NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND ADDITIONS

New Homes AND Additions

Complete submission includes:

• Building Permit Application
• Elevation Certificate if within a flood plain. (If you are unsure, please contact our office for the most recent FEMA information regarding your property)
• Declared occupancy use and type of construction
• 3 sets of Plans (2 full size large sets and 1 reduced size 11x17)
• Site Plan (1” = 20’)
• Floor Plan (1/4” = 1-0” min.)
• Foundation Plan—Sealed and signed by a Professional Engineer licensed by the State of Texas
• Exterior elevations—window sills, ceiling heights all types in all rooms, eave heights, exterior wall finishes
• Roof Plan and Type of roof cover
• Building Section—typical framing members and specifications and all ceiling heights including furr downs, slopes, and vaults
• ResCheck Compliance Certificate—Energy Code Compliance—For New Homes or Additions under 400 sqft, you can submit this form:The City of Corpus Christi Prescriptive Energy Form ( Residential Prescriptive Energy Form ) must be signed by the responsible party.
• ResCheck Compliance Certificate—Energy Code Compliance—For New Homes or Additions over 400 sqft, use the 2009 IECC Form created from ResCheck tools (www.energycodes.gov/rescheck/download.stm ) must be signed by the responsible party.
• Windstorm - Completed Texas Department of Insurance WPI-1 Form 
  www.tdi.state.tx.us/wind/dwnloads.html#eng-1
• Drawing(s) sealed and signed by a Professional Engineer licensed by the State of Texas showing:
  • Hold down locations and capacities
  • Uplift from plate to plate and top plate to rafter connections
  • Shear transfer method
  • Wall studs grade size and max. plate height
  • Labeling of shear and load transferring walls, including detail of fastening methods
  • Anchor bolt sizing and placement and/or method of anchoring to be used
  • Details for non-prescriptive design and/or construction methods
  • Wind load summary
  • A statement that the engineer will maintain a permanent file containing the structural design information for all non-prescriptive components of the structure.
• Septic System Letter from Health Department if septic system is being used on property