Updated : 04/22/2024

Overview

Durango, CO adopts the following codes:

• The International Building Code, 2015 edition. Durango, CO Muni. Code § 6-16 (adopted) with amendments at § 6-20.
• The International Residential Code, 2015 edition. Durango, CO Muni. Code § 6-140 (adopted) with amendments at § 6-144.

Helpful resources for Durango, Colorado include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Colorado

Residential Building Code

Colorado has yet to adopt a statewide residential code. Local laws will control.See PLRB, Colorado Building Codes for more information on state level codes.

Durango adopted the 2015 IRC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.

You can find a copy of the model code here.

You can find information about amendments to the model code here.

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2006 IRC(Durango, CO ARTICLE X. - RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS)

...Footnotes: --- (4) --- Editor's note— Ord. No. O-2007-35, § 1, adopted Nov. 6, 2007, repealed and re-enacted the former Art. X, §§ 6-140—6-144, and enacted a new Art. X as set out herein. The former Art. X pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. O-2003-35, § 1, adopted Oct. 10, 2003; Ord. No...

Drip Edge

Drip Edge: yes

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Durango ? Yes
Comments:

No amendments to Table R301.2(1) were found in the residential code amendments.

Contacted Jaclyn Cox, Permit Technician, (5/04/2020) who informed us that "The City of Durango had adopted the 2015 Building Codes which require ice shield underlayment to be installed down to two feet from the edge of the top plate."

Government Officials

Comments

Durango, CO adopts the International Residential Code, 2015 edition. Durango, CO Muni. Code § 6-140 (adopted) with amendments at § 6-144.

Existing Buildings

Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.

After researching, we were unable to locate the existing residential building code adoption ordinance.

Commercial Building Code

Durango adopted the 2015 IBC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.

You can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about amendments to the model code here.

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2015 IBC(Durango, CO Sec. 6-16. - Adopted.)

...hours. The following portions of the 2015 International Building Code are specifically omitted from this adopting ordinance and not adopted, at this time, as part of the 2015 International Building Code: (a)...

Comments

Durango, CO adopts the International Building Code, 2015 edition. Durango, CO Muni. Code § 6-16 (adopted) with amendments at § 6-20.

Existing Buildings

Chapter 34 of the IBC is amended in its entirety with the inclusion of the provisions of Chapter 34 of the 2012 IBC in its current form and currently adopted.

Other Building Codes