Daviess County · Kentucky
Metal buildings in Owensboro, KY.
We supply shops, barns, barndominiums, commercial buildings and more across Owensboro and Daviess County. Our work reaches from Owensboro and Whitesville to the farm ground along the Ohio River, and anywhere else you’re building. One planning commission issues the building permits for the city and the county.
Permit office
OMPC
Zoning ordinance
Shared by 3 governments
Plan review
Before the permit
Farm buildings
Exempt outside city
The Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission issues building and electrical permits for Owensboro and Daviess County. In Whitesville, the City Clerk handles it.
What people build around Owensboro
Owensboro sits on the Ohio River, and Daviess County spreads out from it into farm ground.
Garages on city lots
One zoning ordinance covers Owensboro, Whitesville and the county. We check the setbacks that apply to your zone first.
Acreage shops
Tubular steel is usually the answer for an unfinished shop under sixty feet wide.
Farm buildings
Equipment and grain storage goes up across the county. Red iron takes over past eighty feet or for combine doors.
Finished space
Steel truss is the fit here. Drywall attaches to the frame, so there’s no second wall to build.
Permitted commercial work often suits cold-formed steel, with a finished eave standard. See what a steel building costs.
Permitting metal buildings in Owensboro and Daviess County
The Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission handles zoning, plan review and building permits in one place.
Building permits
- OMPC’s Building and Electrical Division issues every building and electrical permit in Owensboro and Daviess County.
- New construction gets a plan review against the Kentucky Building Code before the construction permit is considered.
- In Whitesville, the City Clerk oversees the process.
Zoning
- Owensboro, Whitesville and Daviess County share one metropolitan zoning ordinance.
- OMPC checks development plans against it, in the office and in the field.
- Variances and conditional uses go to the Owensboro Metropolitan Board of Adjustment.
Farm & engineering
- Farm buildings that serve the farm are exempt from the state code outside city limits.
- Occupied buildings are Risk Category II wherever they sit.
- We run the ASCE 7 hazard tool against your address and provide the drawings your permit needs.
The drawings come before the permit. In Daviess County, OMPC reviews construction plans before it will consider the construction permit. We provide drawings engineered to your address, so the review has what it needs from the start.
We also serve Whitesville, Philpot, Utica, Maceo, Hawesville and Lewisport. See Bowling Green or all of Kentucky.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Owensboro project.
Tell us what you’re planning and where you’re building. We’ll help you work out the next steps.
- Tell us what and whereSend us the size, how you’ll use the building and the address.
- We check the siteWe confirm who permits the address and which code and loads apply.
- You get a clear recommendationWe recommend the frame that fits and price it against the alternatives.
Or call
417-218-8348