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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit — Gypsum, Colorado · Requirements sheet
Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source: https://www.townofgypsum.com/build-in-gypsum
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit in Gypsum, Colorado
Required for installation of rooftop or ground-mount solar photovoltaic systems within Gypsum town limits. The Town's own Build in Gypsum guidance states directly: "Solar panel projects do require plan submittal, review, and a permit," processed through the same Building Plan Submittal portal (gopost-gypsum.eplansoftreview.com) used for all other building permits — no dedicated solar/photovoltaic application, checklist, or fee line is published separately.
Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source
When you need this permit
- Solar panel projects require plan submittal, review, and a permit, per the Town's Build in Gypsum page — submitted through the Building Plan Submittal portal (gopost-gypsum.eplansoftreview.com/#/login?portal=gypsum), the same portal used for all building permit types
- Colorado's statewide solar-permit fee cap (C.R.S. 24-48.5-113, enacted via HB21-1284) limits the aggregate local-government building-permit fees chargeable for a residential solar installation to $500 (and $1,000 for commercial)
- Colorado HB25-1096 (Automated Permits for Clean Energy Technology) required municipalities with population over 5,000 to adopt an automated residential solar permitting platform (e.g., SolarAPP+) by July 1, 2026; Gypsum's population is approximately 7,000-7,500 (over the threshold), but no Town-published confirmation of SolarAPP+ or equivalent adoption was found on the Build in Gypsum, Building Permit Application, or Forms pages as of this review
- Electrical wiring/interconnection scope requires a separate Electrical Permit; no trade-specific electrical fee table is published by the Town in any fetchable document (consistent with this corpus's existing electrical-permit entry for Gypsum)
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Fee schedule
Building Permit Fee (valuation-based)The Town's 2025 Annual Fee Schedule PDF (townofgypsum.com/files/7b106b463/TOG+Fees+ADA.pdf) is explicitly labeled a partial schedule and does not include a building-permit valuation table; the governing table is referenced as living in Title 15 of the Municode-hosted Municipal Code, which serves its text only through a JavaScript-rendered, access-controlled application — consistent with the corpus's existing residential-building-permit and electrical-permit entries for Gypsum, which document this same unresolved gap. No dedicated solar-specific fee line was found in any document reviewed, so a solar installation is billed under whatever this general valuation-based schedule resolves to, subject to Colorado's statewide $500 residential solar-fee cap (C.R.S. 24-48.5-113).
Not published in any fetchable Town document as of this review
Electrical Permit FeeSame unresolved gap as the corpus's existing electrical-permit entry for Gypsum
Not published in any fetchable Town document as of this review
Additional/Re-inspection FeeGeneral Town of Gypsum inspection fee, applies across trade permits per the Inspections page; base permit fee includes a maximum of four inspections
$60.00 per inspection
Review timeline
Plan review
Not published — contact the department
Inspection process
- 1
Rough Electrical
Conduit runs, wire sizing, and disconnect placement verified before energizing
- 2
Final Inspection
Racking/roof-penetration attachment, electrical connections, and interconnection point verified
See the full Gypsum inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →
Tips
- Gypsum's own guidance explicitly confirms solar panel projects need a permit — don't assume small rooftop systems are exempt — but there is no dedicated solar application or fee line, so the general Building Permit process (via the online eplansoftreview portal) applies.
- Colorado's statewide solar-fee cap (C.R.S. 24-48.5-113) limits total local government fees for a residential system to $500, regardless of what the Town's (currently unpublished-online) valuation-based fee table would otherwise calculate.
- As a town over 5,000 population, Gypsum is covered by Colorado HB25-1096's July 1, 2026 automated-permitting mandate — ask the Building Department directly whether an instant/automated review pathway (e.g., SolarAPP+) is now available, since the Town has not published this online as of this review.
- Because the Town's building-permit valuation fee table is not published in any fetchable online document, get a written fee quote directly from Building Department staff (Stephanie Roybal, stephanie@townofgypsum.com, 970-524-1731) before budgeting.
- Re-chase pass (2026-07-20), additional dead ends checked: (1) townofgypsum.com/build-in-gypsum was re-fetched live and, as of this pass, publishes only utility connection fees (Water Tap Fee $8,000 rising to $10,000; Sewer Tap Fee $12,000 rising to $14,000) -- these are utility hookup fees, not building/electrical permit fees, and are not cited as a proxy; (2) the Town's Municode-hosted Code of Ordinances Title 15 (Buildings and Construction), library.municode.com/co/gypsum/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT15BUCO, is a JavaScript-rendered single-page app that returns only an empty shell to both direct fetch and an automated browser-content tool, so its fee-schedule-adoption language (if any) could not be read; (3) no separate Town of Gypsum fee resolution PDF was found indexed by web search. Colorado's statewide solar-fee cap (C.R.S. 24-48.5-113, $500 residential) applies as a ceiling on whatever the Town ultimately charges, but that statute alone does not establish what Gypsum's base valuation-based fee actually is, so it is not sufficient by itself to mark this verified. No citable governing base dollar figure exists after this exhaustive chase; confirm directly with the Town's Building Department, or retry the Municode Title 15 link with a JS-capable browser tool in a future pass.
Frequently asked questions
Gypsum requires a solar photovoltaic (pv) permit for: Solar panel projects require plan submittal, review, and a permit, per the Town's Build in Gypsum page — submitted through the Building Plan Submittal portal (gopost-gypsum.eplansoftreview.com/#/login?portal=gypsum), the same portal used for all building permit types; Colorado's statewide solar-permit fee cap (C.R.S. 24-48.5-113, enacted via HB21-1284) limits the aggregate local-government building-permit fees chargeable for a residential solar installation to $500 (and $1,000 for commercial); Colorado HB25-1096 (Automated Permits for Clean Energy Technology) required municipalities with population over 5,000 to adopt an automated residential solar permitting platform (e.g., SolarAPP+) by July 1, 2026; Gypsum's population is approximately 7,000-7,500 (over the threshold), but no Town-published confirmation of SolarAPP+ or equivalent adoption was found on the Build in Gypsum, Building Permit Application, or Forms pages as of this review; Electrical wiring/interconnection scope requires a separate Electrical Permit; no trade-specific electrical fee table is published by the Town in any fetchable document (consistent with this corpus's existing electrical-permit entry for Gypsum). If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Gypsum Community Development Department, Building Department at 970-524-1731 before starting work.
In Gypsum, the published Building Permit Fee (valuation-based) is: Not published in any fetchable Town document as of this review. Additional published fees: Electrical Permit Fee — Not published in any fetchable Town document as of this review; Additional/Re-inspection Fee — $60.00 per inspection. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.
Gypsum does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Gypsum Community Development Department, Building Department at 970-524-1731 for current turnaround.
You'll need: Building Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.
Gypsum requires 2 inspection(s) for a solar photovoltaic (pv) permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Gypsum Community Development Department, Building Department (970-524-1731).
Apply through Town of Gypsum Community Development Department, Building Department at 50 Lundgren Blvd, Gypsum, CO 81637 (mailing: PO Box 130, Gypsum, CO 81637). Phone: 970-524-1731, email: stephanie@townofgypsum.com. Office hours: Building Department Staff available Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., per the Building Permit Application page. Primary staff contact listed: Stephanie Roybal, Building Department Administrative Assistant. General Town phone line also published as 970-524-7514 on several Building Department sub-pages (DRB/HOA Review, Hours & Site Conditions).. Official information: https://www.townofgypsum.com/build-in-gypsum.
Yes. The Town's own Build in Gypsum guidance states directly that solar panel projects require plan submittal, review, and a permit, processed through the same online Building Plan Submittal portal used for all other building permit types. There is no separate, dedicated solar application.
Yes — Colorado's statewide statute C.R.S. 24-48.5-113 (HB21-1284) caps the aggregate building-permit fees any Colorado local government, including Gypsum, may charge for a residential solar installation at $500 ($1,000 for commercial).
Sources & verification
Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-20.
Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Gypsum building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.
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