Larkspur building permits

Department contacts, adopted codes, permit types, fees, and gotchas for Larkspur, Colorado.

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Building department

Address: 8720 Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur, CO 80118
Phone: (303) 681-2324
Email: townclerk@townoflarkspur.org
Office hours: Town Hall main line (303) 681-2324. Building permit review, plan review, and inspections are performed by SAFEbuilt under contract; SAFEbuilt building official contact Nick Chand, and SAFEbuilt inspection scheduling line (720) 641-1956. General 'Do I Need a Permit?' and building-code questions may be directed to SAFEbuilt's Tom Pitchford at (303) 941-4429. The Town Clerk (Todd DeVoe, townclerk@townoflarkspur.org) is listed as the Town-side building department contact of record alongside SAFEbuilt.
Website: Official site
Permit portal: Apply online at Larkspur's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Larkspur — 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.

Town of Larkspur Ordinance 2022-11, Adopting Building Codes — the Town's Building Codes page (townoflarkspur.org/building-department/page/building-codes) names this ordinance as the governing building-code adoption instrument, alongside a companion document titled 'Building Codes at a Glance.'
The Town's ordinance PDFs are hosted on SharePoint behind a Microsoft login — all six 'Building Codes' page share links, plus a seventh on the Fee Schedules page, redirect to login.microsoftonline.com with no anonymous-view path. Show full textShow less
The Town's ordinance PDFs are hosted on SharePoint behind a Microsoft login — all six 'Building Codes' page share links, plus a seventh on the Fee Schedules page, redirect to login.microsoftonline.com with no anonymous-view path. Use Municode's hosted Larkspur Municipal Code instead: it is the Town's official codified code, current through Supplement 15 (online content updated April 6, 2026). Chapter 18 — Building Regulations, Articles 1 through 11, all cite 'Ord. No. 2022-11' as their sole adopting/amending ordinance, with no later amending ordinance for any article except Article 4 (Fire Code, also amended by Ord. No. 2023-01, § 1, 2-16-2023). The codified text gives the exact adopted edition for every code family: International Building Code (Art. 1) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-35 + Appendix Chapters E, I, N; International Plumbing Code (Art. 2) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-13, Ch. 15, Appendix Chapters C, E; International Mechanical Code (Art. 3) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-15 + Appendix Chapter A; International Fire Code (Art. 4) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-80 + Appendix B-N; International Fuel Gas Code (Art. 5) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-8 + Appendix Chapters A-D; International Residential Code (Art. 6) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-44 + Appendix Chapters A, E, G, H, J; International Energy Conservation Code (Art. 7) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-6 + Appendix RA (IRC Ch. 11 Energy Efficiency is separately deleted and replaced with the 2018 IECC per IRC amendment #28); International Property Maintenance Code (Art. 8) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-8 + Appendix A; National Electrical Code (Art. 9) — 2020 Edition, adopted per Title 31, Article 16, Part 2, C.R.S., 'as adopted, amended and updated to the most current edition by the Colorado State Electrical Board from time to time' — i.e. it tracks DORA/State Electrical Board updates, consistent with the electrical-permit deferral noted elsewhere in this entry; International Existing Building Code (Art. 10) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-16; International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (Art. 11) — 2018 Edition, Ch. 1-11. Source: https://library.municode.com/co/larkspur/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=CH18BURE. The Town Council Meeting Minutes of 4-21-2022 (media ID 2246, hosted on townoflarkspur.org rather than SharePoint) record the adoption: 'Councilmember Mindy Kazurova made a motion to approve Ord..2022-11 an Ord. adopting by reference of the International Building Codes 2018 editions... Roll call vote Six (6) approved, zero (0) opposed, Mayor affirmed Motion Passed.'
Colorado is a home-rule state with no single statewide-mandated building code edition for municipalities generally; Larkspur, as a home-rule town, sets its own adopted code editions by ordinance (Ordinance 2022-11, 4-21-2022) rather than following a state-mandated cycle.
HB22-1362 (statewide energy code floor) does not impose a flat statewide deadline. Show full textShow less
HB22-1362 (statewide energy code floor) does not impose a flat statewide deadline. Per its own trigger mechanism (as summarized by the Colorado Energy Office, AIA Colorado, and the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project), a jurisdiction is only required to adopt the 2021 IECC (or an equivalent/better code) when it next updates ANY of its other building codes, with a one-year transition window, and again by 7-1-2026 under the state's Model Low Energy and Carbon Code. Larkspur's only building-code action since HB22-1362's 2022 enactment is Ordinance 2022-11 itself (4-21-2022), which predates the bill and was not a post-enactment update; the Municode codification (Supplement 15, current through 4-6-2026) shows no ordinance amending Chapter 18 Article 7 (Energy Code) or any other Article after Ord. 2022-11 (except the unrelated Fire Code amendment, Ord. 2023-01). Because Larkspur has not updated any of its building codes since HB22-1362 took effect, its 2021-IECC trigger has not activated, and the Town's 2018 IECC (adopted via Ord. 2022-11) remains its lawfully current energy code. Source: https://library.municode.com/co/larkspur/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=CH18BURE_ART7INENCOCO
Electrical permits: Larkspur's own website hosts a PDF titled 'Electrical Permit Fees' at https://www.townoflarkspur.org/media/2901 which, on direct inspection, is the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) /… Show full textShow less
Electrical permits: Larkspur's own website hosts a PDF titled 'Electrical Permit Fees' at https://www.townoflarkspur.org/media/2901 which, on direct inspection, is the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) / Division of Professions and Occupations statewide Electrical Permit Fee Schedule (effective April 1, 2016; document letterhead address 1560 Broadway, Suite 1350, Denver, CO 80202, phone 303-894-2300, www.dora.state.co.us) — i.e. Larkspur does not run its own local electrical permitting program or set its own electrical fee schedule; it defaults to the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA/DPO) fee structure per CRS 12-23-117(3), consistent with this project's Colorado-specific default rule. Larkspur is documenting/republishing the state's fee form rather than issuing an independent municipal fee schedule. CONFIRMED 2026-07-23 on the live Municode codification: Larkspur Municipal Code Sec. 18-9-10 formally adopts the National Electrical Code, 2020 Edition, 'as adopted, amended and updated to the most current edition by the Colorado State Electrical Board from time to time' — the code text itself directs to the state board's current edition rather than fixing a static local edition, matching the DORA-deferral finding above.
Plumbing permits: the Town publishes no Larkspur-specific plumbing permit fee schedule and no locally-administered plumbing licensing or inspection program separate from the SAFEbuilt-administered Building Permit process. Show full textShow less
Plumbing permits: the Town publishes no Larkspur-specific plumbing permit fee schedule and no locally-administered plumbing licensing or inspection program separate from the SAFEbuilt-administered Building Permit process. Plumbing review is folded into SAFEbuilt's general building-permit review — the 'PLUMBING ONLY' permit type appears on the Town's own permit-type list and is issued through the same SAFEbuilt/CommunityCore process as other trade permits, rather than being deferred to a state board the way electrical is. Larkspur Municipal Code Sec. 18-2-10 adopts the International Plumbing Code, 2018 Edition, and Sec. 18-2-40(2) (IPC § [A]106.6.2, Fee schedule) is locally amended to read 'The fees for work shall be as indicated on the Town's Fee Schedule adopted by the Town Council,' cross-referencing Appendix A—Fee Schedule, which in turn lists Sec. 18-2-40 at a flat $30.00 Town administrative fee 'plus fees outlined in Exhibit C "Town of Larkspur Fee Table" in the professional service agreement between the Town of Larkspur and Safebuilt Colorado.' That is why no itemized plumbing valuation-based fee table appears anywhere on the Town's own site: the dollar-amount schedule is Exhibit C of a private Town-SAFEbuilt services contract, not a document the Town routinely publishes. Budget the $30.00 Town administrative fee plus the SAFEbuilt Exhibit C amount, which you will need to get from the Town or SAFEbuilt directly. Source: https://library.municode.com/co/larkspur/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=APXA--FEE_SCHEDULE (Supp. 15, current through 4-6-2026).

Permit types & fees

Property Access

Larkspur's permit history is searchable by address

274 permits on record for Larkspur, 2016–2026 — searchable by street address, with permit type, status, issued date and valuation where the city publishes them.

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New residential construction activity

New privately-owned residential construction only

Housing units authorized by building permits for new privately-owned residential construction — this is not total permit volume (no commercial permits or remodels).

Latest month (2026-07): No data reported
Trailing 12 months: No data reported
Year to date: No data reported
Latest full year: No data reported

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS), 2026-07 vintage. Census survey data — separate from the permit-requirements verification above. All Colorado building activity

Tips & gotchas

Larkspur is a very small home-rule town (population approximately 250) that contracts its actual building-department functions to SAFEbuilt — the Town itself does not employ in-house plan reviewers or inspectors. All permit applications go through SAFEbuilt's CommunityCore online portal, and inspections are scheduled directly with SAFEbuilt at (720) 641-1956, not the Town Hall main line.
Confirm your property is within Larkspur Town limits before applying here — the Town's own Building Department page explicitly warns that a 'Street Names and Addresses' reference list should be checked first, since Larkspur is a small incorporated town surrounded by unincorporated Douglas County (which permits separately).
Electrical permits in Larkspur default to the Colorado DORA/State Electrical Board's statewide fee schedule (effective April 1, 2016, per CRS 12-23-117(3)) — the Town republishes this state form directly rather than setting its own local electrical rate. This is a clean example of the Colorado-specific default rule: absent its own certified electrical program, a home-rule town falls back to the state board's schedule.
The Town's adopted-code ordinance (Ordinance 2022-11) and its companion 'Building Codes at a Glance' summary, along with the general Fee Estimate Table for Building Permits and the standard Building Permit Application form, are all hosted as Microsoft SharePoint anonymous share links rather than direct PDFs on townoflarkspur.org, and these SharePoint links redirect to a Microsoft Online OAuth authentication wall (login.microsoftonline.com) — a genuine access barrier. For code editions, this is not a blocker: the Larkspur Municipal Code is separately, fully, and currently hosted live on Municode (library.municode.com/co/larkspur, Chapter 18 — Building Regulations), which gives every adopted code family and edition year verbatim (2018 IBC/IPC/IMC/IFC/IFGC/IRC/IECC/IPMC/IEBC/ISPSC; 2020 NEC). The Fee Estimate Table is Exhibit C of the Town-SAFEbuilt professional service agreement, as Larkspur Municipal Code Appendix A states — and the contract exhibit itself is the exact PDF linked from the Fee Schedules page, retrievable by appending a direct-download parameter (&download=1) to the share link's original URL (the interactive AllItems.aspx viewer still requires a Microsoft login). The document provides a full valuation-based Building Permit Fee table (Table A) plus a 65%-of-permit-fee Plan Review surcharge — see the commercial-tenant-improvement permitType for the complete breakdown and sourcing. Fee information for the other Article 1 (IBC) permit types does not yet incorporate this document and retains its prior partial status.
SAFEbuilt's published Plan Review Time Table (business days) is the only concrete review-timeline figure available: Single Family 5 days first comments / 3 days second comments; Small Commercial (under $2M valuation) 10 days / 5 days; Large Commercial 15 days / 10 days. The Town separately notes that many minor-project permits can be processed same-day.
The Town's 'Current Permits' log (updated monthly, last updated 4/3/2026) is a genuinely useful cross-check for real, currently-issued permit categories and can help confirm how a given project type gets classified in practice — window replacement, for example, is logged as 'Residential Remodel,' not a standalone category.
Plumbing permits ('Plumbing Only') appear to run through the general SAFEbuilt building-permit process rather than an explicit standalone Colorado State Plumbing Board deferral the way electrical permits do — the Town's site does not state this anywhere, so confirm it with SAFEbuilt if it materially affects a project.
CONFIRMED 2026-07-23, live on Municode (library.municode.com/co/larkspur): Larkspur's Building Permit rules (all amended by Ordinance 2022-11) expire a permit 180 days after issuance (or after a 180-day work stoppage), charge a 100% surcharge of the original building fee for work commenced before permit issuance, and cap refunds at 80% of a paid permit or plan-review fee, with refund requests due within 180 days of payment. A minor reroof — shingle repair/replacement not exceeding 100 sq ft per building — is exempt from a permit entirely (IBC §105.2 Exception #14 / IRC §R105.2 Exception #11).