Fort Lauderdale, Florida Building Permit Cost Calculator
Estimates permit cost in Fort Lauderdale from the city's own published fee schedule — not a national average. Every figure is computed from a rule quoted verbatim from that document, and rules that cannot be computed honestly are shown as the published text instead of a number.
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Building Permit
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○Minimum permit fee, any job under about $7,500 of construction cost Flat fee $131.00 | $131.00 |
○Permit fee on $50,000 of construction cost at 1.75 percent Flat fee $875.00 | $875.00 |
○Premium fee minimum, engineering, landscaping and zoning review Flat fee $93.00 | $93.00 |
○Permit By Affidavit, inspection, project cost $25,000 and below, base fee Flat fee $105.00 | $105.00 |
○Permit By Affidavit, inspection, project cost $25,000 and below, commercial (25 percent reduction) Flat fee $78.75 | $78.75 |
○Permit By Affidavit, plan review and inspection, project cost $25,000 and below, base fee Flat fee $105.00 | $105.00 |
○Permit By Affidavit, plan review and inspection, project cost $25,000 and below, commercial (50 percent reduction) Flat fee $52.50 | $52.50 |
○Permit By Affidavit, inspection, project cost $25,001 and above, base fee Flat fee $273.00 | $273.00 |
○Permit By Affidavit, inspection, project cost $25,001 and above, commercial (25 percent reduction) Flat fee $204.75 | $204.75 |
○Permit By Affidavit, plan review and inspection, project cost $25,001 and above, base fee Flat fee $446.00 | $446.00 |
○Permit By Affidavit, plan review and inspection, project cost $25,001 and above, commercial (50 percent reduction) Flat fee $223.00 | $223.00 |
○Reinspection Flat fee $164.00 | $164.00 |
○Certificate of occupancy Flat fee $405.00 | $405.00 |
○Certificate of completion Flat fee $105.00 | $105.00 |
○Forty-year building safety inspection Flat fee $300.00 | $300.00 |
How this jurisdiction calculates the fee
Fort Lauderdale publishes no flat building permit fees. Verified 2026-09-28 against BUILDING PERMIT FEES, Rev: 10, Revision Date 9/17/2026, I.D. Number BPF, approved by Building Official John Travers, downloaded from the city domain and read in full with pdftotext -layout. A master permit, a stand alone permit and a trade permit are each charged the greater of a $131 minimum or 1.75 percent of construction cost. A premium fee for engineering, landscaping and zoning plan review and inspection adds the greater of $93 or 0.12 percent of construction cost. SUPERSESSION REPAIRED 2026-09-28: the stored figures were taken from Revision 9 dated 8/28/2026, which priced private-provider work as a flat residential figure and a flat commercial figure. Revision 10 restructured it again, back to a base fee with a stated commercial percentage reduction, and banded by project cost. Permit By Affidavit (Provider Completes) Inspection for project costs $25,000 and below is $105 base and $78.75 commercial (25 percent reduction); Plan Review and Inspection for project costs $25,000 and below is $105 base and $52.50 commercial (50 percent reduction); Inspection for project costs $25,001 and above is $273 base and $204.75 commercial (25 percent reduction); Plan Review and Inspection for project costs $25,001 and above is $446 base and $223 commercial (50 percent reduction). The Revision 9 single-trade pair of $131 residential and $98 commercial no longer appears anywhere in the schedule, and the $205 commercial figure is now printed as $204.75. The internal inconsistency recorded against Revision 9, where the percentage labels contradicted their own arithmetic, is resolved in Revision 10: $204.75 is exactly 25 percent off $273 and $223 is exactly 50 percent off $446, and both are labelled accordingly. Four charges are collected on top of the permit fee: a state Department of Business and Professional Regulation surcharge of 1 percent with a $2 minimum, a state Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Fund surcharge of 1.5 percent with a $2 minimum, a $5 construction lien law charge, and a Broward Board of Rules and Appeals charge of $0.52 per $1,000 of construction cost with a $2 minimum. A certificate of occupancy, partial certificate of occupancy, temporary certificate of occupancy and expansion of a temporary or partial certificate are each $405; an extension of a temporary certificate of occupancy and a certificate of completion are each $105; a reinspection is $164; presale, after hours and business tax inspections are $105 per hour with a two hour minimum on weekdays and a three hour minimum on weekends. Reexamination and plan revision are $105 per hour or $26.25 per 15 minute increment, shop drawings are $105 per discipline, a change of contractor is $105, outdoor dining, sidewalk cafe and temporary construction barrier permits are $105, a forty-year building safety inspection is $300 and inspections of vacant or boarded-up structures are $105 per inspection. Renewing before expiration costs 50 percent of the total permit fee and renewing after expiration costs 100 percent. SOURCING NOTE: the previously cited /v/1/.../building-fees.pdf and /v/2/.../building-fees-august-2026.pdf both still return HTTP 200 and both now 302-redirect to /v/3/.../building-fees-august-2026-r10.pdf (identical md5), so a reachability check passes them while serving different bytes; both URLs on this row were repointed to the r10 path.
Source: published fee schedule · Verified 9/28/2026
Deck Permit
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○Minimum permit fee Flat fee $131.00 | $131.00 |
○Permit fee on $12,000 of deck construction cost at 1.75 percent Flat fee $210.00 | $210.00 |
How this jurisdiction calculates the fee
Fort Lauderdale publishes no deck permit fee. Decks are permitted under the general building permit rule, which charges the greater of a $131.00 minimum or 1.75 percent of construction cost for a master, stand alone or trade permit. State surcharges are added on top: 1 percent for the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and 1.5 percent for the Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Fund, each with a $2.00 minimum, plus a $5.00 construction lien law charge and a Broward Board of Rules and Appeals charge of $0.52 per $1,000 of construction cost. Reinspection is $164.00. CITATION REPAIRED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98): the previously cited /v/1/.../building-fees.pdf and /v/2/.../building-fees-august-2026.pdf both still return HTTP 200 and both now 302-redirect to /v/3/.../building-fees-august-2026-r10.pdf, which is headed "BUILDING PERMIT FEES | Rev: 10 | Revision Date: 9/17/2026 | I.D. Number: BPF". The URLs never changed, only the file behind them, so a reachability check passes them while they serve different bytes. Both URLs on this row were repointed to the r10 path. Every figure stored on this row re-reads verbatim in Revision 10: Master Permit, Stand-Alone Permit and Trade Permit are each "Minimum $131 or 1.75% of construction cost". NOTE for the jurisdiction: Revision 10 did change the private-provider (Permit By Affidavit) pricing that the fort-lauderdale/building row carries; no private-provider figure is stored on this row.
Source: published fee schedule · Verified 9/28/2026
Electrical Permit
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○Minimum trade permit fee Flat fee $131.00 | $131.00 |
○Electrical permit on $20,000 of construction cost at 1.75 percent Flat fee $350.00 | $350.00 |
○Change of contractor Flat fee $105.00 | $105.00 |
How this jurisdiction calculates the fee
Fort Lauderdale publishes no flat electrical permit fees and no per fixture or per device pricing. Electrical work is a trade permit, charged the greater of a $131.00 minimum or 1.75 percent of construction cost. A plan revision or a reexamination is $105.00 per hour, billed in 15 minute increments of $26.25, and shop drawings are $105.00 per discipline. Changing the contractor on an open permit is $105.00. State surcharges of 1 percent and 1.5 percent apply with $2.00 minimums, along with a $5.00 construction lien law charge and a Broward Board of Rules and Appeals charge of $0.52 per $1,000 of construction cost. Reinspection is $164.00. | 2026-09-25 (lane B run 1754) SUPERSEDED CITED DOCUMENT FOUND AND REPAIRED; NO STORED FIGURE CHANGED. Both cited URLs - /v/1/.../building-fees.pdf (source_url) and /v/2/.../building-fees-august-2026.pdf (fee_source_url) - still return HTTP 200, so a reachability check passes them. They no longer serve the document this row was verified against: BOTH NOW 302-REDIRECT to /v/3/development-services/documents/building-fees-august-2026-r10.pdf, whose first page reads "BUILDING PERMIT FEES | Rev: 10| Revision Date: 9/17/2026| I.D. Number: BPF" - a revision published after this row was last verified. Only reading the served file catches this; the URL itself is unchanged. Both URLs repointed to the r10 path. Every stored figure re-read verbatim in Rev 10: Master Permit, Stand-Alone Permit and Trade Permit are each "Minimum $131 or 1.75% of construction cost"; "Premium Fee (Engineering, Landscaping and Zoning Plan Review and Inspection) $93 or 0.12% of construction cost"; "Change of Contractor $105". FLORIDA HB 803 CHECK, NEGATIVE FOR THIS ROW: Rev 10 does price the private-provider regime as "Permit By Affidavit (Provider Completes)" - Inspection $105 base / $78.75 commercial (25% reduction) and Plan Review and Inspection $105 base / $52.50 commercial (50% reduction) for project costs $25,000 and below, and $273/$204.75 and $446/$223 for $25,001 and above - but none of those lines is among our stored examples, so no figure required a change. NOTE: fortlauderdale.gov rate-limits; the file was retrieved with a cookie-jar root touch plus same-origin Referer and Sec-Fetch headers.
Source: published fee schedule · Verified 9/25/2026
Fence Permit
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○Minimum permit fee, which governs a typical residential fence Flat fee $131.00 | $131.00 |
○Fence permit on $10,000 of construction cost at 1.75 percent Flat fee $175.00 | $175.00 |
How this jurisdiction calculates the fee
Fort Lauderdale publishes no fence permit fee. The city fence, wall and gate permit package sets out submittal requirements but states no dollar amount, and the building fee schedule has no fence line. A fence is permitted under the general rule of the greater of a $131.00 minimum or 1.75 percent of construction cost. Because most residential fences cost well under about $7,500 to build, the $131.00 minimum normally governs. State surcharges of 1 percent and 1.5 percent apply with $2.00 minimums, plus a $5.00 construction lien law charge and a Broward Board of Rules and Appeals charge of $0.52 per $1,000 of construction cost. Reinspection is $164.00. | 2026-09-25 (lane B run 1754) SUPERSEDED CITED DOCUMENT FOUND AND REPAIRED; NO STORED FIGURE CHANGED. Both cited URLs - /v/1/.../building-fees.pdf (source_url) and /v/2/.../building-fees-august-2026.pdf (fee_source_url) - still return HTTP 200, so a reachability check passes them. They no longer serve the document this row was verified against: BOTH NOW 302-REDIRECT to /v/3/development-services/documents/building-fees-august-2026-r10.pdf, whose first page reads "BUILDING PERMIT FEES | Rev: 10| Revision Date: 9/17/2026| I.D. Number: BPF" - a revision published after this row was last verified. Only reading the served file catches this; the URL itself is unchanged. Both URLs repointed to the r10 path. Every stored figure re-read verbatim in Rev 10: Master Permit, Stand-Alone Permit and Trade Permit are each "Minimum $131 or 1.75% of construction cost"; "Premium Fee (Engineering, Landscaping and Zoning Plan Review and Inspection) $93 or 0.12% of construction cost"; "Change of Contractor $105". FLORIDA HB 803 CHECK, NEGATIVE FOR THIS ROW: Rev 10 does price the private-provider regime as "Permit By Affidavit (Provider Completes)" - Inspection $105 base / $78.75 commercial (25% reduction) and Plan Review and Inspection $105 base / $52.50 commercial (50% reduction) for project costs $25,000 and below, and $273/$204.75 and $446/$223 for $25,001 and above - but none of those lines is among our stored examples, so no figure required a change. NOTE: fortlauderdale.gov rate-limits; the file was retrieved with a cookie-jar root touch plus same-origin Referer and Sec-Fetch headers.
Source: published fee schedule · Verified 9/25/2026
Reroof Permit
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○Minimum permit fee Flat fee $131.00 | $131.00 |
○Reroof permit on $25,000 of construction cost at 1.75 percent Flat fee $437.50 | $437.50 |
How this jurisdiction calculates the fee
Fort Lauderdale publishes no flat reroof fee. The city roof permit package sets out submittal requirements and retrofit thresholds but states no dollar amount. A reroof is a trade or stand alone permit, charged the greater of a $131.00 minimum or 1.75 percent of construction cost. State surcharges of 1 percent and 1.5 percent apply with $2.00 minimums, plus a $5.00 construction lien law charge and a Broward Board of Rules and Appeals charge of $0.52 per $1,000 of construction cost. Reinspection is $164.00 and after hours inspections are $105.00 per hour with a two hour weekday minimum. | 2026-09-25 (lane B run 1754) SUPERSEDED CITED DOCUMENT FOUND AND REPAIRED; NO STORED FIGURE CHANGED. Both cited URLs - /v/1/.../building-fees.pdf (source_url) and /v/2/.../building-fees-august-2026.pdf (fee_source_url) - still return HTTP 200, so a reachability check passes them. They no longer serve the document this row was verified against: BOTH NOW 302-REDIRECT to /v/3/development-services/documents/building-fees-august-2026-r10.pdf, whose first page reads "BUILDING PERMIT FEES | Rev: 10| Revision Date: 9/17/2026| I.D. Number: BPF" - a revision published after this row was last verified. Only reading the served file catches this; the URL itself is unchanged. Both URLs repointed to the r10 path. Every stored figure re-read verbatim in Rev 10: Master Permit, Stand-Alone Permit and Trade Permit are each "Minimum $131 or 1.75% of construction cost"; "Premium Fee (Engineering, Landscaping and Zoning Plan Review and Inspection) $93 or 0.12% of construction cost"; "Change of Contractor $105". FLORIDA HB 803 CHECK, NEGATIVE FOR THIS ROW: Rev 10 does price the private-provider regime as "Permit By Affidavit (Provider Completes)" - Inspection $105 base / $78.75 commercial (25% reduction) and Plan Review and Inspection $105 base / $52.50 commercial (50% reduction) for project costs $25,000 and below, and $273/$204.75 and $446/$223 for $25,001 and above - but none of those lines is among our stored examples, so no figure required a change. NOTE: fortlauderdale.gov rate-limits; the file was retrieved with a cookie-jar root touch plus same-origin Referer and Sec-Fetch headers.
Source: published fee schedule · Verified 9/25/2026
Shed Permit
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○Minimum permit fee Flat fee $131.00 | $131.00 |
○Premium review fee minimum where zoning or landscaping review applies Flat fee $93.00 | $93.00 |
How this jurisdiction calculates the fee
Fort Lauderdale publishes no shed or accessory structure permit fee. A shed is permitted under the general building permit rule of the greater of a $131.00 minimum or 1.75 percent of construction cost. If engineering, landscaping or zoning review is triggered, a premium fee of the greater of $93.00 or 0.12 percent of construction cost is added. State surcharges of 1 percent and 1.5 percent apply with $2.00 minimums, plus a $5.00 construction lien law charge and a Broward Board of Rules and Appeals charge of $0.52 per $1,000 of construction cost. Reinspection is $164.00. | 2026-09-25 (lane B run 1754) SUPERSEDED CITED DOCUMENT FOUND AND REPAIRED; NO STORED FIGURE CHANGED. Both cited URLs - /v/1/.../building-fees.pdf (source_url) and /v/2/.../building-fees-august-2026.pdf (fee_source_url) - still return HTTP 200, so a reachability check passes them. They no longer serve the document this row was verified against: BOTH NOW 302-REDIRECT to /v/3/development-services/documents/building-fees-august-2026-r10.pdf, whose first page reads "BUILDING PERMIT FEES | Rev: 10| Revision Date: 9/17/2026| I.D. Number: BPF" - a revision published after this row was last verified. Only reading the served file catches this; the URL itself is unchanged. Both URLs repointed to the r10 path. Every stored figure re-read verbatim in Rev 10: Master Permit, Stand-Alone Permit and Trade Permit are each "Minimum $131 or 1.75% of construction cost"; "Premium Fee (Engineering, Landscaping and Zoning Plan Review and Inspection) $93 or 0.12% of construction cost"; "Change of Contractor $105". FLORIDA HB 803 CHECK, NEGATIVE FOR THIS ROW: Rev 10 does price the private-provider regime as "Permit By Affidavit (Provider Completes)" - Inspection $105 base / $78.75 commercial (25% reduction) and Plan Review and Inspection $105 base / $52.50 commercial (50% reduction) for project costs $25,000 and below, and $273/$204.75 and $446/$223 for $25,001 and above - but none of those lines is among our stored examples, so no figure required a change. NOTE: fortlauderdale.gov rate-limits; the file was retrieved with a cookie-jar root touch plus same-origin Referer and Sec-Fetch headers.
Source: published fee schedule · Verified 9/25/2026
Water Heater Permit
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○Minimum trade permit fee, which governs a typical water heater replacement Flat fee $131.00 | $131.00 |
How this jurisdiction calculates the fee
Fort Lauderdale publishes no water heater permit fee and no per fixture plumbing pricing. A water heater replacement is a trade permit, charged the greater of a $131.00 minimum or 1.75 percent of construction cost, so the $131.00 minimum governs a typical replacement. State surcharges of 1 percent and 1.5 percent apply with $2.00 minimums, plus a $5.00 construction lien law charge and a Broward Board of Rules and Appeals charge of $0.52 per $1,000 of construction cost. Reinspection is $164.00 and a change of contractor is $105.00. CITATION REPAIRED 2026-09-28 (lane B, pipeline run 98): the previously cited /v/1/.../building-fees.pdf and /v/2/.../building-fees-august-2026.pdf both still return HTTP 200 and both now 302-redirect to /v/3/.../building-fees-august-2026-r10.pdf, which is headed "BUILDING PERMIT FEES | Rev: 10 | Revision Date: 9/17/2026 | I.D. Number: BPF". The URLs never changed, only the file behind them, so a reachability check passes them while they serve different bytes. Both URLs on this row were repointed to the r10 path. Every figure stored on this row re-reads verbatim in Revision 10: Master Permit, Stand-Alone Permit and Trade Permit are each "Minimum $131 or 1.75% of construction cost". NOTE for the jurisdiction: Revision 10 did change the private-provider (Permit By Affidavit) pricing that the fort-lauderdale/building row carries; no private-provider figure is stored on this row.
Source: published fee schedule · Verified 9/28/2026
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Estimate only.Fee schedules change, and building departments set the final valuation and decide which fees apply to your scope. Confirm with the jurisdiction before budgeting. Lines marked “see rule” could not be computed from the published wording and are shown verbatim rather than guessed.