Digital permit application gateway
Start with the issuing authority’s own submission lane. A complete application package, accurate valuation, and accessible inspection path are the fastest route through statutory plan review.
Recommended first click
Use the official digital gateway to submit plans, monitor review comments, pay required charges, and request inspections when the permit is issued. If the link is unavailable, use the agency website or phone number on the administrative profile to confirm the current lane.
Typical review lane
The permitting authority must approve or deny a complete OSSF application and planning materials within 30 days. Final inspection requires at least five working days' advance notice, and the county states that an approved installation receives its Notice of Approval within seven days. No typical floodplain review time is published.
Treat this as a planning signal, not a guaranteed approval date. Completeness, corrections, resubmittals, and agency workload control the actual clock.
Verify the parcel is inside this agency’s service area and note whether a city, state, fire marshal, septic authority, or utility district also has approval authority.
Prepare legible plans, site information, project valuation, ownership authorization, contractor information, and any energy, floodplain, zoning, or utility documentation the issuing office requires.
Keep the permit number, approved plan set, correction comments, fee receipts, and inspection results together. Those records establish the compliance trail for the next trade.
Application documents
Before submission, call OSSF Designated Representative Charles McDonald: 325-456-4607; County Judge/Floodplain: 830-563-2401 if the project involves a change of occupancy, structural alteration, accessory structure, demolition, or work near a regulated environmental feature.
Source trail
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
Kinney County OSSF Program and County Judge/Floodplain Administrator is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact OSSF Designated Representative Charles McDonald: 325-456-4607; County Judge/Floodplain: 830-563-2401 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
The permitting authority must approve or deny a complete OSSF application and planning materials within 30 days. Final inspection requires at least five working days' advance notice, and the county states that an approved installation receives its Notice of Approval within seven days. No typical floodplain review time is published.
Mail the fully completed four-page application, two copies of the site evaluation and planning materials, legal-description evidence, site directions, required affidavits/contracts, and a check or money order to Charles McDonald at 4826 Red Oak Lane, San Angelo, TX 76904; cash is not accepted. After written Authorization to Construct, the installer must give the designated representative at least five working days' notice of the requested final inspection, attend the inspection, and leave all excavations open. If approved, the county issues a written Notice of Approval within seven days. Contact the County Judge's office at 830-563-2401 for floodplain review before development.
Kinney County is a TCEQ-authorized OSSF permitting authority enforcing state and local requirements under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. The current Texas Floodplain Administrator directory identifies County Judge Tully Shahan as the county floodplain administrator. The county's 2022 subdivision regulations govern subdivisions and manufactured-home rental communities and incorporate floodplain, drainage, water, sewer, and OSSF requirements. No general structural building-permit department, adopted ICC residential/commercial code edition, zoning program, or ordinary certificate-of-occupancy process was found for unincorporated Kinney County. Kinney County's current OSSF application expressly states that the Texas 10-acre permit exception is not in effect in the county; new and altered systems therefore require county authorization even on large tracts. Defined emergency repairs may remain reportable under 30 TAC Chapter 285, but applicants should confirm them with the county designated representative. No general cosmetic-building-work exemption list is published because no general structural permit program was found. Floodplain and subdivision approvals remain separate.
What makes an application complete
Before you click submit, make sure the drawings agree with the site plan, project description, valuation, ownership authorization, and contractor information. If the work changes structure, occupancy, drainage, fire protection, energy performance, or utility demand, describe that scope plainly. Ambiguous narratives create correction cycles and delay the field schedule.
Save the confirmation number, payment receipt, uploaded plan set, and every correction comment. Those records are the backbone of a defensible compliance file when multiple trades or agencies share responsibility.
Submission quality check
Site: address, parcel, access, setbacks, and existing conditions are consistent.
Scope: structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire, and energy work is identified.
Closeout: inspection contacts and the final approval path are understood before work begins.