Use a mixture of filters or keywords to find documents and resources by department, type or topic.

Signs EPR User Gudie

Electronic plan review user guide for sign projects

COMcheck Public Workshop Presentation Slides

Presentation slides from the 2015 IECC COMcheck public workshop on September 16, 2020.

Live-Work Program (CE1277)

This guide provides an overview of the qualifications and submittal requirements for projects that wish to establish a Live-Work unit through the Occupancy Inspection Section.

Last updated: 2/13/2019

How to View and Respond to OCE Comments

This guide shows users how to view and respond to plan review comments in ProjectDox for projects submitted to the Office of the City Engineer.

Last updated: 08/17/2022 

Occupancy Inspections for Existing Buildings (CE1278)

This guide provides the qualifications and submittal requirements for requesting a Certificate of Occupancy for existing buildings.

Last updated: 2/12/2019

Commercial EPR Guide (Spanish)
Solar Panel EPR User Guide

Electronic plan review user guide for residential solar-only projects

Roof Repair and Cool Roof Guidelines (CE1209)

The 2015 Houston Commercial Energy Conservation Code with local Amendments, effective December 9th, 2016, contains mandatory cool roofing provisions for new commercial buildings and alterations to existing commercial buildings.

Updated: 10/16/2019

Overview of the General Commercial Permit Process (CE1279)

This brochure is intended to provide a very high level overview of the commercial building permit process.

Last updated: 1/1/2019

Residential EPR User Guide

Electronic plan review user guide for residential new construction projects.

 

Last updated: June 2023