Adopted edition
Local adoption (Home Rule)
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
TX · City
Austin, TX.
Austin, TX — building code: Local adoption (Home Rule).
Design wind speed
100 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
1A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
Austin Building Department
ZIP coverage
70 ZIP codes inside Austin.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
73301 78701 78702 78703 78704 78705 78708 78709 78710 78711 78712 78714 78715 78716 78717 78718 78719 78720 78721 78722 78723 78724 78725 78726 78727 78728 78729 78730 78731 78732 78733 78734 78735 78736 78737 78738 78739 78741 78742 78744 78745 78746 78747 78748 78749 78750 78751 78752 78753 78754 78755 78756 78757 78758 78759 78760 78761 78762 78763 78764 78765 78766 78767 78768 78772 78774 78778 78779 78783 78799
Working in Austin?
Pull an address-level code packet for any parcel in Austin. SkyCanvass resolves the address, looks up the Austin-specific amendments and the Travis county and Texas state floor, then emits a cited packet ready for permit submittal.
See the Travis county overview, or the Texas state directory .
Pull a Austin code packet.
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