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Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Permit in Montrose, Colorado

Montrose has no separate City electrical permit process at all — as documented on this file's Solar PV Permit entry, electrical work (including any new circuit or panel/service upgrade) is permitted through the State of Colorado, Division of Professions and Occupations (Electrical and Plumbing Permits), not the City of Montrose. A residential EV charger circuit therefore follows that same state electrical-permit path. Separately, for commercial/non-residential EV charging stations, City of Montrose staff stated at an October 20, 2025 City Council work session that the City's existing zoning code — which treats EV charging stations as a standalone use in most commercial districts and an accessory use in all non-residential districts, reviewed through the streamlined Minor Site Development Review process (no public hearing) — already satisfies Colorado HB24-1173's EV-charging-permit mandate for municipalities of Montrose's population (over the 10,000 threshold), so staff recommended against adopting the state's model EV charging code or new ordinance language.

Verified 2026-07-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Residential: a new circuit, outlet, or panel/service upgrade to serve an EV charger requires a State of Colorado electrical permit (Division of Professions and Occupations), not a City of Montrose permit — same routing as the electrical scope of a solar PV installation in this jurisdiction
  • Commercial/non-residential: EV charging stations are a standalone permitted use in most commercial zoning districts and an accessory use in all non-residential districts, reviewed via the City's Minor Site Development Review process (administrative, no public hearing)
  • Montrose (population over 10,000) is subject to Colorado HB24-1173, which required covered municipalities to adopt or confirm a streamlined EV-charging permit process by December 31, 2025; City staff's position (per the Oct. 20, 2025 Council work session) is that Montrose's existing Minor Site Development Review process already meets that requirement without a new ordinance

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Fee schedule

State of Colorado Electrical Permit fee — 'All other electrical fees' (valuation-based, applies to an EV charger circuit retrofit)State of Colorado Electrical Permit Fees schedule (base figures effective April 1, 2016, per C.R.S. § 12-23-117), issued directly by the State of Colorado Division of Professions and Occupations rather than the City of Montrose, since Montrose has no separate City electrical permit process. The State Board updates this schedule periodically and its own current page (dpo.colorado.gov/Electrical/PermitsandInspections) publishes no static dollar table (fees are calculated through the online DORA permitting system at time of purchase), so this 2016 base schedule remains the most recent citable published figure — confirm current-year amounts directly with DORA before relying on this for a live application.
Not more than $2,000 valuation: $115.00 (state base figure, effective April 1, 2016); $2,001 and above: $115 plus $5.75 per $1,000 (or fraction) of total valuation, plus $115

Review timeline

Plan review
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Inspection process

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    Tips

    • Do not apply to the City of Montrose for a residential EV charger's electrical work — that permit is issued by the State of Colorado, the same as the electrical-interconnection scope of a solar PV installation in this jurisdiction.
    • The City's position that its existing Minor Site Development Review process satisfies HB24-1173 was reported via a City Council work-session news item (October 20, 2025); this session could not independently re-fetch the primary staff-report PDF to directly quote it, so confirm current status directly with City of Montrose Community Development/Planning Services before relying on it for a commercial project.
    • Montrose's population is above the 10,000-resident threshold that triggers HB24-1173 coverage, unlike several smaller nearby Colorado jurisdictions in this same wave of research.

    Frequently asked questions

    The electrical work itself is permitted through the State of Colorado, Division of Professions and Occupations — Montrose does not issue its own electrical permits, the same routing used for the electrical scope of a solar PV installation in this jurisdiction.

    In Montrose, the published State of Colorado Electrical Permit fee — 'All other electrical fees' (valuation-based, applies to an EV charger circuit retrofit) is: Not more than $2,000 valuation: $115.00 (state base figure, effective April 1, 2016); $2,001 and above: $115 plus $5.75 per $1,000 (or fraction) of total valuation, plus $115. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

    Montrose does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Montrose Building Services (Community Development / Planning Services) at 970-252-4707 for current turnaround.

    You'll need: State of Colorado Electrical Permit. Depending on your project, Montrose may also ask for: Minor Site Development Review Application (commercial/non-residential EV charging stations only). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

    Apply through City of Montrose Building Services (Community Development / Planning Services) at City Hall, 400 E Main Street, P.O. Box 790, Montrose, CO 81402. Phone: 970-252-4707, email: buildingservices@ci.montrose.co.us (permit application submittal); permits@cityofmontrose.us (per search-indexed contact for Building Inspector Timothy Mazur; not independently re-verified against a live City page in this session). Office hours: Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. (City Hall hours, per Building Services page). Inspection scheduling: 970-240-1445, inspection hours 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m., with 24-hour advance notice required per the City's Residential/Accessory/Commercial Construction packets.. Official information: https://www.cityofmontrose.org/270/Building-Services.

    Montrose, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC) — City of Montrose Building Services page, adopted per Section 4-1-1 of the City of Montrose Municipal Code; 2018 International Residential Code (IRC); 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2018 International Uniform/Mechanical Code (IMC) (City page lists this as '2018 International Uniform/Mechanical Code'); 2018 International Uniform/Plumbing Code (IPC) (City page lists this as '2018 International Uniform/Plumbing Code'); 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC); 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — note: electrical permitting and inspection itself is performed by the State of Colorado Electrical Board (DORA), not the City, per the City's own Residential/Accessory/Commercial Construction and Solar Permit packets; Deletions, modifications, and exceptions to the above codes are codified in Section 4-1-3 of the City of Montrose Municipal Code; full building regulations are in Title IV (Chapter 1 - Building Regulations, Chapter 4-9 - Housing Code, Chapter 11-13 - Mobile Home/Travel Home/Tiny Home Regulations, Chapter 11-9 - Outdoor Lighting, Section 4-1-4 - Plumbers and Gasfitters Licenses, Section 4-1-11 - Supplemental Building/Structure/Fence Requirements), per the City of Montrose Municipal Code as indexed on the Building Services page; The City references a forthcoming Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code page (linked from the Building Services page) but the Building Services page itself does not state an adoption/enforcement date for Montrose specifically in the content retrieved this session; not asserted as adopted here without that confirmation — see tipsAndGotchas. Local amendments apply — see the Montrose overview page for the full list.

    City of Montrose staff have stated that EV charging stations are a standalone use in most commercial zoning districts and an accessory use in all non-residential districts, reviewed through the City's streamlined Minor Site Development Review process (administrative, no public hearing).

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