City of Golden
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Golden requires a permit to install or replace a water heater, to modify plumbing, to run gas piping, and to repair or replace a water or sewer utility line. Confirm the address is inside the city before you apply.
What the permit guide lists
The city's required-permits guide lists water heater installation or replacement, plumbing modifications, gas piping, and water or sewer utility repair or replacement. Replacing a plumbing fixture in the same location is on the no-permit list. Work in the city right of way needs a separate right-of-way permit. The building division contact published with permit instructions is (303) 384-8151, building@cityofgolden.net, 1445 10th Street. Another city contact block shows (303) 384-8000 at 911 10th Street. Use the building-division line for a plumbing permit, and use the city's address lookup before you file. The permit portal says to check the Jefferson County address tool and confirm the municipal status says Golden. If the status is unincorporated Jefferson County, the city sends you to Jefferson County Building Safety. That is the same county counter used for Evergreen, not for a house inside Golden.
Codes and inspections, without a pipe-ownership claim
The permit portal text says the city has adopted the 2024 residential and building codes and the 2023 electrical code. A separate city page has listed 2021 codes. Ask the building division which set applies to this permit. Do not pick one from this website. Inspection requests made before 4 p.m. can be the next business day, and the city also lets you book up to 15 business days ahead. There is no appointment window. The city describes north and central Golden in the morning and south Golden in the afternoon. A contractor must be licensed with Golden and named on the permit before it is issued.
A right-of-way application is generally due three working days before the work, unless the city has approved an emergency sewer or water repair. That timing is about occupying the street. It does not say whether the owner or the city maintains the sewer lateral. Responsibility varies by utility. Confirm Golden's utility for this address before you authorize work under the asphalt. Edgewater's clay-pipe rule is Edgewater's.
Questions to settle first
Does Golden require a permit for a replacement water heater?
Yes. The required-permits guide lists water heater installation or replacement, and it lists plumbing modifications separately. Swapping a fixture in the same place is on the no-permit list. Gas piping and a water or sewer utility repair are on the permit list. Call the building division at (303) 384-8151 if the job sits between those lines.
How do I know the house is in Golden?
The city's permit portal says to use the Jefferson County address lookup and check that the municipal status says Golden. If it says unincorporated Jefferson County, Golden tells you to use the county building division. A Golden mailing address is not that status. Aurora's counter is the wrong third office.
Who owns the sewer lateral?
Not stated on the permit guide or the inspection page that were read. Do not invent a curb line. Right-of-way work needs the city's right-of-way permit, including a street cut. Ask Golden's utility for the address before the quote assigns the pipe under the asphalt.
A slow drain is drain cleaning until a camera shows a broken sewer line. A tank swap is water heater replacement. Confirm the permit office and the utility for this address before the work is closed up.
