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Bexar County Public Works

In short

Bexar County Public Works issues 4 permits we publish for Bexar 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

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Post Construction Permitonly if it applies to youBexar County Public Works$50–$250 flat fee of $50.00 or $250.00, depending on the outcome of a required Mitigation Worksheetissued once per project, submitted concurrently with the Stormwater Quality Site Development Permit2026-09-28
Floodplain Development Permitonly if it applies to youBexar County Public Works$50 per activityissued once per qualifying activity2026-09-28
Stormwater Quality Site Development Permitonly if it applies to youBexar County Public Works$500 flat, per Stormwater Quality Site Development Permit application, payable to the Bexar County Clerkissued once per project; disturbance may not begin until the permit is issued2026-09-28
Right-of-Way Permitonly if it applies to youBexar County Public Works$35.00 per driveway. $35.00 per miscellaneous activity. $75.00 per median opening. $75.00 per auxiliary lane. $35.00 per utility service-line connection.issued once per activity or connection2026-09-28

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

Post Construction Permit

A contractor developing a site in unincorporated Bexar County that disturbs one acre or more submits this Post Construction Permit application to Public Works alongside the Stormwater Quality Site Development Permit — the same trigger, submitted at the same time. The fee is either $50.00 or $250.00, set by the outcome of a Mitigation Worksheet the applicant completes as part of the submission. This is a distinct fee-schedule line item from the Stormwater Quality permit's own $500.00 fee, not a substitute for it.

Floodplain Development Permit

Any property encumbered by, or within 100 feet of, a FEMA 1%-annual-chance (100-year) floodplain in unincorporated Bexar County needs a Floodplain Development Permit from Public Works before construction, grading, or other qualifying development activity, at a flat $50.00 per activity. Applications are submitted through Public Works or the County's online permitting portal. Inside San Antonio or another incorporated city, that city's own floodplain-management program applies instead.

Stormwater Quality Site Development Permit

Any new development in unincorporated Bexar County that will disturb one acre or more of land — or a smaller parcel that is part of a larger common development — needs this $500.00 permit from Public Works before ground disturbance begins; the application instructions direct the fee to be paid by check to the Bexar County Clerk. A contractor performing the site work most commonly applies, but the requirement reaches whichever business is developing the site. This permit is submitted concurrently with the Post Construction Permit, listed as a separate Bexar County requirement, which shares the same one-acre trigger.

Right-of-Way Permit

Construction of a new driveway, a median opening, an auxiliary lane, or a new utility service-line connection within a county-maintained right-of-way in unincorporated Bexar County needs this permit from Public Works: $35.00 for a driveway, $35.00 for a miscellaneous activity, $75.00 for a median opening, $75.00 for an auxiliary lane, and $35.00 for a utility service-line connection. A contractor performing the access work most commonly applies, but any business needing new driveway or utility access in county right-of-way is reached by this requirement. Inside San Antonio or another incorporated city, that city's own right-of-way permitting applies instead.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Bexar County
Phone
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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.

  1. Floodplain Development PermitsBexar County Public Works · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  2. Post Construction PermitsBexar County Public Works · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  3. Right-of-Way Permits (per-activity fee schedule)Bexar County Public Works · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28

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