Fort Worth, TX Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Section 26-1 revises and amends the city's plumbing code to conform to the 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) and 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), adopting them as the City's Plumbing Code, with copies of both filed as Exhibits A and B in the Office of the City Secretary. The city specifically adopts two IPC appendices as part of its code: Appendix Chapter C (Structural Safety) and Appendix Chapter E (Sizing of Water Piping Systems). Chapters 1 (Scope and Application) and 2 (Administration and Enforcement) of the IPC and IFGC are displaced entirely and governed instead by the Fort Worth Building Administrative Code, which sets the permitting, inspection and enforcement procedures rather than the ICC's own administrative chapter.

Section 26-2 lists detailed local amendments to specific IPC/IFGC sections, including a rewritten engineered drainage design provision (IPC Table of Contents, Chapter 7, § 713) and revised definitions in IPC § 202, such as clarifying that 'Plumbing Code' and related terms mean the codes as adopted by Fort Worth. Section 26-3 makes the chapter cumulative with the rest of the 2015 Code of Ordinances, so it does not repeal other plumbing-related provisions except where they directly conflict with Chapter 26. The chapter's cross-references tie plumbing work to related chapters covering buildings (Ch.

7), electricity (Ch. 11), fire prevention (Ch. 13), gas (Ch. 15), the subdivision ordinance (Ch. 31) and zoning (App. A), reflecting how a plumbing permit interacts with other permitting requirements on the same project. 6) confirms that construction is performed by the city or by 'the plumber or person holding the permit,' with costs charged back to 'the plumber or other person holding a plumbing permit relating to such deep sewer connection,' showing the plumbing permit is tied to a specific licensed plumber of record on a job.