Mountain View building permits

Building department

Address

Mountain View Town Hall, 4176 Benton Street, Mountain View, CO 80212

Phone

(303) 450-8746

Email

Buildingpermits@tomv.org

Office hours

Building division operates weekdays 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Town's FAQ page prints this as '8:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.', which is evidently a typo for 5:00 p.m. given the Town Hall's own general business hours; noted honestly rather than silently corrected without flagging). Inspection request line (303) 450-8748 — call by 4:00 p.m. for next-business-day inspection. Town Hall main line (303) 421-7282.

Website

Official site

Permit portal

Apply online at Mountain View's portal

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Mountain View — 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 Residential Code (IRC) — referenced as the current adopted standard on the Town's 'Helpful Building Permit Handouts' page (page title/meta-description: 'Handouts developed by the Colorado Chapter of the International Code Council as a basic plan submittal under the 2021 International Residential Code') and cross-confirmed on the Town's own Building Permit Application (page 3, Homeowner Electrical/Plumbing certification): 'in accordance with the current edition of the National Electric Code, International Residential Code, and International Plumbing Code adopted by the Town of Mountain View as the minimum standard.'
• National Electrical Code (NEC) — current edition, per the same Building Permit Application homeowner-certification language; the Town's live public-facing pages do not print the specific NEC year cycle (e.g. 2020 vs 2023) anywhere checked (Building Department page, Building Permits page, Handouts page, Application PDF) — noted as a gap rather than guessed.
• International Plumbing Code (IPC), 2021 Edition — GAP CLOSED 2026-07-23: confirmed directly via the Town's own live, codified Municipal Code §18.08.010 ('International Plumbing Code adopted,' read live at mountainview.municipal.codes/Code/18.8): 'The International Plumbing Code, 2021 Edition ... is adopted by reference ... The provisions of the International Plumbing Code shall apply to the construction of, and renovations or additions to, all commercial and residential buildings within the Town.' (Ord. 2024-07-15A §17; Ord. 2019-02-11F §1; Ord. 2010-7 §4). This supersedes the prior 'specific year cycle not printed on any live Town page checked' note, which reflected only the Building Department's public-facing webpages, not the Municipal Code's own codified Article 8.
• Note on code-currency and a superseded page: an older, still-live legacy page on the Town's prior CivicLive-hosted site (mountainviewco.hosted.civiclive.com/services/building_department_/building_permits, and its townofmountainviewcolorado.org mirror) states 'The 2015 International Building Code is the official adopted reference for building codes and applicable to Mountain View, effective March 28, 2019' — this page predates the Town's current SAFEbuilt-administered, tomv.org/Drupal-hosted site and its own CommunityCore permitting system, and the Town's live Helpful Building Permit Handouts page (referencing 2021 IRC-based ICC Colorado Chapter guides) is treated as the current, actively maintained source rather than this legacy 2015/2019 page. Flagged rather than silently discarded, consistent with this corpus's policy of noting superseded-but-still-indexed pages (cf. Vail's stale submittal-packet footer).
• GAP CLOSED 2026-07-23 (all remaining Chapter 18 Articles read live, superseding the prior 'not printed anywhere' note below, which is preserved for the record): the Town's Municipal Code Chapter 18 (Building Regulations), previously reported as unreachable (mountainview.municipal.codes/Code/18 returned a Cloudflare bot-challenge 403 to every curl/WebFetch attempt), was successfully accessed live via the Browser pane after clearing the Cloudflare challenge, and this follow-up pass individually read Articles 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 4.5 in full (in addition to the previously-read Articles 1, 2, 4, and 13). Confirmed adopted editions, each quoted directly from its codified section: International Fire Code (IFC), 2021 Edition — §18.05.010 ('The International Fire Code, 2021 Edition ... is adopted by reference'; Ord. 2024-07-15A §11), further amended per West Metro Fire Protection District Resolution No. 2022-08 (§18.05.030). International Mechanical Code (IMC), 2021 Edition — §18.07.010 (Ord. 2024-07-15A §14; Ord. 2019-02-11E §1; Ord. 2010-7 §4). International Plumbing Code (IPC), 2021 Edition — §18.08.010 (Ord. 2024-07-15A §17; see also the dedicated IPC codesAdopted entry above). International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), 2015 Edition — §18.11.010 ('The International Fuel Gas Code, 2015 Edition ... is adopted by reference'; Ord. 2019-02-11H §1) — notably NOT bumped to 2021 by the Town's 2024-07-15A omnibus code-update ordinance, unlike every other International code family in Chapter 18; this lag is a real, confirmed fact about the Town's current code, not an oversight in this file. International Existing Building Code (IEBC), 2021 Edition — §18.12.010 (Ord. 2024-07-15A §19; Ord. 2019-02-11G §1). International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), 2021 Edition — §18.045.010 (Ord. 2024-07-15A §9); see also the dedicated HB22-1362 entry below, which this same Article resolves. Every Article read states its provisions 'shall apply to the construction of, and renovations or additions to, all commercial and residential buildings within the Town' (near-identical boilerplate in each Article), confirming none of these adopted codes are residential- or commercial-only carve-outs.
• SUPERSEDED 2026-07-23 (preserved for the record; see GAP CLOSED entry above for the current, correct figures): No IBC, IFC, IMC, IFGC, IECC, or IEBC edition is printed anywhere on the Town's live public-facing pages, its Building Permit Application, or its Use Tax Guidelines — Mountain View's public-facing materials remain IRC/NEC/IPC-focused. UPDATE 2026-07-23: the Town's Municipal Code Chapter 18 (Building Regulations), previously reported as unreachable (mountainview.municipal.codes/Code/18 returned a Cloudflare bot-challenge 403 to every curl/WebFetch attempt), was successfully accessed live via the Browser pane after clearing the Cloudflare challenge. Its Article list confirms Chapter 18 does include dedicated Articles for IBC (Art. 4, confirmed 2021 Edition, Ord. 2024-07-15A/2019-02-11A/2010-7), IRC (Art. 13, confirmed 2021 Edition, Ord. 2024-07-15A/2019-02-11I), Fire Code (Art. 5), Mechanical Code (Art. 7), Fuel Gas Code (Art. 11), Existing Building Code (Art. 12), and Energy Conservation Code (Art. 4.5) — this file's targeted 2026-07-23 chase read Articles 1, 2, 4, and 13 in full (fetching the specific reroof-timeline and fee-schedule figures it was scoped to close) but did NOT read Articles 5/7/8/11/12/4.5 for their specific edition years, so the IFC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/IEBC edition-year gap remains open pending a dedicated follow-up pass through those now-accessible Articles, rather than assumed.
• GAP CLOSED 2026-07-23 (supersedes prior 'unresolved' note below, preserved for the record): the Town HAS taken its own HB22-1362 adoption action, codified directly in Municipal Code §18.045.010 (Article 4.5, Energy Conservation Code, read live 2026-07-23 at mountainview.municipal.codes/Code/18.4.5): 'In addition to the IECC, the Town of Mountain View will also be adopting the Colorado Model Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code as required by State law under HB22-1362. These requirements will be in addition to those found in this Code.' (Ord. 2024-07-15A §9). The same Article's amendments (§18.045.020) further amend IECC Sections C401.2 and R401.2 to require commercial and residential buildings, respectively, to 'comply with the Colorado Model Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code.' This directly and specifically confirms Town HB22-1362 compliance action, sourced from the codified ordinance itself rather than inferred.
• SUPERSEDED 2026-07-23 (preserved for the record; see GAP CLOSED entry above): HB22-1362 (Colorado's statewide building energy code / greenhouse-gas-emissions law, requiring local governments to adopt an energy code and, per its later compliance milestones, the Colorado Electric and Solar Ready Code) is not mentioned anywhere on the Town's live Building Department, Building Permits, or Helpful Handouts pages as of this review. Given Mountain View's tiny size and thin published program (no separate energy-code page, no mechanical/energy-specific permit-type page), it is unclear from public sources whether the Town has taken its own HB22-1362 adoption action or is relying on some other mechanism; not stated as fact either way — flagged as unresolved rather than assumed.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit (New Construction)

  Required for new single-family or multi-family residential construction in the Town of Mountain View. Reviewed by SAFEbuilt on behalf of the Town's Building Department under the 2021 IRC (as referenced in the Town's current Helpful Building Permit Handouts and Building Permit Application) plus current-edition NEC and IPC for electrical/plumbing systems.

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• Residential Addition / Remodel Permit

  Required for additions, garage/attic/sunroom conversions to habitable space, kitchen/basement/bathroom remodels, and structural modifications to existing residential structures in Mountain View.

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• Electrical Permit

  Required for electrical installation, alteration, or repair work in Mountain View. Issued directly by the Town's own Building Department (via SAFEbuilt) rather than deferred entirely to the Colorado State Electrical Board, though state electrical licensure is contemporaneously verified per Colorado statute. Homeowners may self-perform electrical work on their own non-rental, non-resale dwelling under a Homeowner Permit.

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• Plumbing Permit

  Required for plumbing installation, alteration, or repair work in Mountain View. Issued directly by the Town's own Building Department (via SAFEbuilt), governed by the current edition of the International Plumbing Code (IPC) as adopted by the Town. State plumbing licensure is contemporaneously verified per Colorado statute; homeowners may self-perform plumbing work on their own non-rental, non-resale dwelling under a Homeowner Permit.

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• Mechanical / HVAC Permit

  Required for heating, cooling, and ventilation equipment installation or replacement in Mountain View, including furnaces, heat pumps, mini-splits, and AC units.

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• Reroofing Permit

  Required for roof replacement/reroofing in Mountain View. The Town's current live materials point to a general reroof-guide handout (2021 IRC-based, via the Colorado Chapter ICC), and this 2021 IRC edition is now directly confirmed by the Town's own live Municipal Code (Section 18.13.010, accessed 2026-07-23 at mountainview.municipal.codes/Code/18.13: 'The International Residential Code, 2021 Edition ... is hereby adopted'); an older, legacy Town-hosted page separately details specific 2015-IRC-referenced Residential Roofing Requirements, which is confirmed superseded rather than merely suspected, since the Town's live ordinance text establishes 2021 (not 2015) as the current-adopted edition.

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• Rooftop Solar / Photovoltaic Permit

  Required for solar panel installation in Mountain View.

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• Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Permit

  Mountain View publishes no distinct EV-charger permit type or fee line. A new circuit, outlet, or panel/service upgrade to serve an EV charger falls under the Town's standard Electrical Permit, issued directly by the Building Department (via SAFEbuilt) with contemporaneous Colorado electrical-license verification. The Town's population (approximately 501 in 2024) is far below the 10,000-resident municipal threshold that triggers Colorado HB24-1173's EV-charging-permit mandate, so Mountain View is not confirmed to be legally required to have adopted EV-specific permitting standards.

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• Demolition Permit

  Required for demolition work in Mountain View, including a State asbestos permit component for structures subject to Colorado asbestos regulations.

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• Deck / Covered Patio / Patio Enclosure Permit

  Required for decks, patio covers, and patio enclosures in Mountain View.

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