Electrical Permit in Winter Park, Colorado

Winter Park requires an electrical permit for: Apply directly to the Colorado State Electrical Board using the state's own Electrical Permit Application (linked from the Town's Building Division page as 'Download the Colorado State Electrical Application'); Electrical work must be performed by a Colorado-licensed electrician; per the Town Code 6-1-10 (National Electrical Code section), it is unlawful to install/alter/repair electrical systems in violation of the NEC as adopted; The State Electrical Board publishes its own Electrician License Contemporaneous Review Guidelines, linked from the Town's Building Division page; The Town of Winter Park has separately adopted the NEC (2020 Edition per its current Codes Adopted by Reference list) by reference as a secondary code, and states it will concurrently adopt whatever edition the State of Colorado next adopts — this governs the substantive electrical standard even though the STATE handles permit issuance and inspection; The National Electrical Code, Title 12 Article 23 of the Colorado State Electrical Laws and Rules and Regulations, applies; where Colorado's electrical code is more restrictive than the base NEC, the more restrictive standard controls. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department (Town of Winter Park Community Development Department — Building Division) at (970) 726-8081 before starting work.

In Winter Park, the published State Electrical Board permit fees is: Set by the Colorado State Electrical Board (Division of Professions and Occupations), not the Town. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Winter Park does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department (Town of Winter Park Community Development Department — Building Division) at (970) 726-8081 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Colorado State Electrical Board Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Winter Park requires 1 inspection(s) for an electrical permit, in order: State Electrical Board Inspection. Schedule each through Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department (Town of Winter Park Community Development Department — Building Division) ((970) 726-8081).

Apply through Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department (Town of Winter Park Community Development Department — Building Division) at 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. Official information: https://wpgov.com/our-government/departments/building/.

Winter Park, Colorado has adopted: 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, 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 own website (wpgov.com Building Division page) carries a 'Wildfire Resiliency Code Update' notice confirming the Town is subject to this new statewide code, but the Town had not yet published its own locally-amended code text/section numbers for this specific code as of the date of this extraction — see localAmendments for what is and is not yet verifiable; Full adopted code text (Town Code Title 6, Chapter 1) hosted at codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/winterparkco/latest/winterpark_co/0-0-0-2239. Local amendments apply — see the Winter Park overview page for the full list.

Directly from the Colorado State Electrical Board (Division of Professions and Occupations) — the Town's own Building Division page states the State Electrical Board handles all electrical permitting in Winter Park, Fraser, and Granby. It is not part of the local joint building permit application.