Victor building permits

Building department

Address

500 Victor Ave (also published as 500 W. Victor Ave.), PO Box 86, Victor, CO 80860

Phone

719-689-2284

Office hours

Monday - Thursday: 8am to 5pm, Friday: 8am to Noon. The City contracts with Shums Coda Associates (ShumsCoda) as its Building Official for plan review and inspections; general/code-interpretation questions are directed to the Building Department main line above.

Website

Official site

Inspection guide

See how inspections work in Victor — 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.

• 2012 International Building Code (IBC) — City of Victor Design Criteria document (Building Department page, 'Adopted Codes' section)
• 2012 International Residential Code (IRC)
• 2012 International Plumbing Code (IPC)
• 2012 International Mechanical Code (IMC)
• 2012 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC)
• 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)
• 2014 National Electrical Code (NEC)
• Local amendments to the above codes are adopted by Ordinance No. Show full textShow less

  Local amendments to the above codes are adopted by Ordinance No. 485. The Design Criteria document's direct link to the Ordinance No. 485 PDF (on the City's legacy cityofvictor.com/downloads path) no longer resolves, so the ordinance's full text is not retrievable from that link — the amendment's existence and code-cycle citation come from the current Design Criteria document itself, a live, actively-published Building Department resource. Request the full text of Ordinance No. 485 from the City if you need its specific amendments.

• Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code: Ordinance No. 526 (adopted 3/19/2026) amends Chapter 18 of the Victor Municipal Code by adding a new Article 12 adopting the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code with local amendments —… Show full textShow less

  Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code: Ordinance No. 526 (adopted 3/19/2026) amends Chapter 18 of the Victor Municipal Code by adding a new Article 12 adopting the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code with local amendments — confirmed via the Municode Library's 'Adopted Ordinances Not Yet Codified' index for Victor, CO (ordinance not yet folded into the codified Chapter 18 text, which remains current only through Ordinance No. 511/2019 in the online codified view). This aligns with SB23-166's statewide Wildfire Resiliency Code Board mandate requiring local governments in the Wildland-Urban Interface to adopt minimum wildfire-resiliency structure-hardening and defensible-space standards by April 1, 2026.

• The Design Criteria document (undated on-page, but the only live current-codes statement the Building Department publishes) is treated as the governing adopted-code list; Victor's own document names the 2012 I-Codes and… Show full textShow less

  The Design Criteria document (undated on-page, but the only live current-codes statement the Building Department publishes) is treated as the governing adopted-code list; Victor's own document names the 2012 I-Codes and 2014 NEC specifically — not the 2024 code cycle used by some other Colorado jurisdictions (e.g. Vail) — and no newer supersession appears on the Building Department, Building Permits, Ordinances and Resolutions, or Forms pages.

Permit types & fees

• Residential Building Permit (New Single-Family Construction)

  Required for construction of a new single-family residence within Victor city limits. Reviewed under the 2012 IRC/IBC as locally adopted (with amendments per Ordinance No. 485), the City's Design Criteria (90 mph wind speed, 40 psf snow load, Seismic Zone B, 36-inch frost depth), and Manual J criteria. Plan review and inspections are performed by the City's contracted Building Official, Shums Coda Associates.

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• Residential Addition / Remodel Permit

  Required for additions and interior/exterior remodels to existing residential structures in Victor. The City's Permit Requirement Quick Guide distinguishes Additions (full engineering/drawing plan set) from Interior Remodels (a narrower document set, varying by scope such as structural walls, basement finish, or non-structural work).

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• Electrical Permit

  Required for electrical installation, alteration, modification, or conversion work in Victor. Governed by the 2014 NEC as locally adopted. Victor operates its own local electrical permitting and inspection program (via its contracted Building Official) rather than deferring to the Colorado State Electrical Board — City Building Inspectors perform contemporaneous, on-site license verification of electrical workers per City policy.

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• Plumbing Permit

  Required for plumbing installation, alteration, or modification in Victor, issued as part of the Building Permit (the City's combined Building Permit Fee covers building, plumbing, and mechanical work together). Governed by the 2012 IPC as locally adopted. Like electrical, Victor runs its own local plumbing licensing verification rather than deferring to the Colorado State Plumbing Board.

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• Mechanical / HVAC Permit

  Required for heating, cooling, ventilation, and fuel-gas equipment installation or replacement in Victor, issued as part of the combined Building Permit. Governed by the 2012 IMC and 2012 IFGC as locally adopted.

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• Roofing Permit (Re-Roof)

  Required for roofing/re-roofing work in Victor. The City's own 2012 Roof Building Guide applies, and the Permit Requirement Quick Guide caps re-roofs at a maximum of 2 layers.

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• Solar Panel (Rooftop Photovoltaic) Permit

  Required for solar panel installations in Victor. Per the Permit Requirement Quick Guide, solar panel installations require a fuller plan set than most exterior remodel scopes, including engineering and drawing plans and electrical plans.

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• Demolition Permit

  Required for demolition of any building within Victor city limits. A flat $50.00 fee applies per the City's Fee & Fine Schedule, and a written scope of demolition is required.

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• Deck / Covered Patio / Carport Permit

  Required for uncovered decks, patio covers, and carports in Victor. The City publishes dedicated Building Guides for Uncovered Decks, Patio Covers - Enclosing, and Patio Covers & Carports, reflecting genuinely distinct submittal expectations for each subtype.

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• Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station / EVSE Permit

  The City of Victor has no distinct EV charger/EVSE permit application or fee line. An EV charging station installation is permitted as ordinary electrical work through the City's own local Electrical Permit program (Victor runs its own electrical permitting/inspection via its contracted Building Official, ShumsCoda, rather than deferring to the Colorado State Electrical Board), billed under the 'Nonresidential Buildings and Residential Alteration or Addition' Electric Permit fee table -- the same valuation-based schedule the city's own fee schedule uses for the electrical-interconnection portion of its solar permit, since the Fee & Fine Schedule does not name EV chargers as their own line item. Governed by the 2014 NEC as locally adopted, which includes Article 625 (Electric Vehicle Power Transfer System) provisions. Victor's population (roughly 400) is far below the 10,000-person threshold that triggers 'covered municipality' status under Colorado's HB24-1173 (Electric Vehicle Charging System Permits Act, effective 8/7/2024), so that statute's mandatory model-code/objective-standards adoption and 3-business-day decision-notification requirement do not apply here.

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• Commercial Building Permit (New Construction & Addition)

  Required for new commercial building construction and additions to existing commercial buildings within Victor city limits. The City's Permit Requirement Quick Guide lists a distinct 'COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION' category (separate from New Residential Construction and Residential Remodel) with 'New' and 'Addition' rows requiring the fullest document package of any category in the Guide -- notably more than any residential row. Governed by the 2012 IBC as locally adopted (with amendments per Ordinance No. 485), the City's Design Criteria commercial wind-speed table (2012 IBC Table 1604.5, by risk category), and COMcheck/Performance energy compliance rather than the residential Manual J/prescriptive path. Plan review and inspections are performed by the City's contracted Building Official, Shums Coda Associates.

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• Commercial Tenant Finish / Remodel (Tenant Improvement) Permit

  Required for tenant finish and remodel work within existing commercial spaces in Victor. The Permit Requirement Quick Guide lists 'Tenant Finish/Remodel' as its own row under COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION, distinctly lighter than New commercial construction or Additions: Engineered Plans are required UNLESS the space is under an occupant load of 10 (footnote 'i'), and no Boundary Survey or Soils Test line is marked for this category -- consistent with it being interior work to an already-permitted structure rather than new construction. Billed under the same combined valuation-based Building Permit Fee as new commercial construction; electrical work bills under the Nonresidential Electric Permit valuation table.

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• Sign Permit

  Sign placement in Victor is regulated by the City's Land Development Code, Chapter 16, Article 17 (Signs, §§ 16-17-10 through 16-17-60), which sets the purpose, definitions, allowed sign types (awning/canopy, banners, flags, wall, projecting, neon, window, sandwich board, yard signs), standards applicable to all signs, exemptions, and prohibited signs (rooftop and off-premises signs, freestanding signs in the Commercial Zone District, flashing/animated signs, and others). Article 17 itself does not describe a standalone 'sign permit' application or fee -- most conforming sign types are governed directly by these placement/size/illumination standards rather than gated behind a City review step. Two explicit exceptions exist: (1) Murals require City Council approval following application and review under § 16-17-30(E); and (2) per § 16-17-40(G), 'Signs shall meet all applicable standards of the adopted building and electric codes,' meaning a sign involving structural attachment or electrical connection still requires the City's ordinary Chapter 18 Building/Electrical Permit for that portion of the work. Any other City review of a sign (e.g., a variance from Article 17's standards under Article 11) is billed under the Land Development Code's general Zoning Application Fee.

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• Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm System Permit

  Fire protection in Victor is provided by the City's own Victor Volunteer Fire Department (est. 1894, 12-20 volunteers, Fire Chief appointed by City Council) -- a City department, not an independent special district. The City has adopted the 2012 International Fire Code (IFC), including Appendices B, C and F, as Chapter 18, Article 6 of its Municipal Code, with local amendments tightening automatic-sprinkler triggers for Group A-2 occupancies (fire area over 5,000 sq ft, occupant load of 300+, or located on a floor other than the level of exit discharge, per amended § 903.2.1.2) and requiring sprinklers throughout all Group R fire areas except Group R-3 and small Group R-1/R-2 buildings under 3 stories with fewer than 20 units (amended § 903.2.8). The Fire Department's own City webpage describes only its emergency-response mission and staffing, with no separate fire-permit application, plan-review, or fee process of its own -- consistent with fire sprinkler and fire alarm system installations being processed as ordinary Chapter 18 construction work through the Building Department (the same contracted Building Official, Shums Coda Associates, and the same combined, valuation-based Building Permit Fee used for other building/plumbing/mechanical work), since no distinct fire-alarm or fire-sprinkler fee line exists anywhere in the City's Fee & Fine Schedule.

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• Change of Use Permit

  The City of Victor has no application or fee named a 'Change of Use Permit' -- the Chapter 16 Land Use/Zoning section of the Fee & Fine Schedule lists only a Zoning Application Fee (hearing/no-hearing tiers) and a Subdivision/Lot Line Removal fee. Instead, a change to a use that is listed as a conditional use (rather than a permitted use) in the applicable zone district is handled through the Land Development Code's Conditional Use process, Chapter 16, Article 11 (§ 16-11-40). Conditional uses are 'land uses that are generally compatible with the permitted uses in a zone district, but that require site-specific review of their location, design, intensity, density, configuration and/or operating characteristics.' Applications go to the City Administrator, require public notice (mailed, published, and posted) under § 16-10-40, and are decided by City Council at a public hearing that must occur within 45 days of the filing of a complete application, per § 16-11-40(2).

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