REGIONAL BUILDING DEPARTMENT
830 N Main St • Pueblo, CO 81003 • VOICE: 719-543-0002 • FAX: 719-543-0062
2020 Covid-19 Information
[Updated: 5/29/2020]Our office will re-open to the public on Monday, June 1st. All visitors will be required to wear masks and we will only allow 3 customers in the front office at one time. We ask that you please maintain social distancing and continue to use our online services where possible in order to limit the traffic at the counter and prevent delays. Thanks! Regular inspections are continuing, however license inspections in health related facilities will not take place. Inspectors will not be available in the office at this time.
** Inspections to occupied buildings will require a contact phone number for the occupant of the building. If that is omitted, we will not do the inspection.
What to expect it when a PRBD employee needs to enter your home or business:
- Our employees are taking needed precautions when entering jobsites or occupied homes as recommended by the U.S. Centers tor Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, to prevent the spread ot COVID-19.
- When our inspector arrives, they will ask it anyone in your home is sick and either ask them to remain in a separate part of the house during the inspection or they may reschedule the inspection if isolation is not possible in their opinion.
- To ensure everyone's health and safety, employees will not shake hands and will maintain a social distance of at least six feet.
- Our employees may wear personal protective gear, such as gloves, safety glasses or coveralls. They may also use disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer.
Click Here for Colorado Construction project guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. (pdf format)
Permits
- Online Permits - Licensed contractors may use our online system to obtain the following types of permits: Most mechanical, electrical, and plumbing as well as roofing and stucco. You can get both fee and no-fee (attached) permits. If you do not have an oline account, you may obtain one using the link on the login page.
- By Email - For the present time, we will accept only No-Fee permits via email. Email us the application located here: contractor permit application to permits@prbd.com. Fee permits must be purchased online or at the counter.
Inspection Requests
- Note: Due to potential staff outage, inspections will be done on a first-come, first-served basis. It may not be possible to complete all of our inspections same day, however we are trying.
- Online requests - All licensed contractors may use our online system to enter inspection requests. If you do not have an oline account, you may obtain one using the link on the login page.
- By Phone - Phone requests may be called in by 8:30am for same day inspections
Contractor Licensing
- By Email - Please email completed license applications and supporting paperwork to licensing@prbd.com
- By Fax - You may fax application packets to 719-543-0062
- Please allow 2-3 days for processing after receipt of all required information
Routing Sheets
- Online requests - All licensed contractors may use our online system to obtain routing sheets. (City routing may be done electronically) If you do not have an online account, you may obtain one using the link on the login page.
- By Email - Send us the project information: Address, Project Type (e.g. New home, remodel, addition, fence, etc), owner's name, parcel # and/or legal description to permits@prbd.com. We will send you the required routing sheets within one hour during business hours.
- By Phone - You may call the above information into our office and we will email or fax the routing to you.
- We realize that some agencies required to sign off on projects are closed. We are trying to work with them through electronic means to keep projects going forward.
Permits
- Online Permits - Homeowners may use our online system to obtain the following types of permits: Gas Air test, Furnace Replacement, Water Heater Replacement, Lawn Sprinkler, Roofing Permit (note: for shingles and modified roofing only. Tile/Metal/Etc. must be done through email/fax), Electrical Service Upgrade, Electrical Reconnect . If you do not have an oline account, you may obtain one using the link on the login page.
- By Email - We will accept only No-Fee (attached to existing building permits) and permits not available online via email. Email us the application located here: homeowner permit application to permits@prbd.com for no-fee permits or those not available online.
- By Phone - We will accept permits for the following by phone: No-Fee Permits. You must make payment by credit card over the phone. Phone permits will only be available from 8:30am to 11:00am and 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Inspection Requests
- Online requests - For homeowner permits are available here.
- By Phone - Phone requests may be called in by 8:30am for same day inspections or any time for next day inspections.
Routing Sheets
- Online requests - Homeowners may use our online system to get routing sheets for projects.
- By Email - Send us the project information: Address, Project Type (e.g. New home, remodel, addition, fence, etc), owner's name, parcel # and/or legal description to permits@prbd.com. We will send you the required routing sheets within one hour during business hours.
- By Phone - You may call the above information into our office and we will email or fax the routing to you.
- We realize that some agencies required to sign off on projects are closed. We are trying to work with them through electronic means to keep projects going forward.