Laredo
City of Laredo Fire Department, Permits Office
In short
City of Laredo Fire Department, Permits Office issues 3 permits we publish for Laredo, last verified 2026-10-09. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Inspection (new business and certificate of occupancy) | City of Laredo Fire Department, Permits Office | Under Laredo Code section 12-82, businesses that receive a satisfactory evaluation on the primary visit are not required to pay fire inspection fees; the fees are imposed on businesses that need a secondary or further inspection. Where a fee applies, section 12-81 Exhibit A lists: fire inspection $75.00; assembly occupancies $75.00 (under 300 occupant load), $125.00 (300 to 500) or $175.00 (over 500); daycare or similar $50.00 (licensed for up to 12 children) or $75.00 (over 12); beer and wine permit inspection $125.00. Exhibit A and section 12-82 set different charges for repeat visits, so no repeat-visit figure is shown. | per inspection visit (City Code § 12-82) | 2026-10-09 |
| Vent Hood Extinguishing System Permit and Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | City of Laredo Fire Department, Permits Office | $180 per hood | one-time, per hood at plan review (City Code § 12-81) | 2026-10-09 |
| Spray Paint Booth Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Laredo Fire Department, Permits Office | $180 per booth | per booth; the validity period is not stated in City Code § 12-81 | 2026-10-09 |
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
Fire Inspection (new business and certificate of occupancy)
Laredo Code section 18-22 requires the Fire Department to review every new business for fire code compliance before a certificate of occupancy issues, and the Building Development Services Permit Applications page says every certificate of occupancy and letter of completion requires a building final inspection and a fire inspection. Amounts are from section 12-81 Exhibit A (last amended by Ord. No. 2024-O-211), read together with section 12-82, which charges them only when a business does not pass on the first visit. The City's 2026 Business Application form shows the Fire Department inspection fee as to be determined under Ordinance 2007-O-036. The Fire Department Permits Office is at 1413 Houston Street.
Vent Hood Extinguishing System Permit and Plan Review
Laredo Code section 12-81 Exhibit A lists plan review for a vent hood system at $180.00 per hood, under the plan review heading of the Fire Department's fee schedule (last amended by Ord. No. 2024-O-211). The Fire Department Permits Office page publishes a Vent Hood Extinguishing System Permit Application alongside its other system permit applications. A kitchen that cooks under a commercial hood with a fire-suppression system needs this review; a coffee shop or restaurant without a hood system does not.
Spray Paint Booth Permit
Laredo Code section 12-81 Exhibit A lists spray paint booths under the Fire Department's permits at $180.00 per booth (fee schedule last amended by Ord. No. 2024-O-211, 28 October 2024). It applies to body shops and other auto-repair businesses that operate a spray booth; a mechanical repair shop without a paint booth has no booth permit. Exhibit A also lists operating without a permit at the permit fee plus 150 percent of the permit fee.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Laredo
- Phone
- (956) 794-1633
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.
- City of Laredo Building Development Services — Business Application Form (form updated 01/2026)City of Laredo · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- City of Laredo Building Development Services — Permit Applications/RequirementsCity of Laredo · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- City of Laredo Fire Department — Permits OfficeCity of Laredo · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- Laredo Code of Ordinances Chapter 12, Article IV, Fire Prevention Fees (sections 12-81 to 12-83; Ord. No. 2024-O-211, 28 October 2024)City of Laredo · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
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