Residential Building Permit (New Construction) in Gilcrest, Colorado

Gilcrest requires a residential building permit (new construction) for: Completed Town of Gilcrest Building Permit Application, listing property owner, general contractor, and separate electrical/plumbing/heating trade contractors with license information; Site plan (survey-quality) showing distances to property lines for the closest structure including decks and covered patios, setbacks/offsets, subdivision/lot/block information; Reviewed under the 2018 IRC as reflected in the Town's own published guide series; Estimated project valuation (materials and labor) and square footage broken out by main floor, additional floors, unfinished/finished basement, crawlspace, covered porch, decks, and garage; Electrical and plumbing trade contractors must be listed by name and Colorado DORA license number at application; the Town (via SAFEbuilt) will not process the application until an active license is verified for each listed trade contractor, per the Contemporaneous Review Guidelines for electricians (Resolution 2016-12) and plumbers (rev. 10/28/20); Type of sewage disposal (public or septic) and water supply/tap size must be disclosed on the application; septic requires county health department approval prior to permit issuance. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Gilcrest Planning & Zoning / Building Department (building inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt, Inc.) at 970-737-2426 before starting work.

In Gilcrest, the published Building Permit Fee — valuation $1.00 to $500.00 is: $23.00. Additional published fees: Building Permit Fee — valuation $501.00 to $2,000.00 — $23.50 for the first $500 plus $3.05 for each additional $100 or fraction thereof, to and including $2,000.00; Building Permit Fee — valuation $2,001.00 to $25,000.00 — $69.25 for the first $2,000 plus $14.00 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000.00; Building Permit Fee — valuation $25,001.00 to $50,000.00 — $391.25 for the first $25,000 plus $10.10 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000.00; Building Permit Fee — valuation $50,001.00 to $100,000.00 — $643.75 for the first $50,000 plus $7.00 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000.00; Building Permit Fee — valuation $100,001.00 to $500,000.00 — $993.75 for the first $100,000 plus $5.60 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000.00; Building Permit Fee — valuation $500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00 — $3,233.75 for the first $500,000 plus $4.75 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000.00; Building Permit Fee — valuation $1,000,001.00 and up — $5,608.75 for the first $1,000,000 plus $3.15 for each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof; Plan Check Fee — 30% of Building Permit Fee; Town Surcharge — $10.00 flat; Building Material Use Tax — 4% (materials estimated at 50% of project valuation in lieu of filing use tax returns), per Chapter 4, Article IV, Gilcrest Municipal Code. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

The Town does not publish a specific numeric turnaround time. Its own materials state only that permits are issued after plan review is complete and that review time depends on the completeness of the submitted plans.

You'll need: Town of Gilcrest Building Permit Application; Site Plan / Survey; Construction plans (foundation, floor, framing, elevations). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Gilcrest requires 6 inspection(s) for a residential building permit (new construction), in order: Foundation, Underground, Rough Trade (electrical/plumbing/mechanical), Rough Framing, Insulation, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Gilcrest Planning & Zoning / Building Department (building inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt, Inc.) (970-737-2426).

Apply through Town of Gilcrest Planning & Zoning / Building Department (building inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt, Inc.) at 304 8th Street, Gilcrest, CO 80623. Phone: 970-737-2426, email: hana@townofgilcrest.org. Office hours: Monday-Friday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Saturday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Town Hall, 304 8th Street). Building inspection services are provided under contract by SAFEbuilt, Inc. (3755 Precision Drive, Suite 140, Loveland, CO 80538; main line 866-977-4111); inspection scheduling is handled via the inspection line printed on the issued permit card, not the Town's general office line.. Official information: https://townofgilcrest.org/departments/planning-zoning/.

Gilcrest, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) — confirmed as the operative residential code from the title block of the Town's own SAFEbuilt-published 'Building Guides for Homeowners' series (Re-Roofing, Additions to Single Family Dwellings, Accessory Structures, Patio Covers/Carports, Decks, Pole Barns, Window Replacement, Swimming Pools — all titled '2018 IRC' and published/revised 5.10.2019), which are the Town's own currently-linked permitting handouts as of this review; National Electrical Code: the Town's own 'Residential Electrical Wiring Guidelines' handout (SAFEbuilt Colorado, last revised 1/28/2010) cites 2008 NEC provisions (e.g., tamper-resistant receptacle requirements) and the Manufactured Housing Installation Permits handout separately states manufactured-home electric service 'shall be installed in accordance with 2008 National Electric Code (NEC)' — this is the most recent NEC edition citation found in any Town-published document; it is materially older than current NEC practice elsewhere in this corpus (2020/2023 cycles), and no more recent Town-published NEC edition citation could be located after checking the Building Permit Application, the Electrical Permit Resolution (2016-12), and both Contemporaneous Review Guidelines documents, none of which state a NEC edition themselves; Building Permit Fee valuation table: the Town's 'Building Inspection and Plan Review Fees' handout (undated, current as of this review since it is reproduced verbatim as an exhibit to the Amended 2025 Fee Schedule effective 5/1/2025) explicitly states fees are 'Based on Table 1A of the 97 Uniform Building Code' (i.e., the 1997 Uniform Building Code, a legacy pre-IRC/IBC code family) — this is a fee-calculation table only, not a statement that Gilcrest enforces 1997 UBC construction/life-safety provisions; the same handout separately states project valuations are based on 'the most current Building Valuation Data published by the International Code Council,' which is inconsistent with a static 1997-vintage fee table and is flagged here rather than silently reconciled; No IBC, IECC, IMC, IPC, or IFGC edition is cited in any Town-published document located during this review (Building Permit Application, all SAFEbuilt-branded IRC guide handouts, both fee schedules, both Contemporaneous Review Guidelines, the Electrical Permit Resolution, and the Mobile Home Permit Handout & Procedures) — Gilcrest's own published materials are residential/IRC-focused and do not name a commercial building/mechanical/plumbing/fuel-gas code edition; a plumbing code edition is likewise not stated, though the Plumber Contemporaneous Review Guidelines confirm plumbing permits are locally administered; Colorado is a home-rule state with no statewide-mandated building code edition; Gilcrest is a statutory (non-home-rule) town, so its own municipal code and adopted-code ordinance would govern, but the Town's Municipal Code (hosted on Municode) returned a 403 error on every direct access attempt during this review and could not be independently verified as a supplementary source for code-adoption ordinance language — see tipsAndGotchas for the chase trail; HB22-1362 statewide energy code floor (2021 IECC + electric-readiness/EV-ready/solar-ready requirements, effective window July 2023-July 2026): no Town-published document reviewed states an adopted IECC edition or references HB22-1362 compliance; the 2018 IRC guide series (Home Additions, Accessory Structures) does reference 'Energy Code Compliance Report (www.energycodes.gov) or REScheck calculations' as a required submittal item, which points toward some energy-code enforcement in practice, but no specific IECC edition or HB22-1362 statement was found in any Gilcrest-published source. This should be treated as an open item pending direct confirmation from the Building Department (970-737-2426) rather than assumed either way.. Local amendments apply — see the Gilcrest overview page for the full list.

The Town of Gilcrest Planning & Zoning/Building Department issues its own building permits, but building plan review and inspections are performed under contract by SAFEbuilt, Inc., a private building-department-services firm. Gilcrest is a statutory (non-home-rule) town with its own independent building program — it is not folded into Weld County's unincorporated permitting process.