Administrative overview · FIPS 48265
Kerr County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
County
This county profile is the primary starting point for unincorporated-area permitting.
Responsible agency
Kerr County Engineering Department and Environmental Health Department
For a project in or near Kerr County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
Engineering/Floodplain: 830-896-9046; Environmental Health/OSSF: 830-896-9020
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Kerr County Engineering, 3766 TX-27, Kerrville, TX 78028; Kerr County Environmental Health, 550 Earl Garrett Street, Suite 100, Kerrville, TX 78028
Operating hours
Engineering: Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00-4:00 p.m., closed noon-1:00 p.m.; Environmental Health: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00-5:00 p.m., closed noon-1:00 p.m.
Review expectation
Kerr County publishes no typical floodplain or OSSF review time. Its OSSF fee schedule offers a $200 expedite fee when fewer than five working days remain before the requested due date, but this is not a guaranteed standard turnaround. State rules require action on a complete OSSF application within 30 days.
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
Frequently asked questions for Kerr County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Kerr County Engineering Department and Environmental Health Department is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
How should I begin an application?
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact Engineering/Floodplain: 830-896-9046; Environmental Health/OSSF: 830-896-9020 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
Kerr County publishes no typical floodplain or OSSF review time. Its OSSF fee schedule offers a $200 expedite fee when fewer than five working days remain before the requested due date, but this is not a guaranteed standard turnaround. State rules require action on a complete OSSF application within 30 days.
How are inspections scheduled?
Make an appointment with Engineering at 830-896-9046 for floodplain procedures and bring the appraisal-district property ID. Submit the completed floodplain application to floodplain@kerrcountytx.gov or in person at 3766 TX-27. No work may start until the development permit is issued; the administrator may inspect, an elevation certificate may be required within 10 business days after foundation completion, and occupancy must await a Certificate of Compliance. For OSSF plan review and inspections, contact Environmental Health at 830-896-9020; installation must remain uncovered until county inspection and approval to operate. No public online scheduling portal was found.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Kerr County Engineering administers Flood Damage Prevention Order Nos. 37967 and 38000, as amended, for floodplain development and also regulates county-road driveways, utilities in county rights-of-way, subdivision construction, and manufactured-home rental communities outside Kerrville and Ingram. A floodplain determination or permit is required for any work in the floodplain. Environmental Health is the county's TCEQ-authorized OSSF authority under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. No general county structural building-permit program or adopted residential/commercial ICC code edition was found for ordinary construction outside a regulated floodplain; municipalities retain their own jurisdiction. The county's 2026 floodplain form provides a Development Permit Exemption Certificate when proposed development is outside the FEMA-identified 100-year floodplain, but that certificate does not waive deed restrictions, subdivision rules, OSSF rules, or other approvals. Under the presently published OSSF rules, the state exception may apply to a single-family dwelling on at least 10 acres only when all sewage stays on the tract and the system creates neither a nuisance nor groundwater pollution. Kerr County was considering a 2026 order requiring permits for every new or upgraded system regardless of tract size; existing qualifying systems are not retroactively affected. Confirm the adopted rule with Environmental Health before relying on an exception. No general cosmetic-building-work exemption list is published.