Get Started Faster

Once submitted, and assuming the development application meets the requirements of the applicable ordinance and variances enjoyed pursuant to the Consent Agreement, approval of preliminary plans, final plats, and site plans take approximately 60 days.  The time required for preparation of plans varies depending on their size and complexity. However, the submittal requirements are much less onerous than those of the City of Austin and there are not multiple departments (as many as 12 – 15 in the City of Austin) that are involved in the review process.

Faster Turn-Around For Modifications

According to our engineers, once approved, it is much easier to modify a plan if changes are desired than it is in many other municipalities.  For instance, in the City of Austin even minor changes to a plat or site plan can require months of processing and significant added engineering costs.  Our experience with the City of Dripping Springs has found them very accommodating to changes in footprints and the layout of a project so long as the changes did not result in significant changes in drainage patterns or increases in impervious cover and storm water run-off.