STORM SHELTER PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS
IN GROUND STORM SHELTER
• A COMPLETED BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION.
• A SITE PLAN SHOWING PLACEMENT OF THE SHELTER, INCLUDING DIMENSIONS AND
MEASUREMENTS FROM THE SHELTER TO EACH PROPERTY LOT LINE.
• INFORMATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER DESCRIBING THE SHELTER.
GARAGE FLOOR STORM SHELTER
• A COMPLETED BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION.
• A PICTURE OR DRAWING OF THE GARAGE WITH ITS MEASUREMENTS. INCLUDE IN THE
PICTURE OR DRAWING, THE LOCATION & DIMENSIONS OF THE STORM SHELTER, ALSO
THE MEASUREMENTS FROM EACH EXTERIOR WALL TO THE STORM SHELTER.
• INFORMATION FROM MANUFACTURER DESCRIBING THE STORM SHELTER, AND/OR
ENGINEERED DRAWINGS OF THE SHELTER.
• A LETTER OR DRAWING DEPICTING THE PLAN TO RESECURE/REPAIR THE POST
TENSION CABLES, IF PRESENT. (THIS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM STRESSCON,
OKLAHOMA POST-TENSION, OR OTHER POST-TENSIONING COMPANIES).
(A post-tension slab has cables in the slab instead of traditional steel rebar. These cables are
stressed to high levels of tension after the slab is poured and cured and provide support to the
slab, and protection from settlement of the foundation. The spacing of these cables is such that
a safe room installed in a slab will require the removal of a portion of two to four (2-4) cables
typically. In order to protect the integrity of the cable system, cables that are cut must be re-
stressed. This process requires a professional post-tension company to perform this work, and
an inspection is required before the new concrete is poured or a safe room placed in the
ground.)