Scope
This guide page outlines the minimum documentation necessary to allow a permit application for an attached or free-standing, uncovered and unenclosed deck to be accepted for review. For covered decks please refer to the Residential Additions and Alterations Checklist. Applicants may be required to submit additional information as necessary to clearly demonstrate compliance with all applicable codes. Please be advised that incomplete applications, or plans that do not meet the submittal requirements will not be accepted for review
May Be Required
The following permits, approvals and supplemental information may be required based on scope of the project and/or the location and development constraints of the property:
- Historic Approval (Demolition Review of buildings more than 50 years of age when the work meets the definition of demolition in B.R.C. (1981) Section 9-16 or Landmark Alteration Certificate required for exterior alterations in a Historic Preservation District or for Individual Landmarks)
- Floodplain Development Permit (required for structures located in a regulatory floodplain)
- Stream, Wetland and Water Body Permit (required for structures located in a regulatory wetland)
- Grading and Drainage Plan (required for structures located on a steep slope or area of mass movement) or where significant grading or changes to site drainage are proposed)
- Soils Report (required for structures located in an area of a steep slope or area of mass movement)
- Wildland-Urban Interface Code compliance information (required for all new decks and for any replacement or repairs of decks requiring a permit for properties located in the urban interface zone)
- Previous Approvals (Notice of Disposition and a copy of any city-stamped approval(s) required prior to the review and approval of this application, such as a Variance, Minor Modification or Site Review)
- Exterior modifications to properties regulated by a Planned Unit Development (PUD) or Site Review may require an additional review process such as an Administrative Review for a Minor Modification or other development review process may be required. If your property is zoned RL-2, there is a good chance that this applies to your property.
- Records of past City of Boulder approvals can be requested through pdsrecordrequest@bouldercolorado.gov.
- If after researching your property history, you are unsure if a Minor Modification is required for your scope of work, please submit a request to our Property Use & Design (Regulations) team.