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Mission
To protect public health, safety, and
welfare through the review, inspection, and enforcement of
City and State codes related to public improvements,
building, fire and code enforcement |
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 The Inspection Services Department is
responsible for both building and code enforcement in the
City of Lufkin. Our department also administers the HOME
Program Grant.
Our offices are located in Room 255 of City Hall. Business
hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Our
offices are closed during 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm for lunch.
If you need assistance after hours, please call and leave a
detailed message on our voice mail and we will respond as
soon as possible. Or, Click here to send us an email. |
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 New!
As of September 1, 2007 all residential
contractors must be registered with the Texas Residential
Construction Commission prior to any municipality issuing a
permit for residential; remodeling, alterations, or
additions as well as all new residential construction. House
Bill went into effect September 1st. and requires Inspection
Services to make sure that a building contractor is
registered with the State. Although builders were previously
suppose to register with TRCC when building or making any
kind of additions or improvement costing $20,000. or more,
the new law lowers this to any project costing $10,000. or
more. Another new addition to the law makes Inspection
Services responsible for making sure all builders are
registered with TRCC before the city can issue a building
permit. “We have been place in the position as law
enforcement agency for the State on this,”
Texas Residential Construction Commission was originally
created in 2003 and its rules went into effect September
2004 in order to hold all builders and contractors of
residential buildings accountable, but House Bill 1038 gives
TRCC more authority and makes the law stricter. By making
all builders register with TRCC and register each individual
project costing $10,00. or more anyone hiring a builder can
check online to see if he or she is registered or not. The
web site also makes available any complaints filed against
the builder that resulted in disciplinary actions by TRCC.
According to the law a builder is defined as “a person who
for a fee sells, constructs, manages or supervises
construction or contracts for construction, supervision or
management of construction.
The new law does exempt a very few individuals, but
exemptions are narrow and hard to get. For example, any
homeowner who has lived in a house for a year or longer may
be exempt. However, the title must be in his or her name for
an entire 12 month. If the title transferred at any point
within the 12 months after construction is done the
homeowner is no longer exempt and must register with TRCC.
Interior designers or decorators would also be exempt as
long as they only focus on designing the interior of the
home and aren’t actually building or constructing anything
in the home. The law has many other rules builders must
follow including they must take five hours of continuing
education every five years and one hour must be in ethics.
A penalty of up to $1,000. a day can be given to any builder
who builds without registering with TRCC. Applications for
registration are available at the front counter of
Inspection Services on the second floor of City Hall.
Registration can also be completed online at
www.texasrcc.org . For
additional information contact Patrick director of
communications and legislative affairs of TRCC, at
877-651-8722 or Dale Allred, director of Inspection Services
at 633-0298. |
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Attention Building
Contractors
As a condition to the issuance of a
building permit for construction work in the City of Lufkin
a Compliance Bond in the amount of $5,000.00 shall be given
to the City of Lufkin (Ord. 417) for the purpose of
guaranteeing compliance with all city codes, ordinances,
rules and regulations.
Allow approximately three days for typical permit review
times. Larger projects require longer time periods. Longer
review times are generally due to a lack of information
supplied by the permittee. Provide two sets of plans to the
Inspection Department. Plans will be routed to Planning,
Engineering, Fire Marshall, and Plan Review for approval.
The City of Lufkin has adopted the following
building codes:
Residential:
2000
International Residential Code
Commercial:
2003
International Building Code
2003
International Mechanical Code
2003
International Plumbing Code
2003
International Fire Code
2005
National Electrical Code
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 To report violations of City codes or
ordinances contact Code Enforcement at (936)633-0298.
Typical code violations are abandoned cars, weedy lots, and
illegal dumping or improperly disposed trash.
To Submit a permit application online,
click here. Once the
application is submitted come to the Inspections Department
the next day after 2:00 p.m. to complete the process. Be
prepared to provide a site plan, construction drawings, and
drainage plan, if required.
Go to the Public Works
download page to view information on backflow prevention
and to see the latest drainage criteria manual.
Click here to
compare power
providers in the Lufkin area.
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