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Permit Requirements
See permit fee list below. Failure to get a permit will result in double the permit fees. Please be sure to read the Lorena Zoning Ordinance for regulations that apply to the zoning district you are requesting a permit for.
Permit Fee Schedule
Note: Plan reviews will take 10 business days for approval.
Permits are required for the following:
Lorena's wastewater tap fee is $1800 per 4 inch connection and $2500 for all 6 inch connection inside the city limits of Lorena and $2300 per 4 inch connection and $3000 per 6 inch connection outside the city limits of Lorena; an additional fee may be assessed at the rate of $15 per square foot in the event a roadway or other obstruction must be traversed in order to provide service.
Permit Required
Permits are required for the following:
- Roofing
- Garage sales
- New construction, additions, accessory buildings, remodeling and alteration of existing structures, including patio covers and storage buildings.
- Repair, recover, or reroof of existing structures
- All concrete work such as drives, sidewalks, porches, patios, etc.
- Hot water heaters-gas and electric
- Installation of lawn sprinklers, swimming pools
- Installation of new fences
- All signs (sign permit fee is based on value of sign)
- Work which involves electrical wiring and equipment, which is covered by the National Electric Code, other than regular maintenance
- Work on heating and airconditioning equipment, which is regulated by the code, other than regular maintenance
- All plumbing work, which is covered by Standard Plumbing Code, other than regular maintenance
- Home occupations, nursery, day care, prekindergarten, play, special and other private schools
- Adult day care facilities
- Greenhouses and nurseries not primarily engaged in retail trade
- Heliports
- Any establishment selling beer, wine, or liquor for on-premises consumption
- Television and radio broadcasting towers
- House moving
- Demolitions
- Fences
- Dog Runs
- Set of building plans (for example: new construction, remodeling, building additions, accessory buildings)
- Three sets of building plans (for example: commercial construction)
- Site Development Plan (for example:commercial new construction, remodeling, building additions, accessory buildings)
- Site Plans (for example: signs, swimming pools, sprinkler systems, accessory buildings and additions)
- Application approval
- Fees
- Temporary pole
- Plumbing rough-in
- Plumbing top-out
- Gas rough-in
- Gas test
- Yard lines
- Piers
- Foundations
- Framing
- Electrical rough-in
- Electrical permanent service
- Mechanical rough-in
- Final inspection
- 3 if located within 1000 feet of a fire hydrant and within in a 5 mile radius of the fire department
- 3Y if located within 1000 feet of a fire hydrant and more than 5 miles from the fire department
- 2018 International Building Code
- 2018 International Mechanical, Electrical, Fuel, Fire, Energy Conservation and Property Maintenance Codes.
- 2017 National Electrical Code
Sewer Tap Fee
Lorena's wastewater tap fee is $1800 per 4 inch connection and $2500 for all 6 inch connection inside the city limits of Lorena and $2300 per 4 inch connection and $3000 per 6 inch connection outside the city limits of Lorena; an additional fee may be assessed at the rate of $15 per square foot in the event a roadway or other obstruction must be traversed in order to provide service.
Water Tap Fees
Tap Size |
Valve Size |
Fee |
---|---|---|
3/4 Inches |
5/8 Inches by 3/4 Inches |
$1,250 |
1 Inch |
5/8 Inches by 3/4 Inches |
$1,400 |
1 Inch |
1 Inch |
$1,850 |
1 1/2 Inches |
1 1/2 Inches |
$2,400 |
2 Inches |
2 Inches |
$3,250 |
Cost of $15 per square foot for traversing a roadway, and actual costs for a road bore if required will be included in the estimated costs and also require a 50% prepayment by the applicant.
To acquire alcohol related permits, please visit the TABC website.
Alcohol Permits
To acquire alcohol related permits, please visit the TABC website.