Permits and Applications

Applications

In order to coordinate various processes required by ordinances adopted by the City of Bryan, the Development Services department must collect the necessary information to initiate and/or finalize certain actions. Please click on a title below to preview or download the appropriate application. All applications are in PDF format. Please click here to download Acrobat Reader. We have one application called “General Application”. The General Application will be used for platting, rezoning, variance, exception, conditional use permit and site plan.

• Abandonment
• Administrative Appeal
• Change of Use, Ownership, or Tenant
• Certificate of Appropriateness
• Downtown Improvements Program Grant Application
• Neighborhood Improvements Grant Application
• Encroachment
• General Application
• Home Occupation
• Residential Site Plan
• Special Use
• Biocorridor – Site Plan Application
• Biocorridor – Plat Application

Application Supplements

• Rezoning: Supplement A
• ZBA Variance/Variance: Supplement B
• Exception: Supplement C
• Site Plan: Supplement D
• Conditional Use Permit: Supplement E
• Replat: Supplement F
• Floodplain Development Permit: Supplement G
• Building Design Review: Supplement H
• Exterior Commercial Color Palette Review: Supplement J
• New Site or Tower Submittal Requirements: Supplement K
• Collocation Request Submittal Requirements: Supplement L
• Eligible Facilities Request Submittal Requirements: Supplement M

Permits

The Development Services department issues permits for the sale and/or distribution of goods and information, and the erecting of buildings, signs and other structures. Additionally, because builders and developers often work closely with both Development Services and Engineering Services, we have provided a link to permits distributed by Engineering Services as well. Click on a title below to preview or download the appropriate permit. All permit applications are in PDF format.

• Building Permit
• Manufactured Home Building Permit Application
• ELECTRICAL PERMIT — Licensed contractors may call and obtain permit by phone: (979) 209-5010
• Electrical Inspection Request – Early Service Turn On
• MECHANICAL PERMIT — Licensed contractors may call and obtain permit by phone: (979) 209-5010
• PLUMBING PERMIT — Licensed contractors may call and obtain permit by phone: (979) 209-5010
• Driveway Permit
• Irrigation Permit
• Sign Permit
• Vendor-Solicitor Permit Application / Itinerant Vendor Permit
• Oil and Gas Permit
• Engineering Services Permits

Building Permit and Inspection Fees

• Fee Update Flyer
• New Residential Home Fee Schedule
• Building Permit Fee Schedule

Garage Sale Permits

Garage Sale Permits must be obtained in person from the Development Services Department in the Bryan Municipal Building. The fee to obtain a garage sale permit is $3.

The following regulations apply to garage sales in the City of Bryan:

• A permit must be obtained from the Development Services department in order to conduct a garage sale on the premises of any residence inside the city limits of Bryan
• Only the owner of the property or a tenant of the owner may conduct a garage sale
• Only one garage sale may be conduct at the same location every four (4) months.
• Only used and/or discarded personal property may be offered for sale at a residential garage sale and no garage sale may last more than 72 consecutive hours (3 days)
• No garage sale may be conducted in a manner that creates a disturbance or become a nuisance in the neighborhood where the sale is being held
• No garage sale may be conducted on a vacant lot, even with the owners permission

Contact the Development Services department for clarification or additional information regarding garage sale regulations.