New Homes AND Additions
A 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
- Digital Submission
- Site Plan
- Floor Plan
- 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
- Energy Compliance Certificate—for New Homes or Additions
- Windstorm - Completed Texas Department of Insurance WPI-1 Form https://www.tdi.texas.gov/forms/form13windstorm.html
- Windstorm - 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
- Beachfront Construction Projects may be required to obtain a Beachfront Construction Certificate (BCC) or a Dune Protection Permit (Kleberg County only)
