Construction Equipment Rentals in Rockwall, TX

Local rules and conditions worth checking before equipment arrives. Requirements change and depend on the project, so confirm the details with the agency for your site.

• Construction hours, deliveries and fueling

  Ordinance 05-45 limits construction and construction-related activity to 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m.–7 p.m. Saturday, with no Sunday construction. The limit covers maintenance, servicing and fueling of construction equipment and the delivery of materials and equipment. The City requires a posted hours sign on commercial and residential development sites and may issue stop-work orders or citations.

  • Source: City of Rockwall Construction Notes (Ordinance 05-45 working hours; inspections) (PDF)

• Saturday and after-hours inspections

  Saturday Engineering inspections must be requested in writing by noon on the Thursday before, using the City's Saturday request form, and before- or after-hours inspections are billed to the contractor. Build those deadlines into delivery plans for weekend work.

  • Source: City of Rockwall Construction Notes (Ordinance 05-45 working hours; inspections) (PDF)
  • Source: City of Rockwall Engineering (ROW portal, floodplain, Saturday work requests)

• Fill material permits

  Permanent fill needs an engineer's grading plan showing existing and proposed topography, creeks, floodplains and trees; limits staked in the field; silt fence around the fill; and no fill in drainage ways, floodplains or wetlands. Slopes are limited to 3:1, grass must be established within 21 days, and contractors delivering material must sign the permit and carry a copy.

  • Source: City of Rockwall Fill Material Request Form and instructions (PDF)

• Temporary stockpiles

  A temporary stockpile may stay up to six months and needs a dimension control plan and a grading or removal schedule approved before it goes in. Material may not be spread without City approval, and if it becomes permanent fill it is respread and compacted to the same standard.

  • Source: City of Rockwall Fill Material Request Form and instructions (PDF)

• Lake Ray Hubbard takeline

  The Takeline Overlay district governs development along the Lake Ray Hubbard shoreline. Property owners need a takeline lease from Building Inspections before applying for permits, and a seawall permit from Engineering, with a sealed structural design, comes before any boat-related structure.

  • Source: City of Rockwall Building Inspections: Takeline (Lake Ray Hubbard)
  • Source: Handbook of Texas: Rockwall, TX (Rockwall County)

• ROW permits and 811

  Engineering permits for work in City right-of-way are filed through the City's online portal, one permit per work address, with plans uploaded; work in TxDOT right-of-way also needs TxDOT documents. Texas law requires one-call notice at least 48 hours before excavating, excluding weekends and holidays.

  • Source: City of Rockwall Engineering (ROW portal, floodplain, Saturday work requests)
  • Source: Texas Utilities Code ch. 251, sec. 251.151
  • Source: Texas811: excavator notice requirements