Community Development

The Community Development Department provides services in several areas of land use such as annexations, rezoning, site plans, subdivisions, and the issuing of building permits.

The Department reviews all building permits and development applications for conformity with the City's Land Development Regulations, the Florida Building Code, the City's Comprehensive Plan, and other applicable state laws and regulations. All permit correspondence may be emailed to permits@fruitlandpark.org. 

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BUILDING AND ZONING FEE SCHEDULE

The permits for which the city shall charge a fee and the amount of the fee for each permit are as follows:

                BUILDING PERMITS

COMMERCIAL FEES

Commercial Building New: $50 plus $5.75 per $1,000 value

Commercial Building Add/Remodel: $50 plus $7 per $1,000 value

Commercial Demolition: $300

Commercial Plan Review: Half of the Building Permit Fees, Minimum $100

Commercial Plan Re-review: $100 plus $1.25 per $1000 value

Commercial Electric: $75 plus .70 per $1,000 value

Commercial HVAC: $75 plus .70 per $1,000 value

Commercial Plumbing: $75 plus .70 per $1,000 value

Commercial Gas: $75 plus .70 per $1,000 value

Irrigation to be charged as plumbing permit

RESIDENTIAL FEES

Residential Building New: $40 plus $4.10 per $1,000 value

Residential Building Add/Remodel: $40 plus $6 per $1,000 value

Residential Demolition: $150

Residential Plan Review                half of the building permit, minimum $40

Residential Plan Re-review: $40 plus .40* $1,000 job value

Residential Electric: $40 plus .70 per $1,000 value

Residential Plumbing: $40 plus .70 per $1,000 value

Residential HVAC: $40 plus .70 per $1,000 value

Residential Gas: $40 plus .70 per $1,000 value

Irrigation to be charged as plumbing permit

OTHER FEES

To Be Charged at the Discretion of the Building Official

Residential Pool: $300

Residential Pool Gas: $360

Residential Pool Gas/Solar: $375

Residential Pool Solar: $360

Building Accessory: $40

Building Accessory Plan Review: $40

Re-inspection Fee: $50

Extra Inspection Fee*: $40

VALUE OF PERMITS IS BASED ON THE LATEST EDITION OF THE ICC VALUATION TABLES AS PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF COUNCIL

*TO BE CHARGED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WHEN THE MINIMUM FEES COLLECTED WILL NOT COVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THE SERVICE LEVEL NECESSARY.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Administrative Fee: 15% of permit fees, minimum $7.50

Application Fee Commercial: $50

Application Fee Residential: $25

Driveway Commercial: $50

Driveway Residential: $25

Fence Permit Commercial: $100

Fence Permit Residential: $50

State Surcharge DBPR: Per Florida Statute

State Surcharge DCA: Per Florida Statute

Special Events Fee: $100

Zoning Clearance Commercial: $50

Zoning Clearance Residential: $25

Any person failing to obtain any of the above listed building permits, if required or if necessitated by the project, prior to commencement of construction shall be charged double the charge shown above for each required permit which the person failed to timely obtain.

PLANNING AND ZONING

Comprehensive plan amendment procedure

(a)          Application fee, per application: $300.00

(b)          Advertising and mailing: Actual Cost

(c)           Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Annexations

(a)          Application fee, per application: $200.00

Fee may be waived by city commission if annexation is requested by city.

(b)          Advertising and mailing: Actual Cost

(c)           Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Zoning/rezoning procedure

(a)          Application fee, per application: $115.00

(b)          Advertising and mailing: Actual Cost

(c)           Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Special exception and conditional uses

(a)          Application fee, per application: $200.00

(b)          Advertising and mailing: Actual Cost

(c)           Consultant charges: Actual Cost

PUD/public facilities district review procedure

(a)          Application fee, per application: $300.00

(b)          Advertising and mailing: Actual Cost

(c)           Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Subdivision procedure fees

(a)          Application/preliminary plat approval, plus $5.00 per lot per application: $150.00

(b)          Advertising and mailing: Actual Cost

(c)           Final plat approval, plus $1.00 per lot per plat: $100.00

(d)          Subdivision on site inspection fee, plus $1.00 per lot per application: $100.00

(e)          Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Variance procedure fees

(a)          Application fee, per application: $100.00

(b)          Advertising and mailing: Actual Cost

(c)           Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Vacation procedure

(a)          Application fee, per application: $100.00

(b)          Advertising and mailing: Actual Cost

(c)           Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Clearing permit

Application fee, per application: $25.00

Tree removal permit

Application fee, per application: $25.00

Sign permits

(a)          Individual commercial, office or industrial uses, per sign: $10.00

(b)          Shopping centers/Multi-tenant complexes, per sign: $10.00

(c)           Houses of worship, per site: $10.00

(d)          Multifamily development, per sign: $10.00

(e)          Off site advertising, per sign: $50.00

(f)           Subdivisions, per sign: $10.00

(g)          Temporary freestand and portable signs, per sign: $10.00

(h)          Temporary banners/exterior wall signs, per sign: $10.00

(i)            Temporary real estate signs: No Charge

(j)           Temporary construction real estate signs, per sign: $10.00

(k)          Political campaign signs: No Charge

(l)            Miscellaneous temporary: No Charge

(m)         Miscellaneous signs, per sign: $10.00

Sign permit fees (annual renewal)

(a)          Off site advertising up to 32 square feet, per sign: $25.00

(b)          Off site advertising more than 32 square feet: $50.00

Site plans

(a)          Major (plus $4.00 per each 100 square feet of covered floor area in excess of 5,000 square feet): $250.00

(b)          Minor: $100.00

(c)           Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Construction plans

Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Concurrency review

Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Inspections

Consultant charges: Actual Cost

Depending upon the nature of the development order requested, more than one fee may apply and be charged (e.g., an annexation fee plus a comprehensive plan amendment fee). In addition, fees other than those listed above may be charged to cover the cost of engineering and planning review necessitated by the application (e.g., Developmemt of Regional Impact review fees, site inspection fees). Those additional fees shall be established between the city and the engineer and planner from time to time and charged to the applicant, based upon the fee schedule established. The actual cost of the consultant charges listed above shall be established from time to time by agreement between the city and the city's consultants. A list of the fees established shall be maintained by the city's building department.