Jamestown, Colorado Building Codes

Updated : 04/22/2024

Overview

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

Contacted Kristi Rutledge (Town Clerk of Jamestown, CO) on May 28th, 2020 who stated, "We follow Boulder County building regulations and they handle all our building permits."

For more information regarding the Boulder County Building Code, please visit the Boulder County PLRB overview.

 

Helpful resources for Jamestown, 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.

Jamestown 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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Drip Edge

Drip Edge: yes

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Jamestown ? Yes
Citation: Boulder County, CO 2015 IRC amendments.
Municipal Code https://assets.bouldercounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/building-code-2015.pdf#page=22
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Boulder County, CO Design Criteria.

Comments

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

Contacted Kristi Rutledge (Town Clerk of Jamestown, CO) on May 28th, 2020 who stated, "We follow Boulder County building regulations and they handle all our building permits."

For more information regarding the Boulder County Building Code, please visit the Boulder County PLRB overview.

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 building code adoption ordinance.

Contacted Kristi Rutledge (Town Clerk of Jamestown, CO) on May 28th, 2020 who stated, "We follow Boulder County building regulations and they handle all our building permits."

For more information regarding the Boulder County Building Code, please visit the Boulder County PLRB overview.

Commercial Building Code

Jamestown 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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Comments

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

Contacted Kristi Rutledge (Town Clerk of Jamestown, CO) on May 28th, 2020 who stated, "We follow Boulder County building regulations and they handle all our building permits."

For more information regarding the Boulder County Building Code, please visit the Boulder County PLRB overview.

Existing Buildings

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

Contacted Kristi Rutledge (Town Clerk of Jamestown, CO) on May 28th, 2020 who stated, "We follow Boulder County building regulations and they handle all our building permits."

For more information regarding the Boulder County Building Code, please visit the Boulder County PLRB overview.

Other Building Codes

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

Contacted Kristi Rutledge (Town Clerk of Jamestown, CO) on May 28th, 2020 who stated, "We follow Boulder County building regulations and they handle all our building permits."

For more information regarding the Boulder County Building Code, please visit the Boulder County PLRB overview.