EV Charger / Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permit in Yuma, Colorado

Yuma requires an ev charger / electric vehicle charging station permit for: Apply for the electrical permit covering EV charger circuit wiring and equipment installation directly through the Colorado State Electrical Board's Online Permitting System (dpo.colorado.gov/Electrical) — NOT through the City of Yuma's Building Inspector, which has no electrical-permitting jurisdiction here; Work must comply with whichever NEC edition the Colorado State Electrical Board currently has adopted; If the charger installation is bundled with new construction or a structural addition, a separate City of Yuma structural building permit (valuation-based, Resolution #46, Series of 2024) applies for that portion; A homeowner may self-perform electrical work at their own residence and pull the State permit themselves; a hired Electrical Contractor is responsible for obtaining the permit if one is hired. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Yuma Building Inspection / Code Enforcement at 970-848-3878 (City Hall); 970-630-7118 (Building Inspector direct line) before starting work.

In Yuma, the published State Electrical Board Permit Fee is: Set by the State Electrical Board per C.R.S. § 12-115-121(1) based on actual inspection cost — calculated and charged online at the DPO Online Permitting System, not published as a static table. Additional published fees: Building Permit Fee (structural portion, if new construction/addition is involved) — $100.00 minimum for valuation $1.00-$500.00; $100.00 plus $2.00 per additional $1,000.00 of valuation above $500.00. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Yuma's published plan-review target for an ev charger / electric vehicle charging station permit is Up to 3 business days.

You'll need: State of Colorado Online Electrical Permit (via DORA/DPO Online Permitting System). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Yuma requires 1 inspection(s) for an ev charger / electric vehicle charging station permit, in order: State Electrical Inspection. Schedule each through City of Yuma Building Inspection / Code Enforcement (970-848-3878 (City Hall); 970-630-7118 (Building Inspector direct line)).

Apply through City of Yuma Building Inspection / Code Enforcement at 320 South Main Street, Yuma, CO 80759 (mailing: PO Box 265, Yuma, CO 80759). Phone: 970-848-3878 (City Hall); 970-630-7118 (Building Inspector direct line), email: building.inspector@yumacolo.org. Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (City Hall, 320 South Main Street). Official information: https://cityofyuma.colorado.gov/building-inspection.

Yuma, Colorado has adopted: 2015 International Building Code (IBC) — per the City's own 'Roofing, Siding and Window Requirements' handout ('All projects must conform to Chapter 15 of the 2015 IBC, IRC and ICC as specified'; the siding requirements cite '2015 IBC Chapter 14 section 1403'). This is the most current, actively-maintained City-published statement of the adopted edition.; 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) — same source as above.; 2015 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), per Municode Chapter 15.28 (§15.28.010, 'Adopted'), current through Supplement No. 5 (codified through Ordinance No. 5-2025, adopted 4-15-2025; online content updated 7-25-2025). The section provides verbatim: 'There is hereby adopted by reference the International Existing Building Code, 2015 edition, as published by the International Code Council, as the Existing Building Code of the City of Yuma, Colorado, regulating and governing the repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings...' (Ord. 17-2018, 2018).; 2015 International Fire Code (IFC) — Municode Chapter 15.16 (§15.16.010, 'Adopted'), current through Supplement No. 5: 'There is hereby adopted by reference the International Fire Code, 2015 edition, as published by the International Code Council, as the Fire Code of the City of Yuma, Colorado...' (Ord. 17-2018, 2018). Administered by the Fire Department, and not modeled in this entry's permitTypes.; 2015 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) — adopted at Municode Chapter 15.30 (§15.30.010, 'Adopted'), current through Supplement No. 5: 'There is hereby adopted by reference the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 edition...' (Ord. 17-2018, 2018). Administered by Code Enforcement, so it is not modeled as a permit type here.; Most recent International Plumbing Code (IPC) as adopted by the State of Colorado, adopted by reference by the City of Yuma — Municode Chapter 15.32 (§15.32.010, 'Adopted'), current through Supplement No. 5: 'There is hereby adopted by reference the most recent International Plumbing Code, adopted by the State of Colorado, as published by the International Code Council, as the Plumbing Code of the City of Yuma, Colorado...' (Ord. 17-2018, 2018). The City ties its plumbing code edition to whatever the State of Colorado has adopted rather than naming a fixed edition year itself; see localAmendments for why plumbing permits and inspections in Yuma are administered by the State Plumbing Board (DORA/DPO), not the City.; 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), with the 2015 IECC/IRC Table R402.1.2/N1102.1.2 U-factor/SHGC table and the 2012 IECC/IRC Table R402.1.1/N1102.1.1 table both cited as applicable (values stated as identical between the two editions) in the City's 'Roofing, Siding and Window Requirements' handout, for window replacement energy compliance specifically.; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) as adopted by the Colorado State Electrical Board — City of Yuma does not run its own local electrical program (see localAmendments); wiring work is governed by whatever NEC edition the State Electrical Board has adopted, verify current edition directly with the State Electrical Board (dpo.colorado.gov/Electrical) at time of permit, since the City does not separately publish or amend an NEC edition of its own.; No newer code-edition cycle (e.g. 2018, 2021, or 2024 IBC/IRC family) is referenced anywhere on the City's Building Inspection page, Permits and Forms page, Roofing/Siding/Window Requirements handout, or Building Permit Application form — the City's actively-maintained public materials consistently cite the 2015 ICC family, so 2015 IBC/IRC/IEBC/IFC/IPMC are recorded as the governing adopted editions rather than assuming a later cycle. The Municode Library's own live Supplement History Table (nodeId=SUHITA) confirms the current codification is Supplement No. 5 (online content updated 7-25-2025), which lists every ordinance considered for codification through Ordinance No. 5-2025 (adopted 4-15-2025) as either 'Included' or 'Omitted'; no ordinance postdating 4-15-2025 (including no Dec-2025-era ordinance) appears anywhere in that table. Every Title 15 code-adoption chapter (15.04, 15.10, 15.12, 15.16, 15.24, 15.28, 15.30, 15.32, 15.36, 15.40, 15.41) still cites its original 2015-cycle edition (or, for Chapter 15.24, the 1997 UCADB), and the only post-2018 touch to any of these chapters is the identical, uniform Ord. No. 3-2025 (4-1-2025) penalty-cross-reference amendment applied chapter-by-chapter — not a code-edition update. This is a direct, chapter-by-chapter confirmation rather than an inference from absence: Yuma has adopted no newer I-code cycle than 2015.. Local amendments apply — see the Yuma overview page for the full list.

No. As with all electrical work in Yuma, the electrical permit for an EV charger circuit is issued and inspected by the Colorado State Electrical Board through its own Online Permitting System, not by the City's Building Inspector. A separate City structural building permit only applies if new construction accompanies the installation.