EV Charger / EVSE Permit in Lamar, Colorado

Lamar requires an ev charger / evse permit for: Apply directly through the Colorado DORA State Electrical Board at dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical — NOT through the City of Lamar Building Department; The City's 2026 Building Permit Application form itself instructs applicants: 'To apply for an electrical permit, access the website at www.dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical'; Electrical inspections are conducted by DORA's State Electrical Board, not City of Lamar Building Department staff; If the EVSE installation is paired with a City-permitted mounting/structural scope (e.g., a carport or accessory structure housing the charger), that scope would separately require a City Building Permit Application, but the electrical/EVSE circuit itself remains DORA's jurisdiction. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Lamar Building Department at 719-336-2085 before starting work.

In Lamar, the published State Electrical Permit and Inspection Fees is: Set by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), State Electrical Board — not published in the City of Lamar's fee schedule. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Lamar does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Lamar Building Department at 719-336-2085 for current turnaround.

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

Lamar requires 1 inspection(s) for an ev charger / evse permit, in order: State Electrical Inspection. Schedule each through City of Lamar Building Department (719-336-2085).

Apply through City of Lamar Building Department at Lamar Community Resource & Senior Center, 405/407 E. Olive, Lamar, CO (mailing: 102 E Parmenter St, Lamar, CO 81052). Phone: 719-336-2085, email: buildingcodes@ci.lamar.co.us. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Inspections conducted Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM; 24 hours advance notice required by calling 719-336-2085. Staff: Tony Gratta (Building Inspector) and Joy Dashner (Assistant Building Inspector), both reachable at 719-336-2085 / buildingcodes@ci.lamar.co.us.. Official information: https://ci.lamar.co.us/building-department.

Lamar, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC); 2018 International Residential Code (IRC); 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC) (listed on the City's page as '2018 Mechanical Code'); 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2018 International Fire Code (IFC); 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC); 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) (listed on the City's page as '2018 International Energy Code'); 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (listed separately on the City's page as '2015 Energy Conservation Code' alongside the 2018 IECC entry — the page lists both without clarifying which governs; treated here as a verbatim-as-published discrepancy rather than resolved by assumption); 2015 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC); 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards; 2006 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC); Codes are enforced within Lamar city limits AND for any properties connected/connecting to City water/wastewater within a 3-mile radius of the City limits, per the Building Department's own scoping statement.; HB22-1362 (Colorado Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions Act) compliance note: Lamar's own Building Department webpage lists the 2018 IECC (plus a separately-listed 2015 Energy Conservation Code entry) as the currently enforced energy code, which pre-dates the 2021 IECC-family editions that HB22-1362 nominally directs Colorado jurisdictions to adopt on a phased statewide timeline. HB22-1362's own statutory carve-out mechanism is a 'rural county' exemption (grant-application-contingent, allowing continued use of one of the 3 most recent IECC editions in lieu of the model low-energy/electric-ready codes) that applies at the COUNTY level, not a flat municipal population threshold — Prowers County (est. population ~11,900-12,300) would plausibly qualify as rural under this mechanism, but the City's own webpage does not cite HB22-1362, a grant application, or any rural-county determination as the basis for its 2018 IECC adoption. This is reported as an honest as-published discrepancy, not resolved by assumption; confidence on code-currency is 'partial' for this reason alone (the codes-adopted list itself, as literally published by the City, is verified).. Local amendments apply — see the Lamar overview page for the full list.

No. Electric vehicle charging equipment (EVSE) installation is an electrical permit, and Lamar does not issue electrical permits at all — that is handled entirely by the State of Colorado DORA State Electrical Board (dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical), the same as any other electrical work in the City.