§ 18-36. Permit required.

(a)

Permits are required as stated in this code and the Florida Building Code. The following activities require a building permit unless exempted in writing by the Building Official: erection, construction, alteration or repair of a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system.

(1)

Permits are required for sheds and similar outbuildings.

(2)

Permits are required for the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, or demolition of any dock or seawall.

(3)

Permits are required to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, and remove, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system on a dock or seawall.

(4)

Permits are required to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, or demolish impact-resistant walls, coverings, or other similar fabrications on docks or seawalls (where allowed by the Land Development Code).

(5)

For proposed docks or seawalls to be located at the dead end of a canal or where lot lines converge, the permit applicant shall provide proof of compliance with the maximum projection and location regulations in Section 1001.5 of the Land Development Code, in the form of a survey at the time of application, and again upon completion of construction.

(b)

Permits are not required for fences without concrete footers, soffit and fascia, painting, minor drywall repairs, kitchen remodels that do not involve electrical or plumbing, mailboxes, and the work identified as exempt from permits in section 105.2 of the Florida Building Code.

(c)

Failure to obtain a required permit prior to commencing, or allowing commencement of, any of these activities is a violation of this code. Engaging in, contracting for, encouraging, assisting, procuring, or performing work requiring a building permit without such permit is a violation of this code. Failing to obtain a building permit for work previously undertaken without a permit, when such permit was required is a violation of this code. This section also applies to persons who purchase or otherwise obtain land or a structure upon which there is an existing violation where work was performed without the required permit and who, after a warning, fail to obtain an "after-the-fact" permit to cure the violation or to demolish or restore the structure to its original condition in order to cure the violation. "After-the-fact" permits are not required for:

(1)

Sheds under 250 square feet and aboveground pools, when these structures were erected prior to January 1, 1995; and

(2)

Any structure, work or condition for which a permit would have been required, when such structure, work or condition was completed prior to January 1, 1985.

(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 9-11-07; Ord. No. 19-13, § 3, 3-26-19)