Driveways, Patios and Flatwork in Georgetown
Georgetown asks for a permit on more flatwork than Austin does, and its inspectors want to see the property pins before a patio goes in. The City Engineer reviews driveway approaches, patios and backyard slabs go through a separate permit, and many subdivision plats cap how much of each lot can be paved. None of it is hard, but every step adds paperwork and waiting days, so it pays to know the order before you sign. Below: what each permit asks for, how long reviews take, what the inspector looks at, and the questions worth putting to a pro before the forms go in.
Published price range in Texas: Concrete driveway, standard broom finish, installed$6–$10 per sq ftSource: 4 published Texas price sources, price data from September 17, 2026
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Good to know in Georgetown
- Source: City of Georgetown
Widening your driveway or changing where it meets the street needs a city permit before anyone sets forms. Georgetown counts the approach as the part that crosses the utility easement, usually the first 10 feet of the driveway, and the City Engineer can take up to ten to fifteen business days to review it, so build that wait into your start date. A pre-pour and a final inspection follow.
- Source: City of Georgetown
The driveway application itself is short but specific: a plot plan showing every structure, the building lines and the utility and drainage easements, a mark-up of what is changing, and a drawing of the steel reinforcement. Ask who prepares that reinforcement drawing. It doubles as the rebar plan in writing, before you pay a deposit.
- Source: City of Georgetown
Not every driveway idea gets approved. The subdivision rules limit how many curb cuts a street can have and where a drive may sit within the building setbacks, and the city says some driveways may not be allowed as proposed. A second curb cut or a circular drive is worth raising with the city before the design is final.
- Source: City of Georgetown
A backyard patio or slab goes through its own miscellaneous permit, with a site survey that shows where the slab sits and fifteen to twenty business days for plan review. At the setback inspection your property iron pins have to be exposed and a string line has to mark the outline. If the pins can't be found, the boundary must be re-established first, possibly by a registered survey, so ask about the pins before you sign.
- Source: City of Georgetown
The patio application also has to show impervious cover calculations, on the survey or on the city's worksheet. On a lot that is already close to its plat limit, ask the pro to run those numbers first; an application without them comes back.
- Source: City of Georgetown
Check your subdivision plat before adding concrete: it often caps impervious cover lot by lot, and when the plat sets that maximum a variance may not be granted. Over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone the city may allow permeable pavers above the limit only if they meet both city code and TCEQ requirements.
- Source: City of Georgetown
Before the pour, the inspector checks the dowel rods and their spacing, the mesh or steel, the width and slope, and the expansion material. Those are the same lines to look for on the quote. If one of them is missing there, ask about it now rather than at the inspection.
- Source: City of Georgetown
Inspections are requested online by 3:00pm for the next business day. A crew that plans the pour for the morning after a passed pre-pour inspection is working with that schedule, not rushing you.
- Source: City of Georgetown
A raised masonry seat wall around the patio needs a 12-inch footing in the drawings. If your design has seat walls, check that the footing is priced, not only the wall on top of it.
- Source: City of Georgetown
The iron pins have to stay exposed for the final inspection too, and the city puts responsibility for locating the property lines on the owner or the contractor. Agree in writing who finds the pins and who pays for a survey if they are missing.
- Source: City of Georgetown
Planning an outdoor kitchen or lighting on the new slab? Electrical or plumbing work brings its own permits and inspections on top of the flatwork permit, so ask whether the quote covers them or whether another trade will.
- Source: City of Georgetown
A gravel or decomposed-granite extension usually isn't an option inside the city. Driveways and approaches in Georgetown must be built with a paved surface, and the code's definition of one leaves out gravel and decomposed granite, so price the extension in concrete from the start.
- Source: City of Georgetown
Georgetown keeps its own register of general contractors. Ask the company for its city registration before the permit application goes in.
- Source: Lucky's Concrete, Georgetown price page
For a budget, a Texas contractor's Georgetown price page lists broom-finish patios at around $8 to $14 per square foot and stamped or decorative patios at around $14 to $22, before base prep. The Austin concrete price guide has the other ranges, and our vetted local concrete pro can price your Georgetown job in writing.
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