Above-Ground Pool permits across Florida
Where each city draws the line on above-ground pool work. Sort any column — useful if you build across several towns and need to know where the rules change.
The statewide starting point is Florida Building Code, Building, 2023, 8th edition. Cities that changed the rule are the interesting rows below.
| Where the line falls | Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville | 1,009,833 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | The code lists no dollar amounts. An above-ground pool perm… |
| Miami | 487,014 | Yes | Over 24 | The code names no pool-specific amount. For residential pro… |
| Tampa | 414,547 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | The code names no pool amount. Sec. 5-109.2 sets permit fee… |
| Orlando | 334,854 | Yes | From 24 in deep | The code names no pool permit amount. Orlando publishes its… |
| St. Petersburg | 267,102 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Permit fee is set by the total construction value under the… |
| Port St. Lucie | 258,575 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | The code gives no dollar amount; building permit fees are s… |
| Hialeah | 235,388 | Yes | From 24 in deep | The code names no pool amount. Sec. 14-3 says building perm… |
| Cape Coral | 233,025 | Yes | Over 24 | The code lists no dollar amount for a pool permit. Fees are… |
| Tallahassee | 205,089 | Yes | From 24 in deep | The code lists no dollar amounts. Building permit fees come… |
| Fort Lauderdale | 190,641 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Gainesville | 148,720 | Yes | From 24 | The code lists no dollar amounts. Building permit fees are … |
| Miramar | 143,242 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | City permit and related fees are established and adjusted b… |
| Coral Springs | 140,808 | Yes | Over 24 | A deposit of $100 per single-family residential unit is due… |
| West Palm Beach | 127,744 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Lakeland | 124,990 | Yes | Under 24 in deep | — |
| Clearwater | 116,811 | Yes | Up to 24 | Appendix A (Schedule of Fees): general building permit fee … |
| Miami Gardens | 116,173 | Yes | Over 24 | — |
| Davie | 112,052 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Permit fees are set by council resolution (Sec. 5-2); the c… |
| Palm Coast | 106,729 | Yes | From 24 | The code lists no dollar amounts. Fees are published by the… |
| Boca Raton | 102,238 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Fee per city's municipal facilities and services user fee s… |
| Plantation | 100,694 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Pools/Spas – Structural: 1.75% of RSM/p; Electrical, Plumbi… |
| Deltona | 100,513 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Sunrise | 100,128 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Fort Myers | 99,918 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| North Port | 92,875 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Deerfield Beach | 90,507 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Permit fees shall be established by the city commission by … |
| Melbourne | 87,561 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Swimming pool permit fees established by city council resol… |
| Daytona Beach | 86,015 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Fee schedule established by City Commission resolution; pla… |
| Homestead | 85,796 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Application fee for all other scope of work: $125 minimum +… |
| Kissimmee | 84,756 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Doral | 83,625 | Yes | From 24 in deep | Per Schedule A on file with City Clerk (Doral Code Sec. 5-1) |
| Miami Beach | 83,251 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | Per appendix A schedule, adjusted annually for CPI-U (Sec. … |
| Boynton Beach | 83,095 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Largo | 82,337 | Depends | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Lauderhill | 76,627 | Yes | Over 24 in deep | — |
| Tamarac | 75,147 | Yes | From 24 in deep | Fee schedule established by city commission resolution; adj… |
“Unconfirmed” means the city's code doesn't state the rule plainly enough to publish. Those city pages link straight to the ordinance section instead.
Why neighboring cities disagree
Every city starts from a model code and then edits it. One town raises the shed cutoff, the next lowers the fence height, a third exempts the structure where its neighbor only exempts repairs to it. None of that is visible from a national article — you have to read each ordinance, which is what these pages do.