Build to the adopted code. Verify every exception.

Madison County Rural Development, Wastewater Office, and Floodplain Management 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 Rural Development/Floodplain: 936-348-3810; Wastewater Office: 936-348-2152; courthouse: 936-241-6200 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.

The county publishes no standard floodplain, OSSF, or electric-service review time. An electric-service application may be closed if development guidelines are not met within six months after fee receipt; an issued electric permit is valid one year. A floodplain permit expires if work does not commence within six months, and a driveway permit becomes void if the approved work is not constructed within six months.

For OSSF work, obtain a site and soil evaluation and design, submit them for approval before installation, use a TCEQ-licensed installer, and have the installer contact the Designated Representative at 936-348-2152 for final inspection; a permit to operate follows successful inspection. The electric-service application authorizes county lot/development inspections and requires county septic verification before filing. Floodplain applicants must submit scaled site and development plans plus applicable elevation, floodproofing, engineering, and no-rise certifications; county staff perform compliance inspections, and development cannot be occupied until a Certificate of Compliance is issued. Driveways receive preliminary approval and a final inspection by the precinct commissioner.

Madison County requires electrical-service, OSSF, floodplain-development, driveway-access, subdivision, and certain road, pipeline, and water-line approvals in unincorporated areas. Floodplain work is governed by the county's Flood Damage Prevention local law approved June 13, 2011; OSSF work is regulated under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. The electric-service permit requires compliance with current state and county development regulations and county floodplain/911/septic review. No countywide ICC structural building-code edition or general building-permit program was found. No county cosmetic-building-work exemption list is published. A floodplain permit is unnecessary when the administrator determines the proposed development is outside the special flood hazard area, although other permits can still apply. A driveway permit is not required merely to add gravel to an existing gravel driveway, seal-coat an existing asphalt driveway, or perform general maintenance that does not resurface the driveway; new, widened, resurfaced, or culvert-involving access work does require a permit.