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Service areas · Local approval pathways
Coordinate local jurisdiction, architectural-barrier review and utility-owner highway applications. True North supports owners, operators, design teams and contractors with project documentation and permit coordination, from an existing building to a fiber route.
Start with the actual property or route and the decision holding up your project. Nationwide service describes our coverage; the agency, asset owner and qualified project team still determine the requirements for each location.
Request a project reviewConnect the City of Houston commercial application, review pathway and construction handoff.
Establish county jurisdiction and coordinate development, floodplain, platting and final compliance requirements.
These named areas are part of our statewide coverage. The list mixes cities, communities and counties; it does not assign their permitting jurisdiction or imply an office in each place. Confirm the actual parcel or route with the responsible local authority.
Abilene, Alvin, Amarillo, Angleton, Arlington, Atascocita, Austin, Austin County, Bastrop, Baytown, Beaumont, Bellaire, Brazoria County, Brenham, Brookshire, Brownsville, Bryan, Buda, Bunker Hill Village, Carrollton, Cedar Park, Chambers County, Clear Lake Shores, Cleveland, Clute, College Station, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Cypress, Dallas, Dayton, Deer Park, Denison, Denton, Dickinson, Edinburg, El Paso, Fort Bend County, Fort Worth, Freeport, Friendswood, Frisco, Fulshear, Galveston, Galveston County, Garland, Georgetown, Grand Prairie.
Harlingen, Hedwig Village, Hilshire Village, Hockley, Humble, Hunters Creek Village, Huntsville, Iowa Colony, Irving, Jersey Village, Katy, Kemah, Killeen, Kingwood, Kyle, La Marque, La Porte, Lake Jackson, Laredo, League City, Leander, Lewisville, Liberty, Liberty County, Longview, Lubbock, Lufkin, Magnolia, Manvel, Matagorda County, McAllen, McKinney, Mesquite, Midland, Mission, Missouri City, Mont Belvieu, Montgomery, Montgomery County.
Nacogdoches, New Braunfels, New Caney, Oak Ridge North, Odessa, Orange, Pasadena, Pearland, Pflugerville, Piney Point Village, Plano, Port Arthur, Porter, Prairie View, Richardson, Richmond, Rosenberg, Round Rock.
San Angelo, San Antonio, San Jacinto County, San Marcos, Santa Fe, Seabrook, Sealy, Shenandoah, Sherman, Simonton, South Padre Island, Southside Place, Splendora, Spring, Spring Valley Village, Stafford, Sugar Land, Temple, Texarkana, Texas City, The Woodlands, Tomball, Tyler, Victoria, Waco, Walker County, Waller, Waller County, Webster, West University Place, Weston Lakes, Wharton County, Wichita Falls, Willis.
Use the parcel or mapped route, intended operation and scope of work to identify the offices involved.
TDLR's Architectural Barriers program is a separate accessibility pathway from the local building permit. Its current notice requires TABS owner information to match the entity holding title in the appraisal records. Registration, design coordination and the applicable review or inspection responsibilities should be identified explicitly.
Verify the municipality or unincorporated county location, legal owner, intended use and construction scope. Ask the responsible team to assess accessibility registration/review, local site and building approvals, and floodplain or operational reviews that apply to the actual property.
Locate the parcel on the relevant local government map and confirm municipal or county jurisdiction with its planning or permitting office. For a route, mark each change of road, property and asset ownership. A postal city, online map pin or nearby project is a starting clue; confirm the actual authority before submitting.
A public road approval, utility-owner acceptance and permission to enter private property solve different parts of the route.
TxDOT's RULIS supports utility and leasing applications involving utility owners and their authorized representatives. A consultant's drawing package does not transfer the asset owner's responsibility or grant access to unrelated property or poles.
Identify the utility owner, authorized submitting role, district, state-road limits and crossing details. Track city streets, county roads, railroad crossings, pole attachments and private easements separately from the TxDOT record.
Mark poles, railroads, waterways, building entrances and private easements that affect the proposed work. Have the responsible survey, engineering, environmental and property-rights parties resolve their assigned questions. Preserve the distinction between a drawing approval, an access agreement and authorization to start construction.
Local building review, state programs and roadway permissions have different scopes.
Use TDLR’s Architectural Barriers guidance to determine the project’s registration, review and inspection path with the responsible parties. Confirm the owner and project information used in the Texas Architectural Barriers System and the Registered Accessibility Specialist assignment. Keep this work coordinated with local approval and the broader accessibility design responsibilities.
Use TCEQ’s construction stormwater guidance to screen the actual land-disturbance scope and any larger common development plan. Have the responsible civil and environmental team establish the applicable coverage, pollution-prevention documents and site obligations. A local building permit does not by itself close this separate question.
Not every project needs every review. Record the reason each pathway applies, or the authority's determination that it does not.
Ask the relevant local offices about land use, site development, drainage and floodplain conditions. Food service, care, assembly, pools, storage and other operations can introduce health, fire or licensing questions. Share the actual operating description, equipment and occupants so these are evaluated alongside the plans.
True North can coordinate the agreed drawings, applications, comment register and project records. The responsible professionals retain technical design, survey and signature duties; owners authorize decisions and access; contractors retain their construction responsibilities. Define these roles in the proposal, including field information and any partner construction scope.
Keep a register with authority, scope, application number, plan revision, next action, responsible party and expiration or release condition. Include required inspections, restoration, specialty acceptance and owner records. Fees and timing depend on the actual scope and external decisions; an uploaded package is not a permit or a guaranteed start date.
Before you begin
Verify the municipality or unincorporated county location, legal owner, intended use and construction scope. Ask the responsible team to assess accessibility registration/review, local site and building approvals, and floodplain or operational reviews that apply to the actual property. For a route, include the mapped limits and asset owner. Send a brief summary first; we can identify an appropriate way to exchange detailed project documents after defining the scope.
No. It identifies researched starting points and preparation questions. The applicable city, county, state office or asset owner sets the current requirements for your project. Confirm those with the actual location and proposed use before filing.
Yes. We can scope a specific drawing, review-comment response or application, or coordinate a broader document and approval package. Identify the desired handoff and existing team so responsibilities and exclusions are clear.
Source check ·
Use the linked authority’s current instructions for your actual property, use and work. Agency procedures can change; a source check is not a project approval.
Building or fire-review scope and preparation guidance. Any city-specific example applies only within that authority's jurisdiction.
Screening starting point for construction stormwater coverage and project responsibilities.
Roadway or utility application starting point. Confirm current forms and project-specific conditions with the responsible office.
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