Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Noonday, Texas

Noonday’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  New residential and commercial construction, major repairs and additions inside Noonday city

  • Permit issued by the planning and zoning commission upon receipt of the fee.
  • Starting work without a permit is a misdemeanor, fined up to double the original fee.

  “this ordinance requires builders and individuals to apply for a building permit from the city of noonday for all new residential and commercial construction within the city limits of noonday.”

• Building code adoptedAdopted

  New residential and commercial construction inside Noonday city

  • Ordinance dated July 27, 2006; edition years of the codes not stated.

  residential codes: IRC and NEC · commercial codes: IECC and IBC

  “the city requires the irc and nec building codes for residential construction and iecc and ibc building codes for commercial construction.”

• InspectionsRequired

  Permitted construction inside Noonday city

  • Inspection by an official designated by the planning and zoning commission.
  • Two-week plan review period before a permit issues.

  “such work shall be subject to inspection by any official designated by the planning and zoning commission at all times.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Noonday city limits

  • The city's PDF refers to the city's zoning ordinance and contains R/C/I district height and area tables and a planning and zoning commission; the standalone zoning ordinance and its adoption date were not located.

  “the regulations hereinafter set forth in this section qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this ordinance.”

• Zoning districtsPartial

  Districts inside Noonday city

  • Height and area table lists districts R-1A, R-1B, R-2, R-3, R-3A, R-4, RPO, C-1, C-1A, C-2, C-3, C-4, I-1, I-2; the map and full zoning ordinance were not located.

  “r-1a one-family residential pur planned unit residential r-1b one-family residential”

• Building heightDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Districts inside Noonday city; per-district limits are in the Section XV table

  • Exception applies to schools, public buildings and institutions only; yards increase one foot per foot of excess height.
  • Per-district heights not extracted from garbled table.

  max height for schools/public buildings: <= 85 feet (yards increased one foot for each foot over district height)

  “schools, public buildings and institutions may be erected to a height not exceeding 85 feet in any district in which they are permitted”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Building permits inside Noonday city

  • Failure to obtain permits before work may result in doubled fees and penalties.

  residential permit: 100 USD · commercial permit: 150 USD · subdivision plat: 100-150 USD

  “permit fees: residential ($100), commercial ($150), subdivision plat ($100-$150).”

• Permit processPublished (with conditions)

  Building permits inside Noonday city

  • Plot plans in duplicate drawn to scale, based on an actual survey, lot staked before construction.
  • Two-week inspection period for plans before a permit issues.

  plan review period: 2 weeks

  “an inspection period of two weeks shall be allowed for inspection of plans before a permit shall be issued.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Noonday or Smith County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builders inside Noonday city
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of new buildings inside Noonday city
• Minimum dwelling size — Dwellings inside Noonday city
• Minimum lot size — Residential districts inside Noonday city
• Setbacks — Residential districts inside Noonday city

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.