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Re-Roof Permit in Yuma, Colorado

Required for roofing and re-roofing projects in the City of Yuma. Work must conform to Chapter 15 of the 2015 IBC/IRC/ICC. No contractor license is required. A distinctive feature of Yuma's process is a photo-based remote mid-roof inspection option as an alternative to an onsite visit.

Verified 2026-07-06 · Source

When you need this permit

  • A building permit is required before starting any roofing or re-roofing project
  • Work must conform to Chapter 15 of the 2015 IBC, IRC, and ICC as specified
  • No contractor license is required for roofing work Contractor
  • Mid-roof inspection required for all roofs, satisfied either by an onsite visit from the Building Inspector or by submitting photos of all roof slopes (plus the building front) once underlayment is installed
  • Final inspection performed in-person by the Building Inspector once the roof is complete

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Fee schedule

Building Permit Fee (same valuation-based schedule as general building permits)Resolution #46, Series of 2024 — no separate flat re-roof fee is published; billed under the general Building Permit Fee schedule
$100.00 minimum for valuation $1.00-$500.00; $100.00 plus $2.00 per additional $1,000.00 of valuation above $500.00

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Mid-Roof Inspection

    Onsite visit by the Building Inspector (call 970-630-7118 to schedule) OR submission of photos of all roof slopes and the building front once underlayment is installed, emailed or texted to building.inspector@yumacolo.org / 970-630-7118

  2. 2

    Final Roof Inspection

    In-person final inspection by the Building Inspector once the roof is completed; contractor notified of results via email or text

See the full Yuma inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Yuma offers a genuinely distinctive photo-based remote mid-roof inspection option — emailing or texting photos of all roof slopes plus the building front to the Building Inspector once underlayment is installed can substitute for an onsite visit and 'will minimize delays in inspections' per the City's own guidance.
  • No contractor licence is required for roofing work in Yuma, which is lighter than many jurisdictions require — but confirm before assuming the same applies to other trades. Contractor
  • Confirm Class A material and underlayment specifics with the Building Inspector directly (970-630-7118). The City's public handout references 2015 IBC Chapter 15 without printing a full local design-criteria chart — no snow load, wind speed or similar figures — so those values have to come from the Inspector.

Frequently asked questions

No. The City's Roofing, Siding and Window Requirements handout explicitly states a contractor license is not required for these project types.

In Yuma, the published Building Permit Fee (same valuation-based schedule as general building permits) is: $100.00 minimum for valuation $1.00-$500.00; $100.00 plus $2.00 per additional $1,000.00 of valuation above $500.00. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Yuma does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Yuma Building Inspection / Code Enforcement at 970-848-3878 (City Hall); 970-630-7118 (Building Inspector direct line) for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (Roofing/Re-Roof scope). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Yes. The City allows photos of all roof slopes (including the building front) taken once underlayment is installed to be emailed or texted to the Building Inspector as an alternative to an onsite mid-roof inspection visit.

Apply through City of Yuma Building Inspection / Code Enforcement at 320 South Main Street, Yuma, CO 80759 (mailing: PO Box 265, Yuma, CO 80759). Phone: 970-848-3878 (City Hall); 970-630-7118 (Building Inspector direct line), email: building.inspector@yumacolo.org. Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (City Hall, 320 South Main Street). Official information: https://cityofyuma.colorado.gov/building-inspection.

Yuma, Colorado has adopted: 2015 International Building Code (IBC) — per the City's own 'Roofing, Siding and Window Requirements' handout ('All projects must conform to Chapter 15 of the 2015 IBC, IRC and ICC as specified'; the siding requirements cite '2015 IBC Chapter 14 section 1403'). This is the most current, actively-maintained City-published statement of the adopted edition.; 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) — same source as above.; 2015 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), per Municode Chapter 15.28 (§15.28.010, 'Adopted'), current through Supplement No. 5 (codified through Ordinance No. 5-2025, adopted 4-15-2025; online content updated 7-25-2025). The section provides verbatim: 'There is hereby adopted by reference the International Existing Building Code, 2015 edition, as published by the International Code Council, as the Existing Building Code of the City of Yuma, Colorado, regulating and governing the repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings...' (Ord. 17-2018, 2018).; 2015 International Fire Code (IFC) — Municode Chapter 15.16 (§15.16.010, 'Adopted'), current through Supplement No. 5: 'There is hereby adopted by reference the International Fire Code, 2015 edition, as published by the International Code Council, as the Fire Code of the City of Yuma, Colorado...' (Ord. 17-2018, 2018). Administered by the Fire Department, and not modeled in this entry's permitTypes.; 2015 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) — adopted at Municode Chapter 15.30 (§15.30.010, 'Adopted'), current through Supplement No. 5: 'There is hereby adopted by reference the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 edition...' (Ord. 17-2018, 2018). Administered by Code Enforcement, so it is not modeled as a permit type here.; Most recent International Plumbing Code (IPC) as adopted by the State of Colorado, adopted by reference by the City of Yuma — Municode Chapter 15.32 (§15.32.010, 'Adopted'), current through Supplement No. 5: 'There is hereby adopted by reference the most recent International Plumbing Code, adopted by the State of Colorado, as published by the International Code Council, as the Plumbing Code of the City of Yuma, Colorado...' (Ord. 17-2018, 2018). The City ties its plumbing code edition to whatever the State of Colorado has adopted rather than naming a fixed edition year itself; see localAmendments for why plumbing permits and inspections in Yuma are administered by the State Plumbing Board (DORA/DPO), not the City.; 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), with the 2015 IECC/IRC Table R402.1.2/N1102.1.2 U-factor/SHGC table and the 2012 IECC/IRC Table R402.1.1/N1102.1.1 table both cited as applicable (values stated as identical between the two editions) in the City's 'Roofing, Siding and Window Requirements' handout, for window replacement energy compliance specifically.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) as adopted by the Colorado State Electrical Board — City of Yuma does not run its own local electrical program (see localAmendments); wiring work is governed by whatever NEC edition the State Electrical Board has adopted, verify current edition directly with the State Electrical Board (dpo.colorado.gov/Electrical) at time of permit, since the City does not separately publish or amend an NEC edition of its own.; No newer code-edition cycle (e.g. 2018, 2021, or 2024 IBC/IRC family) is referenced anywhere on the City's Building Inspection page, Permits and Forms page, Roofing/Siding/Window Requirements handout, or Building Permit Application form — the City's actively-maintained public materials consistently cite the 2015 ICC family, so 2015 IBC/IRC/IEBC/IFC/IPMC are recorded as the governing adopted editions rather than assuming a later cycle. The Municode Library's own live Supplement History Table (nodeId=SUHITA) confirms the current codification is Supplement No. 5 (online content updated 7-25-2025), which lists every ordinance considered for codification through Ordinance No. 5-2025 (adopted 4-15-2025) as either 'Included' or 'Omitted'; no ordinance postdating 4-15-2025 (including no Dec-2025-era ordinance) appears anywhere in that table. Every Title 15 code-adoption chapter (15.04, 15.10, 15.12, 15.16, 15.24, 15.28, 15.30, 15.32, 15.36, 15.40, 15.41) still cites its original 2015-cycle edition (or, for Chapter 15.24, the 1997 UCADB), and the only post-2018 touch to any of these chapters is the identical, uniform Ord. No. 3-2025 (4-1-2025) penalty-cross-reference amendment applied chapter-by-chapter — not a code-edition update. This is a direct, chapter-by-chapter confirmation rather than an inference from absence: Yuma has adopted no newer I-code cycle than 2015.. Local amendments apply — see the Yuma overview page for the full list.

Sources & verification

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