Winter Park building permits

Building department

Address

50 Vasquez Road, Suite B, P.O. Box 3327, Winter Park, CO 80482

Phone

(970) 726-8081

Email

permits@wpgov.com

Office hours

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Winter Park's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Winter Park — 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.

• 2021 International Building Code (IBC), as amended by Town Code Title 6, Chapter 1, Section 2 (6-1-2) — codified currently through Ord. 619, Series of 2024
• 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), as amended by Town Code 6-1-3
• International Plumbing Code, most current edition as adopted by the State of Colorado (per Town Code 6-1-1/6-1-4 cross-reference; the Town's own Codes Adopted by Reference section lists 'International Plumbing Code, 2021 Edition')
• 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC), as amended by Town Code 6-1-5
• 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC)
• 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)
• 2021 International Fire Code (IFC), including all appendices
• 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), as amended by Town Code 6-1-9
• National Electrical Code (NEC), 2020 Edition per the current Codes Adopted by Reference list, though Town Code 6-1-10 states the Town concurrently adopts whatever edition the State of Colorado has most recently adopted — electrical permitting itself is administered by the Colorado State Electrical Board, not the local Building Division (see localAmendments)
• 2023 Colorado Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code, as amended by Town Code 6-1-11 (Ord. 619, Series of 2024)
• 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code — statutorily mandated statewide for jurisdictions with mapped Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) area, with adoption required by April 1, 2026 and full compliance by July 1, 2026 per… Show full textShow less

  2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code — statutorily mandated statewide for jurisdictions with mapped Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) area, with adoption required by April 1, 2026 and full compliance by July 1, 2026 per the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control. The Town's website (wpgov.com Building Division page) carries a 'Wildfire Resiliency Code Update' notice confirming the Town is subject to this statewide code, but the Town has not yet published its own locally-amended code text or section numbers for it — see localAmendments

• Full adopted code text (Town Code Title 6, Chapter 1) hosted at codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/winterparkco/latest/winterpark_co/0-0-0-2239

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit (New Construction)

  Required for new single-family homes, duplexes (two-family attached dwellings), and townhomes within the joint jurisdiction of Winter Park, Fraser, and Granby, administered by the Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department. Reviewed under the 2021 IRC/IBC as locally amended by Winter Park Town Code Title 6, Chapter 1, including the Town's mountain-specific structural criteria (30-inch frost depth, ASCE-7-based snow/wind loads, 70 psf ground-snow-load stamping trigger).

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• Residential Addition / Remodel Permit

  Required for additions and remodels to single-family homes, duplexes, and townhomes in Winter Park, administered by the joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department under the same joint application and 2021 IRC/IBC-based Town Code amendments as new construction.

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• Electrical Permit

  Electrical permitting for Winter Park, Fraser, and Granby is administered directly by the Colorado State Electrical Board (Division of Professions and Occupations), NOT by the local Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department. This is confirmed verbatim on the Town's own Building Division page: 'The Colorado State Electrical Board handles all electrical permitting in Winter Park, Fraser and Granby.'

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• Plumbing Permit

  Required for plumbing installation, alteration, or repair within the joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby jurisdiction. Reviewed under the International Plumbing Code (most current edition as adopted by the State of Colorado, per Town Code 6-1-1), administered by the Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department (unlike electrical, plumbing permits ARE issued locally, not by a state board).

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• Mechanical / HVAC Permit

  Required for heating, cooling, ventilation, and fuel-gas equipment installation or replacement within the joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby jurisdiction. Governed by the 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC) as amended by Town Code 6-1-5, and the 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC).

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• Roofing Permit (Re-Roof)

  Required for re-roofing work within the joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby jurisdiction. Governed by 2021 IBC/IRC ice-barrier, snow-shed-barrier, and drip-edge/underlayment amendments (Town Code 6-1-2/6-1-3). Winter Park is additionally subject to the statewide 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, with a statutory compliance deadline of July 1, 2026, but the Town has not published its own locally amended Wildfire Resiliency Code section text - see note below.

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• Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit

  Required for installation of rooftop residential or commercial solar photovoltaic systems within Winter Park town limits. The structural/mounting portion is permitted through the joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department under the Town's adopted IBC/IRC; the electrical portion (wiring, inverter, interconnection) is permitted directly through the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA/DPO), not the local Building Department — the same state jurisdiction documented in the electrical-permit entry. No dedicated solar/PV fee line item is published in the Town's Building Permit Fee Schedule (Table 1-11-2B); the General Building Permit Fee Schedule (valuation-based) applies to the structural portion, subject to Colorado's statewide solar permit fee cap.

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• EV Charger / Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permit

  Winter Park has no dedicated EV charger/EVSE permit type or fee line separate from its general electrical permitting process. Per the Town's own Building Division page, the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA/DPO) handles ALL electrical permitting in Winter Park, Fraser, and Granby — this necessarily includes the branch-circuit wiring, panel work, and equipment installation for Level 1/Level 2 EV chargers, since EVSE installation is an electrical-trade permit, not a structural/building permit. There is no local Building Division fee schedule line item for 'EV charger,' 'electric vehicle,' or 'charging station' (confirmed via review of the Town's Building Permit Fee Schedule PDF). Winter Park (population under 1,000) falls well below the population thresholds (10,000+ for municipalities, 20,000+ for counties) that trigger Colorado's HB24-1173 EV Charging System Permit Requirements law, so the Town is not a 'covered municipality' required to adopt the state's expedited EV charger permitting model code or the 3-business-day approval/denial notification timeline. § 12-115-120(2): a state electrical inspector must inspect the work within three WORKING days of the inspection request (§ 12-115-120(2)(b)), and the Board sets its own permit fee based on "the actual expense of inspecting each type of electrical installation" (§ 12-115-121(1)) rather than a published table — confirmed against both statute sections and the Board's current rules (3 CCR 710-1), which likewise publish no static fee schedule.

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• Commercial Building Permit

  Required for new construction, additions, and alterations to commercial (non-residential) buildings — Assembly, Business, Educational, Factory/Industrial, High Hazard, Institutional, Mercantile, Storage, and Utility occupancy groups, plus multi-family R-1/R-2 — within the joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby jurisdiction. Reviewed under the 2021 IBC as amended by Town Code 6-1-2, the code chapter governing all non-R-3/R-4 occupancies; Town Code 6-1-3's IRC amendments apply only to one/two-family dwellings and townhomes. Commercial projects use the same joint Building Permit Application as every other Building Division permit type — Section 4 ('Use of Building') has an explicit 'Commercial' checkbox alongside 'Residential' on the current (2025-02) application PDF — and the same valuation-based Table 1-11-2B fee schedule. Construction value, though, is computed from Table 1-11-2A's commercial occupancy-group rows, a real and distinct set of per-square-foot rates by occupancy group and construction type reproduced in full in the Town's 'How to Estimate Building Permit Fees' guide, rather than from the Group R-3/R-4 residential rows. There is no separate commercial-specific application form, fee schedule, or published construction guide; the Town's only published 'How to Build' guide is for single-family/two-family attached homes.

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• Tenant Improvement / Tenant Finish Permit

  Required for interior build-out, finish, or alteration of a commercial tenant space within the joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby jurisdiction. 'Tenant Finish' is an explicit, distinct checkbox under 'Class of Work' (Section 5) on the joint Building Permit Application — listed separately from New, Addition, Alteration, Repair, Move, and Remove — confirming the Building Department treats tenant-improvement work as its own recognized permit category. However, it flows through the SAME joint application form, the SAME 2021 IBC-based Town Code 6-1-2 review, and the SAME valuation-based Table 1-11-2B fee schedule as new commercial construction — there is no standalone TI-specific application, fee table, or published review-timeline SLA.

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• Sign Permit

  Winter Park's sign regulations were fully rewritten by Town of Winter Park Ordinance No. 639, Series of 2025, which repealed the old Chapter 2 and Chapter 2A of Title 6 (Town Code) in their entirety and reenacted sign regulations as UDC Article 3.J (Signs) and UDC Section 5-E-8 (Sign Permit) within Title 7 (Unified Development Code). The Town's own code library confirms this repeal is live: the archived Chapter 2 Sign Code page is now marked '(Rep. by Ord. 639, Series of 2025).' A sign permit is required for most permanent and many temporary signs, reviewed administratively by the Director (Planning Division) or, for developments with three or more tenants/businesses, through a Master Sign Program (MSP) requiring Planning Commission approval before any individual sign permits issue.

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• Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm System Permit

  Fire protection plan review and permitting for Winter Park is provided by East Grand Fire Protection District No. 4 (EGFD), a special fire district separate from Town government — the same district that requires an Impact Fee Agreement on new residential building permits elsewhere in this record. EGFD's Fire Prevention Bureau reviews and permits sprinkler, alarm, and standpipe system installations through its own Plan Review and Inspection Application (effective October 2025), independent of the Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department's own review. Permit fees are tiered by protected square footage per EGFD's own published Inspection Fee Schedule.

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• Change of Use / Change of Occupancy

  Winter Park does NOT maintain a standalone, dedicated 'Change of Use Permit' application distinct from its general Building Permit process — confirmed by direct review of both documents that would carry such a category if one existed. The joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Permit Application's Class of Work checkboxes (Section 5) are limited to New, Addition, Alteration, Repair, Tenant Finish, Move, Remove, and Other — no 'Change of Occupancy' or 'Change of Use' option. Separately, the Town's own Land Use Review Application Form enumerates every UDC Article 5 land-use review category the Planning Division processes (Site Plans, Special Use Permit, Limited Use Authorization, Temporary Use Permit, Floodplain Development Permit, Variance, Rezoning, Subdivision/Platting, Development Agreements, etc.) and likewise contains no 'Change of Use' category. Substantively, a change of occupancy IS regulated: Town Code 6-1-9 (Existing Building Code Amendments) amends 2021 IEBC Section 1301.2 (Applicability) to require that, for structures existing prior to December 21, 1978, work involving 'additions, alterations or changes of occupancy' conform to the IEBC's Chapter 4 through 12 compliance methods or to the performance-compliance provisions of Sections 1301.2.1 through 1301.2.5, for occupancies in Groups A, B, E, F, M, R, and S (Groups H and I are excluded from this pathway). In practice, a change of use/occupancy is submitted on the same joint Building Permit Application (Class of Work: Alteration or Other) and reviewed under the 2021 IEBC as locally amended, using the same Table 1-11-2B valuation-based fee schedule as every other Building Division permit type in this record.

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