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Welcome to the City of Laredo Building Development Services Electronic Plan Review System (“ePlan”). Building Development Services ePlan is a website (“Site”) designed to allow customers to submit permit applications and building plans electronically. Customers can monitor the progress of their applications and correspond with Building Development Services during their plan review and permitting process.
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GETTING STARTED||ACCEPTING A TASK||DOWNLOADING APPROVED PLANS
System is Encountering Issues in openning Files, IT is working to resolved them.
Important: PDF application is required for the project to initate in the system, for more details contact Commercial at bldgcomm@ci.laredo.tx.us, for Residential contact bldgpermits@ci.laredo.tx.us
Please visit the City of Laredo Building Development Services website for more infomation regarding recent policy changes: |
Important Information |
Notice of 2021 ICC Codes Adoption |
On August 5, 2024, City Council approved the adoption of the 2021 International Code Council (ICC) Building-related, Fire and Property Maintenance codes with ordinances 2024-O-148, 2024-O-149, 2024-O-150, 2024-O-151, and 2024-O-152. These codes will be enforced on September 22, 2024. A grace period will be given to comply with 2021 ICC Codes, ending on December 31, 2024. |
The following are the adopted codes and appendices: · 2021 International Building Code · 2021 International Mechanical Code · 2021 International Residential Code · 2021 International Property Maintenance Code · 2021 International Energy Conservation Code · 2021 International Existing Building Code · 2012 Texas Accessibility Standards · 2020 National Electrical Code of the National Fire Protection Association · 2021 International Fire Code · 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code · 2021 International Plumbing Electrical Code · 2021 International Fuel Gas Code · 2021 International Private Sewage Disposal Code · 2021
Building Valuation Construction Cost Table (Commercial Only) |
Your access to and use of Building Development Services ePlan is subject to the following terms and conditions, as well as
all applicable laws. Your access to Building Development Services ePlan is in consideration for your agreement to these Terms and Conditions of
Use, whether or not you are a registered user.
By using the "Login" button below, you accept, without
limitation or qualification, these Terms and Conditions of Use. Throughout
these Terms and Conditions, the words "you", "your", and
“user”, means you and the employees, consultants, contractors, and other
parties who access Building Development Services ePlan using your
password.
USE OF SITE
You agree to use Building Development Services Department
ePlan solely to provide information relating to your application and
permit. As a condition of use, User
agrees that it shall not copy, reverse engineer, modify, create derivative
works of, publicly display, publicly perform, compile, run or execute,
demonstrate, disclose, distribute, or otherwise use the Site except as
authorized pursuant to these Terms and Conditions of Use. You agree to access and use the Site only for
lawful purposes and agree to comply with applicable laws in connection with the
use of this Site. By accessing this
Site, you agree that you will not:
• Use the Site to commit an unlawful act or in a manner that
would give rise to civil liability;
• Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, libelous,
harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, profane or otherwise
objectionable content;
• Use the Site to impersonate other parties or entities;
• Use the Site to upload any content that contains a
software virus, “Trojan” virus, malware, or any other computer code, files or
programs that may threaten, alter, damage, or interrupt the functionality of
the Site or the hardware or software of any other person who has access to the
Site;
• Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any materials
that you do not have the right to transmit under any law or under a contractual
relationship;
• Disrupt the normal flow of information in any way;
• Post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional
materials, or other forms of solicitation;
• Post any material that infringes or violates the
intellectual property rights of another.
TERMINATION OF USE
The City of Laredo may, in its sole discretion, terminate or
suspend your access and use of this Site without notice and for any reason,
including, but not limited to:
• The completion of project(s) and/or the issuance of
permits(s);
• Violation of any of these Terms and Conditions of Use;
• Failure to pay any fees due in connection with your use of
this Site; or
• Any other conduct which the City of Laredo, in its sole
discretion, believes is unlawful and/or harmful to others.
In the event of such termination, you are no longer
authorized to access the Site.
OWNERSHIP OF SITE
The City of Laredo retains all rights, title, and interest
in and to the Site. The Site is
proprietary to the City of Laredo and its contents are confidential. User shall
hold the Site and all access thereto in strict confidence, and shall protect
the Site and access thereto using the same degree of care that User employs for
its own confidential information, but not less than a reasonable degree of
care. User shall not disclose the Site
or any part thereof or its access rights thereto, to any unauthorized third
party. The City of Laredo’s disclosure
of the Site or any contents thereof shall be subject to applicable law.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE
SITE, OR ANY MATERIAL AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND the
City of Laredo MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, (A) REGARDING THE USABILITY,
SUITABILITY, CONDITION, OPERATION OR ACCURACY OF THE SITE, (B) THAT ACCESS TO
OR USE OF THE CONTENT OF SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR-FREE, (C) THAT THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN VIRUSES,
MALWARE OR OTHER CODE THAT MANIFESTS CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES;
OR (D) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY OR ACCURACY.
INFRINGEMENT
If any portion of the User’s plans, specifications, drawings
or any information provided to the City of Laredo through the Site becomes the
subject of a claim or threatened claim of infringement ("Affected
Materials"), the City of Laredo may, in its unrestricted discretion,
suspend User's rights hereunder to the Affected Materials. Such suspension of
rights will be effective immediately upon the City of Laredo giving of notice
of suspension. Such notice may be given at the time that User seeks to access
the Affected Materials and no individual notice to the User is required.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event will the City of Laredo be liable for any
direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental or consequential damages in
connection with or arising from the User’s use of the Site, including, but not
limited to, loss of profits, use data or economic advantage.
INDEMNIFICATION
User shall indemnify, protect, hold harmless, and defend the
City of Laredo, including, but not limited to, the City of Laredo Council,
boards and commissions of the City of Laredo, its officers, agents, employees
and volunteers (collectively the “City of Laredo Indemnitees”), from and
against any and all demands, claims, actions, suits, judgments, damages,
liability, cost and expense, including, but not limited to reasonable
attorneys’ and other reasonable professional fees (collectively, “Claims”), to
the extent arising directly or indirectly from one or more of the following:
(i) the use of the Site by the User or its officers, agents, contractors,
subcontractors, employees (collectively, the “Indemnitors”), (ii) any breach of
the Terms and Conditions of Use with respect to this Site, (iii) any negligent
or wrongful act or omission of any Indemnitor; provided, however, that User
shall have no obligation to indemnify, protect, defend or hold harmless the City
of Laredo Indemnitees for Claims arising from the sole active negligence or
willful misconduct of the City of Laredo Indemnitees.
APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE
Submission of an application and uploading documents does
not constitute acceptance. Payment of
ALL applicable fees initiates the plan check application process.
Applicant may not claim a relationship with or speak for any
business, association, or other organization for which you are not authorized
to claim such a relationship.
Submissions must include a letter of authorization from the responsible
party.
Electronically submitted files will be accessible to all
appropriate City of Laredo Departments and participating Agencies for
review. Unless protected by law,
submitted documents, other than engineering CAD files, will be publicly
available.
MISCELLANEOUS
• User acknowledges and agrees that a) Use of the Site is
not a substitute for professional judgment; b) Use of the Site does not relieve
the User from applying the appropriate standard of care and skill relevant to
the use of the Site and its contents; c) Site is only to be used as a tool to
assist the User in connection with the Project; and d) User is solely
responsible for verifying the accuracy of all results created with the use of
the Site.
• No approval of any type which is granted to the User with
respect to the Project, which is in any way connected with the use of this
Site, shall be construed to allow the violation of any City of Laredo or county
ordinance, state or federal law, or administrative regulation of any governmental
agency. No waiver, modification, variance or any other type of change however
described, to any City of Laredo or county ordinance, state or federal law,
administrative regulation of any governmental agency can be applied for,
requested or granted through the Use of this Site.
• Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of
the State of Texas.
• The City of Laredo shall have the right to perform weekly
maintenance on the Site any time without prior notification to User.
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