Building Plan Requirements in a printable PDF Version

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The local Fire District has individual authority to enforce fire code standards beyond the countys requirements. Cooperation and coordination with your local fire district early in the process may prevent costly alterations to your project and ensure compliance with all applicable health and safety standards.

All Building Permit Applications & Site Plans are to be approved by the Planning & Zoning Division. Elevation above sea level and ground snow load must be marked on application.  Residential design per Table R301.2(1) of the 2009 Jefferson County Residential Code Supplement.

• Two (2) complete sets of plans, approved by Planning & Zoning.  Plans should be of sufficient detail to allow construction without any further information being required from the designer. Plans shall be drawn to an acceptable, approved, architectural scale, dimensioned & consisting of but not limited to the following:
  
• Title Block, on first page, consisting of:
  - Address of job
  - Name of person who prepared plans and design criteria per Table
    R 301.2 (1)
  - Name of owner
  
• Engineered Footing and Foundation Plans: (shall require original Colorado Engineer's or Architect's stamp)*
  
• Framing Plans: (may require Colorado Engineer's or Architect's stamp).
  When a Colorado Architect or Engineer stamp is required, it must be an original seal and signature dated and must appear on each sheet of design drawings and all other documents submitted. Copies are not accepted.
  
• Include plan view, sections, note location, and sizes of all openings:
   (windows, doors, vents, beams, posts, joist, rafters, headers, trusses, etc.)
  
• Floor Plans should provide the following information: 
  Room usage, location and size of windows and doors, type and thickness of drywall used, location of lights, fans, outlets, GFI's, smoke detectors, fire rated walls and assemblies, exit corridors, and safety glazing. Basements should show location of above items plus, all means of egress, windows, stairs, furnace, water heater, crawl space access and any other pertinent information including sizes of windows and doors, schedules, water heaters, combustion air, ceiling heights and carbon monoxide detectors.
  
• Elevations:
  Four (4) for new structures (less for some additions), shall show dimensions, grade levels, windows, doors, roof coverings, identification of exterior materials, guardrails, steps, stairs, basement lines, decks, patio covers and porches.
  
• Building and wall sections:
  Section through building showing framing details, flooring, decking, insulation, U factors and R values, basement walls, floor and foundation. A typical wall section should note all pertinent information and extend from foundation to roof.
  
• Building thermal envelope
  
• Stair detail:
  Cross section drawing of each type of stair used showing the rise and run, headroom clearance from nose of tread and handrail and baluster details.
  
  
• Energy Calculations:
  New homes - 4 methods
• Prescriptive per Chapter 11 of the 2009 IRC 
  UA Alternative per the 2009 IRC/Rescheck
  Performance per section 405 of the 2009 IECC
  Professional design
  
• Additions, Alterations or Repairs - 2 methods:
  Prescriptive per Chapter 11 of the 2009 IRC
  Professional design
  
See Residential Energy Code Submittal Requirements


• Worksheets for energy code:
• Duct sizing worksheet
• Effective length calculation worksheet
• Friction rate worksheet
    
• Additional Information Which May Be Required By The Plans Examiner
     Roof snow loads
     Wind speed
     Seismic design category
     Frost line depth
     Termite 
     Ground Snow Load
     Winter design temperature
     Flood hazard
     Component and cladding loads
     Engineered soils test
     Class of soils material
     Engineered dipping bedrock foundation
     Engineered structural basement floor
     Engineered foundation drainage
     Engineered water proofing or damp proofing
     Engineered wood products design
     Engineered truss drawings
     Braced wall line locations & details and/or engineered calculations
     Roof tie downs
     Engineered structural plans
     Architectural plans
     Structural member size and spacing
     Structural calculations
     Sheathing
     Ridge boards
     Roof pitch 
     Roof covering and underlayment
     All insulation, ie. walls, floors, ceiling, etc.
     Wall sections fully detailed 
     Dead loads and live loads
     Point loads
     Truss designed by Colorado Engineer
     Square footage
     Window and door schedules
     Manual J & Manual D
     Delineate building thermal envelope

Letters from engineers or architects concerning roof dead loads on tile roofs, cantilevers, beams, steel beam sizes, post and beam construction or any additional information the plans examiner deems necessary to insure Code compliance. 

When a Colorado Architect or Engineer stamp is required, it must be an original seal and signature dated and must appear on each sheet of design drawings and all other documents submitted.  Copies are not accepted.

Failure to provide required items could result in a hold on Permit issuance.

Jefferson County Division of Building Safety
Supplement to the International Codes

SECTION  R108: FEES

Delete Section R108.2 in its entirety and substitute as follows:

R108.2  Schedule of permit fees.  A fee for each building permit shall be paid to the building official as set forth in Appendix L.  The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of this Code shall be made by the building official.  The value to be used in computing the building permit and building plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction work for which the permit is issued. All Division of Building Safety fees which contain a fraction of a dollar shall be rounded to the next highest dollar.

Add the following sentence:
R108.3  Building permit valuations. 
The applicant for a permit shall provide an estimated value of all the work to be performed including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing at time of application.  Final building permit valuation shall be as determined by the building official.  Construction cost valuations may be adjusted accordingly based on recommendations as published in the Buildings Safety Journal by the International Code Council.

Residential Plan Review Fee
R108.4.4  Plan review fee.  When submittal documents are required by Section 106.1, a plan review fee equal to sixty-five (65) percent of the permit fee shall be charged on all permits. This fee may be required at time of submittal of the documents for plan review.  Plan review fees may be waived by the building official for projects with a valuation of less than $50,000. Projects having received a Stop Work Order, may be charged a plan review fee regardless of valuation.

The plan review fees specified in this section are separate fees from the permit fees specified in Section 108.2 and are in addition to the permit fees.

Commercial Plan Review Fee
109.5.1  Plan review fee. When documents are required by Section 106.1, a plan review fee shall be charged on all permits.  This fee may be required at time of submittal of the documents for plan review.  Said plan review fee shall be 65 percent of the building permit fee as shown in Table 1-A.



 

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