Residential Building Permit (New Construction) in Frisco, Colorado

Frisco requires a residential building permit (new construction) for: Department of Energy's Zero Energy Ready Home Proposal Certificate required for new residential construction (IRC), per the Summit Sustainable Building Code (Ordinance 20-04); 2 sets of plans to scale, including 1 set of structural plans stamped by a Colorado-licensed architect or engineer; Set of plans uploaded on CommunityCore; Soils Investigation Report required for new construction and additions; Signed Construction Management Plan and Standards (erosion control, noise, hours, fencing, dust/traffic control) required before permit issuance; Contractor must hold a current Town of Frisco Business License; Valuation of work set per Frisco Town Code Section 65-12 A(3) — Building Official has final authority on valuation; Electrical permit for the project is issued separately by Summit County Building Inspection Division, not the Town. 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. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

The Town's contracted plan reviewer, Comprehensive Building Code Services, publishes a 6-business-day turnaround for initial comments on 1- & 2-family residential projects. This is a first-review SLA, not a guarantee of full approval on the first pass — larger or incomplete submittals will take longer.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (CommunityCore Online Portal); Structural Plans (2 sets to scale); DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Proposal Certificate; Soils Investigation Report; Construction Management Plan and Standards (signed). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Frisco requires 3 inspection(s) for a residential building permit (new construction), in order: Foundation, Rough Frame / Rough Mechanical / Rough Plumbing, 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.

The Town of Frisco's Community Development Department (Building Division) issues building, plumbing, and mechanical permits, but permit administration has been contracted to a third-party firm, Comprehensive Building Code Services, LLC, since August 2024. Electrical and solar permits are issued separately by Summit County Building Inspection Division, not the Town.