Amarillo
City of Amarillo Building Safety Department
In short
City of Amarillo Building Safety Department issues 8 permits we publish for Amarillo, last verified 2026-08-25. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Plan Review | City of Amarillo Building Safety Department | project valuation × 0.0015, minimum $83 | plan review expires 180 days after the last correction notice | 2026-08-25 |
| Sign Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Amarillo Building Safety Department | $114 per permit | not stated in the codified schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Flammable Liquids Tank and Pump Installation Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Amarillo Building Safety Department | $76 per permit | not stated in the codified schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Commercial Swimming Pool, Spa and Water Feature Permit | City of Amarillo Building Safety Department | $437 per permit | not stated in the codified schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Commercial Building Permit | City of Amarillo Building Safety Department | project valuation × 0.0038, minimum $139 plus $70 for each of the electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits required | not stated in the codified schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Re-inspection Feeonly if it applies to you | City of Amarillo Building Safety Department | $70 per re-inspection | per inspection | 2026-08-25 |
| Certificate of Occupancy | City of Amarillo Building Safety Department | $151 per review and inspection | not stated in the codified schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Wrecking and Moving Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Amarillo Building Safety Department | $114 per permit | not stated in the codified schedule | 2026-08-25 |
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
Commercial Plan Review
Valuation × 0.0015 with an $83 minimum, payable on submittal and non-refundable. Three things cost extra and are avoidable: a revision fee of 0.00057 of value, minimum $224 and capped at $6,145, when a change in scope needs more than an hour of further review; a fresh plan review fee if a third notice of corrections is required, and again for every iteration after that; and expedited review at $623. The deadline that catches people is section 4-1-20(b)(3) — if no permit issues within 180 days of the last correction notice, the plan review expires and the next submission is treated as a first application at full price. A commercial pool, spa or interactive water feature has its own flat plan review fee of $81. Section 4-1-3(h) escalates every fee in this chapter annually by 3 per cent or CPI, whichever is greater, rounded up to a whole dollar, so treat this figure as a floor rather than a fixed price.
Sign Permit
$114 flat, whatever the sign. A flat sign fee is friendlier to a large fascia than the area-based schedules several Texas cities use, and it is the same $114 Amarillo charges for a wrecking or moving permit. Section 4-1-3(h) escalates every fee in this chapter annually by 3 per cent or CPI, whichever is greater, rounded up to a whole dollar, so treat this figure as a floor rather than a fixed price.
Flammable Liquids Tank and Pump Installation Permit
$76, and the schedule is explicit that this includes the electrical and plumbing permits for the installation — so it is one fee, not three. Applies to fuel tanks and pumps, which catches filling stations, fleet yards and any premises installing standby fuel storage. Section 4-1-3(h) escalates every fee in this chapter annually by 3 per cent or CPI, whichever is greater, rounded up to a whole dollar, so treat this figure as a floor rather than a fixed price.
Commercial Swimming Pool, Spa and Water Feature Permit
$437 for the permit, plus $81 for the plan review, on a public or semi-public pool, spa or interactive water feature. A residential pool is $312, so the commercial premium is about forty per cent. Note this is a construction permit from Building Safety, not an annual operating permit of the kind Garland ($300 a year) and Brazos County ($250 a year) charge — different thing, different department, and a hotel or gym may well need both a construction permit here and an operating permit elsewhere. Section 4-1-3(h) escalates every fee in this chapter annually by 3 per cent or CPI, whichever is greater, rounded up to a whole dollar, so treat this figure as a floor rather than a fixed price.
Commercial Building Permit
Nonresidential permits are valuation × 0.0038, rounded to whole dollars. The minimum is $139 plus $70 times the number of other permits required for electrical, plumbing and HVAC work, and that applies to remodels and additions as well as new construction. The important line is that the building permit fee already includes the electrical, HVAC and plumbing permits for that project — so the $70 multiplier sets a floor for small jobs rather than adding a charge to large ones. If the Building Official considers your stated valuation significantly understated, they may substitute International Code Council valuation data as modified by the City, so a low declared value is not a saving. A late fee of $298 applies if work starts before the permit issues, rising to $593 plus triple the permit fee for a second occasion within twenty-four months. Section 4-1-3(h) escalates every fee in this chapter annually by 3 per cent or CPI, whichever is greater, rounded up to a whole dollar, so treat this figure as a floor rather than a fixed price.
Re-inspection Fee
$70 — among the cheapest re-inspection fees in this dataset, against $200 in Arlington and Garland and $50 in San Antonio. The more expensive line is the one next to it: an inspection not otherwise listed, or any inspection requested after hours, is $111 an hour with a two-hour minimum, so calling an inspector out of hours starts at $222. A $13 technology fee is added to permits. Section 4-1-3(h) escalates every fee in this chapter annually by 3 per cent or CPI, whichever is greater, rounded up to a whole dollar, so treat this figure as a floor rather than a fixed price.
Certificate of Occupancy
$151 for review and inspection where the certificate is not associated with a building permit — which is the usual case for a tenant moving into existing premises with no construction work. Where a building permit is being issued anyway, the certificate comes with it. Recreating a copy of an existing certificate is $52, worth knowing when a landlord or lender asks for one you have mislaid. Section 4-1-3(h) escalates every fee in this chapter annually by 3 per cent or CPI, whichever is greater, rounded up to a whole dollar, so treat this figure as a floor rather than a fixed price.
Wrecking and Moving Permit
$114 to wreck or move a structure. Cheap against Dallas and Arlington, and the figure covers both operations — demolishing a building and relocating one are the same line in Amarillo's schedule. Section 4-1-3(h) escalates every fee in this chapter annually by 3 per cent or CPI, whichever is greater, rounded up to a whole dollar, so treat this figure as a floor rather than a fixed price.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Amarillo
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
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.
- Amarillo Municipal Code Chapter 4-1, Fees, Permits and Contractor Registrations, as amended by Ordinance No. 8218, 16 September 2025City of Amarillo · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-25
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