Administrative overview · FIPS 48463
Uvalde 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
Uvalde County Sanitation Office and Uvalde County Floodplain Administration
For a project in or near Uvalde 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
Uvalde County Sanitarian Philip J. Packer: 830-900-6558; County Judge and Floodplain Administrator William Mitchell: 830-278-3216
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Uvalde County Sanitation Office, 66 Military Lane, Box 9, Uvalde, TX 78801; Uvalde County Courthouse, Courthouse Plaza, 100 North Getty Street, Uvalde, TX 78801
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
The local OSSF permitting authority must approve or deny complete planning materials and the permit application within 30 days under 30 TAC Chapter 285; a permit is not automatically approved merely because 30 days elapse. The county publishes no fixed floodplain-development, plat, or inspection-scheduling turnaround time.
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 Uvalde County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Uvalde County Sanitation Office and Uvalde County Floodplain Administration 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 Uvalde County Sanitarian Philip J. Packer: 830-900-6558; County Judge and Floodplain Administrator William Mitchell: 830-278-3216 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
The local OSSF permitting authority must approve or deny complete planning materials and the permit application within 30 days under 30 TAC Chapter 285; a permit is not automatically approved merely because 30 days elapse. The county publishes no fixed floodplain-development, plat, or inspection-scheduling turnaround time.
How are inspections scheduled?
Submit the county OSSF application, site evaluation, and planning materials to the Uvalde County Sanitation Office and call Philip J. Packer at 830-900-6558 to coordinate review and the required installation inspection. Do not begin construction before written Authorization to Construct or cover/operate the system before approval. For proposed unincorporated development in or near a mapped flood hazard area, contact County Judge/Floodplain Administrator William Mitchell at 830-278-3216 before work. Plat applications are available through the County Clerk and are routed through the County Judge and Commissioners Court under the county subdivision regulations.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Uvalde County administers on-site sewage facilities through its Sanitation Office under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapters 30 and 285. The County Judge is the county floodplain administrator for NFIP requirements governing development in unincorporated flood hazard areas. County subdivision regulations govern plats, roads, drainage, utilities, and related infrastructure. The county publishes no adopted general countywide IRC, IBC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or fire-code edition for ordinary construction; incorporated municipalities, including the City of Uvalde, maintain separate permitting and code requirements. Under current Texas OSSF rules, an otherwise compliant system serving the only single-family dwelling on a tract of at least 10 acres may be permit-exempt after evaluation by a licensed Site Evaluator or professional engineer if every component is at least 100 feet from property lines, effluent remains on the tract, and the system creates no nuisance or groundwater pollution. Listed emergency repairs do not require an advance permit but must be reported to the permitting authority in writing within 72 hours after work begins. Grandfathering may apply to an unchanged, non-nuisance system installed before the local authorized program or September 1, 1989, whichever is earlier. The county publishes no general cosmetic-work or small-accessory-structure exemption from floodplain, subdivision, or municipal requirements.