Mission
Preserving the past while facilitating growth and quality of life in harmony with the vision for the City of Bastrop's future.
Purpose
To maximize community strengths and minimize weaknesses; protect property rights and enhance property values; anticipate growth and provide adequate public facilities and services; balance economic growth with quality of life issues; and avoid unmanageable concentrations or dispersal of population.
Current Codes
Stormwater Drainage Design Manual
Bastrop Building Block (B³) Code
B³ Technical Manual
Development Manual
B³ Pattern Book - applies to Iredell Historic District Development Manual
2018 International Building Code (IBC) family, which includes:
- 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC)
- 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC)
- 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC)
- 2018 International Residential Code (IRC)
- 2018 International Energy Code (IECC)**
- 2018 International Green Construction Code (IGCC)
- 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC)
- adopted in full except as modified in the Bastrop Code of Ordinances Chapter 3 - Building Regulations.
2000 International Property Maintenance Code
2017 National Electric Code (NEC)
2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code
2018 International Fire Code - with appendices B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and N, except as modified in the Bastrop Code of Ordinances Chapter 5 - Fire Prevention and Protection
**The State of Texas has adopted the 2015 International Energy Code (IECC)
Updated and Adopted November 26, 2019 - Ordinance 2019-61.