Westminster, CO
Westminster electrical permit cost
Westminster does not price an electrical permit as a permit of its own.
It publishes an electrical trade fee — "an additional 15% of the permit fee" — plus 15% of the plan review fee, so the electrical cost exists only in relation to a project's permit. On the flat single-family rows the schedule marks four jobs "* May also require an electrical permit fee", and at that same 15% an $80.00 air conditioner permit carries $12.00 of electrical permit fee: $92.00 in total.
How this fee is calculated
These are the components the schedule defines for this permit, as they applied on 2026-09-28. A component only applies to your project if its conditions match — read that column before assuming a figure. Want a figure for your own project? Estimate this fee with the permit fee calculator.
| Component | Formula | Applies when | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction trailer with electricalPermit fee | $125.00 flat fee | schedule item is construction trailer | — |
| Demolition permitPermit fee | $25.00 flat fee | schedule item is demolition | — |
| Mobile home set-up with electricalPermit fee | $125.00 flat fee | schedule item is mobile home setup | — |
| Solar systemsPermit fee | $300.00 flat fee | schedule item is solar systems | — |
| Above-ground poolPermit fee | $50.00 flat fee | schedule item is above ground pool | — |
| Air conditionerPermit fee | $80.00 flat fee | schedule item is air conditioner | — |
| Evaporative coolerPermit fee | $60.00 flat fee | schedule item is evaporative cooler | — |
| FencePermit fee | $50.00 flat fee | schedule item is fence | — |
| Furnace replacementPermit fee | $60.00 flat fee | schedule item is furnace | — |
| Gas logPermit fee | $60.00 flat fee | schedule item is gas log | — |
| Lawn irrigation sprinklerPermit fee | $60.00 flat fee | schedule item is lawn sprinkler | — |
| Re-roofingPermit fee | $100.00 flat fee | schedule item is re roofing | — |
| Spa / hot tubPermit fee | $80.00 flat fee | schedule item is spa | — |
| Detached storage shedPermit fee | $80.00 flat fee | schedule item is detached storage shed | — |
| Water heater replacementPermit fee | $40.00 flat fee | schedule item is water heater | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation $1 to $500Permit fee | $19.50 flat fee | schedule item is not provided and Project valuation up to $500 | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation $1,000,001 and overPermit fee | $4,659.20 + $2.65 per $1,000 of project valuation above $1,000,000, or fraction thereof | schedule item is not provided and Project valuation over $1,000,000 | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation $100,001 to $500,000Permit fee | $844.20 + $4.60 per $1,000 of project valuation above $100,000, or fraction thereof | schedule item is not provided and Project valuation over $100,000 and Project valuation up to $500,000 | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation $2,001 to $25,000Permit fee | $59.25 + $11.90 per $1,000 of project valuation above $2,000, or fraction thereof | schedule item is not provided and Project valuation over $2,000 and Project valuation up to $25,000 | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation $25,001 to $50,000Permit fee | $332.95 + $8.55 per $1,000 of project valuation above $25,000, or fraction thereof | schedule item is not provided and Project valuation over $25,000 and Project valuation up to $50,000 | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation $500,001 to $1,000,000Permit fee | $2,684.20 + $3.95 per $1,000 of project valuation above $500,000, or fraction thereof | schedule item is not provided and Project valuation over $500,000 and Project valuation up to $1,000,000 | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation $50,001 to $100,000Permit fee | $546.70 + $5.95 per $1,000 of project valuation above $50,000, or fraction thereof | schedule item is not provided and Project valuation over $50,000 and Project valuation up to $100,000 | — |
| Building permit fee, valuation $501 to $2,000Permit fee | $19.50 + $26.50 per $1,000 of project valuation above $500, or fraction thereof | schedule item is not provided and Project valuation over $500 and Project valuation up to $2,000 | — |
| Estimated use tax, 4.25% of half the valuationSurcharge | 2.125% of project valuation | schedule item is not provided | — |
| Plan review fee, 65% of the building permit feePlan review | 65% of calculated permit fee | schedule item is not provided | — |
| Additional permit trade fee, electrical — 15% of the permit feeOther fee | 15% of calculated permit fee | electrical trade is true and schedule item is not provided | — |
| Plan review fee for the electrical trade — 15% of the plan review feeOther fee | 9.75% of calculated permit fee | electrical trade is true and schedule item is not provided | — |
| Electrical permit fee on the flat permit, 15% of that feeOther fee | 15% of calculated permit fee | schedule item is air conditioner | — |
| Electrical permit fee on the flat permit, 15% of that feeOther fee | 15% of calculated permit fee | schedule item is evaporative cooler | — |
| Electrical permit fee on the flat permit, 15% of that feeOther fee | 15% of calculated permit fee | schedule item is furnace | — |
| Electrical permit fee on the flat permit, 15% of that feeOther fee | 15% of calculated permit fee | schedule item is spa | — |
A real permit fee is these components added together. The department’s final calculation is the one that applies — this is the schedule it will be based on.
A worked example
Follow the arithmetic by hand. Every line is produced by the engine from the rules above, so the total cannot drift away from the schedule behind it.
Worked example
An air-conditioner replacement in a single-family home. The schedule prices the job at a flat $80.00 and marks that row "* May also require an electrical permit fee", so the electrical permit fee is added to the same job.
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Schedule item | air_conditioner |
Example total
$92.00
An estimate, not an official fee. It is calculated from the published fee schedule as it applied on 2026-09-28. The permit office’s own calculation is the one that applies, and your project may fall under rules this schedule does not describe.
Fee schedule as of 2026-09-28Rules applied 2Rules considered 31
| Component | How it is calculated | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Air conditionerPermit feeMiscellaneous SFD Residential Permit Fees: "Air Conditioner — $80.00", marked "* May also require an electrical permit fee".Show the working
| $80.00 flat fee | $80.00 |
Electrical permit fee on the flat permit, 15% of that feeOther feeThe flat row for this job is marked "* May also require an electrical permit fee", and the schedule's electrical rate is "an additional 15% of the permit fee". Applied to the row's own flat fee, that is 15% of the figure above it.Show the working
| 15% of calculated permit fee | $12.00 |
| Total | $92.00 |
Fees that do not apply here
Listed so you can see what was considered and left out, rather than wondering whether something is missing. A rule can also be left out because it is not published for this permit at all, and that is stated where it matters.
- Construction trailer with electrical — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Demolition permit — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Mobile home set-up with electrical — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Solar systems — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Above-ground pool — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Evaporative cooler — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Fence — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Furnace replacement — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Gas log — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Lawn irrigation sprinkler — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Re-roofing — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Spa / hot tub — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Detached storage shed — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Water heater replacement — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation $1 to $500 — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation $1,000,001 and over — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation $100,001 to $500,000 — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation $2,001 to $25,000 — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation $25,001 to $50,000 — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation $500,001 to $1,000,000 — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation $50,001 to $100,000 — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Building permit fee, valuation $501 to $2,000 — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Estimated use tax, 4.25% of half the valuation — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Plan review fee, 65% of the building permit fee — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Additional permit trade fee, electrical — 15% of the permit fee — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Plan review fee for the electrical trade — 15% of the plan review fee — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided.
- Electrical permit fee on the flat permit, 15% of that fee — This fee does not apply to the inputs provided. (3 rules with the same outcome)
Assumptions
- Calculated from 2 fee rules in effect on 2026-09-28.
- Amounts are rounded to the nearest cent, once, at the end of each component.
The flat row is $80.00. The electrical permit fee is the schedule's own electrical rate — 15% of the permit fee — applied to that row's figure, which is $12.00, and the job comes to $92.00. The same 15% applied to a furnace, an evaporative cooler or a spa gives $9.00, $9.00 and $12.00 respectively on their published rows. Note what is *not* added: no plan review and no use tax, because the flat single-family rows are printed as one figure where the valuation route prints permit and review separately.
What is different in Westminster
There are two published routes to an electrical figure here, and neither is a table of electrical fees.
The first is a trade fee on a project. "Permit trade fees — An additional 15% of the permit fee for each of the following; mechanical, plumbing, electric", and "Plan review trade fees — An additional 15% of the plan review fee for each". Both are add-ons to a building permit, so both depend on the building permit fee: on a $60,000 project the table gives $606.20, the electrical trade fee is $90.93, plan review is $394.03 and the electrical share of it $59.10 — $150.03 for the electrical permit itself, on a project whose fees come to $2,425.26 with the use tax included.
The second is a flat single-family row. Four rows are marked "* May also require an electrical permit fee" — air conditioner at $80.00, furnace replacement at $60.00, evaporative cooler at $60.00 and spa or hot tub at $80.00 — and the schedule publishes exactly one electrical rate anywhere, the 15% trade fee. Applied to the row's own flat figure, that is $12.00 on the air conditioner, so the job costs $92.00 in permit fees rather than $80.00.
That application is a reading rather than a printed figure, and the page states it as one. What the schedule prints is the asterisk and the 15%; what it does not print is a stand-alone electrical permit fee for work that is not part of a permitted project. If your electrical job is not attached to a building permit, this schedule has no rate for it, and no figure is invented here to fill the gap.
Two comparisons are worth making, because they explain why this page asks for a project valuation at all. Denver prices an electrical permit from the value of the electrical work, so $25,000 of electrical work costs $219.00 there regardless of the building. Westminster prices it as a share of the building permit fee, so the same electrical work costs whatever 15% of the project's permit fee comes to. Houston and Clark County price the same work per device instead. Four jurisdictions, four different questions — and only the one you are actually asking can give you the right number.
What this figure does not include
Impact fees, utility connections and other departments’ permits are the usual omissions, and in some jurisdictions they are larger than the permit fee itself.
Not included in these figures
This estimate is the schedule's electrical trade fee for the scope selected, plus the electrical share of the plan review fee, and on a flat single-family row the electrical permit fee applied to that row's figure. It excludes:
- The building permit fee, the plan review fee and the estimated use tax when a valuation is given, which are the project's lines rather than the electrical permit's. They are shown separately for exactly that reason: the electrical permit is the 15% line, not the total.
- A stand-alone electrical permit for work with no building permit. The schedule publishes no rate for it; only the 15% trade fee and the flat rows exist, and no figure has been invented here to cover the difference.
- Service connection and utility charges, which are made by the utility rather than by the Building Division.
- The solar systems permit, which is a flat $300.00 on the miscellaneous list rather than a 15% trade fee, and the electric vehicle charger and similar work, which has no published row at all.
- The other trades' fees — mechanical and plumbing are 15% each of the same permit fee, and on a project with all three the additions total 45% of it.
- The "Other Inspections and Fees" block: after-hours inspection at $50.00 per hour with a two-hour minimum, re-inspection at $50.00, additional plan review at $50.00 per hour.
- Contractor registration and licensing, which the City requires of electrical contractors separately from the permit itself.
What you need before applying
- Four flat rows carry an electrical permit fee of their ownMay be required
Air conditioner, furnace replacement, evaporative cooler and spa/hot tub are each marked "* May also require an electrical permit fee". The schedule publishes exactly one electrical rate — 15% of the permit fee — so on those rows that is 15% of the row's own flat figure: $12.00 on an $80.00 air-conditioner permit.
Common questions
How much is an electrical permit in Westminster?
There is no electrical permit fee table. The schedule charges "an additional 15% of the permit fee" for each of mechanical, plumbing and electric, so an electrical permit costs 15% of the project's building permit fee plus 15% of its plan review fee. On a $60,000 project that is $90.93 plus $59.10.
What does a permit cost with an air conditioner replacement?
$92.00. The air conditioner row is a flat $80.00, and it is one of four rows marked "* May also require an electrical permit fee". At the schedule's own electrical rate of 15% of the permit fee, that adds $12.00. Furnace and evaporative cooler rows are $60.00 each and add $9.00; a spa or hot tub is $80.00 and adds $12.00.
Is that $12.00 printed in the schedule?
No, and this page says so. The schedule prints the asterisk — "May also require an electrical permit fee" — and it prints the 15% trade rate. Applying one to the other is this site's reading, and it is the only reading available that uses the City's own numbers. What the schedule genuinely does not price is a stand-alone electrical permit for work that is not part of a permitted project.
Do I pay plan review on an electrical permit?
On a project, yes — 15% of the plan review fee, and the plan review fee is itself 65% of the building permit fee, so the electrical share of review is 9.75% of the permit fee. On a flat single-family row there is no review line at all, because those rows are printed as a single figure.
How does this compare with Denver?
Denver requires a separate permit per discipline and prices each from the value of that trade's work, so an electrical permit there is the same table applied to the electrical contract value. Westminster treats the electrical scope as an addition to the building permit. Same state, twenty minutes apart, and the same job carries a different fee in each.
What about solar panels or EV chargers?
Solar systems have their own flat row on the schedule's miscellaneous list: $300.00 for the installation. Electric vehicle chargers have no row in this schedule at all, so their fee is not published here — check with the Building Division rather than assuming the solar figure applies.
Source and verification
The documents behind every figure on this page, with the dates that make them checkable.
- Fee schedule (PDF)CityPrimary source
Building Division Fee Schedule (effective January 1, 2026)
One page, headed "BUILDING DIVISION FEE SCHEDULE" and "(Effective January 1, 2026)", sha256 beginning 8d77172fe6affc1d. Read 2026-09-24 in three pdftotext modes. `-raw` and `-table` disagree by one row throughout the two flat lists at the foot of the page — `-raw` puts each value on the line above its label — and both agree once that shift is accounted for, which is the check the project's two-mode rule exists for. The valuation table, the review percentage and the use tax rate are unaffected by the shift.
Verification
Last verified against the official source in Sep 2026.