Permits A to Z
Area of Interest
- trade permits and licenses (59)
- food and beverage services (40)
- alcohol permits and licenses (39)
- transportation (29)
- parking (20)
- retail and resale trade (18)
- entertainment, events, and recreation (16)
- construction (15)
- commercial construction (12)
- other services (11)
- motor vehicle and parts dealers (10)
- animals (9)
- utilities (9)
- valet parking (6)
- impact fees/wcrs (5)
- loading and docking (5)
- motor vehicle repair and rebuilder (5)
- residential permit parking (5)
- burglar and panic alarms (4)
- civil engineering (4)
- dance halls (4)
- encroachments (4)
- jitney (4)
- low speed shuttle (4)
- pet license (4)
- residential construction (4)
- residential facilities (4)
- school vehicles (4)
- special events (4)
- street cuts (4)
- warehousing and storage (4)
- waste and contaminants (4)
- adult entertainment (3)
- amplified noise & sound (3)
- breeders (3)
- common market (3)
- communications (3)
- driveways and sidewalks (3)
- floodplain development (3)
- food establishments (3)
- game rooms (3)
- limousine (3)
- oil and gas (3)
- pedicab (3)
- private ambulances (3)
- sightseeing or charter transportation (3)
- taps and water meters (3)
- vehicle storage lot (3)
- wreckers/tow trucks (3)
- brownfields and municipal setting designations (msd) (2)
- charitable solicitation (2)
- curbs and gutters (2)
- demolition (2)
- developer participation contracts/plan (2)
- farmers market (2)
- fats, oils and grease generators (2)
- fingerprint cards and clearance letters (2)
- food handlers certification (2)
- frozen desserts (2)
- miscellaneous store retailers (2)
- monitoring wells and soil borings (2)
- newsracks (2)
- pipeline crossings (2)
- repair/remodel (2)
- second hand clothing/resale stores (2)
- subdivision markers (2)
- swimming pools (2)
- taxis (2)
- waste transporters (2)
- wheelchair accessible vehicles (2)
- alternate housing facilities (1)
- amusement (1)
- biological treatments (1)
- boarding home (1)
- carnivals (1)
- coin operated machines (non-game rooms) (1)
- commercial dumpster (1)
- commercial pet facility (1)
- correctional facilities (1)
- credit access business/pay day lenders (1)
- heliports and helipads (1)
- historic preservation (1)
- lane closures/mobility permits (1)
- lodging facilities (1)
- metered parking (1)
- mini-warehouse (1)
- mobile food units (1)
- parking lot operator (1)
- schedule ground transportation (airport) (1)
- sidewalk cafes (1)
- streets and alleys (1)
- temporary food dealer (1)
- tree removal/tree trimming (1)
- vehicle immobilization (transportation?) (1)
- wild animals (1)
- trade permits and licenses (59)
- food and beverage services (40)
- alcohol permits and licenses (39)
- transportation (29)
- parking (20)
- retail and resale trade (18)
- entertainment, events, and recreation (16)
- construction (15)
- commercial construction (12)
- other services (11)
- motor vehicle and parts dealers (10)
- animals (9)
- utilities (9)
- valet parking (6)
- impact fees/wcrs (5)
- loading and docking (5)
- motor vehicle repair and rebuilder (5)
- residential permit parking (5)
- burglar and panic alarms (4)
- civil engineering (4)
- dance halls (4)
- encroachments (4)
- jitney (4)
- low speed shuttle (4)
- pet license (4)
- residential construction (4)
- residential facilities (4)
- school vehicles (4)
- special events (4)
- street cuts (4)
- warehousing and storage (4)
- waste and contaminants (4)
- adult entertainment (3)
- amplified noise & sound (3)
- breeders (3)
- common market (3)
- communications (3)
- driveways and sidewalks (3)
- floodplain development (3)
- food establishments (3)
- game rooms (3)
- limousine (3)
- oil and gas (3)
- pedicab (3)
- private ambulances (3)
- sightseeing or charter transportation (3)
- taps and water meters (3)
- vehicle storage lot (3)
- wreckers/tow trucks (3)
- brownfields and municipal setting designations (msd) (2)
- charitable solicitation (2)
- curbs and gutters (2)
- demolition (2)
- developer participation contracts/plan (2)
- farmers market (2)
- fats, oils and grease generators (2)
- fingerprint cards and clearance letters (2)
- food handlers certification (2)
- frozen desserts (2)
- miscellaneous store retailers (2)
- monitoring wells and soil borings (2)
- newsracks (2)
- pipeline crossings (2)
- repair/remodel (2)
- second hand clothing/resale stores (2)
- subdivision markers (2)
- swimming pools (2)
- taxis (2)
- waste transporters (2)
- wheelchair accessible vehicles (2)
- alternate housing facilities (1)
- amusement (1)
- biological treatments (1)
- boarding home (1)
- carnivals (1)
- coin operated machines (non-game rooms) (1)
- commercial dumpster (1)
- commercial pet facility (1)
- correctional facilities (1)
- credit access business/pay day lenders (1)
- heliports and helipads (1)
- historic preservation (1)
- lane closures/mobility permits (1)
- lodging facilities (1)
- metered parking (1)
- mini-warehouse (1)
- mobile food units (1)
- parking lot operator (1)
- schedule ground transportation (airport) (1)
- sidewalk cafes (1)
- streets and alleys (1)
- temporary food dealer (1)
- tree removal/tree trimming (1)
- vehicle immobilization (transportation?) (1)
- wild animals (1)
Regulation Type
Agency
- Auto Dealers Detail (20)
- BARC (9)
- Building Code Enforcement
(157)
- Code Development (1)
- Commercial Plan Review (3)
- Electrical Inspections (29)
- Lake Houston (6)
- Mechanical Inspections (36)
- Multi-Family Habitability & Investigations (2)
- Occupancy Inspections (7)
- Permits (2)
- Plumbing Inspections (27)
- Residential Plan Review (6)
- Sign Administration (4)
- Structural Inspections (34)
- Burglar Alarm Administration (4)
- Commercial Permitting and Enforcement (68)
- Consumer Health Services Bureau (21)
- Development Services (26)
- Dumpster Permitting (1)
- Historic Preservation Office (1)
- Identity Verification Unit (2)
- Infrastructure & Development Services (15)
- Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs (1)
- Mayor's Office of Special Events (3)
- Office of the City Engineer
(84)
- Construction Services (5)
- Engineering Services - Right of Way (5)
- Engineering Services - Stormwater (6)
- Engineering Services - Telecommunications (1)
- Floodplain Management Office (39)
- Mobility Permits Section (3)
- Plan Review Administration (2)
- Right of Way Permits (17)
- Water/Wastewater and Facilities (2)
- Open Records (2)
- ParkHouston (20)
- Urban Forestry (1)
- Vehicles for Hire Permitting and Enforcement (27)
- Auto Dealers Detail (20)
- BARC (9)
- Building Code Enforcement
(157)
- Code Development (1)
- Commercial Plan Review (3)
- Electrical Inspections (29)
- Lake Houston (6)
- Mechanical Inspections (36)
- Multi-Family Habitability & Investigations (2)
- Occupancy Inspections (7)
- Permits (2)
- Plumbing Inspections (27)
- Residential Plan Review (6)
- Sign Administration (4)
- Structural Inspections (34)
- Burglar Alarm Administration (4)
- Commercial Permitting and Enforcement (68)
- Consumer Health Services Bureau (21)
- Development Services (26)
- Dumpster Permitting (1)
- Historic Preservation Office (1)
- Identity Verification Unit (2)
- Infrastructure & Development Services (15)
- Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs (1)
- Mayor's Office of Special Events (3)
- Office of the City Engineer
(84)
- Construction Services (5)
- Engineering Services - Right of Way (5)
- Engineering Services - Stormwater (6)
- Engineering Services - Telecommunications (1)
- Floodplain Management Office (39)
- Mobility Permits Section (3)
- Plan Review Administration (2)
- Right of Way Permits (17)
- Water/Wastewater and Facilities (2)
- Open Records (2)
- ParkHouston (20)
- Urban Forestry (1)
- Vehicles for Hire Permitting and Enforcement (27)
Area of Interest
- trade permits and licenses (59)
- food and beverage services (40)
- alcohol permits and licenses (39)
- transportation (29)
- parking (20)
- retail and resale trade (18)
- entertainment, events, and recreation (16)
- construction (15)
- commercial construction (12)
- other services (11)
- motor vehicle and parts dealers (10)
- animals (9)
- utilities (9)
- valet parking (6)
- impact fees/wcrs (5)
- loading and docking (5)
- motor vehicle repair and rebuilder (5)
- residential permit parking (5)
- burglar and panic alarms (4)
- civil engineering (4)
- dance halls (4)
- encroachments (4)
- jitney (4)
- low speed shuttle (4)
- pet license (4)
- residential construction (4)
- residential facilities (4)
- school vehicles (4)
- special events (4)
- street cuts (4)
- warehousing and storage (4)
- waste and contaminants (4)
- adult entertainment (3)
- amplified noise & sound (3)
- breeders (3)
- common market (3)
- communications (3)
- driveways and sidewalks (3)
- floodplain development (3)
- food establishments (3)
- game rooms (3)
- limousine (3)
- oil and gas (3)
- pedicab (3)
- private ambulances (3)
- sightseeing or charter transportation (3)
- taps and water meters (3)
- vehicle storage lot (3)
- wreckers/tow trucks (3)
- brownfields and municipal setting designations (msd) (2)
- charitable solicitation (2)
- curbs and gutters (2)
- demolition (2)
- developer participation contracts/plan (2)
- farmers market (2)
- fats, oils and grease generators (2)
- fingerprint cards and clearance letters (2)
- food handlers certification (2)
- frozen desserts (2)
- miscellaneous store retailers (2)
- monitoring wells and soil borings (2)
- newsracks (2)
- pipeline crossings (2)
- repair/remodel (2)
- second hand clothing/resale stores (2)
- subdivision markers (2)
- swimming pools (2)
- taxis (2)
- waste transporters (2)
- wheelchair accessible vehicles (2)
- alternate housing facilities (1)
- amusement (1)
- biological treatments (1)
- boarding home (1)
- carnivals (1)
- coin operated machines (non-game rooms) (1)
- commercial dumpster (1)
- commercial pet facility (1)
- correctional facilities (1)
- credit access business/pay day lenders (1)
- heliports and helipads (1)
- historic preservation (1)
- lane closures/mobility permits (1)
- lodging facilities (1)
- metered parking (1)
- mini-warehouse (1)
- mobile food units (1)
- parking lot operator (1)
- schedule ground transportation (airport) (1)
- sidewalk cafes (1)
- streets and alleys (1)
- temporary food dealer (1)
- tree removal/tree trimming (1)
- vehicle immobilization (transportation?) (1)
- wild animals (1)
- trade permits and licenses (59)
- food and beverage services (40)
- alcohol permits and licenses (39)
- transportation (29)
- parking (20)
- retail and resale trade (18)
- entertainment, events, and recreation (16)
- construction (15)
- commercial construction (12)
- other services (11)
- motor vehicle and parts dealers (10)
- animals (9)
- utilities (9)
- valet parking (6)
- impact fees/wcrs (5)
- loading and docking (5)
- motor vehicle repair and rebuilder (5)
- residential permit parking (5)
- burglar and panic alarms (4)
- civil engineering (4)
- dance halls (4)
- encroachments (4)
- jitney (4)
- low speed shuttle (4)
- pet license (4)
- residential construction (4)
- residential facilities (4)
- school vehicles (4)
- special events (4)
- street cuts (4)
- warehousing and storage (4)
- waste and contaminants (4)
- adult entertainment (3)
- amplified noise & sound (3)
- breeders (3)
- common market (3)
- communications (3)
- driveways and sidewalks (3)
- floodplain development (3)
- food establishments (3)
- game rooms (3)
- limousine (3)
- oil and gas (3)
- pedicab (3)
- private ambulances (3)
- sightseeing or charter transportation (3)
- taps and water meters (3)
- vehicle storage lot (3)
- wreckers/tow trucks (3)
- brownfields and municipal setting designations (msd) (2)
- charitable solicitation (2)
- curbs and gutters (2)
- demolition (2)
- developer participation contracts/plan (2)
- farmers market (2)
- fats, oils and grease generators (2)
- fingerprint cards and clearance letters (2)
- food handlers certification (2)
- frozen desserts (2)
- miscellaneous store retailers (2)
- monitoring wells and soil borings (2)
- newsracks (2)
- pipeline crossings (2)
- repair/remodel (2)
- second hand clothing/resale stores (2)
- subdivision markers (2)
- swimming pools (2)
- taxis (2)
- waste transporters (2)
- wheelchair accessible vehicles (2)
- alternate housing facilities (1)
- amusement (1)
- biological treatments (1)
- boarding home (1)
- carnivals (1)
- coin operated machines (non-game rooms) (1)
- commercial dumpster (1)
- commercial pet facility (1)
- correctional facilities (1)
- credit access business/pay day lenders (1)
- heliports and helipads (1)
- historic preservation (1)
- lane closures/mobility permits (1)
- lodging facilities (1)
- metered parking (1)
- mini-warehouse (1)
- mobile food units (1)
- parking lot operator (1)
- schedule ground transportation (airport) (1)
- sidewalk cafes (1)
- streets and alleys (1)
- temporary food dealer (1)
- tree removal/tree trimming (1)
- vehicle immobilization (transportation?) (1)
- wild animals (1)
Regulation Type
Agency
- Auto Dealers Detail (20)
- BARC (9)
- Building Code Enforcement
(157)
- Code Development (1)
- Commercial Plan Review (3)
- Electrical Inspections (29)
- Lake Houston (6)
- Mechanical Inspections (36)
- Multi-Family Habitability & Investigations (2)
- Occupancy Inspections (7)
- Permits (2)
- Plumbing Inspections (27)
- Residential Plan Review (6)
- Sign Administration (4)
- Structural Inspections (34)
- Burglar Alarm Administration (4)
- Commercial Permitting and Enforcement (68)
- Consumer Health Services Bureau (21)
- Development Services (26)
- Dumpster Permitting (1)
- Historic Preservation Office (1)
- Identity Verification Unit (2)
- Infrastructure & Development Services (15)
- Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs (1)
- Mayor's Office of Special Events (3)
- Office of the City Engineer
(84)
- Construction Services (5)
- Engineering Services - Right of Way (5)
- Engineering Services - Stormwater (6)
- Engineering Services - Telecommunications (1)
- Floodplain Management Office (39)
- Mobility Permits Section (3)
- Plan Review Administration (2)
- Right of Way Permits (17)
- Water/Wastewater and Facilities (2)
- Open Records (2)
- ParkHouston (20)
- Urban Forestry (1)
- Vehicles for Hire Permitting and Enforcement (27)
- Auto Dealers Detail (20)
- BARC (9)
- Building Code Enforcement
(157)
- Code Development (1)
- Commercial Plan Review (3)
- Electrical Inspections (29)
- Lake Houston (6)
- Mechanical Inspections (36)
- Multi-Family Habitability & Investigations (2)
- Occupancy Inspections (7)
- Permits (2)
- Plumbing Inspections (27)
- Residential Plan Review (6)
- Sign Administration (4)
- Structural Inspections (34)
- Burglar Alarm Administration (4)
- Commercial Permitting and Enforcement (68)
- Consumer Health Services Bureau (21)
- Development Services (26)
- Dumpster Permitting (1)
- Historic Preservation Office (1)
- Identity Verification Unit (2)
- Infrastructure & Development Services (15)
- Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs (1)
- Mayor's Office of Special Events (3)
- Office of the City Engineer
(84)
- Construction Services (5)
- Engineering Services - Right of Way (5)
- Engineering Services - Stormwater (6)
- Engineering Services - Telecommunications (1)
- Floodplain Management Office (39)
- Mobility Permits Section (3)
- Plan Review Administration (2)
- Right of Way Permits (17)
- Water/Wastewater and Facilities (2)
- Open Records (2)
- ParkHouston (20)
- Urban Forestry (1)
- Vehicles for Hire Permitting and Enforcement (27)
Permits A to Z
Effective January 1, 2023, most permit, license, and registration fees will increase by 2.662727%. Please visit the City-wide fee schedule for the most current pricing information.
Use a mixture of filters or keywords to find permits by interest, type, or agency. Select a permit to learn about its requirements and how to apply.
If you are looking for the status of your permit, please visit the inspection status or plan review status pages.