Definitions.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 10-413
in effectSec. 10-413. - Definitions.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
(1) Building official means the person authorized to act on behalf of the building permitting and inspections services agency (agency) in the interpretation and enforcement of the Denver Building Code and appointed by the manager of community planning and development.
(2) Contractor means the person issued a demolition permit, a residential construction permit, or a commercial construction permit, which could include a homeowner or tenant if expressly allowed by the building official.
(3) Covered material means the following material resulting from the construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of utilities, structures, and buildings: concrete, asphalt, masonry, untreated wood, metal, or corrugated cardboard. Covered material also includes items that can be reused, as defined herein. The manager of community planning and development is authorized to promulgate rules establishing additional covered materials.
(4) Gross floor area means the floor area within the outside perimeter of the exterior walls of the building. The floor area of a building, or portion thereof, not provided with surrounding exterior walls shall be the usable area under the horizontal projection of the roof or floor above. The floor area of a tenant space shall be measured to the middle of interior walls.
(5) Qualifying project means any construction, demolition, addition, alteration, remodel, or tenant improvement project that requires a demolition permit or a residential or commercial construction permit.
(6) Recycle means to collect, sort, cleanse, treat, and reconstitute construction and demolition debris that would otherwise become solid waste and return the materials to the market in the form of raw material for new, reused, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace.
(7) Reuse means to recover or reapply construction or demolition debris for uses similar or identical to its originally intended application, without manufacturing or preparation processes that significantly alters the material. The manager of community planning and development is authorized to promulgate rules which may establish volumetric weight conversions for common reuse items.
(8) Total demolition means the complete removal of a structure that requires a demolition permit from the agency.
(Ord. No. 628-25, § 1, 9-15-25)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH10BUBURE_ARTXVRERECODEMA_S10-413DEFetched: 10/27/2026