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 county will approve or deny an OSSF application within 30 days; resolving deficiencies may take up to 30 days, and a denial is issued in writing. No fixed floodplain-review time is published. A floodplain permit expires if work does not commence within six months.
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 Sewage Inspector Mike Preuninger: 940-531-2179; Emergency Management Coordinator/Floodplain contact: 940-841-1336; County Judge: 940-894-2401 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
Montague County Sewage Inspector and Emergency Management/Floodplain Administration 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 Sewage Inspector Mike Preuninger: 940-531-2179; Emergency Management Coordinator/Floodplain contact: 940-841-1336; County Judge: 940-894-2401 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
The county will approve or deny an OSSF application within 30 days; resolving deficiencies may take up to 30 days, and a denial is issued in writing. No fixed floodplain-review time is published. A floodplain permit expires if work does not commence within six months.
For septic work, submit the county application, site and soil evaluation, approved design, plat or survey, and fee to the Sewage Inspector; after installation and before covering, arrange inspection with Mike Preuninger at 940-531-2179. Floodplain applicants submit the packet and any required elevation, floodproofing, or no-rise certificates to the Floodplain Administrator; county representatives inspect during construction and at completion, and the development may not be occupied until a Certificate of Compliance is issued.
Montague County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and FEMA/NFIP standards for development in special flood hazard areas; Montague County OSSF Order adopted August 11, 2025 and 30 TAC Chapter 285; Montague County Subdivision Regulations adopted May 28, 2024. No general county structural building-code edition was published for unincorporated one-to-four-family construction in 2026. A floodplain permit is required for development of any kind in a mapped special flood hazard area, including new buildings, additions, small accessory structures, clearing, fill, grading, mining, dredging, drilling, roads, parking, storage, drainage work, and individual water or sewer systems; the county publishes no cosmetic-work exemption inside the floodplain. OSSF materials require county approval before any physical component is installed and set minimum lots of one acre with public water or two acres with a private well for each single-family residence.
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.