Building Permit with Plan Review (New Construction) in Columbine Valley, Colorado

Columbine Valley requires a building permit with plan review (new construction) for: Signed contract between contractor and homeowner submitted with the application; HOA approval required for any exterior alterations before Town permit issuance; Plans prepared to the level of complexity required by the project; may be hand-drawn for simple work, professionally prepared/stamped for larger new-construction projects; Reviewed under the 2024 IBC/IRC as adopted by the Town; Compliance with Town roofing amendments if roofing work is part of the new construction scope. 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 $1,000,001 and up is: $7,600 for the first $1,000,000 plus $5.00 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, plus inspection fees. Additional published fees: Plan Review Fee — 65% of Building Permit Fee; Town Sales Tax and Use Tax — Total Job Valuation x 50% x 3%; Arapahoe County Open Space Tax — Total Job Valuation x 50% x 0.25%; 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.

Per the Town's Building Department FAQs, plan reviews are handled first-come, first-served and can take from 2 days to 2 weeks depending on the size and scope of the project.

You'll need: Building Permit Application; Signed Contractor-Homeowner Contract; Construction Plans; HOA Approval. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Columbine Valley requires 4 inspection(s) for a building permit with plan review (new construction), in order: Foundation, Framing, Rough Electrical / Plumbing / Mechanical, 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.

The Town of Columbine Valley's own Building Department, located at Town Hall (2 Middlefield Road), issues all building permits for work within town limits — it is a Colorado statutory town with its own permitting authority, not reliant on Arapahoe County's unincorporated program.