Sign Permit in Yuma, Colorado

Yuma requires a sign permit for: The City publishes no dedicated Sign Permit application form separate from its general Building Permit Application on the Permits and Forms page; No dedicated Sign Code chapter (design standards, height/area limits, illumination rules, exemptions) was located in Title 15 (Building and Construction) or Title 17 (Zoning Regulations) of the Municipal Code after a chapter-by-chapter check; The Resolution #46 Fee Schedule confirms a sign permit is required and is billed at the same rate as a building permit — implying the same general 'Class of Work' Building Permit Application process (New/Addition/Alteration/Repair/Move/Remove/Demolition checkboxes) applies, likely under 'Other' or 'Alteration,' since no distinct 'Sign' checkbox exists on that form; Confirm current sign-specific requirements (height, area, illumination, setback) directly with the Building Inspector (970-630-7118) or City Hall (970-848-3878) before finalizing a sign design, since no governing design-standard document could be located publicly. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Yuma Building Inspection / Code Enforcement at 970-848-3878 (City Hall); 970-630-7118 (Building Inspector direct line) before starting work.

The same as the general Building Permit Fee: $100.00 minimum for valuation up to $500.00, then $100.00 plus $2.00 per additional $1,000.00 of valuation above that, per Resolution #46, Series of 2024.

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 (Sign scope). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

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.

The City publishes no dedicated Sign Permit application form and no Sign Code chapter — neither on its Permits and Forms page nor in Municipal Code Titles 15 and 17. The 2024 Fee Schedule states that a Sign Permit is required and billed at the same rate as a building permit, so it is processed through the same general Building Permit Application used for every other project type.