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City of Brenham - Development Services

The City of Brenham Development Services Department, which includes a Building Inspections division, issues building permits for houses in Brenham from City Hall, 200 W. Vulcan St. Brenham sits in Washington County, and the codes the city has adopted are cited below from the city's own pages. This listing covers the office's contact details, the city's adopted codes and the items cited below; it does not cover every local permit rule in Brenham.

Jurisdiction

City of Brenham, Texas

Jurisdiction type

city

Address

200 W. Vulcan St., Brenham, TX 77833

Contact

url: https://docs.cityofbrenham.org/city_government/departments/development_services/index.php
phone: 979-337-7220

Permit portal

Adopted code

The City of Brenham's Development Services page states "The City of Brenham, effective October 1, 2024, follows the 2021 Suite of the International Building Code and the 2020 National Electrical Code," and its list of adopted building codes includes the 2021 International Residential Code (IRC). The page directs readers to Chapter 6, Buildings and Structures, of the Brenham Code of Ordinances for the complete list of local amendments to the adopted codes.

Sales & use tax

8.25% combined (6.25% state + 1.5% City of Brenham + 0.5% Washington County), per the Comptroller's local sales tax rate file. Comptroller Publication 94-116, Real Property Repair and Remodeling, states that "Labor to repair, remodel, or restore residential real property is not taxable" and that under a lump-sum contract "you pay tax on all your supplies, materials, equipment, and taxable services when you buy them. You don't charge your customer tax." On a lump-sum residential re-roof the rate therefore falls on the roofer's material purchases, not on the homeowner's contract price.

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