Commercial Building Permit in Frisco, Colorado

Frisco requires a commercial building permit for: Building Permit required for 'New building construction,' 'Additions, alterations, and repairs to existing buildings (including re-roofing a structure, replacing window or door units, and re-siding a commercial or multi-family structure),' and 'Change in use or occupancy of existing buildings' — per the Town's Building Permits page; Summit Sustainable Building Code (Ordinance 20-04): 'All new commercial construction must demonstrate 25% energy savings above a baseline building energy model developed using ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Cost Budget protocol' — applies to all new commercial building applications since July 1, 2020; Proof of Registration in LEED, Green Globe, or other program required for new construction or additions (IBC), per the Building Permit Submittal Requirements PDF; 4 sets of plans to scale, including 1 set of structural plans stamped by a Colorado-licensed architect or engineer, plus a set of plans uploaded on CommunityCore; Structural Calculations required for commercial projects; Soils Investigation Report required for new construction and additions; Signed Construction Management Plan and Standards (erosion control, noise, construction hours 7am-7pm Mon-Sat, fencing, dust/traffic control) required before permit issuance; Engineer's stamp required on all mechanical and plumbing plans for commercial projects; Contractor must hold a current Town of Frisco Business License (no town contractor's license required); If Planning Commission/Planning Division approval is required, plans must be submitted to the Planning Division for review PRIOR to Building Permit issuance; Plan review fees are due at the time of application — CommunityCore requires at least a partial payment of the plan review fee at submission; only complete applications are accepted; Electrical permit for the project is issued separately by Summit County Building Inspection Division, not the Town; A separate Summit Fire & EMS permit (its own fee, submitted at summitfire.org) is independently required for new construction, tenant finish/remodels, occupancy/owner changes, and fire detection/suppression systems; Valuation of work set per Frisco Town Code Section 65-12 A(3) — the Building Official has final authority on permit valuation. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Frisco Community Development Department, Building Division at 970-668-9128 before starting work.

In Frisco, the published Building Permit Valuation Fee — $1.00 to $500.00 is: $65.00. Additional published fees: Building Permit Valuation Fee — $500.01 to $2,000.00 — $65.00 for the first $500.00 plus $1.60 for each additional $100.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $2,000.00; Building Permit Valuation Fee — $2,000.01 to $25,000.00 — $89.00 for the first $2,000.00 plus $18.20 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000.00; Building Permit Valuation Fee — $25,000.01 to $50,000.00 — $507.60 for the first $25,000.00 plus $13.13 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000.00; Building Permit Valuation Fee — $50,000.01 to $100,000.00 — $835.85 for the first $50,000.00 plus $9.10 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000.00; Building Permit Valuation Fee — $100,000.01 to $500,000.00 — $1,290.89 for the first $100,000.00 plus $7.28 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000.00; Building Permit Valuation Fee — $500,000.01 to $1,000,000.00 — $4,202.89 for the first $500,000.00 plus $6.18 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000.00; Building Permit Valuation Fee — $1,000,000.01 and up — $7,292.89 for the first $1,000,000.00 plus $4.75 for each additional $1,000.00, or fraction thereof; Building Permit Plan Review Fee — Charged separately from and in addition to the building permit fee; due at time of application; Impact Fee — Commercial/Industrial Structures — $2.00 per square foot; Additional plan review (incomplete or changed submittal documents) — $135.00 per hour (minimum charge — one hour). These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

CBCS publishes first-comment turnaround targets of 11 business days for small/minor commercial projects, 21 business days for large commercial projects, and 'as agreed upon' for projects over $25 million. These are initial-review figures, not full-approval guarantees — larger or incomplete submittals requiring revision cycles will take longer.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (CommunityCore Online Portal); Commercial Plans (4 sets to scale); Structural Calculations; Proof of Registration in LEED, Green Globe, or other Program; Soils Investigation Report; Construction Management Plan and Standards (signed); Summit Fire & EMS Permit Application (separate parallel track). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through Town of Frisco Community Development Department, Building Division at Frisco Town Hall, 1 East Main Street, P.O. Box 4100, Frisco, CO 80443. Phone: 970-668-9128, email: TOFPermits@townoffrisco.com. 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.. Official information: https://www.friscogov.com/departments/community-development/building-division/.

No. Tenant finish, interior alterations, and change-of-occupancy projects are processed under the standard Building Permit ('additions, alterations, and repairs to existing buildings' and 'change in use or occupancy' are explicitly listed as requiring one). The Town's contracted reviewer, CBCS, does distinguish small/minor commercial (11 business days to first comments) from large commercial (21 business days) in its published review schedule, and a separate Summit Fire & EMS permit is required for tenant finish/remodel work.

The Town of Frisco, via its Community Development Department — but administration has been contracted to a third-party firm, Comprehensive Building Code Services, LLC (CBCS), since the Town's in-house Building Division was dissolved in August 2024. Summit County's Building Inspection Division only handles the electrical (and solar) permits for the project, not the building permit itself.

On top of the 2018 ICC codes, the Summit Sustainable Building Code (Ordinance 20-04) requires all new commercial construction to demonstrate 25% energy savings above a baseline building energy model developed using the ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Cost Budget protocol, effective for all new commercial applications since July 1, 2020, and the submittal checklist requires proof of registration in LEED, Green Globe, or another program.