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Plumbing Permit in Ault, Colorado

Required for plumbing installation, alteration, or repair in Ault. Unlike electrical permits, plumbing permit fees are NOT tied to a state board fee schedule — they use the Town's own 1997 UBC Table 1-A valuation-based fee table, administered locally by SAFEbuilt Colorado.

Reviewed 2026-07-06 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Plumbing plans required as part of the applicable submittal packet (residential or commercial) showing sewer, drains, vents, water piping, roof drains, and gas piping as applicable
  • Colorado plumbing contractors must hold a current DORA State Plumbing Board license (contractor licensure is state-regulated even though permit issuance and fee-setting is local)
  • All plan sheets sealed by a Colorado-licensed engineer where required, unless exempted under section 12-4-112 C.R.S.

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Plumbing Permit Fee (1997 UBC Table 1-A valuation-based schedule, same table as Building)Exhibit B — Fee Schedule for Services; no separate state-board pass-through fee applies to plumbing, unlike electrical
$23.00 minimum, scaling per Exhibit B valuation tiers

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

How long did your Plumbing Permit permit actually take in Ault?

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Rough Plumbing

    Pipe, drain, waste, and vent installation before concealment

  2. 2

    Final Inspection

    Fixtures connected, no leaks, proper venting verified

See the full Ault inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Confirm your plumbing contractor holds a current Colorado DORA State Plumbing Board license — that licensure requirement is separate from, and does not substitute for, the Town's own local plumbing permit issued and fee-assessed by SAFEbuilt.
  • 2026-07-23 re-chase: tried (1) Weld County's building department for a cross-reference (Ault is not county-administered — no Weld County plumbing-code adoption applies here), (2) the current New Commercial and Commercial Tenant Finish/Remodel SAFEbuilt submittal-procedure PDFs re-fetched and text-searched directly (both only use the generic '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES' heading and 'adopted Plumbing Code' phrase, never naming an IPC edition number), and (3) the Town's own codified Municipal Code, Title 15 Ch.04 Sec. 060 'Plumbing Code Adopted by Reference,' recovered via Wayback Machine archive of the Town's now-defunct myaultgov.org portal (captured 2022-12-05) — that ordinance text explicitly adopts 'The International Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition,' which is OLDER than, and in unresolved tension with, the '2024 I-codes' language SAFEbuilt's current (2026-dated) submittal documents direct applicants to follow; no live, currently-hosted copy of the Municipal Code exists to check whether Sec. 060 has since been amended to a 2024 edition. The specific CURRENTLY-governing IPC edition number therefore remains a genuine, unresolved gap between an outdated-but-once-codified ordinance and SAFEbuilt's edition-unspecific practical instructions — omitted rather than invented; confirm the currently enforced IPC edition directly with SAFEbuilt/Town Hall (970-834-2844) before relying on a specific edition number.

Frequently asked questions

Ault requires a plumbing permit for: Plumbing plans required as part of the applicable submittal packet (residential or commercial) showing sewer, drains, vents, water piping, roof drains, and gas piping as applicable; Colorado plumbing contractors must hold a current DORA State Plumbing Board license (contractor licensure is state-regulated even though permit issuance and fee-setting is local); All plan sheets sealed by a Colorado-licensed engineer where required, unless exempted under section 12-4-112 C.R.S.. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 970-834-2844 before starting work.

In Ault, the published Plumbing Permit Fee (1997 UBC Table 1-A valuation-based schedule, same table as Building) is: $23.00 minimum, scaling per Exhibit B valuation tiers. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Ault does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 970-834-2844 for current turnaround.

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

Ault requires 2 inspection(s) for a plumbing permit, in order: Rough Plumbing, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) (970-834-2844).

Apply through Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 201 1st Street, PO Box 1098, Ault, CO 80610. Phone: 970-834-2844, email: info@aultcolorado.gov. Office hours: Town Hall does not publish specific daily office hours on its Contact Us or Building Permits pages as of this review; the Town's public-works page separately states Public Works operates 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday (except holidays), and the site-wide holiday-closure banner implies a standard 9:00 a.m. reopening time, but neither is confirmed as the Building Department's specific window. Call 970-834-2844 to confirm hours before visiting in person.. Official information: https://www.aultcolorado.gov/buildingpermits.

Ault, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — per the '2026 SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List' (Town of Ault Building Permits page, Helpful/Residential resource): 'All submittal information must comply with the 2024 I-codes and the 2023 NEC.'; 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — per the SAFEbuilt 'New Commercial Plan Submittal Procedure' and 'Commercial Tenant Finish/Remodel Plan Submittal Procedure' documents on the Town of Ault Building Permits page, both headed '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES.'; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — required compliance documentation (ResCheck or energy rating report) explicitly named in the SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List; commercial submittal procedures likewise require 'Documentation showing compliance with the 2024 IECC.'; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — explicitly named in the SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List ('...and the 2023 NEC').; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) / International Plumbing Code (IPC) — inferred from the SAFEbuilt submittal procedures' consistent requirement of 'Mechanical/Plumbing Plans' stamped by a Colorado-licensed engineer, cross-referenced against the same '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES' heading used for the IBC/IECC citation on the same documents; not independently named by edition number in the source text, so carried at 'partial' confidence for the specific IMC/IPC edition number. 2026-07-23 re-chase: the Town's own codified Municipal Code (Title 15 Ch.04, Sections 030/060), recovered via Wayback Machine archive of the now-defunct myaultgov.org portal (Sec. 030 Mechanical captured 2022-12-05: 'International Mechanical Code, 2018 Edition'; Sec. 060 Plumbing captured 2022-12-05: 'International Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition'), shows both trade codes were LAST codified at pre-2024 editions — older than, and in unresolved tension with, SAFEbuilt's current 2024-I-code submittal language; no live, currently-hosted Municipal Code exists to confirm whether these sections have since been amended to 2024 editions, so the specific currently-governing IMC/IPC edition numbers remain genuinely unconfirmed and are NOT asserted as '2024' anywhere in this file.; 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC), Table 1-A — still the operative VALUATION-BASED FEE TABLE per the Town's 'Building Permit Fee Schedule' (Exhibit B — Fee Schedule for Services, a SAFEbuilt consultant-services fee exhibit posted on the Town's Building Permits resource list, last modified 5/19/24). This is a fee-calculation table, not a life-safety code edition, and is retained purely because it is the Town's actual current, published fee mechanism — it does not indicate the Town is still enforcing 1997 UBC life-safety provisions, which are superseded by the 2024 I-codes cited above.; No separate Ault-specific building-code-adoption ordinance was found published online: the Town of Ault Municipal Code page (aultcolorado.gov/MuniCode) states 'A Copy of the Ault Municipal Code is Available Upon Request' and is not hosted on Municode/eCode360 or any other public code-hosting platform; the Town's online Document Archive 'Ordinances' folder contains only a 'Non-Certified Copy of 2024 Model Traffic Code' (unrelated to building codes). The SAFEbuilt submittal-requirement documents (which explicitly compel 2024 I-code / 2023 NEC compliance and are hosted directly on the Town's own Building Permits page) are therefore treated as the governing, currently-operative code-adoption source for this file, consistent with SAFEbuilt Colorado being Ault's contracted building official/plan-review/inspection provider (per Exhibit B of the Town-SAFEbuilt consultant services agreement).. Local amendments apply — see the Ault overview page for the full list.

No. Exhibit B, the Town's fee schedule, ties only electrical fees to a state board schedule (Colorado State Electrical Board, +15%). Plumbing permit fees use the Town's own 1997 UBC Table 1-A valuation-based fee table, the same table used for building permits generally.

Sources & verification

Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-06.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Ault building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.