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A Custer County dwelling permit includes site plan and zoning review
A Porch Note from Colorado Porch — plain-English local details for all 64 Colorado counties.
A home starts as more than a floor plan. A dwelling permit is required for a new primary residence, a manufactured home, or a modular home, and that one permit folds in both a site plan review and a check for zoning compliance. The county is looking at where the home sits, not only what it looks like.
In the Wet Mountain Valley, a parcel can offer big views toward the Sangre de Cristo range and still carry real questions about zoning, road access, septic, and where exactly the structure can go. Those questions get answered on the site plan, not in the brochure.
So the time to sort the dwelling permit path is before you buy a kit, order a manufactured home, or pay an architect for final drawings. Ask what the site plan has to show and whether the spot you have in mind clears the zoning rules for that parcel.
Moving a line on a drawing is simple. Moving a building pad after the dirt work has started is not. The Custer County Building Permits and Applications page is where the permit types and forms live.
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