by the International Code Council... Chapters 1 through 43 inclusive...' Corroborates the SAFEbuilt guide series' consistent '2024 IRC' heading with a second, independent, directly-codified source.; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC), Chapters 1-15 — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 via Sec. 18-3-10 'Adoption' (Chapter 18, Article III — Mechanical Code), live Municode text.; 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), Chapters 1-8 — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 via Sec. 18-9-10 'Adoption' (Chapter 18, Article IX — Fuel Gas Code), live Municode text.; 2024 International Fire Code (IFC), plus Appendix B-0 — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 via Sec. 18-11-10 'Adoption' (Chapter 18, Article XI — Fire Code): 'chapters and appendices B-0 of the 2024 International Fire Code (the "IFC") are hereby adopted by reference as the Town of Platteville Fire Code...'; 2024 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), Chapters 1-8 — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 via Sec. 18-12-10 'Adoption' (Chapter 18, Article XII — Property Maintenance Code), live Municode text.; 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), Chapters 1-16 — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 via Sec. 18-13-10 'Adoption' (Chapter 18, Article XIII — Existing Building Code); this code family was not previously identified in this file — new finding from the 2026-07-23 chase.; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), Chapters 1-6 Commercial [+ Residential provisions] — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 via Sec. 18-14-10 'Adoption' (Chapter 18, Article XIV — Energy Conservation Code), which ALSO adopts by reference 'Appendix CK Colorado Model Electric and Solar Ready Code-Commercial and Appendix RM Colorado Model Electric and Solar Ready Code-Residential' — this is the direct, specific HB22-1362 electric-ready/solar-ready citation that could not be located in 2026-07-06's chase (only the generic 'State of Colorado Electric Ready Code' guide reference was found then). Sec. 18-14-30 'Amendments' further amends the IECC to replace all references to 'ICC Electrical Code' with 'National Electrical Code as adopted by the State.'; National Electrical Code (NEC), 2023 Edition, exclusive of appendices — CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 via Sec. 18-5-10 'Adoption' (Chapter 18, Article V — Electrical Code): 'The National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition, exclusive of appendices, published by the National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169, is hereby [adopted]...' This RESOLVES the gap flagged in the 2026-07-06 pass ('The NEC edition... could not be independently re-confirmed... omitted rather than guessed') — Platteville does codify its own NEC edition (2023) in Chapter 18 Article V, notwithstanding that day-to-day electrical licensing runs through DORA contemporaneous review rather than a Town trade-license program (see localAmendments).; All nine code-family adoptions above were retrieved 2026-07-23 from the Town's live, current Municode Library codification (library.municode.com/co/platteville/codes/code_of_ordinances), Supplement 2, online content updated 2026-02-17, 'Codified through Ordinance No. 2025-851, enacted December 16, 2025' — via that page's own full-text search API (localapi/search, clientId=19046, scoped to Platteville only), which returns live indexed section text. This is a second, independent, more authoritative confirmation of the 2024 cycle than the SAFEbuilt guide series alone, and definitively supersedes the stale 'Photovoltaic System Submittal Requirements' PDF (last revised 10.22.2021, citing '2020 NEC, 2018 International Codes') — that PDF's code-year language is now confirmed stale against the Town's own codified ordinances, not merely inferred against a differently-dated guide series.; Colorado is a home-rule state with no statewide-mandated building code edition; Platteville's own codified Chapter 18 adoption ordinances (as amended through Ord. No. 2025-851, Dec. 16, 2025) are the direct governing source, corroborated by the SAFEbuilt guide series.; HB22-1362 (Colorado's statewide minimum energy code floor for the July 2023-July 2026 window, requiring at least the 2021 IECC plus electric- and solar-ready / EV-ready provisions for jurisdictions issuing residential building permits) is satisfied and directly evidenced: Platteville's 2024 IECC adoption (Sec. 18-14-10) exceeds the 2021 IECC floor AND explicitly adopts by reference the Colorado Model Electric and Solar Ready Code Appendices CK (Commercial) and RM (Residential) — the specific state-mandated electric-ready/solar-ready provisions, confirmed 2026-07-23 directly from the ordinance text rather than inferred from a generic guide-page mention.. Local amendments apply — see the Platteville overview page for the full list.
Sources & verification
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