Patio Covers and Pergolas in McKinney

What McKinney wants on paper

McKinney publishes one packet for patios, pergolas, sheds and other accessory structures. It reads like a drawing checklist, and it is.

• Building, remodeling or enlarging a structure takes a permit. A detached structure under 120 square feet with no electrical or plumbing does not, and work done without a required permit can be subject to removal. City of McKinney Patios, Pergolas, Sheds and Accessory Structures Alteration, Residential Packet, effective October 1, 2025
• Everything goes in electronically, at a standard scale, through the city's Citizen Self Service portal. The site plan shows the lot's dimensions and property lines, any easements, the house and the new structure, and dimension lines from the structure to the property lines and to the house. City of McKinney Patios, Pergolas, Sheds and Accessory Structures Alteration, Residential Packet, effective October 1, 2025
• The construction set shows foundation details with any rebar, the framing, a floor plan with every post located and spaced, front and side elevations, and electrical or plumbing where there is any. Posts bolted to a slab need the bracket type and bolt size and length; posts set in the ground need the hole's depth and width. City of McKinney Patios, Pergolas, Sheds and Accessory Structures Alteration, Residential Packet, effective October 1, 2025
• The permit fee is worked out from the outside-post to outside-post dimensions, so those have to be plain on the plans. City of McKinney Patios, Pergolas, Sheds and Accessory Structures Alteration, Residential Packet, effective October 1, 2025

Read from the city’s own documents on the dates linked. Codes and fees change and city staff interpret them, so we confirm for your address before we pull the permit.

Contractors, inspections and approvals beside the city's

• Licensed electrical, plumbing and mechanical contractors register with McKinney before a permit can issue. A general contractor pays no fee and fills in no form; it opens a portal account, and every master license holder signs the project's Signature Verification Form. City of McKinney, Contractor Registration
• Inspections are requested in the same portal. One properly scheduled before 3:00 PM goes on the next business day, cancellations are by phone only, and the permit and approved plans stay on site. City of McKinney Residential Builder Packet
• Re-inspections are billed and step up each time, starting at $50 for the first. City of McKinney Residential Builder Packet
• The packet tells owners to check their deed restrictions and HOA rules before any work begins. Inside the Historic District, an exterior change also needs a Certificate of Appropriateness. City of McKinney Patios, Pergolas, Sheds and Accessory Structures Alteration, Residential Packet, effective October 1, 2025

Read from the city’s own documents on the dates linked. Codes and fees change and city staff interpret them, so we confirm for your address before we pull the permit.