Ector County
What it takes to put a carport, garage, barn or RV cover on your property in Ector County, Texas. Permit authority, wind speed, and who to call.
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Ector County issues five permits for development in the unincorporated county: Development Structure, Drive Approach, Septic Permit, Right-of-Way and Cell Tower. The Development Structure permit exists to ensure the finished floor elevation is at or one foot above the crown of the road or top of curb, and the county's own application form covers prefabricated homes, single-family and multifamily structures as well as industrial, manufacturing, retail and office uses. There is no cost to obtain a permit, and the permit is valid for six months.
Fee: No fee. The county states there is no cost to obtain a permit.
The permit is an elevation and drainage check, not a building code approval. Ector County does not publish a statement that it has adopted a county fire code or Chapter 233 Subchapter C, and nothing on its site claims authority over how the building itself is built.
to ensure that the finished floor elevation is at or 1 foot above the crown of the road or top of curb
There is no cost to obtain a permit.
Development Structure, Drive Approach, Septic Permit, Right-of-Way, Cell Tower
Casa Prefabricada
1010 East 8th Street, Suite 114, Odessa, TX 79761
Regional band for west 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 Ector 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.
Ector County Development Services (Planning & Development)
1010 East 8th Street, Suite 114<br>Odessa, TX 79761 Call (432) 498-4241 County permit page ↗Opens ATC Hazards by Location, the source we use for wind, snow and seismic values.