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Residential Building Permit (New Construction) in Platteville, Colorado

Required for new single-family home construction in the Town of Platteville. Reviewed under the 2024 IRC as adopted; plan review and inspections are performed by SAFEbuilt on the Town's behalf, while the Town separately assesses its own utility and impact fees on the same combined application.

Verified 2026-08-02 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Completed Town of Platteville Building Permit Application, listing General Contractor plus Electrician, Plumber, and HVAC contractors and their license numbers where applicable
  • Electrician and plumber (if listed) must hold active Colorado DORA electrical/plumbing and contractor licenses, contemporaneously verified by the Town per CRS 12-23-116 (electrical) and CRS 12-155-120(1)/HB19-1086 (plumbing) Contractor
  • Site plan / survey showing setbacks, easements, and utility locations; a registered land surveyor's survey is required if the property is in a protected area
  • Fair market value of all materials and labor must be stated on the application (valuation basis for fee calculation)
  • Septic-served properties require Weld County health department approval prior to permit issuance
  • Construction must commence within 180 days of permit issuance (six months, per SAFEbuilt guides) or the permit is automatically void; work stoppage for 180 continuous days also voids the permit

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Fee schedule

SAFEbuilt/Town Building Permit fee (base, valuation-based) + zoning-compliance surcharge
Appendix A - Fee Schedule (Municode Library, Code of Ordinances Supp. Show full citationAppendix A - Fee Schedule (Municode Library, Code of Ordinances Supp. 2, updated 2026-02-17) provides: 'Sec. 16-3-10 | Building Permit | Per Chapter 18 + $50.00 to determine compliance with zoning applied to residential applications ONLY.' No separate town-specific valuation table is published anywhere in the current Code of Ordinances (a full-text search for 'Table 1-A fee valuation' returns no hits); the base fee is calculated per the adopted 2024 IBC's own fee schedule, incorporated by reference through Chapter 18 rather than independently republished. This same 'Per Chapter 18' base fee line also governs commercial and tenant-finish (TI) building permits — Platteville has no distinct commercial-building-permit or tenant-improvement-permit fee, application, or guide; commercial/TI projects use this identical Building Permit Application and fee line, simply without the residential-only $50.00 zoning-compliance add-on. See the full sourced finding in this jurisdiction's top-level localAmendments and tipsAndGotchas. Note that this covers the building-PERMIT fee specifically: commercial/non-residential projects also separately face a genuinely distinct $500.00 Site Plan review (Chapter 16, Sec. 16-5-40) that residential (single/two-family) projects are explicitly exempt from — see the commercial-nonresidential-site-plan-review permitType entry.
$50.00 zoning-compliance surcharge (residential applications only) is a confirmed flat figure; the underlying valuation-based base fee itself is not a Town-published number — verified-negative: it follows Chapter 18's adopted 2024 IBC fee schedule by reference, not a separately republished Town dollar table
Investigation fee (work commenced without a permit)
CONFIRMED 2026-07-23, live-quoted from Sec. Show full citationCONFIRMED 2026-07-23, live-quoted from Sec. 18-10-30 'Amendments' (Chapter 18, Article X — Residential Code): 'necessary permits shall be subject to a fee established by the Town. The fee shall be equal to 100% of the original building fee in addition to the required permit fees.' Sec. 18-2-30 (Article II — Building Code) carries the same amendment for commercial/general building scope.
100% of the original building permit fee, in addition to the required permit fees
Town of Platteville development-impact fees (Police, Public Facilities, Parks, Transportation, Storm Drainage, Schools, PGFPD)
CONFIRMED 2026-07-23, live-quoted verbatim from Appendix A - Fee Schedule, 'Development Impact Fees' subsection (cross-referencing Chapter 4-9): 'Collected by Town of Platteville with payment of… Show full citationCONFIRMED 2026-07-23, live-quoted verbatim from Appendix A - Fee Schedule, 'Development Impact Fees' subsection (cross-referencing Chapter 4-9): 'Collected by Town of Platteville with payment of building permit, but forwarded in full to Weld County School District RE-1 & PGFPD' for the Schools line. These are the 'TOTAL Platteville Fees' side of the combined Building Permit Application's fee block (separate from the SAFEbuilt-administered code-review fee stream above); water/sewer tap, meter, and system-investment charges (also part of 'TOTAL Platteville Fees') are separately confirmed as Utilities-section line items in Appendix A but are use-driven (meter size, EQR) rather than flat per-permit fees and are not restated here.
Police Facilities $759.00/dwelling unit ($0.54/sq ft nonresidential); Public Facilities $2,096.00/dwelling unit ($1.50/sq ft); Parks $1,538.00/dwelling unit ($0.00/sq ft nonresidential); Transportation $2,860.00/dwelling unit ($2.50/sq ft); Storm Drainage $1,601.00/unit ($1.14/sq ft); Schools $1,054.20/unit (single-family) or $272.00/unit (multi-family), forwarded to Weld County School District RE-1; PGFPD Impact Fee 2.266/dwelling unit residential (1.65 SB nonresidential)
Appeal of Building Official rulingCONFIRMED 2026-07-23, live-quoted from Appendix A - Fee Schedule, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION section.
$200.00

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

How long did your Residential Building Permit (New Construction) permit actually take in Platteville?

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Foundation

    After trenches excavated, reinforcement steel in place, forms erected, PRIOR to placing concrete

  2. 2

    Underground Plumbing

    Prior to covering of any piping or wiring and prior to placing concrete

  3. 3

    Rough Trade (plumbing, mechanical, electrical)

    May be performed with the rough frame inspection

  4. 4

    Rough Frame

    After roof, framing, fire stopping, sheathing, draft stopping, bracing, and fasteners are in place

  5. 5

    Insulation

    After insulation placed, PRIOR to covering walls

  6. 6

    Final

    After construction is fully complete

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Tips

  • Platteville's building permits are reviewed and inspected by SAFEbuilt on the Town's behalf, but utility/impact fees are separately assessed and collected by the Town on the same application — expect two distinct fee totals ('TOTAL SAFEbuilt Fees' and 'TOTAL Platteville Fees') rather than one combined line.
  • List your electrician and plumber (with Colorado DORA license numbers) on the application before submittal if known — Platteville will not process the permit until an active license is verified for each, and a changed tradesperson mid-project must be reported and re-verified.
  • Budget a flat $50.00 zoning-compliance surcharge on top of the base valuation-based building permit fee for residential applications (Appendix A, Sec. 16-3-10); the base fee itself follows the adopted 2024 IBC's own fee schedule rather than a Town-published dollar table, so get a project-specific quote from Town Hall (970-785-2245) or kcampos@plattevillegov.org before budgeting.
  • Development-impact fees (police, public facilities, parks, transportation, storm drainage, schools, PGFPD) are billed per dwelling unit or per square foot on top of the building permit fee — see Appendix A's 'Development Impact Fees' table for the current per-unit/per-sq-ft rates.
  • Platteville has no separate commercial-building-permit or tenant-improvement (TI) permit — the Town's own Building Permit Application PDF has a 'COMMERCIAL' Proposed-Use checkbox block (Shell Only, Tenant Finish, Remodel/Addition, New Building, Electrical Valuation) on this SAME combined form. A commercial or tenant-finish project follows the identical SAFEbuilt/Chapter-18 review and 'Per Chapter 18' base fee as this residential entry, just without the $50.00 residential-only zoning-compliance add-on. See the top-level localAmendments for the full sourced finding.

Frequently asked questions

Platteville requires a residential building permit (new construction) for: Completed Town of Platteville Building Permit Application, listing General Contractor plus Electrician, Plumber, and HVAC contractors and their license numbers where applicable; Electrician and plumber (if listed) must hold active Colorado DORA electrical/plumbing and contractor licenses, contemporaneously verified by the Town per CRS 12-23-116 (electrical) and CRS 12-155-120(1)/HB19-1086 (plumbing); Site plan / survey showing setbacks, easements, and utility locations; a registered land surveyor's survey is required if the property is in a protected area; Fair market value of all materials and labor must be stated on the application (valuation basis for fee calculation); Septic-served properties require Weld County health department approval prior to permit issuance; Construction must commence within 180 days of permit issuance (six months, per SAFEbuilt guides) or the permit is automatically void; work stoppage for 180 continuous days also voids the permit. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Platteville — SAFEbuilt Permits (contracted building department services) at 970-785-2245 before starting work.

Appendix A of the Municipal Code (live at library.municode.com/co/platteville/codes/code_of_ordinances) lists a $50.00 residential zoning-compliance surcharge, a $500/$1,000 solar cap, a $25.00 fence fee, and a $200.00 appeal fee, plus the Town's development-impact fee schedule. The underlying valuation-based base building-permit fee itself is not separately published by the Town — it follows Chapter 18's adopted 2024 International Building Code fee schedule by reference; contact Town Hall for a project-specific quote.

Platteville does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Platteville — SAFEbuilt Permits (contracted building department services) at 970-785-2245 for current turnaround.

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

Platteville requires 6 inspection(s) for a residential building permit (new construction), in order: Foundation, Underground Plumbing, Rough Trade (plumbing, mechanical, electrical), Rough Frame, Insulation, Final. Schedule each through Town of Platteville — SAFEbuilt Permits (contracted building department services) (970-785-2245).

Apply through Town of Platteville — SAFEbuilt Permits (contracted building department services) at 400 Grand Avenue, Platteville, CO 80651. Phone: 970-785-2245, email: kcampos@plattevillegov.org. Office hours: Town Hall main line 970-785-2245 (fax 970-785-2476). Building permit applications and plan-review submittals are emailed to kcampos@plattevillegov.org; SAFEbuilt plans examiners (coloradoplanreview@safebuilt.com for resubmittals) interpret International Codes and conduct building inspections on the Town's behalf. No separate SAFEbuilt local office address or in-person hours are published on the Town's site; all intake is via Town Hall or email.. Official information: https://platteville.colorado.gov/safebuilt-permits.

SAFEbuilt, a private building-department-services contractor, performs plan review and inspections on the Town of Platteville's behalf under the 2024 IRC/IBC as adopted (Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code, codified through Ordinance No. 2025-851, Dec. 16, 2025). Applications are still submitted to and administered by Town Hall (kcampos@plattevillegov.org, 970-785-2245).

No. The Town's own Building Permit Application has a dedicated 'COMMERCIAL' checkbox section (Shell Only, Tenant Finish, Remodel/Addition, New Building, Electrical Valuation), but it is the same combined application used for residential work, reviewed by SAFEbuilt under the same adopted 2024 IBC (Chapter 18, Article II) and billed under the same Appendix A 'Per Chapter 18' base fee, minus the residential-only $50.00 zoning surcharge. No commercial- or TI-specific guide, application, or fee table exists. This is not because Platteville lacks commercial zoning — it has Central Business District, Community Commercial, Regional Commercial, Light Industrial, and Small Office Warehouse districts (Sec. 16-2-10) — commercial/TI work is simply folded into the generic Building Permit process rather than given its own track.

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