What Is a Site Plan? A Florida Homeowner’s Plain-English Guide
What is a site plan?. You’ve been told you need a site plan for your Florida permit. Now you’re wondering what exactly that means. Let me explain it the way I explain it to homeowners every day: a site plan is a bird’s-eye drawing of your property. That’s it. It’s drawn from above, it’s to […]
How to Get a Site Plan for a Florida Permit (Without Getting Rejected)
I’m going to walk you through how to get a site plan for a Florida permit. You’ve got three options for getting a site plan for a Florida permit: I’m going to walk through all three options — when each makes sense, what they cost, and the trade-offs. I’ll be direct because I think you […]
Florida Building Permit Requirements by County: The Definitive 2026 Guide
Here’s the problem with most guides about Florida building permits: they treat Florida like one place. It’s not. Florida has 67 counties. Within those counties, there are 411 municipalities. Your building permit requirements depend on whether you’re in the incorporated city or the unincorporated county. They depend on your zoning district. They depend on the […]
PE-Stamped Site Plans in Florida: When You Need One, What It Costs, and How It Works
want to address the most common question I get about PE stamps in Florida: “Do I actually need one, or is the building department just being difficult?” Both. Sometimes they’re being difficult. But most of the time, the PE stamp requirement is real, it’s legal, and there’s a specific reason your county is asking for […]
Florida Pool Permit Site Plan: The Complete 2026 Guide
Let me be direct with you: a pool permit in Florida is not optional. And getting the site plan wrong is the single most common reason pool permits get delayed or rejected. I’ve been preparing pool permit site plans since 2021 across every Florida county — from Miami-Dade to Escambia. This guide covers everything you […]
Florida Site Plan for Permit: The Complete 2026 Guide
I’ve been preparing Florida site plans since 2021. In that time, I’ve seen homeowners spend weeks confused, contractors waiting on permits that should have taken days, and pool companies lose jobs because the site plan they submitted got rejected on a technicality. This guide fixes all of that. By the end of this page, you’ll […]