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Fremont County, Colorado Building Codes

Updated : 04/22/2024

Overview

After researching, no adoption ordinance could be found.

According to Resolution No. 60, the county adopts the International Building Code and the International Residential Code, 2018 editions. Fremont County, CO Resolution No. 60 Exhibit A.

Helpful resources for Fremont County, Colorado include the following.

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.

Fremont County adopted the 2018 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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Drip Edge

Drip Edge: undetermined

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Fremont County ? No
Citation: https://www.fremontco.com/files/building/resolution60.pdf#page=18
Municipal Code https://www.fremontco.com/files/building/resolution60.pdf#page=18
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Fremont County, CO Design Criteria.

Comments

After researching, no adoption ordinance could be found.

According to Resolution No. 60, the county adopts the International Residential Code, 2018 edition. Fremont County, CO Resolution No. 60 Exhibit A with amendments.

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.

There is no mention of the adoption of Appendix J in the supplement to the 2018 IRC.

Commercial Building Code

Fremont County adopted the 2018 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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After researching, no adoption ordinance could be found.

According to Resolution No. 60, the county adopts the International Building Code, 2018 edition. Fremont County, CO Resolution No. 60 Exhibit A with amendments.

Existing Buildings

Refer to Chapter 34 of the adopted 2018 IBC.

Other Building Codes

After researching, no adoption ordinance could be found.

According to Resolution No. 60, the county adopts the International Energy Conservation Code, 2018 edition. Fremont County, CO Resolution No. 60 Exhibit A with amendments.