Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own. Confirm the zoning allows your use before signing; a change of use needs building permits and inspections, and the certificate of occupancy comes before the health license and the liquor license.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 3 of 6: Approve the space
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Your city or county planning and building departments.
Sources and dates
Office of Economic Development and International Trade business start-up guidance; municipal codes. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Yes. Colorado has no statewide building code for commercial space; each city and county adopts and enforces its own.
Your city or county planning and building departments.
Step 3 of 6, approve the space. The steps before it: set up the business and register for tax.
Who needs a zoning approval and certificate of occupancy in Colorado?
