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Business licences and permits in Plano, Texas
Plano prices food permits by risk category rather than by size or turnover, using the FDA's Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards: a Type I kitchen serving only prepackaged food pays $240 a year while a Type IV handling smoking, curing or reduced-oxygen packaging pays $640, and a large retail food store reaches $750. That makes the fee turn on what you cook rather than how much you sell, so the menu decides the bill. Two things catch operators out. Plan review is $475 for a food establishment on top of the permit, but only $275 if you are already permitted and are remodelling. And the building plan review deposit is 65 per cent of the building permit fee — payable up front, non-refundable, and credited against the total rather than added to it. Plano's fee schedules are adopted by council resolution and published through the council agenda system rather than on the department pages.
What are you opening in Plano?
- RestaurantsFull-service restaurants carry the densest permit load of any small business: food, fire, occupancy, waste, and usually alcohol.See the full permit list
- Coffee shopsCafés are permitted as food service establishments even where no cooking happens, and the plan review step catches most operators by surprise.See the full permit list
- Retail storesRetail is the lightest common permit load, but the sales tax permit and the certificate of occupancy are non-negotiable in every jurisdiction.See the full permit list
- Salons and barbersPersonal care is licensed at state board level as well as locally, so the shop licence and the practitioner licences are separate obligations.See the full permit list
- Food trucksMobile food is the one category with no certificate of occupancy — but it gains a commissary agreement, and the unit itself is inspected rather than the premises.See the full permit list
- Fitness studiosPrepaid memberships trigger state registration and often a surety bond, which catches operators who budgeted only for the fit-out.See the full permit list
- Childcare centresThe heaviest permit load of any small business: state agency licensing, per-person background checks, and a stricter fire standard than ordinary commercial use.See the full permit list
- Contractors and tradesLicensed at state board level rather than locally, and the only common category with no premises permits at all — the bond is usually the long pole.See the full permit list
- Auto repair shopsOrdinary commercial permitting plus an environmental layer: waste oil, solvents and stormwater are each registered separately.See the full permit list
- Veterinary clinicsA state facility permit, controlled substances registration at both state and federal level, and a medical waste manifest — none of which a general business licence covers.See the full permit list
Who issues business permits in Plano?
Permitting in Plano is split across 3 agencies we hold records for, with tax registration handled at state level. No single office issues everything, which is why an opening usually means filing in several places rather than one.
Plano issuing agencies
- City of Plano Building Inspections DepartmentCommercial building permits and plan review · Certificates of occupancy · Mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits · Sign permits · Contractor registration · Commercial trade inspections8 permits
- City of Plano Environmental Health & Sustainability DepartmentFood establishment permits · Temporary event and farm stand food permits · Food establishment plan review · Swimming pool and spa permits · Liquid waste hauler and grease trap permits · Entertainment venue permits8 permits
- Plano Fire-Rescue, Fire PreventionFire plan check and construction inspection · Fire protection system work · Flammable liquid and LP gas storage tank permits · Fireworks and pyrotechnics permits · Fire contractor registration3 permits
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