Permitting Authorities / City of Euless - Building Construction and Permitting
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Euless, TX?
Adopted code
City of Euless - Building Construction and Permitting
No — Euless, TX does not require a permit for like-for-like roof replacement (City of Euless - Building Construction and Permitting). The city's Building Construction and Permitting page states that Euless does not require a permit for the replacement of residential roofing materials, while the roofing contractor must still meet the requirements of the adopted 2021 International Residential Code. The city is transitioning its permitting and planning submittals from its legacy process to a new online self-service portal, Cityworks.
Jurisdiction
City of Euless, Texas
Address
201 N. Ector Dr, Euless, TX 76039
Contact
- url: https://www.eulesstx.gov/departments/planning-and-economic-development/building-construction-and-permitting
- phone: 817-685-1630
Roofing permit required
Not required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
- license: City of Euless Code of Ordinances, Chapter 14 (Building Codes), bars any contractor, firm, or corporation from securing permits without a valid, current contractor registration on file with the city; the applicant must file a written application on a form furnished by the Building Inspection Department and must have paid the fees set in the City Fee Schedule (Chapter 30) and not be delinquent on any fees or debt owed to the city. Homeowners performing work on their own homestead are exempt from the registration requirement.
Permit process note
The city's Building Construction and Permitting page states that Euless does not require a permit for the replacement of residential roofing materials, while the roofing contractor must still meet the requirements of the adopted 2021 International Residential Code. The city is transitioning its permitting and planning submittals from its legacy process to a new online self-service portal, Cityworks.
Inspection requirements
The city's Residential Construction Information Packet specifies that roof felt must be properly installed with shedding and proper coverage of the decking, and that drip edge must be installed.
Adopted code
By Ordinance No. 2323 (enacted 10/11/2022), the City of Euless adopted by reference the 2021 editions of the International Residential Code, International Building Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Energy Conservation Code, and International Property Maintenance Code, together with the 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code, each subject to local amendments in Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances. The Residential Code (IRC 2021) is administered and enforced by the office of the building official.
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — Euless "International Residential Code Amendments, 2021" (Ch. 14 code amendments, Ord. No. 2323) runs 15 pages, from R101.1 through the plumbing sections. The amended R902.1 "Minimum Roof Class" requires "Class A, B, or C roofing... however, individual replacement shingles shall be a minimum Class C" -- FIRE classification. R907.1 (reroofing) was amended only to cross- reference R902.1. The only place the word "impact" appears in the document is M1307.3.1 "Protection from impact", a mechanical-code appliance provision unrelated to roofing. No UL 2218 or Class 4 provision exists.
Wind design criteria
Table R301.2(1), Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria, as amended by the City's 2021 IRC local amendments: Ground snow load 5 lb/ft2; Wind Design Speed 115 mph (3-sec-gust) / 76 mph (fastest mile); Seismic Design Category A. This amended table does not carry separate Topographic Effects, Special Wind Region, or Windborne Debris Zone columns/cells (only Ground Snow Load, Wind Design Speed, and Seismic Design Category are given in the amended table as printed). Ice barrier underlayment required: No; Flood hazard: local code; Weathering: moderate; Frost line depth 6"; Termite: very heavy.
Sales & use tax
8.25% combined (6.25% state + 1.75% City of Euless + 0.25% Euless Crime Control and Prevention District), the Texas local-rate cap. Texas collects no construction use tax at building-permit issuance; use tax, when owed, is self-assessed by the purchaser and remitted directly to the Comptroller's office rather than collected by a city or county permit office (Comptroller Use Tax guidance, comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/sales/use-tax.php). Under Comptroller guidance for real property repair and remodeling, "Labor to repair, remodel, or restore residential real property is not taxable"; on the lump-sum contract typical of residential re-roofing, "you pay tax on all your supplies, materials, equipment, and taxable services when you buy them. You don't charge your customer tax" (Comptroller Pub. 94-116, Real Property Repair and Remodeling, comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/94-116.php) -- so the combined rate above is the roofer's own cost basis on materials purchased, not a rate charged to the homeowner.
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