Manor likely needs no permit for a re-roof — but if you do pull one, it wants a surety bond, $100,000 in liability, and the tightest work hours in the metro.
Manor is the loosest city in this part of the metro on paper and the strictest in practice, which is an odd combination worth unpacking.
Code Section 3.03.055 says “a permit is not required for repairs and remodeling unless structural supports or supporting walls are removed or modified.” On that reading a straightforward re-roof needs no permit, and six months of the city’s own permit reports contain no roofing permit type at all, which corroborates it. So for most Manor homeowners, nobody from the city will look at the roof before, during or after.
But if a permit is pulled — because decking or framing is involved — Manor’s requirements are heavier than its neighbours’. A sliding-scale surety bond applies, starting at $10,000 for construction valued between $10,000 and $30,000, alongside liability insurance at $100,000 per occurrence, $300,000 aggregate and $100,000 property damage. Contractor registration is $50, and Manor is the only one of the three cities around here that charges for it. Fees double if work begins before the permit issues.
The work hours are the tightest in the area and they reach beyond the city itself: weekdays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with no heavy equipment — extending six hundred feet into the extraterritorial jurisdiction. A crew planning a 6.30 a.m. start on a Manor street is planning a complaint.
The code Manor enforces is old. Ordinance 165E, adopted 17 August 2016, puts the city on the 2015 I-codes with a 2014 National Electrical Code codified, while the city website says 2023 NEC and refers to the “International Business Code,” which is not a thing. Both conflicts are real and we would rather point them out than quietly pick whichever suits us. Practically, we detail to current IRC practice and confirm anything structural with the city rather than relying on a 2015 table.
Manor also carries the same odd roofing amendment as Leander, word for word: Section 3.03.058(4) bans wood shakes citywide, then permits Class B wood shakes two sentences later, and bars permit issuance until the building official approves the roofing material. On anything other than standard asphalt, we get that approval in writing first.
On the housing: 6,810 units, a median build year of 2015 and 75 percent owner-occupancy. This is the youngest stock of the three cities in this corner of the metro, which means age-driven roof replacement is thin. What brings us out to Manor is wind. On 9 June 2019 the federal record carries a Travis County Emergency Management report of a roof blown off a residence in Manor, with a 70-knot gust logged the same evening.
That fits the county pattern. Travis County is the wind county and Williamson the hail county: Travis logged 108 wind reports across 39 days between 2015 and 2025 against Williamson’s 60 across 29, while Williamson carried nineteen reports of hail two and a half inches or larger to Travis’s eight. Travis hail peaks in May; both counties peak for wind in May. The metro’s anchor event is 24 September 2023, which NOAA estimates at three hundred million dollars of damage in each county.
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View Roof Maintenance →Section 3.03.055 exempts repairs and remodeling from permitting unless structural supports or supporting walls are involved, and six months of the city’s permit reports show no roofing permit type at all. That means nobody official sees your roof. We photograph the deck before underlayment, the fastening, the flashing and the finished assembly and hand you the file — the substitute for an inspection card.
Weekdays 7 to 6, Saturdays 8 to 6, Sundays 9 to 5 with no heavy equipment, and the restriction reaches six hundred feet into the ETJ — the tightest window around here. Crews that start at first light elsewhere get complaints on these streets. We schedule to the ordinance, which also means telling you honestly when a job will take an extra day because of it.
Ordinance 165E adopts the 2015 I-codes with a 2014 NEC, while the city website cites the 2023 NEC and an ‘International Business Code’ that does not exist. And Section 3.03.058(4) bans wood shakes then permits Class B wood shakes two sentences later. We detail to current IRC practice regardless, and on any unusual material we get the building official’s written position before you order.
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Most likely not. Code Section 3.03.055 states that a permit is not required for repairs and remodeling unless structural supports or supporting walls are removed or modified, and six months of the city’s own permit reports contain no roofing permit type. If decking or framing is involved that changes, and we check before starting.
More than its neighbours. A sliding-scale surety bond, starting at $10,000 for construction valued between $10,000 and $30,000; liability insurance at $100,000 per occurrence, $300,000 aggregate and $100,000 property damage; contractor registration at $50 — Manor is the only one of the three local cities that charges for it — and doubled fees if work starts before the permit issues.
Weekdays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with no heavy equipment. The restriction extends six hundred feet into the extraterritorial jurisdiction. These are the tightest construction hours in this part of the metro and we schedule to them.
The codified answer is the 2015 I-codes under Ordinance 165E, adopted 17 August 2016, with a 2014 National Electrical Code. The city website says 2023 NEC and refers to an ‘International Business Code’ that does not exist. We report both because they genuinely conflict, and we build to current IRC practice rather than to the weaker reading.
It matters more. An unpermitted roof fails exactly the way a permitted one would if it is built badly; the only difference is that nobody catches it. That is why we photograph each stage in Manor as a matter of routine, so there is evidence for an insurer or a buyer even though there is no inspection card.
Get it approved first. Section 3.03.058(4) bans wood shakes citywide and then permits Class B wood shakes two sentences later, and it bars permit issuance until the building official approves the roofing material. We obtain that position in writing before anyone orders material.
Less than Williamson County to the north. Travis County is the wind county — 108 thunderstorm wind reports across 39 days between 2015 and 2025, against Williamson’s 60 across 29 — while Williamson carries the bigger stones. Travis hail peaks in May, and both counties peak for wind in May.
Yes, and it is in the federal record. On 9 June 2019 Travis County Emergency Management reported a roof blown off a residence in Manor, with a 70-knot gust logged the same evening. That is the clearest local illustration of why wind, not age, is the risk here.
On age alone, no — Manor’s median build year is 2015 and most roofs here are well inside their service life. What is worth doing after a wind event is an inspection, because lifted tabs and compromised seals do not announce themselves from the ground and they are what turns into a leak two seasons later.
Yes. The practical difference is that the city’s noise and hours rules still reach six hundred feet into the ETJ while its permitting does not reach at all. We establish the jurisdiction before quoting and document the work the same way regardless of who is or is not inspecting.
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