Boulder, CO Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

Boulder Revised Code section 10-8-1 adopts the 2024 edition of the International Fire Code, with local amendments, as the City of Boulder Fire Code, and section 10-8-2 carries that adoption forward with specific modifications. 6, "Required construction permits," to specify that while the building official issues all construction permits, the Community Risk Reduction division, the fire department's fire-prevention and code-enforcement arm, is the approving authority for a defined list of higher-hazard systems: automatic fire-extinguishing and sprinkler systems, compressed gases, fire alarm and detection equipment, fire pumps, gas detection systems, high-pile combustible storage, standpipe systems, access control systems, and, at item (i), LP-gas.

16 must secure a construction permit reviewed by Community Risk Reduction before work begins. A person refused a permit, or whose permit is suspended or revoked, can appeal to the Board of Building Appeals (the same five members who sit as the board of zoning adjustment) under the amended appeals section, section 112, filing within 14 days of the refusal, suspension, or revocation and stating the grounds. 1, which lets the city manager impose a civil penalty schedule after a Chapter 1-3 hearing, or pursue criminal penalties under the general penalty provisions of Section 5-2-4.