Cheyenne Wells building permits

Building department

Address

Cheyenne Wells City Complex, Cheyenne Wells, CO 80810

Phone

719-767-5865 (Town of Cheyenne Wells direct line, confirmed via the town's own live Payments page 2026-07-23 -- distinct from the Cheyenne County Land Use Administrator line 719-767-5872 previously the only number located)

Email

dktcw@rebeltec.net (Town Clerk Administrator's office, confirmed via the town's own live Payments page 2026-07-23)

Office hours

Website

Official site

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.

• No specific International Code Council (ICC) edition (IBC/IRC/IECC/etc.) or current National Electrical Code edition was found published anywhere for the Town of Cheyenne Wells — not on any council/board of trustees meeting minutes (reviewed June 2025 through January 2026), not on any town fee-schedule notice. This is recorded honestly as unresolved rather than assumed from a peer jurisdiction; Cheyenne Wells' modern building-permit process (see permitTypes below) is evidenced through recurring line-item permit approvals in publicly posted Board of Trustees minutes and a January 2026 fee resolution.
• UPDATE 2026-07-13 (real-browser re-chase): the town's own official website (townofcheyennewells.com, redirecting to chh.228.myftpupload.com) — not locatable in an earlier pass — hosts a downloadable current Municipal Code (municipal_code.doc, last saved 2024-05-16 per the file's own metadata) whose Title 15 'Buildings and Construction,' Chapter 15.04 'Building Code,' Section 15.04.010 states verbatim: 'There is adopted by the town... that certain building code known as the Uniform Building Code, Short Form, 1961 Edition, as published by the International Conference of Building Officials... (Ord. 123 S1, 1963).' The fee table in this same chapter (Sec. 15.04.020) was last amended by Ord. 172 in 1984 (5 cents/sq ft, or a flat $5.00 for other work) — clearly superseded in practice by the town's own January 14, 2026 fee resolution ($25 flat + $0.20/sq ft) documented in localAmendments below, but the underlying 1961 UBC Short Form code adoption itself has not been found repealed. This is a genuine, sourced code-adoption ordinance — predating and distinct from the ICC (which did not exist until 1994) — so it does not contradict the 'no ICC edition found' finding above, but it does mean the town is not wholly without ANY adopted building code on its own books; it is simply a very old one (1961 UBC Short Form via 1963/1984 ordinances) that this file could not confirm is still actively enforced versus superseded by informal Board-of-Trustees practice. Chapter 15.08 'Electrical Code' (Ord. 48, 1917) separately requires (Sec. 15.08.040(D)) that 'the inspector must in all cases inspect any electric wiring within the corporate limits of the town within forty-eight (48) hours of the receipt of notice from the electrical wiring contractor that the work is completed (holidays and Sundays not included)' — this is a POST-completion field-inspection response window for electrical work specifically, not a plan-review/permit-issuance turnaround, and is not encoded as reviewTimelineDays for that reason (see reviewTimelineNote on the residential-building-permit entry).

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit

  Required for residential construction, additions, and structural work within Cheyenne Wells town limits. Reviewed and approved via Board of Trustees monthly meeting motion after Town Manager inspection/signature. No specific ICC code edition was found published by the town; fee is calculated by structural square footage rather than construction valuation.

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• Demolition Permit

  Required to demolish or remove a residential structure or trailer within Cheyenne Wells town limits, evidenced by multiple named demolition permits approved in Board of Trustees minutes (e.g. 'Tiffany Knudsen - Demolish Home,' 'Dimas Guttierrez - Tear Down Trailer,' 'H&T Properties LLC Remove House').

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• Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit

  No dedicated solar/photovoltaic permit type, fee line, or code reference was found for Cheyenne Wells across any source reviewed for this town -- its own downloadable Building Permit application form, its January 14, 2026 Fee Resolution (as reported in Board of Trustees meeting coverage), and its current Municipal Code Title 15 (Buildings and Construction). A rooftop or ground-mount solar PV installation within town limits would most likely be processed the same way as any other structural project evidenced in this file: submitted to the Town, inspected/signed by the Town Manager, and approved by Board of Trustees motion at a regular monthly meeting, billed under the same flat Building Permit Application Fee plus per-square-foot Structural Square Foot Fee used for the general residential-building-permit entry -- but this is inferred from the town's general permitting pattern, not independently confirmed against a solar-specific record in the town's public minutes.

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• Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger / EVSE Permit

  No dedicated EV charger, EVSE, or electric vehicle charging station permit type, fee line, or code reference was found for Cheyenne Wells across any source reviewed for this town -- its own downloadable Building Permit application form, its January 14, 2026 Fee Resolution (as reported in Board of Trustees meeting coverage), and its current Municipal Code Title 15 (Buildings and Construction). A residential Level 2 EVSE circuit installation would most likely be processed the same way as any other electrical scope evidenced in this file: submitted to the Town, inspected/signed by the Town Manager, and approved by Board of Trustees motion at a regular monthly meeting -- but this is inferred from the town's general permitting pattern (the same inference already applied to the solar-pv-permit entry in this file), not independently confirmed against an EV-specific record in the town's public minutes.

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