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Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permit in Columbine Valley, Colorado

The Town does not publish a standalone EV charger/EVSE permit page or application. Checked the Building Permits, Other Permits, and Fee Schedule pages directly (columbinevalley.org/building-permits/, /street-cut-permit/, /fee-schedule/) — none name electric vehicle charging stations, EV chargers, or EVSE specifically. Based on the Town's own permit-track structure, installing an EV charger (a new circuit/outlet or electrical service modification) would fall under the 'Non-Structural Building Permit' track, the same track the Town names for other electrical service changes; a charger installation bundled with a larger structural remodel would instead fall under 'Building Permit with Plan Review.' Re-chased 2026-07-20: located and directly fetched the Town's actual, currently-effective Building Permit Fee Schedule PDF (CV_Building_ProjectEvaluationFees_01.01.26.pdf, effective Jan. 1, 2026), confirming the valuation-tiered fee table below is real and governs this permit track (no separate EV/EVSE line exists in it).

Verified 2026-07-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • No dedicated EV charger/EVSE permit application exists on the Town's website
  • Electrical service change for a new circuit/outlet (the typical Level 1/Level 2 EV charger installation) would qualify for the Non-Structural Building Permit track, consistent with the Town's treatment of other electrical service modifications
  • A charger installation involving structural work (e.g., new panel/service upgrade tied to a larger remodel) would instead require the Building Permit with Plan Review track
  • Homeowners occupying their own property may perform electrical work without a contractor license, per the Town's FAQs, but must still obtain the applicable permit Contractor
  • Governed by the 2023 NEC as adopted by the Town for the electrical work itself

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Fee schedule

Building Permit Fee (valuation-tiered; no separate EV-charger fee line published)Directly re-fetched and confirmed against the Town's currently-effective Building Permit Fee Schedule PDF (CV_Building_ProjectEvaluationFees_01.01.26.pdf, rev. 12.31.25, effective Jan. 1, 2026). No EV-charger-specific fee line exists in it; billed under this same general valuation-based schedule used for other electrical work, per the Town's own permit-track structure.
$33 minimum ($1-$500 valuation), then $33 + $4.50/each additional $100 up to $2,000, then $105.50 + $19/each additional $1,000 up to $25,000, then $542.50 + $13.50/each additional $1,000 up to $50,000, then $875 + $9.50/each additional $1,000 up to $100,000, then $1,350 + $7.50/each additional $1,000 up to $500,000, then $4,350 + $6.50/each additional $1,000 up to $1,000,000, then $7,600 + $5/each additional $1,000 above that
Inspection / Re-inspection FeeConfirmed on the same currently-effective Building Permit Fee Schedule PDF
$45 per inspection

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Rough Electrical

    New circuit/outlet wiring before concealment

  2. 2

    Final Inspection

    Charger installed, circuit verified, system energized

See the full Columbine Valley inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Confirm directly with the Building Department (303-795-1434) which permit track (Non-Structural vs. Plan Review) applies to your specific EV charger installation, since the Town's website does not name EV chargers as their own category anywhere.
  • A simple Level 1/Level 2 charger installed via a new outlet or circuit is most consistent with the Town's own named examples of Non-Structural Building Permit work (e.g., electrical service modifications).
  • The general Building Permit Fee Schedule's $33 minimum tier (for $1-$500 valuation) will cover most simple EV charger circuit installations; larger service-upgrade projects scale up the same valuation-tiered table.

Frequently asked questions

Columbine Valley requires an electric vehicle charging station permit for: No dedicated EV charger/EVSE permit application exists on the Town's website; Electrical service change for a new circuit/outlet (the typical Level 1/Level 2 EV charger installation) would qualify for the Non-Structural Building Permit track, consistent with the Town's treatment of other electrical service modifications; A charger installation involving structural work (e.g., new panel/service upgrade tied to a larger remodel) would instead require the Building Permit with Plan Review track; Homeowners occupying their own property may perform electrical work without a contractor license, per the Town's FAQs, but must still obtain the applicable permit; Governed by the 2023 NEC as adopted by the Town for the electrical work itself. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Columbine Valley Building Department at 303-795-1434 before starting work.

In Columbine Valley, the published Building Permit Fee (valuation-tiered; no separate EV-charger fee line published) is: $33 minimum ($1-$500 valuation), then $33 + $4.50/each additional $100 up to $2,000, then $105.50 + $19/each additional $1,000 up to $25,000, then $542.50 + $13.50/each additional $1,000 up to $50,000, then $875 + $9.50/each additional $1,000 up to $100,000, then $1,350 + $7.50/each additional $1,000 up to $500,000, then $4,350 + $6.50/each additional $1,000 up to $1,000,000, then $7,600 + $5/each additional $1,000 above that. Additional published fees: Inspection / Re-inspection Fee — $45 per inspection. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Columbine Valley does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Columbine Valley Building Department at 303-795-1434 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Non-Structural Building Permit Application (or Building Permit with Plan Review if bundled with structural work). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Columbine Valley requires 2 inspection(s) for an electric vehicle charging station permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Columbine Valley Building Department (303-795-1434).

Apply through Town of Columbine Valley Building Department at 2 Middlefield Road, Columbine Valley, CO 80123. Phone: 303-795-1434, email: bzapata-diaz@columbinevalley.org. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., or by appointment (Town Hall itself is open until 4 p.m.). Building Department Coordinator: Bonnie Zapata-Diaz. Inspection requests must be called in to 303-795-1434 between 8 a.m. and noon, Monday through Friday. Dispatch line (non-emergency): 303-795-4711.. Official information: https://columbinevalley.org/building-department/.

Columbine Valley, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — Town of Columbine Valley Building Codes page, current as of page last-modified date 2026-06-17; 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — same page, adopted alongside the IBC; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — same page; Note on code scope: the Town's live Building Codes page (columbinevalley.org/building-codes/) names ONLY the 2024 IBC, 2024 IRC, and 2023 NEC by edition; it does NOT separately name adopted editions of the IECC (energy code), IPC (plumbing code), IMC (mechanical code), IFGC (fuel gas code), IFC (fire code), or IEBC (existing building code) anywhere on that page, the Building Department page, the Building Permits page, or the Fee Schedule page — checked all directly. This is a materially thinner published code-adoption list than larger peer Colorado jurisdictions in this corpus (e.g. Vail names 9 separate model codes). It is plausible the IRC/IBC editions carry their own internal plumbing/mechanical/fuel-gas provisions by reference (both the IBC and IRC contain their own integrated plumbing/mechanical/fuel-gas chapters or cross-reference companion I-Codes), but the Town does not state this explicitly, so no separate IPC/IMC/IFGC edition is asserted here.; Third-party aggregator ColoradoEnergy.org's code database lists Columbine Valley under a stale 'IRC 2003 / NEC 2003' entry with no IECC data — this aggregator is out of date relative to the Town's own live, actively-maintained Building Codes page (dateModified 2026-06-17) and is NOT used as a source for this file's codesAdopted list, per this corpus's official-source-only policy.; HB22-1362 (Colorado Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act) note: this statute requires any Colorado local government that adopts or updates ANY building code between July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2026 to concurrently adopt the 2021 IECC (or equivalent) plus an Electric Ready and Solar Ready code. The Town's Building Codes page shows a dateModified of 2026-06-17 (within this window) and reflects an update from a prior code cycle to the 2024 IBC/IRC — however, the Town's own page does not mention IECC, Electric Ready, or Solar Ready adoption anywhere, and no separate ordinance or resolution documenting HB22-1362 compliance was found after searching the Town's website, Board of Trustees packets, and general web search. This is flagged as an open compliance question rather than assumed either way — the Town may be out of step with HB22-1362, may have adopted an energy code not documented on this particular webpage, or the page update may not itself constitute a triggering 'adoption or update' event under the statute's technical definition. Confidence on this specific point is partial; verify directly with the Building Department (303-795-1434) before relying on it for compliance purposes.. Local amendments apply — see the Columbine Valley overview page for the full list.

Not as a named, standalone category on the Town's website. An EV charger installation would be processed under one of the Town's general permit tracks (most likely the Non-Structural Building Permit, the same track used for other electrical service changes) and billed under the Town's general valuation-tiered Building Permit Fee Schedule ($33 minimum), depending on project scope; call Town Hall to confirm which track applies before applying.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-20.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Columbine Valley building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.