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Electrical Permit in Frisco, Colorado

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.

Verified 2026-07-06 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Town of Frisco's own page states verbatim: 'All electrical permits for the Town of Frisco are issued by the Summit County Building Inspection Division.'
  • Applicants must apply directly to Summit County Building Inspection Division (County Commons, 0037 Peak One Drive, Frisco, CO 80443), not through the Town's CommunityCore portal used for building/plumbing/mechanical permits
  • The Town of Frisco's own Comprehensive Fee Schedule (Dec 9, 2025) nonetheless lists Town-charged electrical permit fee tiers by residential square footage — confirm with Summit County directly whether the Town's listed fee or a county-specific fee schedule governs, as this dual listing was not fully reconciled during this research session

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Electrical Permit — Residential <1,000 sq ftTown of Frisco Comprehensive Fee Schedule, Adoption Date December 9, 2025 — listed on the Town's own fee schedule despite Summit County administering the permit; confirm which schedule actually applies before quoting
$120.00
Electrical Permit — Residential 1,000-1,500 sq ft
$168.00
Electrical Permit — Residential 1,500-2,000 sq ft
$216.00
Electrical Permit — Residential >2,000 sq ft
$216.00
Electrical Permit — Other, valuation <$2,000.00
$120.00
Electrical Permit — Other, valuation ≥$2,000.00
$9.60 per $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, plus $120.00
Electrical Permit — Temporary Power Permit
$65.00
Electrical Permit — Hot Tub
$120.00
Electrical Permit — Additional Plan Review
$65.00
Electrical Permit — Reinspection
$65.00

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Rough Electrical

    Conducted by Summit County Building Inspection Division inspectors, not Town of Frisco building inspectors

  2. 2

    Final Inspection

    Final electrical sign-off by Summit County

See the full Frisco inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Do not submit your electrical permit through the Town's CommunityCore portal along with your building permit — it will not be processed there. Apply directly to Summit County Building Inspection Division.
  • Summit County's building-department office is physically located at County Commons, 0037 Peak One Drive, inside Frisco town limits — despite this proximity, it is a distinct county authority, not a Town of Frisco department.
  • The Town's own fee schedule lists electrical permit fees, but the permit itself is issued by the County — clarify with Summit County directly which fee schedule actually applies before budgeting.

Frequently asked questions

Frisco requires an electrical permit for: Town of Frisco's own page states verbatim: 'All electrical permits for the Town of Frisco are issued by the Summit County Building Inspection Division.'; Applicants must apply directly to Summit County Building Inspection Division (County Commons, 0037 Peak One Drive, Frisco, CO 80443), not through the Town's CommunityCore portal used for building/plumbing/mechanical permits; The Town of Frisco's own Comprehensive Fee Schedule (Dec 9, 2025) nonetheless lists Town-charged electrical permit fee tiers by residential square footage — confirm with Summit County directly whether the Town's listed fee or a county-specific fee schedule governs, as this dual listing was not fully reconciled during this research session. 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 Electrical Permit — Residential <1,000 sq ft is: $120.00. Additional published fees: Electrical Permit — Residential 1,000-1,500 sq ft — $168.00; Electrical Permit — Residential 1,500-2,000 sq ft — $216.00; Electrical Permit — Residential >2,000 sq ft — $216.00; Electrical Permit — Other, valuation <$2,000.00 — $120.00; Electrical Permit — Other, valuation ≥$2,000.00 — $9.60 per $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, plus $120.00; Electrical Permit — Temporary Power Permit — $65.00; Electrical Permit — Hot Tub — $120.00; Electrical Permit — Additional Plan Review — $65.00; Electrical Permit — Reinspection — $65.00. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Frisco does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Frisco Community Development Department, Building Division at 970-668-9128 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Electrical Permit Application (Summit County Building Inspection Division). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Frisco requires 2 inspection(s) for an electrical permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Frisco Community Development Department, Building Division (970-668-9128).

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/.

Frisco, Colorado has adopted: 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).. Local amendments apply — see the Frisco overview page for the full list.

No. The Town of Frisco's own Building Permits & Plan Review page states that all electrical permits for the Town of Frisco are issued by the Summit County Building Inspection Division, not the Town's own Building Division — a specific exception to the Town's general building-permit authority.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-06.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Frisco building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.