Englewood building permits
VerifiedDepartment contacts, adopted codes, permit types, fees, and gotchas for Englewood, Colorado.
Last verified 2026-07-19 · Source · Embed this page’s badge · Version history
Building department
- Address
- 1000 Englewood Parkway, 3rd Floor, Englewood, CO 80110
- Phone
- 303-762-2357 (Building Department main line); 303-762-2356
- Office hours
- Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (holidays excepted) — per the City's general Contact Us / Business Hours page (englewoodco.gov/our-city/contact-us); no Building & Codes Division-specific hours are separately published, so this is City Hall's general business hours as of verification.
- Website
- Official site
- Permit portal
- Apply online at Englewood's portal
Inspection guide
See how inspections work in Englewood — sequence, scheduling & re-inspection fees.
Codes adopted
Colorado has no statewide-mandated building code edition. Under the Colorado Constitution's home-rule provisions (art. XX, home rule for municipalities since 1902; home rule for counties since 1970), building codes and zoning are an enumerated home-rule charter power, so cities and counties adopt and amend their own construction codes independently — predominantly the I-Codes, with editions and local amendments varying by jurisdiction. The one statewide floor is for energy: HB22-1362 (2022) created the Energy Code Board (jointly appointed by the Colorado Energy Office and the Department of Local Affairs) and requires that, on or after July 1, 2023 and before July 1, 2026, any municipality or county that adopts or updates a building code must adopt and enforce an energy code achieving performance equivalent to or better than the 2021 IECC together with the board's Model Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code (which includes electric-ready, EV-ready, and solar-ready provisions); from July 1, 2026 onward the floor shifts to the board's Model Low Energy and Carbon Code or an equivalent. Electrical and plumbing permitting defaults to the Colorado State Electrical Board and State Plumbing Board (within DORA's Division of Professions and Occupations) — the state issues permits and inspects statewide except in counties/jurisdictions that operate their own certified Electrical or Plumbing Inspection Program, in which case the local program has authority instead. Always confirm the currently adopted code edition, local amendments, and inspection authority (state board vs. local program) with the specific jurisdiction before submitting plans.
- 2024 International Building Code (IBC)
- 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)
- 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC)
- 2024 International Fire Code (IFC)
- 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC)
- 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC)
- 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC)
- 2024 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC)
- 2024 International Residential Code (IRC)
- 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC)
- ICC A117.1-2017 Standards for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities
- 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC)
- Per the City's Adopted Codes and Amendments page: 'All permits submitted after May 31, 2026 will be reviewed under the following codes' (the 2024-cycle codes listed above). That effective date has passed as of this file's lastVerified date, so the 2024-cycle codes are the currently governing set — this supersedes the prior 2021-cycle codes (2021 IBC/IRC/IFC + 2023 NEC) that are still referenced in some older subsidiary documents (see tipsAndGotchas).
Permit types & fees
Building Permit
The City of Englewood's own Building & Codes Division reviews and issues building permits directly (self-administered, not routed through Arapahoe County) for new construction, additions, alterations/remodels, and general trade work (electrical, plumbing, mechanical, water heater, HVAC, etc.) under the 2024-cycle International Codes and 2023 NEC. The permit fee is calculated from a valuation-based bracket table.
Residential Re-Roof Permit
Required for residential re-roofing where the repaired/replaced area is 100 sq. ft. or more (roofing repairs under 100 sq. ft. are permit-exempt per the City's 'To Permit or Not To Permit' page). Fee is based on a per-square asphalt-roofing valuation fed into the same valuation-based Building Permit Fee Schedule table. Since July 1, 2024, a Mid-Roof Compliance Form is required for all one- and two-family residential re-roofs.
Fence Permit
Required for replacing or adding fencing within Englewood, per the City's 'To Permit or Not To Permit' page. Fee is based on a per-linear-foot wood-fencing valuation fed into the same valuation-based Building Permit Fee Schedule table.
Demolition Permit
Required before any structure within the City may be demolished; issued by the City's own Building & Codes Division under Englewood Municipal Code (EMC) Title 8, Chapter 6. A separate demolition permit is required for each structure demolished. Fees are flat amounts set by structure type rather than the valuation table used for general building permits.
Solar PV Permit (Rooftop)
Covers rooftop solar photovoltaic installations. The City publishes an explicit customer-service commitment to process small rooftop solar PV permit applications within 5 business days, uses a dedicated online solar-specific permit application, and offers inspection appointment times (rather than windows) for solar projects on request.
EV Charger / EVSE Permit (Billed as General Building Permit)
Required for installation of a Level 2 (or higher) electric vehicle charger/EVSE in the City of Englewood. Englewood self-administers a single, unified Building Permit covering all trade work — including 'adding or altering electrical systems,' per the City's own 'To Permit or Not To Permit' page — rather than issuing a separate standalone electrical permit type. An EV charger circuit is billed under the same valuation-based Building Permit fee bracket table used for other electrical work, reviewed under the 2024-cycle International Codes and 2023 NEC (Article 625, Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System) as adopted. Englewood's population (approx. 34,000) exceeds the 10,000-resident 'covered municipality' threshold under Colorado HB24-1173 (Electric Vehicle Charging System Permits Act), which required a compliance action (adopting the Colorado Energy Office's EV Charging Model Land Use Code, an equivalent local ordinance, or an opt-out resolution) by Dec. 31, 2025 for LAND USE permitting of EV charging stations — but no separate ordinance, land-use standard, or building/electrical-permit fee change specific to EV chargers was found published by the City as of this review; the Model Code itself exempts ordinary Level 1/Level 2 charging from land-use permitting due to minimal public impact, leaving the building/electrical permit as the operative mechanism for a typical residential charger install.
Tips & gotchas
- Englewood's Building & Codes Division (1000 Englewood Parkway, 3rd Floor) is a self-administered City department under the Community Development Department — it is NOT routed through Arapahoe County or a joint city-county authority. Arapahoe County's own building department has no jurisdiction inside Englewood city limits.
- There is a real, sourced tension between code-edition references across the City's own documents: the dedicated Adopted Codes and Amendments page states the 2024-cycle International Codes govern all permits submitted after May 31, 2026 (a date that has passed as of this file's verification), while the 2026 Building Permit Fee Schedule PDF header and the Solar PV plan-submittal checklist (revised 07/2023) both still reference the older 2021-cycle codes. This file treats the Adopted Codes page as authoritative for code-edition questions since it is the most specific and most recently dated source on that exact question; the fee amounts themselves (from the 2026 fee schedule) are still current and unaffected by this code-citation staleness.
- The Building Permit fee table is valuation-based (a standard ICC-style bracket schedule), and several permit types feed a computed per-unit valuation into that same table rather than charging a flat dollar fee — e.g., Asphalt Roofing at $226.60/square and Wood Fencing at $28.33/linear foot (both minimums), per the 2026 Building Permit Fee Schedule.
- Demolition Permits are a genuine exception to the valuation-table pattern — they carry flat fees ($50 single-family/duplex/accessory; $200 multi-family/non-residential) set under EMC § 8-6-1, confirmed current via the City's 2025 Schedule of Service, License and Permit Fees and Utility Rates even though the flat dollar figures were removed from the ordinance text itself by a 2023 amendment (Ord. 2023-67) and now live only in the standalone fee-schedule resolution.
- The 65% plan review fee (charged as a percentage of the building permit fee) is waived entirely for single-family, owner-occupied dwellings — verify eligibility before budgeting a project, since rental and multi-family properties do not qualify for the waiver.
- The Solar PV Permit is the only permit type in this file with a verified, City-published numeric review-timeline commitment (5 business days for small rooftop solar PV applications) — every other permit type here carries reviewTimelineDays: null with an honest note, since no comparable turnaround figure is published for general building, re-roof, fence, or demolition permits.
- All permit submittals citywide go through the iMS online portal (ims.englewoodco.gov); the City enforces strict electronic-file standards (unlocked PDFs only, black-and-white, no image formats, upright orientation, 1/4"=1'-0" minimum scale) and will reject non-conforming submittals outright, per the Electronic File Submittal Requirements guide bundled with the Solar PV checklist.