Electrical Permit in Victor, Colorado

Victor requires an electrical permit for: Governed by the 2014 NEC as adopted by the City of Victor; City Building Inspectors are authorized and required by state law to perform random reviews of electrician license cards (Apprentice, Journeyman, Master) on job sites, verifying currency and the 3-apprentice-per-licensed-worker ratio; non-compliant workers must leave the site and the company is reported to DORA; New residential building electrical fees are billed on a flat schedule by enclosed building square footage; nonresidential buildings and residential alterations/additions are billed on project valuation; Electrical work for solar panel installations is included as a distinct line item requiring a permit, application, engineering plans, and drawing plans per the Permit Requirement Quick Guide. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Victor Building Department at 719-689-2284 before starting work.

In Victor, the published Electric Permit Fee, New Residential Building — not more than 1,000 sq ft is: $115.00. Additional published fees: Electric Permit Fee, New Residential Building — over 1,000 up to 1,500 sq ft — $172.50; Electric Permit Fee, New Residential Building — over 1,500 up to 2,000 sq ft — $230.00; Electric Permit Fee, New Residential Building — over 2,000 sq ft — $230.00 plus $11.50 per 100 sq ft or fraction thereof in excess of 2,000 sq ft; Electric Permit Fee, Nonresidential Buildings and Residential Alteration/Addition — valuation $0.00 to $2,000.00 — $115.00; Electric Permit Fee, Nonresidential/Alteration/Addition — valuation $2,001.00 or more — $115.00 plus $11.50 per $1,000.00 or portion thereof of valuation; Electrical Plan Review Fee — 65% of the electrical permit fee for the initial and second review; actual code-consultant costs for any additional review; Building/Electrical Re-inspection Fee — $100.00. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Victor does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Victor Building Department at 719-689-2284 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (Electrical scope); Electrical Plans. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Victor requires 2 inspection(s) for an electrical permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through City of Victor Building Department (719-689-2284).

Apply through City of Victor Building Department at 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.. Official information: https://www.cityofvictor.com/building-department.

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

The City of Victor issues and inspects its own electrical permits. The Colorado State Electrical Board's own published guidance states it inspects only locations 'not inspected by a local authority,' and Victor's Building Department publishes its own Electric Permit fee schedule and performs its own contemporaneous electrician license verification on job sites.