Adopted edition
Local adoption (Home Rule)
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
TX · City
Houston, TX.
Houston, TX — building code: Local adoption (Home Rule).
Design wind speed
130 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
Houston Building Department
ZIP coverage
168 ZIP codes inside Houston.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
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Working in Houston?
Pull an address-levelcode packetfor any parcel in Houston. SkyCanvass resolves the address, looks up the Houston-specific amendments and the Harris county and Texas state floor, then emits a cited packet ready for permit submittal.
See theHarris countyoverview, or theTexas state directory.
Pull a Houston code packet.
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