Building Department Review Times

It has been a crazy few months for the development community in Aspen! The building department has received an unprecedented amount of permit applications over the last few months. As such, review times are lengthy and these times should be built into your schedule for future permit submittal. We aren’t happy with these turnaround times and we know you aren’t either. We are making changes internally to improve these times, including reallocation of staff resources to focus on permit review.

Here are the current turnaround times from acceptance for review to first round of review for all permit types, as of Oct 1, 2020:

Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Permits: 2-3 Days
Repairs — 1-2 Weeks
Additional Information – 2 Weeks
Re-Roof Permits – 2-3 Weeks
IFFR Permits – 2-3 Weeks
EPIC Permits – 2-3 Weeks
Response to Comments – 7-9 Weeks
Simple Change Orders – 7-9 Weeks
New Minor Permits – 8-10 Weeks
Major Change Orders – 9-11 Weeks
New Major Permits – 10-12 Weeks

Any questions regarding these times can be directed to john.barker@cityofaspen.com

Estimate Your Building Permit Requirements

Community Development is pleased to share a new tool with the development community designed to help you better prepare for your building permit submittal. Before you schedule a pre-submittal meeting with City Staff, be sure to use this new checklist to get an idea of what will be required at submittal. You answer a series of Yes or No questions about your scope of work, and an custom, automatic, email is then sent to you with our best estimate of your submittal requirements.

To get started CLICK HERE To Quickly Estimate Your Permit Submittal Requirements