The Building Permit Application in detail

Please read this information carefully to ensure that your permit will be complete. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed and will delay approval. The ECC has 30 days to respond from the date a complete application is received.

STANDARD PERMIT APPLICATION:

New home builds

Mobile homes

Garage/Shop

Boat House or Carport

Patios

Decks Fences

Sheds with cement poured

Driveways

Pools

Retaining Walls

Remodels that change the exterior surfaces or roof line

Grading/dirt work that changes water flow off the lot or involves a retaining wall  		LIMITED PERMIT
APPLICATION:


Re-roofing


Painting


Re-siding


Sheds without
cement poured


Propane Tanks


Generators


*propane tanks and large generators are required to be screened using lattice, wood fencing, or landscaping; please include your plans for screening with your limited application for these improvements.
Prior approval is not required for:


Remodels that are not visible from the exterior of the home and do not change the nature of the home as a single-family residence (i.e.: you may not divide a home into multiple apartments or hotel rooms)


Dirt work that does not involve the installation of retaining walls or change the flow of water off the lot;

however you MUST install silt fencing prior to doing any dirt work.  

What else will I need to include with my permit?

  • Plot plans, elevations, and a drainage plan are required (unless you are only re-painting, re-roofing, or re-siding). Your plans and elevations need to be professional drawings (or pictures for tanks and generators). We appreciate having these plans emailed to us in one electronic file. Please do not bring large plans to our office; we do not have a scanner large enough to scan standard building plans.
  • MUD Water or Sewer – If you are in a section that has MUD services, you must include a letter from the MUD stating that they are aware of your project and ready to provide services for you. The Rayburn Country MUD can be reached at phone /address /website.
  • Additionally, if you are building across more than one lot, you will need to obtain an abandonment of easement for the utility easements you are building over.
  • Septic Systems – You must obtain a septic system permit from the Angelina Neches River Authority (ANRA) and submit it with your plans if MUD sewer services are not provided for your section/lot. Visit the ANRA website for more information.
  • Permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is required for anything built below the 179 line on lakefront lots. The landowner MAY NOT construct or place any house, trailer, RV or other structure for human habitation, permanent or temporary, on flowage easement. (land below 179 line) Decks below the 179 line that are connected to habitable structures are not allowed. Getting permission from the USACE tends to take much longer than getting a permit from RCA. Please consider this carefully when planning your construction project.
  • Section 35 requires approval by representatives in their section prior to approval by the ECC, and their deed restrictions have additional building rules. Please read the section deed restrictions carefully, and ask us for the contact details of the current Architectural Control Committee for that section.
  • Garage or Carport Required in Most Sections – Depending on the section, a garage or carport may be required to harmonize with the section, and most sections require that the garage be connected to the home in some way. There may be some homes in your section that don’t have a carport or garage, but that does not mean you will be able to build without building a garage or carport. Sections that allow mobile homes do not require a garage or carport.
  • Payment of the application fee. Please call the office at 409.698.4201 if you would like to find out about how to pay online and email your application in.

The lot owner, not the builder, must check the boxes and sign the application.

Fee Schedule

  • Single Family Residence                $250.00 ($220.00 Permit Fee + $30.00 Examination Fee)
  • Barndominium                                 $250.00 ($220.00 Permit Fee + $30.00 Examination Fee)
  • Garage/Shop                                    $250.00 ($220.00 Permit Fee + $30.00 Examination Fee)
  • Remodels and/or Add-Ons           $125.00 ($95.00 Permit Fee + $30.00 Examination Fee)
  • In Kind/Same As Repairs               No Fee
  • Site Clearing and Preparation      No Fee
  • All Other Permits                             $30.00 Examination Fee