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EV Charger / EVSE Permit (Town Building Permit + State Electrical Permit) in Saguache, Colorado

The Town of Saguache has no dedicated EV charger/EVSE permit type, no adopted model building or electrical code, and no dedicated Building Department — a residential or commercial EV charging station installation within Town limits is still subject to the Town's general Building Permit requirement (per the Town's own 'Licenses and Permits' page and the downloadable 'Application for Building Site Permit'), administered by the Town Clerk/Deputy Clerk, with the electrical-connection scope handled entirely by the State of Colorado (DORA State Electrical Board), not the Town. Colorado's HB24-1173 (EV Charging System Permits, effective for permitting requirements by 12/31/2025) applies only to counties with population 20,000+ and municipalities with population 10,000+ — Saguache (population 539) is well under both thresholds and is not subject to that law's streamlined-permitting/model-code/3-business-day-decision requirements.

Verified 2026-07-23 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Contact the Town Clerk or Deputy Clerk at Saguache Town Hall (504 San Juan Avenue, P.O. Box 417, Saguache, CO 81149; 719-655-2232) — the Town's Application for Building Site Permit form has no dedicated 'EV Charger' or 'EVSE' checkbox among its project-type options (New Construction, Addition, Bridges/Walkways/Driveways, Roof Replacement, Fence or Deck, Demolition, Mobile Home, Single/Multi Unit Residence, Lot Level Change, Commercial); confirm with the Town Clerk which category applies to an EV charger installation
  • No adopted model building or electrical code (IBC/IRC/NEC) governs technical plan review, per ColoradoEnergy.org's independently-verified 'No Building Codes' finding for the Town and this file's direct reading of Municipal Code Chapter 18 (which contains no code adoption)
  • Electrical-connection work (the core scope of an EV charger install) is NOT administered by the Town — apply directly to the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA, Division of Professions and Occupations), consistent with the general Colorado pattern of small statutory towns without their own trade-permitting programs
  • Colorado HB24-1173 (EV Charging System Permits) requires counties with population 20,000+ and municipalities with population 10,000+ to adopt a streamlined EV-charger permitting process (state model code, local objective standards with a 3-business-day decision window, or a formally-adopted ordinance continuing existing process) by December 31, 2025 — Saguache's population (539) is far below the 10,000-person municipal threshold, so the Town has no obligation under this law and none was found to have been voluntarily adopted
  • No SolarAPP+ (gosolarapp.org) participation was found for the Town of Saguache — SolarAPP+ covers solar/storage permitting, not EV chargers specifically, and no evidence of any Saguache-specific automated permitting platform exists

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Fee schedule

Town of Saguache Building Permit Fee (general scope)UPDATED 2026-07-23: found on a LIVE primary source — the Town's own codified Municipal Code, Appendix 2-F (Consolidated Fee Schedule), read via live browser render at library.municode.com ('VERSION: FEB 1, 2024 (CURRENT)'). States verbatim under 'BUILDING PERMITS': 'Building Permit (valid for 1 year from date of issue) ... $20.00.' This is the same general Building Permit fee documented in this file's residential-building-permit entry; an EV charger installation using the Town's general Building Permit would be subject to this same $20.00 fee (plus the separate State electrical permit fee below). Supersedes the prior finding that no fee was published — that finding was accurate as of the earlier chase, which had not yet reached the Municode fee-schedule appendix.
$20.00
State of Colorado Electrical Permit -- Residential, up to 1,000 SF (statewide DORA State Electrical Board schedule, C.R.S. 12-23-117)Colorado's State Electrical Board sets a single statewide electrical permit fee schedule (assessed annually each July) that automatically governs in any jurisdiction, like Saguache, with no locally-adopted electrical inspection authority -- confirmed by cross-referencing the Town of Hudson, CO's Building Permit Fees handout (a fellow small statutory town with no local electrical program), which reproduces this schedule verbatim and labels it 'Assessed ea. July by State Electrical Board.' This is the governing fee for the core EV-charger electrical-connection scope in Saguache since the Town itself has no trade-permitting program. Saguache-specific confirmation of which square-footage/valuation tier applies to a retrofit EVSE circuit (vs. new construction) was not independently obtained -- confirm the exact tier with DORA (303-894-7800 / dora_electricalboard@state.co.us) before budgeting.
$200

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

How long did your EV Charger / EVSE Permit (Town Building Permit + State Electrical Permit) permit actually take in Saguache?

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Town Hall Review (Clerk / Deputy Clerk)

    Same generalist review process as the Town's general Building Permit — no dedicated Building Official or technical plan-review process is documented for the Town

  2. 2

    State of Colorado Electrical Inspection(s)

    Scheduled directly with the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA), not through the Town — this is the substantive inspection for the EV charger's electrical connection

Tips

  • There is no dedicated EV charger permit or checkbox in Saguache — use the Town's general 'Application for Building Site Permit' and confirm with the Town Clerk (719-655-2232) which project-type box to check.
  • The core electrical-connection work is handled entirely by the State of Colorado (DORA State Electrical Board), not the Town — apply and schedule inspections directly with the State.
  • Because Saguache's population (539) is far below HB24-1173's 10,000-person threshold for municipalities, don't expect a streamlined/model-code EV-charger permitting process or a guaranteed 3-business-day decision the way a larger Colorado city might offer.
  • No fee amount is published for the Town's portion of this permit anywhere on its site or archives — budget for an unknown/likely modest Town fee plus the separate State electrical permit fee, and confirm current amounts directly with the Town Clerk and DORA before installing.

Frequently asked questions

Saguache requires an ev charger / evse permit (town building permit + state electrical permit) for: Contact the Town Clerk or Deputy Clerk at Saguache Town Hall (504 San Juan Avenue, P.O. Box 417, Saguache, CO 81149; 719-655-2232) — the Town's Application for Building Site Permit form has no dedicated 'EV Charger' or 'EVSE' checkbox among its project-type options (New Construction, Addition, Bridges/Walkways/Driveways, Roof Replacement, Fence or Deck, Demolition, Mobile Home, Single/Multi Unit Residence, Lot Level Change, Commercial); confirm with the Town Clerk which category applies to an EV charger installation; No adopted model building or electrical code (IBC/IRC/NEC) governs technical plan review, per ColoradoEnergy.org's independently-verified 'No Building Codes' finding for the Town and this file's direct reading of Municipal Code Chapter 18 (which contains no code adoption); Electrical-connection work (the core scope of an EV charger install) is NOT administered by the Town — apply directly to the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA, Division of Professions and Occupations), consistent with the general Colorado pattern of small statutory towns without their own trade-permitting programs; Colorado HB24-1173 (EV Charging System Permits) requires counties with population 20,000+ and municipalities with population 10,000+ to adopt a streamlined EV-charger permitting process (state model code, local objective standards with a 3-business-day decision window, or a formally-adopted ordinance continuing existing process) by December 31, 2025 — Saguache's population (539) is far below the 10,000-person municipal threshold, so the Town has no obligation under this law and none was found to have been voluntarily adopted; No SolarAPP+ (gosolarapp.org) participation was found for the Town of Saguache — SolarAPP+ covers solar/storage permitting, not EV chargers specifically, and no evidence of any Saguache-specific automated permitting platform exists. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Saguache Town Hall (Town Clerk / Deputy Clerk administer Building Permit applications; no dedicated Building Department) at 719-655-2232 before starting work.

In Saguache, the published Town of Saguache Building Permit Fee (general scope) is: $20.00. Additional published fees: State of Colorado Electrical Permit -- Residential, up to 1,000 SF (statewide DORA State Electrical Board schedule, C.R.S. 12-23-117) — $200. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Saguache does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Saguache Town Hall (Town Clerk / Deputy Clerk administer Building Permit applications; no dedicated Building Department) at 719-655-2232 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Application for Building Site Permit. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Saguache requires 2 inspection(s) for an ev charger / evse permit (town building permit + state electrical permit), in order: Town Hall Review (Clerk / Deputy Clerk), State of Colorado Electrical Inspection(s). Schedule each through Town of Saguache Town Hall (Town Clerk / Deputy Clerk administer Building Permit applications; no dedicated Building Department) (719-655-2232).

Apply through Town of Saguache Town Hall (Town Clerk / Deputy Clerk administer Building Permit applications; no dedicated Building Department) at 504 San Juan Avenue, P.O. Box 417, Saguache, CO 81149. Phone: 719-655-2232, email: townclerk@townofsaguache.org. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., per the Town Hall page as preserved by the Wayback Machine (townofsaguache.org/town-hall-546.htm, captured 2025-12-10). NOTE: as of this review's live-site check (2026-07-06), the Town's website has been migrated/rebuilt on Netlify and no longer publishes this page or most of its prior content (see sources note below); hours/contact are carried forward from the last-known-good archived capture, cross-verified independently against ColoradoEnergy.org's own listed Town Clerk contact (matches exactly: 504 San Juan Ave, Saguache, CO 81149, 719-655-2232).. Official information: https://www.townofsaguache.org/.

No. An EV charger installation uses the Town's general Building Permit (Application for Building Site Permit), administered by the Town Clerk/Deputy Clerk, since the Town has no dedicated Building Department and has adopted no model building or electrical code. The electrical-connection work itself is permitted through the State of Colorado (DORA State Electrical Board), not the Town.

No. HB24-1173 only requires streamlined EV-charger permitting for counties with population 20,000+ and municipalities with population 10,000+. Saguache's population (539) is well under the municipal threshold, so the Town has no obligation under that law.

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