Administrative overview · FIPS 48451
Tom Green County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
County
This county profile is the primary starting point for unincorporated-area permitting.
Responsible agency
Tom Green County Environmental Health
For a project in or near Tom Green County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
Environmental Health (OSSF, floodplain, and subdivision review): 325-658-1038
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Tom Green County Environmental Health, Edd B. Keyes Building, 1st Floor, 113 W Beauregard Avenue, San Angelo, TX 76903
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
A complete OSSF application and planning materials must be approved or denied within 30 days under the incorporated state rule. For a subdivision plat revision, one copy and supporting documents must reach the plat reviewer at least 30 days before the requested Commissioners Court meeting, and the court has 30 days to act after the application is certified complete. No separate floodplain review target is published.
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
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
Frequently asked questions for Tom Green County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Tom Green County Environmental Health is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
How should I begin an application?
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact Environmental Health (OSSF, floodplain, and subdivision review): 325-658-1038 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
A complete OSSF application and planning materials must be approved or denied within 30 days under the incorporated state rule. For a subdivision plat revision, one copy and supporting documents must reach the plat reviewer at least 30 days before the requested Commissioners Court meeting, and the court has 30 days to act after the application is certified complete. No separate floodplain review target is published.
How are inspections scheduled?
Submit the completed county OSSF application with the site evaluation, design/planning materials, installer information, and current fee to Environmental Health. Obtain authorization before installation, then call 325-658-1038 to arrange the required inspection before covering or operating the system; a permit to operate is granted only after a successful inspection showing compliance. Contact Senior Environmental Specialist and floodplain administrator Pam Weishuhn at the same office before new development or a substantial improvement in a mapped floodplain.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Tom Green County Environmental Health issues and inspects OSSF permits, reviews subdivisions for septic and floodplain suitability, and regulates new development and substantial improvements in mapped floodplains under its FEMA flood-damage-prevention ordinance and 44 CFR. The county is TCEQ's authorized OSSF agent and incorporates 30 TAC Chapters 30 and 285, including future amendments, through its local order. It publishes no adopted general countywide IRC, IBC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or fire-code edition for ordinary construction outside these programs. Incorporated San Angelo and other municipalities may impose separate building and zoning requirements. Tom Green County expressly does not recognize the state 10-acre OSSF permit exclusion: every OSSF in the county's jurisdiction must be permitted and inspected by the authorized agent. The county publishes no general building-permit exemption list for ordinary cosmetic or structural work outside regulated floodplains, subdivision activity, and septic work. Development outside a mapped regulated floodplain does not require the county floodplain permit, but separate OSSF or subdivision approval may still apply.