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Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger / EVSE Permit in Hudson, Colorado

Hudson has no dedicated EV charger / EVSE fee line or permit category distinct from its general Electrical Permit process. EV charger installation (Level 2 or DC fast charging equipment) is electrical work reviewed and fee'd under the Town's standard Electrical Permit, which follows the Colorado State Electrical Board's fee schedule. Hudson's population (approximately 2,700) is well below the 10,000-population municipal threshold that triggers Colorado HB24-1173's requirement for a standardized/expedited EV charging system permitting program (adoption deadline December 31, 2025, for covered municipalities of 10,000+ and counties of 20,000+), so the Town is not required to adopt a distinct EV charging permit track and none was found. Separately, the Town's live Building Permits & Inspections page states the pending 2024 ICC code adoption (targeted mid-2026) will include 'Solar and EV-ready provisions' via the Colorado Model Electric and Solar Ready Code, 2023 Edition — this concerns EV-ready wiring/conduit requirements for new construction, not a distinct EV charger permit fee or process, and remains in draft/proposal status as of this review.

Verified 2026-07-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Treated as standard electrical work: application submitted via the Town's CommunityCore online portal
  • Electrical contractor must hold a current Colorado state electrical contractor license, verified by the Town at permit acceptance (homeowners may self-perform on their own owner-occupied property, but subcontracted electrical work requires a licensed Colorado electrician) Owner-builderContractor
  • Panel/circuit sizing and load calculation documentation may be requested if the charger installation requires a service upgrade or exceeds standard branch-circuit capacity
  • No population-triggered HB24-1173 standardized EV permitting program applies to Hudson (population under the 10,000-resident municipal threshold)

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Fee schedule

Electrical Permit Fee (State Electrical Board schedule) — Residential up to 1,000 SFNo distinct EV charger fee line exists; EV charger circuits are billed under the same residential electrical fee tiers (by home square footage) used for other electrical work. Source: Town of Hudson Building Permit Fees handout (updated 3/27/2025).
$200
Electrical Fee — Nonresidential, valuation up to $2,000Applies if an EV charger is installed at a commercial property and billed on the nonresidential valuation schedule rather than the residential square-footage schedule. Re-verified 2026-07-20 directly against the Town's fee document (served as a .docx file at the /DocumentCenter/View/5295 URL despite its 'Building-Permit-Fees' filename); both this figure and the residential figure above are labeled 'Assessed ea. July by State Electrical Board' in the source table, confirming the Town adopts the Colorado State Electrical Board's annually-set schedule directly.
$100

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Rough Electrical

    Circuit/conduit and disconnect placement before concealment, if applicable

  2. 2

    Final Inspection

    Charger mounted, circuit labeled, GFCI/breaker protection and disconnect verified per NEC Article 625 (EV charging equipment)

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

Tips

  • Hudson does not price EV chargers separately from general electrical work — expect to pay the same residential square-footage-based or nonresidential valuation-based Electrical Permit Fee used for any other electrical permit, not a flat EV-specific fee.
  • Because Hudson's population is under Colorado's HB24-1173 threshold (10,000+ for municipalities), the Town is not legally required to publish a streamlined/expedited EV charging permit process — confirm current turnaround directly with Chief Building Official Jonathan Gesick (970-305-3161) before assuming an expedited timeline applies.
  • Watch for the Town's pending 2024 code cycle (Colorado Model Electric and Solar Ready Code, 2023 Edition), which may eventually formalize EV-ready wiring requirements for new construction, though this would affect new-build requirements rather than the permit fee for installing a charger today.

Frequently asked questions

Hudson requires an electric vehicle (ev) charger / evse permit for: Treated as standard electrical work: application submitted via the Town's CommunityCore online portal; Electrical contractor must hold a current Colorado state electrical contractor license, verified by the Town at permit acceptance (homeowners may self-perform on their own owner-occupied property, but subcontracted electrical work requires a licensed Colorado electrician); Panel/circuit sizing and load calculation documentation may be requested if the charger installation requires a service upgrade or exceeds standard branch-circuit capacity; No population-triggered HB24-1173 standardized EV permitting program applies to Hudson (population under the 10,000-resident municipal threshold). If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Hudson Building Department (contracted: ProCode Inc. / SAFEbuilt) at 970-305-3161 (Building Department, ProCode Inc.); 303-536-9311 (Town Hall main line) before starting work.

No. Hudson has no dedicated EV charger / EVSE permit category or fee line. Installing a Level 2 or DC fast charger is billed under the Town's standard Electrical Permit fee schedule (Colorado State Electrical Board schedule), the same as any other electrical work.

Hudson does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Hudson Building Department (contracted: ProCode Inc. / SAFEbuilt) at 970-305-3161 (Building Department, ProCode Inc.); 303-536-9311 (Town Hall main line) for current turnaround.

You'll need: Electrical Permit Application — EV Charger/EVSE scope. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Hudson requires 2 inspection(s) for an electric vehicle (ev) charger / evse permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Hudson Building Department (contracted: ProCode Inc. / SAFEbuilt) (970-305-3161 (Building Department, ProCode Inc.); 303-536-9311 (Town Hall main line)).

Apply through Town of Hudson Building Department (contracted: ProCode Inc. / SAFEbuilt) at 50 Beech Street (also published as 50 S. Beech Street / P.O. Box 351), Hudson, CO 80642-0351. Phone: 970-305-3161 (Building Department, ProCode Inc.); 303-536-9311 (Town Hall main line), email: jgesick@procodeinc.net (Jonathan Gesick, Chief Building Official). Office hours: Not separately published for the Building Department on the Town's Building Permits & Inspections page; Town Hall main line 303-536-9311, fax 303-536-4753. Inspection requests: online at www.procodeinc.net/inspections-request or by phone 970-305-3161 ext. 1.. Official information: https://hudsonco.gov/166/Building-Permits-Inspections.

Hudson, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC), as codified and amended per Hudson Municipal Code Chapter 18, Article I, Sec. 18-2 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force per the live Municode-codified chapter; 2018 International Residential Code (IRC), Sec. 18-6 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force; 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC), Sec. 18-10 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force; 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), Sec. 18-20 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force; 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC), Sec. 18-24 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force; 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), Sec. 18-28 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force per the live-codified chapter, though the Town's own DRAFT 2024 amendments propose replacing this with the 2024 IECC (status: not yet adopted as of this review); 2018 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), Sec. 18-32 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force; 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), Sec. 18-36 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force; 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC), Sec. 18-40 (Ord. No. 19-13, 7-3-19) — currently in force; National Electrical Code: no locally adopted NEC edition found in Chapter 18; IPMC Section 604.2 as amended defers to 'the Electrical Code adopted by the State of Colorado' rather than naming a specific NEC edition — electrical work in Hudson is administered under the Colorado State Electrical Board framework (see localAmendments); IMPORTANT STATUS NOTE — code edition transition in progress but NOT yet finalized: the Town's live Building Permits & Inspections page (hudsonco.gov/166/Building-Permits-Inspections) states the Town 'will adopt the 2024 ICC codes beginning June 2026, including Solar and EV-ready provisions,' and the Town has posted a document titled 'DRAFT 2024 Building Code Amendments' (DocumentCenter View/6523) proposing 2024 editions of IBC/IRC/IMC/IFGC/IPC/IECC(2024)/IPMC/IEBC/ISPSC plus a new Colorado Model Electric and Solar Ready Code, 2023 Edition (Title 31, Article 16, Part 2, C.R.S.) as Sec. 18-43. However, that document is watermarked 'DRAFT' throughout (dated 4/02/2026) and the live, currently-codified Municode text of Chapter 18 (confirmed via search-engine cache of library.municode.com/co/hudson, page directly 403'd to automated fetch) still shows the 2018/2012 editions listed above as being in force via Ord. No. 19-13. Per this project's zero-tolerance policy, the 2024 suite is NOT recorded as adopted until a signed ordinance/Municode update is confirmed; codesAdopted above reflects the current in-force 2018/2012 baseline, with this note flagging the pending transition for the next verification pass.; Separately, the Hudson Fire Protection District (HFPD) — an independent special district, not a Town department — has its own fire-code adoption process. The Town's live Building page states 'The Hudson Fire Protection District Board has adopted the 2024 IFC amendments, with draft documents available for review,' and a scanned board resolution (DocumentCenter View/6549, '2024-IFC-Adoption-Board-Resolution', a Konica Minolta scan dated April 2026) is posted. The underlying scanned PDF could not be OCR'd/text-extracted directly during this research pass (image-only scan, no embedded text layer) and the HFPD's own website (hfpdco.org) does not independently confirm a specific in-force IFC edition on the pages checked. Treated as partial confidence: an HFPD board resolution exists and the Town references it as adopted, but the specific currently-effective IFC edition enforced Town-wide could not be independently corroborated beyond the Town's own page summary.. Local amendments apply — see the Hudson overview page for the full list.

No. HB24-1173 requires standardized/expedited EV charging system permitting only for counties with 20,000+ population and municipalities with 10,000+ population. Hudson's population (approximately 2,700) is below this threshold, so the Town is not required to adopt a distinct EV permitting program.

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-20.

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 Hudson building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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