New Braunfels
City of New Braunfels Building Division
In short
City of New Braunfels Building Division issues 3 permits we publish for New Braunfels, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Occupant Permit | City of New Braunfels Building Division | $150 per permit | not stated in the published schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| Commercial Building Permit | City of New Braunfels Building Division | $100 commercial application fee, then by valuation: $50 plus $6 per $1,000 to $50,000; $350 plus $5 per $1,000 to $500,000; $2,600 plus $4 per $1,000 above. New construction and additions are charged on square footage instead, from ICC Building Valuation Data by occupancy group and construction type | per permit | 2026-08-25 |
| Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Permitonly if it applies to you | City of New Braunfels Building Division | $100 commercial permit application fee | per permit | 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
New Occupant Permit
$150, and the schedule notes it was previously called an existing certificate of occupancy — worth knowing, because the older name is still what most landlords and brokers will say. This is the permit for taking on premises that already exist rather than certificating a new build. A temporary certificate of occupancy and its extension are priced in Schedule B rather than here. Commercial inspections are $50 each, reinspections start at $35 and double for each subsequent one, so a third reinspection is $140.
Commercial Building Permit
Two methods, and which applies turns on whether there is new floor area. Alterations, fit-outs, fences, pools and infrastructure run off Schedule A's valuation table. New construction and additions run off Schedule B, calculated on square footage by IBC occupancy group and construction type from ICC Building Valuation Data — so a restaurant (A-2) and a repair garage (S-1) on the same footprint pay different amounts. A shell building is charged at 80 per cent. Commercial plan review is 25 per cent of the permit cost capped at $15,000, payable before the second round of comprehensive review. Working without a permit doubles the fee up to a $10,000 ceiling.
Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Permit
The $100 commercial permit application fee applies to all new construction, additions and substantial alterations, with the trade permits themselves priced in Schedule B of the appendix. Two administrative lines are worth budgeting for on any job that slips: a stop-work order costs $100 to issue and another $100 to lift, and a commercial alternate method request under the building codes is $150.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- New Braunfels
- 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.
- City of New Braunfels Code of Ordinances Appendix D, Fee ScheduleCity of New Braunfels · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-25
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