Rooftop Solar / Photovoltaic Permit in Edgewater, Colorado

Edgewater requires a rooftop solar / photovoltaic permit for: Online application describing work completely, with valuation based on total contract cost (materials + labor) to the customer; Separate plan review required for each building/address requiring a separate permit; Structural engineer's stamped letter required for panel weight/wind load addition, per the City's adopted design criteria: minimum 40 psf ground snow load, 130 mph Vult wind speed, Exposure C, Seismic Design Category B (per SAFEbuilt's PV guide; consistent with the City's general design criteria in Sec. 18-1-10 apart from the guide's use of Exposure C vs. the City's general Exposure B — confirm exposure category with SAFEbuilt for your specific site); Ground-mounted systems require a separate engineer-stamped letter for support/wind load; Four-line electrical diagram required: module count/circuit layout, wire sizes/insulation, conduit sizes, junction boxes, inverter type, combiner panel, disconnect, meter, fuses/breakers, grounding; Building/structural plans: roof layout with panel locations and dimensions, fire pathways/setbacks per IRC/IFC, connection details, site plan showing equipment and property-line distances; Resubmittals must be uploaded directly to the permit in CommunityCore, not sent directly to the plan examiner; Zoning compliance is the applicant's responsibility to verify directly with the jurisdiction. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Edgewater Community Development Department, Building & Planning Division at (720) 763-3001 before starting work.

Yes, but from a different source than before. Edgewater Municipal Code Sec. 18-1-40(e) previously capped solar permit fees at the lesser of the City's actual cost or $500 (residential) / $1,000 (nonresidential), but that LOCAL provision expired by its own terms on July 1, 2025, per Sec. 18-1-40(e)(4). Separately, Colorado's statewide statutory cap (C.R.S. 24-48.5-113, enacted by HB21-1284) independently caps the aggregate of all City-imposed solar fees at the same $500/$1,000 dollar amounts, and that state-law cap is still in effect (through December 31, 2029) regardless of the City's own ordinance sunset.

Edgewater does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Edgewater Community Development Department, Building & Planning Division at (720) 763-3001 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Solar Panel and Photovoltaic Guide / Photovoltaic System Submittal Requirements; Structural Engineer Stamped Letter; Four-Line Electrical Diagram. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Edgewater requires 2 inspection(s) for a rooftop solar / photovoltaic permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through City of Edgewater Community Development Department, Building & Planning Division ((720) 763-3001).

Apply through City of Edgewater Community Development Department, Building & Planning Division at 1800 Harlan St, Edgewater, CO 80214. Phone: (720) 763-3001, email: lhubble@edgewaterco.com. Office hours: Community Development is available Monday - Thursday 9am - 5pm, except holidays. Best reached at (720) 763-3001 (Logan Hubble, Planning & Development Manager). Building Permit Technician (Bridget McGeoghegan, SAFEbuilt) direct line (303) 450-8745. Inspection requests: call (303) 450-8748 by 4pm the business day before the desired inspection, or call (303) 450-8745 after 8:30am the morning of the inspection for a two-hour arrival window. The City has contracted its building division services (plan review, inspections, code enforcement) to SAFEbuilt since 2013.. Official information: https://www.edgewaterco.gov/city-services/building-planning.

Edgewater, Colorado has adopted: 2021 International Building Code (IBC), with appendices I and N — Edgewater Municipal Code Sec. 18-2-10, adopted pursuant to Title 31, Article 16, Part 2, C.R.S.; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), with all appendices — Sec. 18-3-10; 2023 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) — Sec. 18-4-10, adopted by Ord. 2024-06 (2024), no local amendments ('none' per Sec. 18-4-30); 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — Sec. 18-5-10; 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — Sec. 18-6-10, with local amendments at Sec. 18-6-30 (administrative sections re-pointing to City fee/appeal provisions); 2021 International Fire Code (IFC) — Sec. 18-7-10; 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — Sec. 18-8-10; 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — Sec. 18-9-10 (explicitly includes all buildings moved into the City, including manufactured/modular buildings, per Sec. 18-1-10(8)); 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — Sec. 18-10-10, with locally adopted Appendix RB/CB (Solar Ready), Appendix RD/CD (EV Ready), and Electric Ready provisions per Ord. 2023-08 (effective Sept. 1, 2023); 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings (UCADB) — Sec. 18-13-10; 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code — listed on the City's Applicable Codes & Design Criteria page (not cross-checked against a Municode chapter section); ANSI A117.1-2012 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities — listed on the City's live Applicable Codes & Design Criteria page; Discrepancy note: the City's live 'Applicable Codes & Design Criteria' webpage (edgewaterco.gov) lists '2020 National Electrical Code,' but the codified Edgewater Municipal Code Sec. 18-4-10 (Municode, current through Ord. 2024-06, adopted 2024) explicitly adopts 'NFPA 70 National Electric Code 2023.' The codified ordinance text is treated as the current, governing adoption in this record since it is dated later (2024) and is the actual legal text of Chapter 18, not a summary webpage that may lag a code update — the actively-maintained legal source is the stronger authority over a potentially stale summary page (see Vail's identical pattern).. Local amendments apply — see the Edgewater overview page for the full list.