Permit Requirements

FLBuilding permits in Florida

Permit rules are set city by city. Pick yours below to see which projects need a permit, where the size cutoffs fall, and how to apply.

Cities covered 36
Projects each 17

What applies everywhere in Florida

Florida runs a statewide building code, so the starting point is the same in every city: Florida Building Code, Building, 2023, 8th edition. Its 105.2 Work Exempt From Permit section lists the work that needs no permit at all.

A city can tighten or loosen that list with its own ordinance, and many do — which is why two towns an hour apart can give you opposite answers. Where a city has changed the rule, its page says so.

Compare all cities on one job

Useful if you build across town lines: one table per project type, showing where every city in Florida draws the line.

Cities