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City of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department

In short

City of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department issues 8 permits we publish for Grand Prairie, last verified 2026-08-24. 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
Commercial Address Changeonly if it applies to youCity of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department$50 per requestone-time, per request2026-08-24
Zoning Applicationonly if it applies to youCity of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department$1,000 plus $40 per acre, not to exceed $11,000one-time, per application2026-08-24
Specific Use Permitonly if it applies to youCity of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department$1,000 plus $40 per acre, not to exceed $11,000one-time, per application2026-08-24
Sign Permitonly if it applies to youCity of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department$75 up to 50 sq ft; above 50 sq ft $100 plus $0.10 per sq ft; add $50 if lightedgrandfathered off-premise signs renew annually at $1052026-08-24
Special Event Permitonly if it applies to youCity of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department$30 per event, plus a $250 depositper event2026-08-24
Floodplain Permitonly if it applies to youCity of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department$300–$500 by site acreageone year from the date the permit is released2026-08-24
Concept PlanCity of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department$700 plus $40 per acre, not to exceed $11,000one-time, per application2026-08-24
Plat Applicationonly if it applies to youCity of Grand Prairie Planning and Development Department$500 plus the greater of $20 per lot or $20 per acre, not to exceed $10,500one-time, per application2026-08-24

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 Address Change

$50 for a property owner requesting a specific address — worth knowing about when a tenant space is being subdivided and the suite numbering has to be created before utilities and licensing can be applied for. A street name change is also $50, refunded if City Council denies the request.

Zoning Application

$1,000 plus $40 an acre, capped at $11,000. A city-initiated rezoning is free. Fees are refundable if the application is withdrawn before public notices go out and within six months of the application deadline; after that the Director of Planning may still refund on a written request, case by case. Filing a request that was previously denied costs $125 to appeal to City Council, and each public hearing notice sign is $50.

Specific Use Permit

Priced identically to a straight zoning change at $1,000 plus $40 an acre, capped at $11,000 — Grand Prairie is one of the few cities that does not charge a premium for a use permit over a rezoning. Arlington, by contrast, charges twice as much for a specific use permit as for a zoning change.

Sign Permit

$75 for a sign up to 50 sq ft, or $100 plus $0.10 a square foot above that, with $50 added if the sign is lit. A balloon sign is $50 and a unified signage plan $300. The enforcement side is unusually sharp: violating the sign provisions is a misdemeanour carrying a fine up to $200, but for PORTABLE signs the fine is $500 to $1,000 and the property is barred from displaying a portable sign for a year after conviction — and if the lessor is the one in violation, the lessor is barred from operating in the city for a year.

Special Event Permit

TWO FIGURES ARE PUBLISHED FOR THIS PERMIT AND THEY DO NOT AGREE. Article 22 of the Unified Development Code, last updated 2 September 2025, sets $30 plus a $250 deposit held against clean-up and restoration of the site, and a further $15 if an electrical permit is needed. The Office of Emergency Management, which actually issues the permit, publishes $40 for a one-time special event of no more than four events in a year and $400 for a recurring one above that. The adopted code and the issuing office are describing the same permit differently, so ask which applies before budgeting an event series — the recurring figure is more than ten times the code one.

Floodplain Permit

$300 for 3 to 20 acres and $500 above 20 acres. Note the term: Sec. 22.2.22 expires a floodplain permit one year after release, so a development that stalls needs it re-issued rather than extended.

Concept Plan

$700 plus $40 an acre. This one is easy to miss in sequencing: Sec. 22.2.1 requires a concept plan for ALL new development BEFORE rezoning, clearing, preliminary engineering work or any preliminary or final plat. It is the first cheque a developer writes in Grand Prairie, not a later step.

Plat Application

$500 plus $20 per lot or $20 per acre, whichever is greater, capped at $10,500 — the same formula for a preliminary plat and a final plat, so a development pays it twice. County filing fees are charged on top in accordance with the fee schedule of whichever of Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis or Johnson County the land sits in, plus a $75 transportation and filing fee.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Grand Prairie
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. Unified Development Code Article 22: Fee Schedule, last updated 2 September 2025City of Grand Prairie Planning Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-24

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