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
N/A. The county publishes no fixed floodplain or OSSF review time. The floodplain permit expires if work does not commence within six months after issuance.
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 Floodplain Administrator/Emergency Management Coordinator Chad Jordan: 940-659-1267; Public Works OSSF office: 940-659-1240; Public Works cell: 940-329-3136 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
Palo Pinto County Office of Emergency Management/Floodplain Administration and Public Works OSSF Program 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 Floodplain Administrator/Emergency Management Coordinator Chad Jordan: 940-659-1267; Public Works OSSF office: 940-659-1240; Public Works cell: 940-329-3136 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
N/A. The county publishes no fixed floodplain or OSSF review time. The floodplain permit expires if work does not commence within six months after issuance.
Submit the four-page floodplain application to Emergency Management. If the site is in a special flood hazard area, provide every item checked by the administrator, potentially including a site plan, scaled development plans, floodproofing certification, hydraulic calculations, and a professional no-rise certification for floodway work. County compliance inspections and a surveyor- or engineer-completed as-built elevation certificate precede the Certificate of Compliance; development may not be occupied before that certificate. For septic work, submit the county OSSF application, planning materials, site evaluation, and fee to Public Works, obtain authorization before construction, and arrange inspection at 940-659-1240 or 940-329-3136.
Palo Pinto County flood-damage-prevention ordinance and FEMA/NFIP standards for special flood hazard areas; Palo Pinto County Subdivision Regulations approved September 26, 2014 and amended thereafter; minimum infrastructure standards for manufactured-home rental communities; county OSSF requirements and 30 TAC Chapter 285. No general structural building-code edition or county zoning code was published for ordinary unincorporated construction in 2026. No general county minor or cosmetic-work exemption list was published. The Floodplain Administrator first determines whether the proposed activity is in a special flood hazard area; if neither the site development nor building is in that area, the review is complete and no floodplain development permit is required. The county publishes no local OSSF exemption list.
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.