Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa County Public Works Department (Floodplain Administrator; Subdivision Coordinator)
In short
Tuscaloosa County Public Works Department (Floodplain Administrator; Subdivision Coordinator) issues 2 permits we publish for Tuscaloosa County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floodplain Development Permit (Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance)only if it applies to you | Tuscaloosa County Public Works Department (Floodplain Administrator; Subdivision Coordinator) | The county's own permit application form, titled 'Application for Permit to Develop in a Special Flood Hazard Area,' states that all such work 'shall be done in accordance with the requirements of the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance of Tuscaloosa County' and is administered by the county's Floodplain Administrator. No dollar fee amount appears on the application form itself, and none is published on the county's Flood Plain Management program page. | one-time, per development project in a Special Flood Hazard Area | 2026-09-28 |
| Subdivision Building-Line (Setback) Regulationonly if it applies to you | Tuscaloosa County Public Works Department (Floodplain Administrator; Subdivision Coordinator) | Tuscaloosa County's Subdivision Regulations set a building line (setback) — commonly a 30-foot front building line — on lots within recorded subdivisions in the unincorporated county, adjustable by a variance granted through the County Commission. County Commission meeting records document specific building-line-reduction variance requests being granted, confirming this is an actively applied regulation. No dollar fee for a building-line variance review is published online. | ongoing regulation on recorded subdivision plats; a variance, where sought, is a one-time approval | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Floodplain Development Permit (Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance)
A contractor building, filling, grading or otherwise developing land within a Special Flood Hazard Area in Tuscaloosa County needs a floodplain development permit under the county's own Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, administered by the county's Floodplain Administrator within Public Works. The county's application form itself is titled 'Application for Permit to Develop in a Special Flood Hazard Area,' names Tuscaloosa County as the community, and states that the work must follow the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, administered by the Floodplain Administrator and an inspection office. No dollar fee is printed on the application form, and the Public Works flood-plain management page does not publish a fee amount either, so a contractor should call the Floodplain Administrator at (205) 345-6600 to confirm whether a fee applies to a specific project and, if so, its current amount. This permit is separate from — and narrower than — a general zoning or building permit; it applies specifically to development within the mapped flood hazard area, not to construction generally in the unincorporated county.
Subdivision Building-Line (Setback) Regulation
A contractor building on a platted lot within a recorded subdivision in unincorporated Tuscaloosa County must observe the building line set by the county's own Subdivision Regulations, administered by the Subdivision Coordinator within Public Works — commonly a 30-foot front building line, distinct from any zoning ordinance and distinct from the floodplain permit recorded separately above. This is a subdivision-plat-level control applied at the platting and building stage, not a general zoning or building-permit system: Tuscaloosa County Commission meeting records document specific requests to reduce a subdivision's building line being granted by variance, confirming the regulation is actively applied rather than a dormant rule. No dollar fee for a building-line variance review is published online; a contractor needing a variance should contact the Subdivision Coordinator at (205) 345-6600 for the current process and any fee. This record does not extend to a general claim that unincorporated Tuscaloosa County runs a countywide zoning or building-permit system — that broader question is not resolved here.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Tuscaloosa County
- Phone
- (205) 345-6600
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Flood Plain Management program page (Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and floodplain permit application)Tuscaloosa County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Subdivision regulation page (Subdivision Coordinator; building-line/setback regulations)Tuscaloosa County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
Other offices serving Tuscaloosa County
- Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Tuscaloosa County License Commissioner / License Department
- Alabama Department of Human Resources, Child Care Services Division
- Alabama Department of Public Health, Tuscaloosa County Health Department (West Central District field office)
- Tuscaloosa County Probate Office
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