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Akron building permits

Akron, Colorado — as published 2026-07-13.

Reviewed 2026-07-13 · Source

Codes adopted

2018 International Building Code (IBC), chapters 1-35 plus appendices C, E, G, H, I, and J — Town Code 10-2-1, adopted by Ordinance 514 (1-6-2014), amended by Ordinance 589 (6-5-2023). The Ord. 589 amendment did NOT change the underlying edition year — Town Code 10-2-1 as currently published still names the 2018 IBC specifically, not a newer cycle — so the 2023 ordinance is treated as a re-adoption/amendment of the same 2018 edition rather than a code-cycle update, per direct reading of the current Town Code text (American Legal Publishing, checked 2026-07-06).2009 International Residential Code (IRC), chapters 1-43 plus appendices B, C, D, E, G, H, J, and K — Town Code 10-3-1, adopted by Ordinance 515 (1-6-2014). This is a materially older code cycle than the Building Code (2009 IRC vs. 2018 IBC); no evidence of a later IRC re-adoption was found anywhere in the Town Code, the Town's ordinances index, or web search as of this review.No standalone plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, or electrical code chapter exists anywhere in Town Code Title 10 (Building and Development) — Chapters run: Ch.1 General Building Provisions, Ch.2 Building Code (IBC 2018), Ch.3 Residential Code (IRC 2009), Ch.4 Building Numbers (addressing), Ch.5 Colorado Plains Regional Airport Overlay Zoning, Ch.6 Shipping Containers. Checked the full Title 10 table of contents and walked every chapter node directly on American Legal Publishing's code library (codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/akron_co) — confirmed no electrical/plumbing/mechanical/energy chapter exists.No energy code (IECC or otherwise) has been adopted by the Town of Akron — no such chapter exists in Title 10, and no ordinance adopting an energy code was found via direct Town Code review or web search. See localAmendments for the HB22-1362 analysis.

Permit types & fees

Residential Building Permit (New Construction)

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Required for new construction of one- and two-family dwellings and townhomes (not more than three stories) in the Town of Akron. Reviewed under the 2009 IRC as locally adopted and amended (Town Code 10-3-1, 10-3-2), including Akron's specific Table R301.2(1) design criteria (20 psf ground snow load, 90 mph wind speed, Seismic Design Category C, 30-inch frost depth). Issued by the Town's Building Inspector.

Verified 2026-07-13 · Source

Requirements

Plans/work must comply with the 2009 IRC as locally adopted and amended, including Akron's Table R301.2(1) design criteria: 20 psf ground snow load, 90 mph wind speed (no topographic effects), Seismic Design Category C, 30-inch minimum frost line depth, Slight-to-Moderate termite exposure, 0 F winter design temperature, no ice shield underlayment required, Air Freezing Index 0-1000, Mean Annual Temp 47 F
Automatic residential fire sprinkler systems are NOT required for one- and two-family dwellings under Akron's local amendment to Section R313.2 (deleted); this requirement applies only to townhouses (Section R313.1, effective 2-3-2014)
Permit becomes invalid if work is not commenced within 180 days of issuance, or if suspended/abandoned for 180 days; standard permit validity is 12 months from issuance, extendable in limited circumstances (see localAmendments)
Fees are paid to the Town Clerk and deposited in the Town's General Fund per Town Code 10-1-1; building fees and use taxes are calculated based on construction cost and are due at the time the application is submitted (per the Town's live Building Department page) — there is no separate fixed dollar fee schedule to look up
A Certificate of Occupancy (CO) must be obtained before any building can be occupied (Town's live Building Department page, corroborated by Wayback snapshots of the same page dated 2020-08-13 and 2021-10-06)
All building permits require a plot plan showing placement of the structure, grades, elevations, sidewalks, curb and gutters, and other pertinent information (per the current application form and the live Building Department page)
If the work involves roofing, shingles must carry a National Wind Warranty of 89 mph sustained or 115 mph 3-second gust per the current application form; separately, the Town's live Building Department page states roofing must meet Ground Snow 20 / Roof Snow 30 loading, a minimum 110 mph wind shingle rating, and that ice-and-water-guard and drip-edge underlayment are NOT required by the Town (check with your insurer, as their requirements may differ) — both figures are cited as stated by their respective sources and have not been reconciled into a single number

Required documents

RequiredBuilding Permit ApplicationThe Town's building department migrated its website from townofakron.colorado.gov to www.townofakron.com; the current application form ('BUILDING PERMIT - UPDATED 08-2024.pdf') is live at https://www.townofakron.com/DocumentCenter/View/201 and covers residential AND commercial permits (checkboxes for Fence, Deck, Concrete, Roofing, Shed/Outbuilding, New Construction, Pre-move Inspection, Remodeling/Addition, Demolition, Other) on a single unified form. It collects the applicant's State Electrical Permit # and State Plumbing Permit # directly on the application. May be submitted in person, by email (deputyclerk@townofakron.com), or by mail to Town of Akron, 250 Main Avenue, Akron, CO 80720. A plot plan must be attached.

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
General new-construction/building permit fee	Not a fixed figure — calculated based on construction cost (valuation-based), due at time of application submission	Confirmed on the Town's live Building Department page (townofakron.com/179/Building) and independently corroborated by Wayback snapshots of the same page dated 2020-08-13 and 2021-10-06; no separate published fee schedule exists anywhere on the Town's site or in Town Code Title 10.
Manufactured/Mobile Home placement permit — base fee	$24.60	Live Building Department page (townofakron.com/179/Building), checked 2026-07-13: 'Fill out a building permit for the Town of Akron and pay the base pay of $24.60.' Applicant must also submit a Google Maps satellite image marking the placement location with the application. This is the only fixed dollar figure published anywhere on the Town's current site or Town Code; it applies specifically to manufactured/mobile home placement, not general new construction.

Residential Addition / Remodel Permit

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Required for additions and repairs/alterations to existing structures in the Town of Akron. Reviewed under the 2009 IRC (additions to one-/two-family dwellings and townhomes) or 2018 IBC as applicable, both as locally amended. Akron's adopted IBC/IRC Section 105.2/R105.2 exemptions apply as amended by Town Code 10-2-2/10-3-2; no dollar-value repair/alteration threshold is locally published (confirmed 2026-07-23 by direct reading of the current Town Code text — see requirements below).

Verified 2026-07-23 · Source

Requirements

A building permit is required for alterations and repairs to existing structures per Akron's local amendments to IBC/IRC Section 105.2 (Town Code 10-2-2) and R105.2 (Town Code 10-3-2). 2026-07-23 VERIFICATION: the full, current text of both sections was read directly (codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/akron_co) and confirms Akron's amendments only DELETE specific base-code permit-exemption items — IBC Building exemption items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, & 12 (§10-2-2) and IRC Building exemption items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, & 9 (§10-3-2) — and contain NO dollar-value repair/alteration threshold anywhere in either section's text (a full-text search of both pages, and of Title 10 Chapter 1's General Building Provisions, turned up zero dollar figures). A previously-recorded '$1,500' repair/alteration threshold was NOT grounded in any Akron source (not the Town Code, not the live Building Department page, not any Wayback snapshot of the pages it traced to) and has been removed per zero-fabrication policy. Akron publishes no dollar-value threshold for when a repair/alteration requires a permit — assume a permit is required and confirm specific exemption status directly with the Building Inspector (970-345-2624)
Permit becomes invalid if work is not commenced within 180 days of issuance, or suspended/abandoned for 180 days; standard validity 12 months with limited extension provisions (Town Code 10-2-2 / 10-3-2)
Akron's local Section 105.2 amendments (both IBC and IRC chapters) DELETE several of the base code's standard small-project permit exemptions, meaning some minor work that would be exempt from permitting under an unamended IBC/IRC may still require a permit in Akron — confirm specific exemption status with the Building Inspector rather than assuming a national-code exemption applies
Additions and remodels use the SAME unified Building Permit Application form as new construction (check the 'Remodeling or Addition' box), not a separate application — confirmed directly from the current live application form
A plot plan is required with the application, and building fees/use taxes are calculated from construction cost and due at submission (no fixed schedule) — same procedural facts as new construction, per the Town's live Building Department page

Required documents

RequiredBuilding Permit ApplicationThe Town's building department migrated its website from townofakron.colorado.gov to www.townofakron.com; the current unified application form ('BUILDING PERMIT - UPDATED 08-2024.pdf', covering both new construction and 'Remodeling or Addition') is live at https://www.townofakron.com/DocumentCenter/View/201. May be submitted in person, by email (deputyclerk@townofakron.com), or by mail to Town of Akron, 250 Main Avenue, Akron, CO 80720.

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Alteration/repair/remodel permit fee	Not a fixed figure — calculated based on construction cost (valuation-based), due at time of application submission	Confirmed on the Town's live Building Department page (townofakron.com/179/Building, checked 2026-07-13); no separate published fee schedule exists. 2026-07-23 RESOLVED: the previously-recorded '$1,500' repair/alteration cost threshold has been REMOVED from this file as an ungrounded/fabricated figure. Independent re-verification on 2026-07-23 directly fetched and read the full live text of Town Code 10-2-2 and 10-3-2 (Section 105.2/R105.2 as locally amended) at codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/akron_co — confirmed Akron's amendments only DELETE specific base-code exemption items (IBC Building items 1,2,3,4,6,7,&12; IRC Building items 1,2,3,5,6,&9) and contain zero dollar figures anywhere in either section's text (verified via full-text search of the raw page content); Title 10 Chapter 1 (General Building Provisions) likewise contains zero dollar figures. A prior 2026-07-23 Wayback CDX sweep of every available snapshot of the two URLs the $1,500 claim traced to (townofakron.colorado.gov/building and /departments/building) found the same generic 'any structure built, placed, or added to... will first require completion of a building permit' language in every snapshot with no repair-cost threshold ever present. Conclusion: no dollar-value repair/alteration threshold is published anywhere in Akron's Town Code or on the Town's website; the $1,500 figure was a search-summarizer artifact, not an Akron-sourced fact, and has been struck per zero-fabrication policy. Call Town Hall (970-345-2624) to ask whether a specific piece of work requires a permit, since Akron's exemptions are defined by exemption-item list, not by project cost.

Electrical Permit

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Electrical work in the Town of Akron is NOT permitted through a Town-run electrical program — Akron's Title 10 Town Code contains no electrical chapter, and the Town's own live Building Department page states plainly: 'All plumbing and electrical permits are handled by the State of Colorado.' Electrical permits are issued and inspected by the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA Division of Professions and Occupations), consistent with the statewide default rule that state boards cover jurisdictions without their own certified local program.

Verified 2026-07-13 · Source

Requirements

A valid Colorado State Electrical permit (State Electrical Board, DORA/DPO) must be obtained prior to installing electrical wiring in Akron; permits may be obtained online through the State's Electrical and Plumbing Permits system
A homeowner may perform electrical work at their own residence and obtain the homeowner permit directly from the State Electrical Board, provided the work is personally performed, the property is not for sale/resale/rent and not open to the public, all work is inspected before and after concealment, and all work complies with the National Electrical Code (NEC)
An Electrical Contractor must obtain permits for company work; a homeowner-issued permit cannot be used by a contractor
All electrical work must comply with the National Electrical Code (NEC) as adopted by the State of Colorado
Once the state electrical permit is obtained, the resulting permit number must be provided to the Town of Akron (per the Town's live Building Department page); the Town's own current Building Permit Application form also includes a dedicated 'STATE ELECTRIC PERMIT #' field to record it

Required documents

RequiredColorado State Electrical Permit ApplicationObtained online via the Colorado DORA/DPO Electrical and Plumbing Permits system, not from the Town of Akron

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes

EV Charger / EVSE Permit

The Town of Akron has no local electrical permitting program (Title 10 contains no electrical chapter), so a residential EV charger / EVSE installation follows the same path as all other electrical work in Akron: a Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA/DPO) permit, not a Town-issued permit. No web search of the State Electrical Board's fee materials, the Town's Building Department page, or the Town's live application form turned up an EV-charger-specific fee line item or expedited process — an EV charger circuit is billed under the State Electrical Board's general fee schedule like any other electrical installation.

Reviewed 2026-07-23 · Source

Requirements

A valid Colorado State Electrical permit (State Electrical Board, DORA/DPO) is required prior to installing an EV charger circuit in Akron — obtained online through the State's Electrical and Plumbing Permits system, not from the Town
A homeowner may perform the work at their own residence under a state homeowner permit if personally performed, the property is not for sale/resale/rent and not open to the public, and all work is inspected before and after concealment
A licensed Electrical Contractor must pull the permit for company-performed work
Work must comply with the National Electrical Code (NEC) as adopted by the State of Colorado
Once the state electrical permit is obtained, the permit number must be provided to the Town of Akron — the Town's current Building Permit Application form has a dedicated 'STATE ELECTRIC PERMIT #' field to record it

Required documents

RequiredColorado State Electrical Permit ApplicationObtained online via the Colorado DORA/DPO Electrical and Plumbing Permits system, not from the Town of Akron

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
State Electrical Board general permit fee (no EV-specific line item found)	Set by the Colorado State Electrical Board's own current fee schedule, not by the Town of Akron	No EV charger/EVSE-specific fee category was found on the Town's live Building Department page, its current application form, or the DORA/DPO Electrical and Plumbing Permits pages as of this review — an EV charger circuit is treated as ordinary residential electrical work under the state's general fee schedule. Re-chased 2026-07-20: dpo.colorado.gov and the Secretary of State's CCR rule text (3 CCR 710-1) both return HTTP 403 to WebFetch and browser-header curl, same block documented in this dataset's Wellington, CO rooftop-solar-pv-permit entry. The most recent public reproduction of the statewide schedule located anywhere is Douglas County's Electrical Permit Application & Fee Schedule (douglasco.gov/documents/electrical-permit-app-2025.pdf — despite the '2025' filename, the document itself is footer-dated 01/12/2023, so its currency for 2026 is NOT confirmed and it is not adopted here as a verified figure, consistent with this project's treatment of the same document elsewhere in this dataset). For reference only, that document's 'ALL OTHER FEES' category (which explicitly lists 'EV Charger' as a checkbox item, alongside photovoltaic and other non-square-footage installations) ties to Colorado Revised Statute § 12-115-121.3 and reads: not more than $2,000 valuation = $57 flat; $2,001+ = $5 per $1,000 (or fraction) plus $57 base. 2026-07-23 RE-CHASE (still unrecoverable, but the DORA discrepancy flagged below is now RESOLVED): read the Colorado Secretary of State's official CCR text for 3 CCR 710-1 (State Electrical Board Rules and Regulations, sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do) in full — it contains only disciplinary civil-penalty fine schedules (tied to C.R.S. §12-115-122), no permit or inspection fee table of any kind; also directly read DORA's current ElectricalPlumbingPermits, ElectricalPlumbingPermits/Info, Electrical, and ElectricalPlumbingPermits/Forms pages plus the online-portal FAQ (dora.state.co.us/pls/real/ep_web_faq_gui.show_page) in full — none publish a numeric fee table for ANY installation type, EV or otherwise (the FAQ does confirm Washington County IS within the State Electrical Board's inspected jurisdiction, corroborating this file's existing conclusion). C.R.S. §12-115-121 (2025 text, read directly via Justia) confirms electrical inspection fees are 'set and categorized based upon the actual expense of inspecting each type of electrical installation' by the Board itself rather than published in statute, and separately caps only LOCAL-government-charged inspection fees at $120 (CPI-adjusted) — inapplicable here since Akron has no local electrical program and the State Board itself inspects. DISCREPANCY RESOLVED 2026-07-23: DORA's FAQ page had cited a 'HB99-1199, $500/$2,000' solar fee cap — that citation is a DORA error. No such bill as 'HB99-1199' exists; the actual C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113 solar/geothermal fee-cap statute was originally enacted in 2011 as HB11-1199, with its current dollar figures ($500 residential / $1,000 nonresidential) set by the 2021 amendment HB21-1284 — confirmed by direct reading of the statute's own codified text and legislative History note (see the solar-pv-permit entry, verified 2026-07-23). That statute governs 'active solar energy systems' and 'geothermal energy systems' ONLY (per its own definitions subsection) — it does NOT apply to EV chargers, so it supplies no fee-cap basis for this entry either way. Separately, Colorado DOES have an EV-charging-specific statute — HB24-1173 (2024), codified at C.R.S. §§ 30-28-213 (counties) and 31-23-316 (municipalities) — read in full directly from the signed bill text (leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1173_signed.pdf): it governs EV charger PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS (objective standards, administrative review, response timelines) and contains NO fee-cap or fee-schedule provision of any kind. It also only applies to counties with population 20,000+ and municipalities with population 10,000+ (per the 2020 federal census) — Akron's population is 1,757 (per this file's own census note), far below the 10,000 municipal threshold, so HB24-1173 does not apply to Akron at all, even for its process requirements. Conclusion: no Colorado statute caps or schedules EV-charger permit fees (confirmed by direct reading of both candidate statutes); Akron's EV-charger permit fee remains whatever the State Electrical Board's general (non-EV-specific) fee schedule charges for the installation, which is not published as accessible static text. The State Board's actual EV-charger fee amount appears only inside its login-gated online application portal after an installation type and valuation are entered, which is not a legitimate static public source to cite — the gap remains genuinely unpublished as accessible text.

Plumbing Permit

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Plumbing work in the Town of Akron is NOT permitted through a Town-run plumbing program — Akron's Title 10 Town Code contains no plumbing chapter, and the Town's own live Building Department page states plainly: 'All plumbing and electrical permits are handled by the State of Colorado.' Plumbing permits are issued and inspected by the Colorado State Plumbing Board (DORA Division of Professions and Occupations); the same live Town page states the resulting state plumbing permit number should then be provided to the Town of Akron.

Verified 2026-07-13 · Source

Requirements

A valid Colorado State Plumbing permit (State Plumbing Board, DORA/DPO) must be obtained prior to installing plumbing in Akron; permits may be obtained online through the State's Electrical and Plumbing Permits system
A homeowner may perform plumbing work at their own residence and obtain the homeowner permit directly from the State Plumbing Board, provided the work is personally performed, the property is not for sale/resale/rent and not open to the public, all work is inspected before and after concealment, and all work complies with the currently adopted plumbing code
A Plumbing Contractor must obtain permits for company work; a homeowner-issued permit cannot be used by a contractor
Plumbing installations must comply with the International Plumbing Code (IPC), International Residential Code (IRC), and International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) as adopted by the State of Colorado
Per the Town's live Building Department page, the resulting State of Colorado plumbing permit number should be provided to the Town of Akron once obtained; the Town's own current Building Permit Application form also includes a dedicated 'STATE PLUMBING PERMIT #' field to record it

Required documents

RequiredColorado State Plumbing Permit ApplicationObtained online via the Colorado DORA/DPO Electrical and Plumbing Permits system, not from the Town of Akron

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit

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Required for installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems in the Town of Akron. The structural/building portion is permitted by the Town (valuation-based Building Permit), while the electrical/interconnection portion is permitted directly by the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA), since Akron's Town Code has no local electrical chapter. As with all Colorado jurisdictions, the aggregate permit fee is capped by state law at $500 for a residential system and $1,000 for a commercial system (C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113, enacted by HB21-1284).

Verified 2026-07-23 · Source

Requirements

Town Building Permit required for the structural/racking portion, with a Plot Plan showing panel/array location
Manufacturer Installation Directions must be submitted with the Town building permit application
Before installation, the local electric utility, Y-W Electric, requires a Pre-Application Interconnection Data Form
Colorado State Electrical (Photovoltaic) permit required from the State Electrical Board (DORA) for the wiring/interconnection portion, since Akron has no local electrical program — obtainable online by a homeowner, licensed electrical contractor, or PV installer
Solar electrical plan review may be completed via SolarApp+ or Symbium per DORA's submittal guidelines for Alternative Energy systems
By statute (C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113 / HB21-1284), the aggregate of all permit fees and charges imposed by any Colorado governmental body (town + state) for an active solar energy system installation is capped at $500 residential / $1,000 commercial, with charges above that floor limited to actual cost or a 5% annual increase toward the cap

Required documents

RequiredTown of Akron Building Permit ApplicationFor the structural/racking portion of the solar installation; requires a plot plan
RequiredManufacturer Installation DirectionsPanel/racking manufacturer's installation instructions, submitted with the Town building permit
RequiredY-W Electric Pre-Application Interconnection Data FormRequired by the local electric utility before installation begins
RequiredColorado State Electrical (Photovoltaic) Permit ApplicationObtained online via the Colorado DORA/DPO Electrical and Plumbing Permits system for the wiring/interconnection portion; not issued by the Town

Fee schedule

Fee type	Amount	Notes
Statewide aggregate solar permit fee cap — Residential	$500 (combined Town + State Electrical Board fees), or actual cost of issuing/reviewing the permit if lower	C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113(1)(a)(I). 2026-07-23 VERIFIED directly against the current codified statute text (law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-24/other-agencies/article-48-5/part-1/section-24-48-5-113/, reflecting the 2025 CRS edition — not a bill summary): 'the aggregate of all charges or other related or associated fees the state or any agency, institution, authority, or political subdivision of the state may impose... shall not exceed: The lesser of the actual costs in issuing the permit or reviewing the application or five hundred dollars for a residential application or one thousand dollars for a nonresidential application' (for systems under 2 MW). Legislative history per the statute's own History note: originally enacted 2011 as HB11-1199 ('Fair Permit Act'); amended 2017 by SB17-179; ENTIRE SECTION AMENDED 2021 by HB21-1284 (this is what set the current $500/$1,000 dollar figures); technical amendment 2022 by SB22-118. Repealed effective 12/31/2029 (C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113(2)). This confirms the file's existing HB21-1284/$500/$1,000 figures are correct and current. Discrepancy resolution: a DORA FAQ page was separately seen citing '$500/$2,000' under 'HB99-1199' — no such bill exists (the actual 2011 originating bill is HB11-1199, not 'HB99-1199'); the codified statute's own current text confirms $1,000 (not $2,000) for nonresidential/commercial systems under 2 MW. The DORA FAQ figure is treated as an unreliable secondary source and is NOT adopted here in favor of the statute's own text.
Statewide aggregate solar permit fee cap — Commercial (nonresidential, under 2 MW)	$1,000 (combined Town + State Electrical Board fees), or actual cost of issuing/reviewing the permit if lower	C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113(1)(a)(I), same verification as the residential cap above. Note: for nonresidential systems producing 2 MW or more of direct-current electricity (or an equivalent-sized thermal system), the cap does not apply — the governmental body may recover its full actual permitting costs instead (C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113(1)(a)(II) and (1)(d)).
Town Building Permit (structural/racking portion)	Calculated based on construction cost (valuation-based); no fixed dollar figure published, subject to the statewide cap above	Town of Akron live Building Department page (townofakron.com/179/Building); no separate published fee schedule exists for Akron

Sources & verification

Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-13.

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