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
TCEQ must approve a complete OSSF application or issue a written denial within 30 days. No county floodplain or building review timeline was 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 Motley County Judge/Floodplain Administrator James B. 'Jim' Meador: 806-347-2334; courthouse: 806-347-2621; TCEQ Region 2 - Lubbock: 806-796-7092; TCEQ OSSF Program: 512-239-3799 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
Motley County Judge/Floodplain Administration; TCEQ Region 2 OSSF Program is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact Motley County Judge/Floodplain Administrator James B. 'Jim' Meador: 806-347-2334; courthouse: 806-347-2621; TCEQ Region 2 - Lubbock: 806-796-7092; TCEQ OSSF Program: 512-239-3799.
TCEQ must approve a complete OSSF application or issue a written denial within 30 days. No county floodplain or building review timeline was published.
Contact County Judge and Floodplain Administrator Jim Meador at 806-347-2334 before development in a mapped flood hazard area; the county publishes no online floodplain application or inspection-booking procedure. For septic work, submit current TCEQ Form 0235 with the legal description, site and soil evaluation, installer information, and planning materials to Region 2, then coordinate authorization and inspection at 806-796-7092. Do not begin construction before authorization or cover the system before required inspection.
Motley County designates the County Judge as its floodplain administrator for unincorporated areas. Texas OSSF requirements under Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285 are administered through TCEQ Region 2 where no authorized local agent serves the site. The county publishes no general structural building-code edition, county zoning code, or current flood-damage-prevention ordinance text for unincorporated property in 2026. No county minor or cosmetic building-work exemption list was published. State OSSF permitting has a narrow exemption for one single-family residence on an undivided tract of at least 10 acres when a licensed site evaluator or professional engineer confirms the conditions, every system component is at least 100 feet from the property line, effluent remains on the tract, and the system creates no nuisance or groundwater pollution. Emergency OSSF repairs must be reported in writing within 72 hours; qualifying older, unaltered systems may remain grandfathered only while they do not create a nuisance.
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.