Building Permit Fees in Denver, CO (2026)

The typical path is a Quick Permit / roof covering. City and County of Denver Building and Land Development Fees (ADMIN 138 table), retrieved Oct 18, 2026, prices the building permit from the project valuation, and a permit is required.

CPD lists roofing as a Quick Permit type, so the typical path is the building permit only, with no plan review, even when the valuation is over $2,000. The official typical project value is $12,000.

The official assumed valuations are low $8,000, typical $12,000, and high $22,000. Walk the fee in three steps.

1. Step 1: read the building permit fee on the ADMIN 138 valuation table at the assumed valuation.
2. Step 2: on the Quick Permit path, do not add plan review.
3. Step 3: that building fee is the official total.

• Low $8,000: the building fee is $83, so the official low total is $83.
• Typical $12,000: the building fee is $115, so the official typical total is $115.
• High $22,000: the building fee is $195, so the official high total is $195.

Those three listed totals are the building permit only on the Quick Permit path. The building-permit line of $115 is already inside the typical total and is not added again.

The plan-review line on this row has no published dollar amount and is not included in the totals. Alternate non–Quick Permit path: if plans are required, add 50% of the permit fee per ADMIN 138.

That 50% plan review is not included in the official totals. On that alternate path, low would be $83 + $41.50 = $124.50, typical would be $115 + $57.50 = $172.50, and high would be $195 + $97.50 = $292.50.

The $124.50, $172.50, and $292.50 figures are not used in the official typical/low/high. No separate trade line was listed for this roof covering path.

Confirm Quick Permit eligibility, and whether plans are required, with Denver CPD / ePermits. Source: City and County of Denver Building and Land Development Fees (ADMIN 138 table), retrieved Oct 18, 2026 (denvergov.org).

Denver CPD Development Fees / ADMIN 138 (source retrieved Oct 18, 2026). The official typical path is a mechanical permit on the ADMIN 138 valuation table, on the Quick Permit mechanical path with no plan review.

The fee is based on the project valuation. A permit is required on that typical path.

The low fee is $59, the typical fee is $83, and the high fee is $220.50. The official typical project value is $7,500.

Listed assumed valuations are $5,000 low, $7,500 typical, and $16,000 high. A building-permit line is not on this row, and no technology fee is listed, so neither is in the low, typical, or high.

CPD lists mechanical as a Quick Permit type for like-for-like change-outs. Denver notes on file say plan review is 50% of the permit fee for work over $2,000.

Low and typical omit plan review even when the valuation exceeds $2,000, because those bands stay on the Quick Permit mechanical path.

• Low $5,000: mechanical permit $59 only (no plan review), which is the low fee of $59.
• Typical $7,500: mechanical permit $83 only (Quick Permit mechanical), which is the typical fee of $83.

The official mechanical permit extra is included in that $83 typical. It is not added again.

• High $16,000: $147 mechanical + $73.50 plan review = $220.50, the only listed band that includes plan review, which is the high fee of $220.50.

The $147 is the mechanical fee before plan review; the $73.50 is the 50% plan review on that high band only. The $220.50 high is not added on top of the $83 typical.

Alternate path not used in the typical fee: a non-Quick Permit filing at the typical valuation would add 50% of $83 ($41.50) for $124.50. A separate electrical permit may apply for new circuits or disconnects, but no electrical amount is listed, so that alternate is not listed and out of the totals.

Like-for-like change-outs often skip plan review; new systems or structural work do not. This note does not invent a fee beyond the official $59, $83, and $220.50 totals.

Confirm the Quick Permit mechanical path with Denver CPD / ePermits before filing.

Denver CPD Development Fees / ADMIN 138 (source retrieved Oct 18, 2026). A new deck uses a valuation fee model.

The official total is two parts from the ADMIN 138 valuation table: the building permit at the assumed project value, plus plan review at 50% of that building permit fee. Plan review is required for valuation > $2,000.

The assumed valuations are $8,000, $12,000, and $19,200; each is over $2,000, so plan review is included in the low, the typical, and the high. New decks are not a Quick Permit roofing/siding/mechanical path.

The total is built in three steps.

1. Step 1: read the building permit fee on the ADMIN 138 valuation table at the assumed valuation.
2. Step 2: add plan review at 50% of that building permit fee.
3. Step 3: add the two amounts.

At the typical valuation, the $115 building-permit extra and the $57.50 plan-review extra are already the two parts of the typical total.

• Low $8,000: building permit $83 + plan review $41.50 (50% of $83) = $124.50, so the low fee is $124.50.
• Typical $12,000: building permit $115 + plan review $57.50 (50% of $115) = $172.50, so the typical fee is $172.50.

The official typical project value is $12,000.

• High $19,200: building permit $179 + plan review $89.50 (50% of $179) = $268.50, so the high fee is $268.50.

What moves a homeowner from low to high is the assumed valuation. Value the project at $8,000 and the official total is $124.50.

Value it at the $12,000 typical project value and the official total is $172.50. Value it at $19,200 and the official total is $268.50.

The plan-review share stays 50% in every band; a higher valuation produces a higher building permit fee, and plan review follows that fee. What is excluded: Zoning/landmark reviews are extra in historic districts and are not included in the official typical/low/high.

No dollar amount is listed for that review, so $124.50, $172.50, and $268.50 do not include it. Before applying, confirm with Denver CPD / ePermits the valuation to look up on ADMIN 138, that the deck is filed as a building permit plus 50% plan review and not a Quick Permit roofing/siding/mechanical path, and whether the property is in a historic district, where zoning or landmark review is extra.

Denver CPD Development Fees / ADMIN 138 (source retrieved Oct 18, 2026). The fee model is valuation, and a permit is required on the official path.

This kitchen row uses the ADMIN 138 valuation table: a building permit plus plan review at 50% of that permit fee. Plan review is included in the official totals (plan review required for valuation > $2,000).

Listed assumed valuations are $15,000 low, $35,000 typical, and $75,000 high. Each of those valuations is over $2,000, so the 50% plan review is part of the low, the typical, and the high.

Kitchen remodel is not a Quick Permit roofing/siding/mechanical path; the building permit plus 50% plan review applies even when the valuation exceeds $2,000. The official typical project value is $35,000.

• Low $15,000: the ADMIN 138 building fee is $139, and plan review is $69.50 (50% of $139). $139 + $69.50 = $208.50.
• Low $15,000 = $208.50 total ($139 building + $69.50 plan review), which is the low fee of $208.50.
• Typical $35,000: building permit $300 + plan review $150 (50%) = $450.

The ADMIN 138 building fee at that typical valuation is $300, and plan review is $150 (50% of $300). $300 + $150 = $450, which is the typical fee of $450. The building-permit extra of $300 and the plan-review extra of $150 are included in that typical total and are not added again.

• High $75,000: the ADMIN 138 building fee is $595, and plan review is $297.50 (50% of $595). $595 + $297.50 = $892.50; high $75,000 = $892.50 total ($595 building + $297.50 plan review), which is the high fee of $892.50.

Same-layout cabinet-only work may not need a building permit. Separate electrical, plumbing, and mechanical trade permits use the same ADMIN 138 valuation table if those trades are pulled separately; separate trade valuations were not assumed.

The trade-permit extra is listed without a dollar amount, and those trade permits are not included in the official typical/low/high. Confirm kitchen permit path with Denver CPD / ePermits.