Longmont, CO Building Safety: Childcare Center Rules (2026)

04's rules for new construction. 2, the provision that forces an automatic sprinkler retrofit when an existing building's occupancy or use changes, by adding three named exceptions for small in-home care. 4. Both may stay classified as a Group R-3 residential occupancy, or comply with the International Residential Code instead of the commercial sprinkler standard. The third exception covers a Group R-3 care facility itself, five or fewer people receiving care inside a single-family home, which likewise only has to meet the International Residential Code.

2, the fire protection system trigger, so a small home day care gets the same five-person relief from both the sprinkler mandate and the fire alarm mandate. 130 fixes 'child' at 12 years of age or younger for the whole chapter, the age line that counts toward the five-child cap. Once a facility exceeds five children or five persons receiving care, none of the three exceptions apply and the operation is treated as a full commercial or institutional occupancy for any renovation, addition or change-of-use permit, meaning sprinklers and fire detection built to the base IEBC standard. The current version of this chapter, including these day care exceptions, was adopted by Ordinance No. 04 now covers only appeals procedure.