Roofing in Waco, Texas

Required

Not required

Code of Ordinances Sec. 6-26 adopts the 2024 International Residential Code "including appendices BB, BD, BO, and NE", together with the 2024 International Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Fire, Existing Building, Property Maintenance, and Swimming Pool and Spa Codes, the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code, and the National Electrical Code as adopted by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (as amended by Ord. No. 2025-813, 11-4-25). The Inspection Services "Adopted Codes" page states these are in force "as of January 1, 2026." Local IRC amendments are in Sec. 6-29; they delete the IRC electrical chapters and the R309.2 sprinkler requirement, substitute the 2018 energy chapter, and amend fee, appeals, air-conditioning, fuel gas, plumbing and electric-vehicle appendix provisions, and do not amend Chapter 9 (Roof Assemblies). Sec. 6-26(c) provides that "Newer versions of the codes identified in (1) through (6) and (8) through (10) in subsection (a) of this section shall automatically be adopted 12 months after publication by the International Code Council unless the city by ordinance amends them or does not adopt them," with the city's existing amendments carried forward. State context: Texas Local Government Code Sec. 214.212 adopts the International Residential Code as it existed on May 1, 2012, as the municipal residential building code and allows a city to adopt local amendments by ordinance after a public hearing; Waco's own adoption is the 2024 edition above.

Waco issues a dedicated Roofing permit for residential re-roofs. The city's "Do I Need a Permit?" guide lists "4. Roofing / Permit Type: Roofing permit" and states: "A Roofing permit covers replacing shingles, felt flashing, and decking (32 square feet or less). Any work beyond the 32 square feet of decking requires a Repairs and Alterations permit. The scope of work will be provided when filling out the permit application." The permit fee schedule prices "Roofing" at $125 under "Repairs & Alterations to Existing Residential Structures." Applications, fees and inspection requests all go through the city's Citizen Self Service Portal; once the fee is paid the permit status changes from "Payment Pending" to "Issued", "signifying that you may begin work." "All permitted work must be inspected to close out the permit. All required inspections, including any document review, are listed on the permit in the required sequence." Inspections must be requested online by 4 p.m. the day before. For work started before a required permit is obtained, "the fees above shall be doubled."