Victor building permits
VerifiedDepartment contacts, adopted codes, permit types, fees, and gotchas for Victor, Colorado.
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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. 485; the Design Criteria document's direct link to the Ordinance No. 485 PDF (hosted on the City's legacy cityofvictor.com/downloads path) returned a connection error on re-check and could not be independently re-verified as still live — the amendment's EXISTENCE and code-cycle citation is confirmed via the current Design Criteria document itself (a live, actively-published Building Department resource), but its full text could not be retrieved during this pass.
- 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; it does not reference the 2024 code cycle used by some other Colorado jurisdictions in this corpus (e.g. Vail) — Victor's own document names 2012 I-Codes and 2014 NEC specifically, and no newer supersession was found on the Building Department, Building Permits, Ordinances and Resolutions, or Forms pages during this review.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New residential construction activity
New privately-owned residential construction onlyHousing units authorized by building permits for new privately-owned residential construction — this is not total permit volume (no commercial permits or remodels).
- Latest month (2026-05)
- No data reported
- Trailing 12 months
- No data reported
- Year to date (2026 YTD)
- No data reported
- Full year 2025
- 0units
0 buildings · $0 valuation
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS), 2026-05 vintage. Census survey data — separate from the permit-requirements verification above. All Colorado building activity
Tips & gotchas
- Victor is a small (2020 population 379) Colorado Statutory City in Teller County with its OWN Building Department under Chapter 18 of its Municipal Code — it contracts with Shums Coda Associates as Building Official for plan review and inspections, and is NOT administered by Teller County's Building Division. Do not assume county rules apply within Victor city limits.
- There is no online permit portal — Building Permit Applications, plans, and fees must be submitted IN PERSON at Victor City Hall (500 W. Victor Ave.). This differs from several larger Colorado jurisdictions in this corpus that use OpenGov or similar e-permitting systems.
- Victor's adopted code cycle (2012 IBC/IRC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC, 2014 NEC) is older than several peer jurisdictions in this corpus — confirm the correct edition with the Building Department (719-689-2284) before finalizing design work, since local amendments exist under Ordinance No. 485 whose full text could not be independently re-verified as still hosted at its originally-linked URL.
- Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code: Ordinance No. 526 (adopted 3/19/2026) added a new Article 12 to Chapter 18 adopting this code with local amendments, implementing the statewide SB23-166 Wildfire Resiliency Code Board mandate. The specific hardening/defensible-space requirements in Article 12 could not be retrieved as full text during this review (Municode's ordinance PDF viewer did not return extractable text through available tooling) — treat this as a genuine open item requiring a direct call to the Building Department or a follow-up PDF pull, not an omission to paper over.
- HB22-1362's statewide residential energy-code floor exempts municipalities under 2,500 population; Victor's population (379) falls well within that exemption, consistent with the City's Design Criteria still listing the 2012 IECC. This is offered as a well-supported inference, not a fact the City states explicitly on its own site.
- Victor runs its OWN local electrical and plumbing permit/inspection program — City Building Inspectors perform contemporaneous, random on-site license-card verification per City policy (a distinctly published page: 'Review of Electrical & Plumbing Licenses'), and the Fee & Fine Schedule publishes dedicated Electric Permit fee tables. Do not assume DORA's State Electrical Board or State Plumbing Board directly permits/inspects work inside Victor city limits.
- Building/plumbing/mechanical permit fees are combined into ONE valuation-based fee table (Chapter 18) — only electrical has its own separate fee schedule, which itself splits into a flat square-footage table for new residential construction versus a valuation-based table for everything else (nonresidential, alterations, additions).
- The City publishes distinct, dated (2012) 'Building Guides' for eight specific project types (Addition, Patio Covers - Enclosing, Patio Covers & Carports, Roofing, Basement, Garage, Pole Barn, Uncovered Decks) — match your submittal package to the correct guide rather than assuming a one-size-fits-all residential permit process.
- Permits become null and void if no inspection occurs within 365 days of issuance, and a re-inspection fee ($100.00) applies if an inspection is called before work is ready, the permit card isn't posted, approved plans aren't on-site, or access isn't provided.
- Short-Term Rental (STR) licensing is administered by the Building Department itself (unlike some jurisdictions in this corpus where STR licensing sits with Finance/City Clerk) — $150 Application Fee (includes compliance inspection), $25 Bi-Annual Renewal — but is a separate regulatory license, not modeled as a permitType in this file.