Bastrop County
What it takes to put a carport, garage, barn or RV cover on your property in Bastrop County, Texas. Permit authority, wind speed, and who to call.
outline + city dots
slot, not yet drawn
Bastrop County says plainly that it does not issue building permits or Certificates of Occupancy. What it does issue is a development permit, and development there means any man-made change to improved and unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures. Development Services has a permit category and a fee schedule specifically for accessory and incidental structures: fifty dollars up to two hundred square feet, one hundred dollars from two hundred to a thousand, five hundred dollars above that. Only a very small building escapes it: a development permit is not required for accessory buildings twenty-five square feet or less unless they are placed on a foundation or constructed within the floodplain.
Fee: Accessory/Incidental structure: up to 200 SF $50.00, 200 SF - 1,000 SF $100.00, over 1,000 SF $500.00. Single-Family $225.00, Driveway $50.00, Standard Residential OSSF $600.00, Aerobic Residential OSSF $700.00
Bastrop County states it has limited statutory authority regarding building codes, and that the Bastrop County Building Code only applies to the construction of residential single-family homes and duplexes. For those homes three inspections are required, but the county is not involved in the inspection process; it is the builder's responsibility to comply, to have the inspections performed and to keep the reports.
Bastrop County does not issue building permits or Certificates of Occupancy.
Bastrop County Building Code only applies to the construction of residential single-family homes and duplexes.
It is the builder's responsibility to (1) comply with these requirements, (2) have the required inspections performed, and (3) maintain copies of the inspection reports.
any man-made change to improved and unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations
A development permit is not required for accessory buildings 25 square feet or less unless they are placed on a foundation or constructed within the floodplain.
up to 200 SF $50.00, 200SF - 1,000 SF $100.00, >1,000 SF $500.00
211 Jackson Street, Bastrop, Texas 78602 512 / 581-7176 512 / 581-7178 (fax)
Regional band for south and central texas. Wind speed follows your address, not the county line, so this is context and not a site figure.
ASCE 7, Risk Category II. Look up your exact address →
Cities and communities in Bastrop County
Inside city limits the city's rules apply on top of the county's, and cities do zone. We have not yet read each city's ordinance, so every row below is marked unverified.
Bastrop County Development Services
211 Jackson Street<br>Bastrop, TX 78602 Call (512) 581-7176 County permit page ↗Opens ATC Hazards by Location, the source we use for wind, snow and seismic values.