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Planning spring starts now: a lot check in winter leaves time for permit review.
Planning spring starts now: a lot check in winter leaves time for permit review.
Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. · Saturday: By appointment · Sunday: ClosedMonday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.General contractor · CO Lic. no. 000000(720) 555-0103
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Permits and zoning

The paperwork between your lot and a permit

Most of what stops a cottage is paper: a setback, a coverage limit, a missing drawing. We handle that paper. We read the zoning, draw the plan set, submit it and answer the city's comments, and you sign what has to be signed.

Included

  • The zoning review for your zone district

  • A site plan on your plat

  • Floor plans, elevations and structural details

  • The permit application, submitted under our license

  • Answers to the city's plan review comments

Start with a lot check
Hands marking a plan with an architect's scale ruler on a table

What changes the cost

What moves the price of this job

What moves the cost of the paperwork.

  • A survey

    A recent survey makes the site plan quick. Without one, we may need to commission one.

  • Engineering

    Some foundations and framing need an engineer's stamp.

  • The city's comments

    A plan can need one round of changes, or several. Each is part of the design agreement.

  • Reviews beyond the city's

    A historic district or an association adds its own.

Not included: the city's fees, a survey if your lot needs one, and engineers' stamps

How it goes

The stages

  1. 01

    Step 1: 1. Zoning review

    Read the code for your zone and the plat for your lot.

  2. 02

    Step 2: 2. Site plan and drawings

    Drawn to the code and your wishes.

  3. 03

    Step 3: 3. Submission

    The permit application goes in under our license.

  4. 04

    Step 4: 4. City comments

    We answer each one, and tell you when it changes the scope.

  5. 05

    Step 5: 5. Permit in hand

    Then the build agreement.

Permits and rules

Who pulls the permit

We pull the building permit under our contractor license, and each utility permit with the trade that does the work. You sign what is the owner's to sign.

The city's plan review has its own clock. We tell you where your plans stand and what the city has asked.

Questions

Questions about permits and zoning

Do you do the drawings yourselves?

Our designer draws the plans, with an engineer where the code needs one.

Do I pay before the permit comes?

The design agreement has its own fee, stated before any drawing starts. The build is a separate agreement.

What if the city says no?

Then we look at what it would take to say yes: a smaller plan, a different spot on the lot. We tell you before spending more.

Is the house built before 1978?

It matters for the build, not for the permit. We note it in the plans, and we follow the lead-safe rule where it applies.

Ready to find out?

The lot check comes first, and it commits you to nothing.

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