Frisco building permits
VerifiedDepartment contacts, adopted codes, permit types, fees, and gotchas for Frisco, Colorado.
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Building department
- Address
- Frisco Town Hall, 1 East Main Street, P.O. Box 4100, Frisco, CO 80443
- Phone
- 970-668-9128
- Office hours
- Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Building permit administration is contracted to a third-party firm, Comprehensive Building Code Services, LLC (CBCS), since August 2024, when the Town's in-house Building Division was dissolved. CBCS contacts: Kara Fine, Contracted Permit Technician, 303-910-2966 / TOFPermits@townoffrisco.com; John C. Schumacher, Jr., CBO (CBCS owner), 303-550-2731. Community Development main line 970-668-5276; Planning Division 970-668-9131.
- Website
- Official site
- Permit portal
- Apply online at Frisco's portal
Inspection guide
See how inspections work in Frisco — 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.
- The Town of Frisco currently uses the 2018 International Code Council (ICC) code family — Town of Frisco Building Permits & Plan Review page states verbatim: 'The Town of Frisco currently uses the 2018 International Code Council codes.' (International Building Code, International Residential Code, and related I-Codes; specific IECC/IMC/IPC/IFC edition years beyond '2018 ICC family' are not individually broken out on the Town's public pages — local amendments live in Frisco Town Code Chapter 65, Building Construction and Housing Standards, which is hosted on Municode (library.municode.com/co/frisco) but renders as a JavaScript single-page app that could not be retrieved as readable text via direct fetch, browser-header curl, or the Wayback Machine snapshot (which mirrors the same JS shell) during this research session — flagged as an open item below rather than guessed at.)
- Summit Sustainable Building Code (SSBC) — adopted by Town Council Ordinance 20-04 on April 14, 2020, as an 'above-code' energy standard layered on top of the 2018 ICC base codes. Source: Town of Frisco Building Permits & Plan Review page.
- National Electrical Code (NEC) — electrical permits and their governing NEC edition are administered entirely by Summit County Building Inspection Division, not the Town; edition not independently confirmed on the Town's own pages (see localAmendments).
Permit types & fees
Residential Building Permit (New Construction)
Required for new single-family and other residential construction within Frisco town limits. Reviewed under the 2018 ICC code family (IRC) as locally amended by Frisco Town Code Chapter 65, plus the Summit Sustainable Building Code (SSBC) energy overlay requiring compliance with the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Program. Administered by Comprehensive Building Code Services, LLC (CBCS) under contract to the Town; submitted and reviewed via the CommunityCore online portal.
Residential Addition / Remodel Permit
Required for room additions, interior remodels, and structural alterations to existing residential buildings in Frisco. Reviewed under the 2018 ICC family (IRC) as locally amended; larger remodels follow the standard Building Permit track while a defined set of minor remodel/repair work qualifies for the Rapid Review Joint Application (3-business-day target turnaround).
Electrical Permit
Required for installation, alteration, or repair of electrical systems on any property within Frisco town limits. Unlike building, plumbing, and mechanical permits, electrical permits are issued entirely by Summit County Building Inspection Division, not the Town of Frisco's own Building Division — a specific, sourced authority carve-out confirmed on the Town's own Building Permits & Plan Review page.
Plumbing Permit
Required for installation, alteration, or repair of plumbing systems in Frisco. Issued by the Town's Building Division (administered by CBCS), not Summit County. Frisco conducts a distinctive 'contemporaneous review' of plumbing contractor licensure at time of inspection, per C.R.S. 12-58-114.5.
Mechanical / HVAC Permit
Required for furnaces, boilers, fireplaces, and other heating/mechanical equipment installation or replacement in Frisco. Issued by the Town's Building Division (CBCS-administered). Many like-for-like mechanical replacements qualify for the faster Rapid Review Joint Application rather than the standard Building Permit track.
EV Charger / EVSE Permit
Required for installation of a residential or commercial electric vehicle charging station (EVSE) on any property within Frisco town limits. As with all electrical work in Frisco, the permit is issued entirely by the Summit County Building Inspection Division, not the Town of Frisco's own Building Division — the Town's own Building Permits & Plan Review page states verbatim that 'all electrical permits for the Town of Frisco are issued by the Summit County Building Inspection Division.' The Town's Comprehensive Fee Schedule has no distinct EV-charger/EVSE line item; a standalone EVSE circuit is billed under the same general Electrical Permit fee tiers listed for other standalone electrical work (e.g., the same flat-rate treatment as a Hot Tub electrical hookup).
Roofing Permit (Re-Roof)
Required for re-roofing residential (IRC) and commercial (IBC) structures in Frisco. Re-roofing qualifies for the Town's Rapid Review Joint Application, charged based on valuation of work but limited to only the building permit fee (no separate plan review fee), reflecting the streamlined nature of this permit type.
Solar PV Permit
Required for installation of residential or commercial solar photovoltaic systems in Frisco. Administered through Summit County (in collaboration with Summit Fire & EMS), not the Town's own Building Division — a one-stop process capped at $500 total fee per the Town's own page, though the Town's own Comprehensive Fee Schedule separately lists a state-allowable residential PV fee figure.
Demolition Permit
Required for demolition, moving, or relocation of buildings within Frisco, reviewed under the standard Building Permit process. Demolition involving potential asbestos requires additional state (CDPHE) coordination.
New residential construction activity
New privately-owned residential construction onlyHousing units authorized by building permits for new privately-owned residential construction — this is not total permit volume (no commercial permits or remodels).
- Latest month (2026-05)
- No data reported
- Trailing 12 months
- No data reported
- Year to date
- No data reported
- Latest full year
- No data reported
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS), 2026-05 vintage. Census survey data — separate from the permit-requirements verification above. All Colorado building activity
Tips & gotchas
- Frisco's in-house Building Division was dissolved in August 2024 — building permit administration is now contracted to Comprehensive Building Code Services, LLC (CBCS). Direct plan-review and permitting questions to CBCS (Kara Fine, 303-910-2966) rather than expecting a Town employee to handle them.
- Electrical AND solar/PV permits are the two carve-outs from Frisco's own Building Division authority — both are issued by Summit County Building Inspection Division instead, per the Town's own Building Permits & Plan Review page. Building, plumbing, and mechanical permits remain with the Town (via CBCS).
- Summit County's Building Inspection Division office is physically located inside Frisco town limits (County Commons, 0037 Peak One Drive) — proximity does not mean the Town issues these permits; always confirm which authority (Town/CBCS vs. County) governs a given trade before applying.
- The Town's Rapid Review Joint Application is a genuinely fast (3-business-day target) path for a specific, published list of minor projects (water heater, furnace/boiler/fireplace replacement, hot tubs on existing decks/slabs, window/door repair-replacement-only, re-roofs, exterior light fixture replacement, exterior painting/re-siding) — check this list before assuming a project needs the slower standard Building Permit track.
- Frisco requires new residential construction to meet the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Program standard, and new commercial construction to demonstrate 25% energy savings above an ASHRAE 90.1 baseline, under the town's Summit Sustainable Building Code (Ordinance 20-04, April 2020) — a meaningfully above-base-code requirement that should be budgeted for early in design.
- As of this review (mid-2026), Frisco was actively working through a building/fire/energy code amendment package to comply with Colorado's new statewide Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Code (per a February 10, 2026 Town Council session), targeting final action around late March 2026 with a state compliance deadline near June 2026 — reconfirm current WUI requirements directly with CBCS or the Town before relying on this file for a WUI-sensitive project, since the amendment's final text was not independently confirmed adopted on the Town's public pages during this research session.
- No town-published local design-criteria table (ground snow load, wind speed, frost depth) was found on any Frisco-hosted page during this research session — unlike Golden or Lafayette, CO, which publish their own tables. This was genuinely chased and not found; confirm design criteria directly with CBCS or a Colorado-licensed structural engineer familiar with Summit County's mountain-resort conditions before finalizing structural plans.
- Frisco performs a distinctive 'contemporaneous plumbing review' at inspection time, verifying State (DORA) plumbing licensure directly and potentially terminating an inspection on the spot if licensure can't be verified — a stricter enforcement posture than most jurisdictions in this corpus.
- A separate Summit Fire & EMS permit (with its own fee, submitted via summitfire.org) is required for tenant finish/remodels, solar, new construction, tents, occupancy/owner changes, and fire detection/suppression systems — plan for this as an independent parallel-track permit, not something bundled into the Town's building permit.
- Frisco's own Code of Ordinances (Chapter 65, Building Construction and Housing Standards) is hosted on Municode as a JavaScript single-page application; it could not be retrieved as readable text via direct fetch, full browser-header curl, or the Wayback Machine (which mirrors the same JS shell) during this research session. Local-amendment specifics that would normally live there (e.g., a possible local design-criteria table) are flagged as an open item rather than fabricated.