McKinney
City of McKinney Building Inspections
In short
City of McKinney Building Inspections issues 4 permits we publish for McKinney, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Contractor Registration (Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical)only if it applies to you | City of McKinney Building Inspections | No fee | Renewable on the expiration date of the state license | 2026-10-09 |
| Certificate of Occupancy (Commercial) | City of McKinney Building Inspections | Listed in the City's Permit Fees for New Construction, Remodels and Repairs document, which the Building Inspections page links rather than prints. | One-time, per occupancy | 2026-10-09 |
| Commercial Building Permit (New Construction, Alteration and Finish-Out)only if it applies to you | City of McKinney Building Inspections | Listed in the City's Permit Fees for New Construction, Remodels and Repairs document, which the Building Inspections page links rather than prints. | Per project | 2026-10-09 |
| Sign Permitonly if it applies to you | City of McKinney Building Inspections | Calculated from the sign valuation under the fee schedule in Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances, as Unified Development Code section 402 states; signs exempt under Article 4 pay no permit fee. | Void if work is not completed within 90 days of the permit or certificate of occupancy, whichever is later | 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
Trade Contractor Registration (Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical)
The City's Contractor Registration page states that licensed contractors must register with the City before a permit can be issued, and lists 'No registration fee' for electrical contractors, master electricians and plumbing and mechanical license holders, who register on the Citizen Self Service portal and email copies of their state licenses. For a general contractor the page states that there is no fee or form and that registration is not required; the general contractor opens a portal account. An electrician needs both the state contractor and master licenses to validate permits.
Certificate of Occupancy (Commercial)
The City's Building Inspections page publishes a New Business Guide to Certificates of Occupancy and a Commercial Certificate of Occupancy required-paperwork packet, and states that the City adopted the 2024 International Building Code and related codes on 1 October 2025. The Fire Marshal's Office fee page lists operational permits, such as repair garages and CO2 beverage dispensing over 100 pounds, that the business must hold before the certificate of occupancy is issued. Inspections are requested through the Citizen Self Service portal.
Commercial Building Permit (New Construction, Alteration and Finish-Out)
The City's Building Inspections page publishes a New Commercial Construction Guide and a Commercial Alteration and Finish-Out Guide, takes permit applications, payments and inspection requests through the Citizen Self Service portal, and states that the 2024 codes were adopted on 1 October 2025. Its Contractor Registration page states that licensed electrical, plumbing and mechanical contractors must register with the City before a permit can be issued, and that a Signature Verification Form is required for each project.
Sign Permit
Under section 402 of the Unified Development Code no person may erect, conduct major repair of or relocate a sign within the City without a permit from the Building Inspection Department. The applicant files with the Chief Building Official, pays the valuation-based fee, carries liability insurance of at least $20,000.00 (or a bond) covering the sign during erection, and for an electric sign meets the electrical requirements. In the Historic Overlay District a certificate of appropriateness must be approved first. The Building Inspections page links the Sign Permit Submittal Requirements.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- McKinney
- Phone
- 469-617-4800
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.
- Building Inspections (permits, certificates of occupancy, adopted codes, fees)City of McKinney Building Inspections · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- Contractor RegistrationCity of McKinney Building Inspections · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- Fire Marshal's Office: Permit and Inspection Fee ScheduleCity of McKinney Fire Marshal's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- McKinney Unified Development Code (Chapter 150), as codified 15 November 2022City of McKinney (Municode) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
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