Wichita Falls
City of Wichita Falls Building Inspections
In short
City of Wichita Falls Building Inspections issues 4 permits we publish for Wichita Falls, last verified 2026-08-27. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Wichita Falls Building Inspections | $77.50 minimum per electrical permit | per permit | 2026-08-27 |
| Sign Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Wichita Falls Building Inspections | $11–$92.50 per sign, by size and location | per permit | 2026-08-27 |
| Flammable or Combustible Liquid Storage Tank Permitonly if it applies to you | City of Wichita Falls Building Inspections | $37 per tank or pump | per permit | 2026-08-27 |
| Commercial Building Permit | City of Wichita Falls Building Inspections | $47 minimum permit fee plus $0.30 per square foot of commercial building or addition, plus $0.104 per square foot commercial plan review | per permit | 2026-08-27 |
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
Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Permit
The electrical code sets a $77.50 minimum for any class of electrical permit, and inspection fees on floor area are charged on top of that minimum rather than instead of it — the ordinance is explicit on the point. Plumbing and mechanical permits follow the same shape in sections 2a-3 and 2a-4. Budget the minimum three times over for a fit-out touching all three trades, before any area-based charge.
Sign Permit
$11 for an on-premises sign up to 80 square feet of face area, $39 above that, and $92.50 for anything off-premises. These are the cheapest sign permits recorded anywhere in this dataset — Allen charges $100 for an illuminated wall sign — so the 80 square foot threshold matters far less here than the on- or off-premises distinction, which multiplies the fee eightfold.
Flammable or Combustible Liquid Storage Tank Permit
$37 for each new or replacement flammable or combustible liquid storage tank or service station pump, and the ordinance says the fee includes test verification. Charged per tank and per pump, so a forecourt with four dispensers pays four times. This sits on the building side of the ordinance rather than the fire side, which is where most operators look for it first.
Commercial Building Permit
Priced on floor area rather than valuation, which is unusual in this dataset and much easier to estimate from a lease plan: $47 minimum, then $0.30 a square foot for commercial use and $0.104 a square foot for the commercial plan review. A 4,000 square foot restaurant therefore runs to about $1,663. A finish-out of an existing shell is cheaper at $0.083 a square foot, and a commercial remodel is charged on valuation instead at $0.0062 per dollar of work with plan review at $0.00197. Reinspections escalate $47, $57, then $67.50, and an after-hours or weekend inspection is $77.50 for the first hour and $77.50 for each hour after.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Wichita Falls
- 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 Wichita Falls Ordinance No. 47-2025, the city fee schedule for fiscal year 2026, effective 1 October 2025City of Wichita Falls · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-27
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