Residential Addition / Remodel Permit in Frisco, Colorado

Frisco requires a residential addition / remodel permit for: Room additions, alterations, and repairs to existing buildings require a standard Building Permit application via CommunityCore; 2 sets of plans to scale, 1 set of structural plans stamped by a Colorado-licensed architect or engineer, for projects involving structural changes; Signed Construction Management Plan and Standards required before permit issuance; Contractor's Town of Frisco Business License required; Minor remodel work not involving structural changes to building footprint or height (e.g., window/door repair-or-replacement only, exterior painting/re-siding, exterior light fixture replacement) may instead qualify for the Rapid Review Joint Application track. 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 (same schedule as new construction) is: $65.00 minimum, scaling per the valuation tiers in the Town of Frisco Comprehensive Fee Schedule. Additional published fees: Rapid Review — Remodel (IRC) — $100.00 flat. 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: Building Permit Application (CommunityCore) or Rapid Review Joint Application (CommunityCore); Construction Drawings. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Frisco requires 3 inspection(s) for a residential addition / remodel permit, in order: Rough Frame, Rough Plumbing / Mechanical, 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.

Yes — the Rapid Review Joint Application covers qualifying minor projects (window/door repair-or-replacement, exterior painting/re-siding, light fixture replacement, and certain remodels not involving structural footprint or height changes) with a flat $100 fee for IRC remodels and a Town target of turning the permit around within 3 business days of a complete, paid submission.