Board debates 200‑square‑foot threshold for permits and engineering
Pitkin zoning board members discussed whether to align local requirements with the building code’s 200‑square‑foot threshold or to tie requirements to engineering load metrics; members noted inspectors’ workload and local snow/wind loads as constraints.
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Board members examined whether to require engineered drawings for structures over 200 square feet or to tie the requirement to a load metric (disagreement in the meeting about 70–75 pounds per square foot was raised). Participants noted that the 2018/2019 residential code language and local snow‑load considerations complicate a single square‑foot threshold.
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