• Building Inspections
• Building Services
• Code Compliance
• Code of Ordinances
• Fire Marshal

Mission Statement:
It is the intention of the City of Hondo Building Inspections and Code Compliance Department to provide a safe and healthy environment for its citizens.

Bulletin Board:

Demolition Permit Application
Electrical, HVAC & Plumbing Permit Application
Building Permit Application
Building Permit Procedure
City-Wide Inoperable Vehicle Sweep, January 2008
Political Signs Code of Ordinances
Junk and Abandoned Vehicles Abatement
Notice to Citizens In R1 and R2 Zoned Districts

Did You Know?:

High grass and weeds
Curbing around Cemetery Plots
Fencing around Swimming Pool
Illegal Dumping

Building Inspections

Phone:(830) 741-2987 or (830) 426-4739
Fax: (830) 426-3353

Listed are currently adopted codes used by the City of Hondo:

• City of Hondo Code of Ordinances
• ICC-2003 IBC &IRC Building Code
• 2005 National Electric Code
• ICC-2003 International Fire Code
• 2003 Uniform Plumbing Code
• ICC-2003 Mechanical Code
• 2008 National Fire Code

Building Services

Building Services
5603 Austin Ave.
Hondo, TX 78861
(830) 426–3840

Building Services provides operations and maintenance of all City owned buildings to ensure a safe working environment. This department develops specifications needed for repair and maintenance and minor renovations of City owned/operated buildings, provides preventative maintenance for City owned/operated buildings and responds to calls on a 24-hr. basis to service the air conditioning/heating, plumbing, lighting, and electrical systems. The Building Services Department currently is responsible for maintaining the City Swimming Pool, Athletic Fields, Post Office, City Hall, and other buildings throughout the City. One of the additional duties of Building Services includes the maintenance of the City Airport and the surrounding structures.

Code Compliance

Phone:(830) 741-2987 or (830) 426-4739
Fax: (830) 426-3353

Gilbert Contreras - Code Compliance Supervisor
Anna Navarro - Code Compliance Specialist

The most common ordinances with which this office deals the most:

• Article 3.1900 Substandard Buildings or Structures

• Article 6.1400 Maintenance of Real Property

• Article 4.300 Solicitors, Peddlers and Distributors

• Article7.600 Abandoned and Junked Motor Vehicles

• Article 6.400 Garbage and Refuse

• City of Hondo Code of Ordinances

The following applications may be downloaded, completed and submitted to the code compliance office.

• Application for permit to solicit, peddle or distribute

Code of Ordinances

Please click Here to view.

Hondo Zoning Map

Fire Marshal
Fire Prevention Bureau Office