Driveway permits across Florida
Where each city draws the line on driveway 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 | Depends | You need a permit from the Director of Public Works for a… | You pay the right-of-way permit fee set by Section 123.102(… |
| Miami | 487,014 | Yes | You need a driveway approach construction permit for the … | A driveway approach construction permit costs $115.00 for e… |
| Tampa | 414,547 | Unconfirmed | — | The code names no driveway amount. Sec. 5-109.2 sets permit… |
| Orlando | 334,854 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| St. Petersburg | 267,102 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Port St. Lucie | 258,575 | Yes | You need a driveway permit to build a new driveway or cha… | A fee for processing and inspections is charged for the dri… |
| Hialeah | 235,388 | Yes | You need a permit to pour, widen, or replace a driveway. … | The code names no driveway amount. Sec. 14-3 says permit fe… |
| Cape Coral | 233,025 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Tallahassee | 205,089 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Fort Lauderdale | 190,641 | Yes | Building, paving, or widening a rock or paved driveway or… | — |
| Gainesville | 148,720 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Miramar | 143,242 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Coral Springs | 140,808 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| West Palm Beach | 127,744 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | — |
| Lakeland | 124,990 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Clearwater | 116,811 | Yes | Pouring, widening, or replacing a driveway or curb cut ne… | — |
| Miami Gardens | 116,173 | Yes | You need a permit to pour, widen, or replace a driveway. … | The code lists no dollar amounts. Fees are set by the city;… |
| Davie | 112,052 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Palm Coast | 106,729 | Unconfirmed | — | The code lists no dollar amounts. Fees are published by the… |
| Boca Raton | 102,238 | Yes | You need a permit to pour, widen, or replace a driveway. … | The dollar amount is set by the city's municipal facilities… |
| Plantation | 100,694 | Yes | You need a permit to pour, widen, or replace a driveway. … | The fee is 1.75% of the subcontract cost, with a minimum pe… |
| Deltona | 100,513 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Sunrise | 100,128 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Fort Myers | 99,918 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| North Port | 92,875 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Deerfield Beach | 90,507 | Unconfirmed | — | The city sets permit fees by a separate commission resoluti… |
| Melbourne | 87,561 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Daytona Beach | 86,015 | Unconfirmed | — | The code lists no dollar amounts. The property owner pays f… |
| Homestead | 85,796 | Unconfirmed | — | General building permit application fee: $125 minimum plus … |
| Kissimmee | 84,756 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Doral | 83,625 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Miami Beach | 83,251 | Yes | No size threshold in the code | Building permit fees follow Appendix A, the city's fee sche… |
| Boynton Beach | 83,095 | Unconfirmed | — | The dollar amount is set by the city's fee schedule, not pr… |
| Largo | 82,337 | Yes | Pouring, widening, or replacing a driveway or curb cut ne… | — |
| Lauderhill | 76,627 | Unconfirmed | — | — |
| Tamarac | 75,147 | Unconfirmed | — | Permit fee set by a schedule adopted by city commission res… |
“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.