Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permit in Columbine Valley, Colorado

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: $66.50 minimum ($1-$500 valuation), then $66.50 + $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; The Town's Building Codes page (columbinevalley.org/building-codes/) names editions for only three codes: the 2024 IBC, the 2024 IRC, and the 2023 NEC. No adopted edition of the IECC (energy), IPC (plumbing), IMC (mechanical), IFGC (fuel gas), IFC (fire), or IEBC (existing building) is named there or on the Building Department, Building Permits, or Fee Schedule pages. The IBC and IRC contain their own integrated plumbing, mechanical, and fuel-gas provisions, but the Town does not state whether it relies on those or adopts companion codes separately, so no separate IPC/IMC/IFGC edition is listed here. If your design turns on an energy, plumbing, mechanical, or fire code edition, confirm it with the Building Department before you finalize drawings.; A third-party code aggregator lists Columbine Valley under a stale 'IRC 2003 / NEC 2003' entry with no IECC data. That aggregator is out of date relative to the Town's own live Building Codes page and is not used as a source here — only official sources are. If you find the older figures quoted elsewhere, disregard them.; 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.