Irrigation Plan Requirements – Dallas, TX

The Irrigation Plan Requirements Checklist is a City of Dallas document that sets out what every irrigation plan used to install an irrigation system must contain, from drawing scale and sheet size to the sealed signature and each component shown on the drawings.

The checklist cites City of Dallas Ordinance G103.1.3 Plan Requirements and refers to TCEQ rules, including TCEQ Rule 344.43(f) for the seal and TCEQ Rule 344.61(c) for the physical features and the legend. Its header block asks for a name, date, permit number, site address and the company or licensed irrigator.

It sets format rules first: plans drawn to scale, with the scale dimensions matching the plans exactly; two sets of drawings; a sheet no smaller than 11"x17" and no larger than 36"x 48"; and a minimum font size of 3/32". It then lists numbered items: the seal and signature, major physical features, a north arrow, a legend, zone flow measurements, the controller, sensors and splices, the water source, backflow prevention, emission devices, valves, pressure regulation, piping, scale and design pressure.

The checklist is a requirements list for plans. It is not the irrigation plan itself and not a permit application.

The checklist is for whoever prepares or submits an irrigation plan for an irrigation system installation in the City of Dallas: licensed irrigators, landscape architects and the companies that submit plans for installation. The header asks for the company or licensed irrigator, the permit number and the site address.

Seal rules depend on who prepared the plan. Item 1 calls for the dated seal and signature of a licensed irrigator or a landscape architect on all sheets, with two stated exceptions:

• the seal is not required for property owned and occupied solely as a person's homestead;
• the seal is not required for irrigation plans submitted by a licensed and registered plumbing contractor.

The property owner is also affected: the second set of drawings must be given to the owner when the irrigation system is completed. The checklist does not describe any other representative or who must sign beyond the seal and signature in item 1.

Use the checklist whenever you prepare irrigation plans for an irrigation system installation in Dallas, and check every item before the plans are submitted. The checklist states that plans whose scale dimensions do not exactly match will cause delays, so verify the scale and sheet size before submitting.

The checklist prints no filing deadline, validity period or processing time of its own. The only timing it gives for the drawings is that one set is kept in the inspection records, while the other is required for onsite inspection and is given to the property owner when the irrigation system is finished.

The checklist names no submission channel; it prints the department's address and phone number, and states that two sets of irrigation drawings must be submitted.

• Address: Planning & Development Department, 320 E Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75203.
• Phone: (214) 948-4480, for questions about how and where the plans and checklist are received.
• What to submit: two sets of drawings. One set is retained as part of the inspection records; the other is used for onsite inspection and is given to the property owner on completion.

Confirm the current method with the department before you send or deliver the plans. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the City of Dallas channels.