Building Safety in Lubbock, TX (2026)

EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule — Background and Applicability

In 1978, the federal government banned the sale of lead-based paint for use in homes, childcare facilities and preschools. Approximately three-quarters of the homes in the United States built before 1978 still contain some lead-based paint. Children can live safely in these homes as long as paint and surfaces are in good condition and surfaces are kept clean. The key is to keep children from co...

Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 754.015

Sec. 754.015. RULES. (a) The commission by rule shall provide for:(1) an annual inspection and certification of the equipment covered by standards adopted under this chapter;(2) enforcement of those standards;(3) registration, including certification, of elevator inspectors;(4) registration of contractors;(5) the procedures by which a certificate of compliance is issued and displayed;(6...

Tex. Local Gov. Code Sec. 233.153 (County Building Code Standards - Sprinkler Preemption)

Sec. 233.153. BUILDING CODE STANDARDS APPLICABLE. (a) New residential construction of a single-family house or duplex in the unincorporated area of a county to which this subchapter applies shall conform to the version of the International Residential Code published as of May 1, 2008, or the version of the International Residential Code that is applicable in the county seat of that county.(b) S...

Tex. Human Resources Code Sec. 42.041 (Required License for Child-Care Facilities)

Sec. 42.041. REQUIRED LICENSE. (a) No person may operate a child-care facility or child-placing agency without a license issued by the department.(b) This section does not apply to:(1) a state-operated facility;(2) an agency foster home;(3) a facility that is operated in connection with a shopping center, business, religious organization, or establishment where children are cared for during sho...

Tex. Property Code Sec. 92.153 (Required Security Devices in Rental Dwellings)

Sec. 92.153. SECURITY DEVICES REQUIRED WITHOUT NECESSITY OF TENANT REQUEST. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b), (e), (f), (g), and (h) and without necessity of request by the tenant, a dwelling must be equipped with:(1) a window latch on each exterior window of the dwelling;(2) a doorknob lock or keyed dead bolt on each exterior door;(3) a sliding door pin lock on each exterior sliding g...

Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 388.003 (Building Energy Efficiency Performance Standards)

Sec. 388.003. ADOPTION OF BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. (a) To achieve energy conservation in single-family residential construction, the energy efficiency chapter of the International Residential Code, as it existed on May 1, 2001, is adopted as the energy code in this state for single-family residential construction. On September 1, 2016, the energy efficiency chapter of t...

Lubbock Code of Ordinances § 28.14.004(e)

R302.5.1 Opening protection. Openings from a private garage directly into a room used for sleeping purposes shall not be permitted. Other openings between the garage and residence shall be equipped with solid wood doors not less than 1-3/8 inches (35 mm) in thickness, solid or honeycomb-core steel doors not less than 1-3/8 inches (35 mm) thick, or 20-minute fire-rated doors. A hard-wired Carbon...

Lubbock, Tex., Code of Ordinances section 28.05.001 (Permit required)

Any owner or owner's authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by this code, or to cause any such work to be performed, shall first make app...

Lubbock Code of Ordinances § 28.12.141

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to undertake any electrical work within the city without having obtained a permit authorizing the person to undertake said work. (b) There shall only be one electrical permit issued or outstanding at the same time for any electrical work undertaken at any jobsite within the City of Lubbock, except the building official shall be authorized to issue two (2)...

Lubbock Code of Ordinances § 28.10.001

The 2021 edition of the International Plumbing Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., as hereinafter amended, including appendices C, D, E, and F is hereby adopted as the plumbing code of the City of Lubbock, Texas. A copy of said plumbing code is attached hereto and incorporated herein as though set out herein in detail. References to the plumbing code in this chapter shal...

Lubbock Code of Ordinances § 28.09.081 through § 28.09.093 (Division 3, Inspections)

Scope. The building official, upon notification from the permittee, shall make the inspections set forth in sections 28.09.082 through 28.09.093 below. ... Footing and foundation inspection. Footing and foundation inspections shall be made after excavations for footings are complete and any required reinforcing steel is in place. For concrete foundations, any required forms shall be in place pr...