Do you need a patio permit in Florida?
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- Always required
- 6
- of 28 jurisdictions
- Conditional
- 14
- depends on size or scope
- Not required
- 0
- exempt outright
Patio Permit rules nationwide, beyond Florida.
Requirements and size thresholds for patio permits vary by locality. The table below compares what each Florida county or city requires. Always confirm with the local office before starting.
Comparing states? See patio permit rules across every locality we cover.
The application steps and inspection sequence for patio permits come from the model code rather than from Florida law, so they read the same wherever you build. We keep that walkthrough in one place: how a patio permit application and its inspections work, start to finish. What changes between Florida jurisdictions is below: who requires a permit, what they charge, and which office you file with.
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| Locality | Permit required? | Typical threshold | Confidence |
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| Alachua County | Not confirmed | Not specified | Not confirmed |
| Brevard County | Not confirmed | Not specified | Not confirmed |
| Broward County | Yes | Not specified | Confirmed on official page |
| Charlotte County | Yes | Not specified | Confirmed on official page |
| Clay County | Not confirmed | Not specified | Not confirmed |
| Collier County | Conditional | Permits shall not be required for the enclosure of an existing covered patio, balcony, or porch with screening only; a permit is required to build a new patio cover, screen enclosure, or other patio structure. | Confirmed on official page |
| Escambia County | Yes | Not specified | From an official source |
| Hernando County | Conditional | Sand-set pavers that are not part of a pool or spa deck do not require a building permit; other patio construction methods are not separately addressed by name | From an official source |
| Hillsborough County | Conditional | open concrete slabs may be exempt; screen enclosures and covered patios require a permit | Based on building code |
| Jacksonville | Conditional | Not specified | Confirmed on official page |
| Lake County | Not confirmed | Not specified | Not confirmed |
| Lee County | Conditional | A permit is required to construct, enlarge, alter, or repair a structure, including structural slabs, unenclosed structures, porches, and screen, glass, or vinyl rooms; the county refers residents to Florida Building Code 105.2 and Land Development Code 6-117 for work not requiring a permit. | From an official source |
| Leon County | Conditional | Patio covers, sunrooms, and screen or pool enclosures are handled as aluminum structures requiring a permit; a plain open, unroofed, at-grade patio slab is not separately addressed in any published county page found. | From an official source |
| Manatee County | Conditional | A non-structural concrete or paver patio does not require a building permit. A concrete slab with footers requires a permit. | Confirmed on official page |
| Marion County | Not confirmed | Not specified | Not confirmed |
| Miami-Dade County | Conditional | open concrete slabs and pavers outside the building do not require a building permit; roofed or screened patio enclosures require a permit | Based on building code |
| Orange County | Yes | Not specified | Confirmed on official page |
| Osceola County | Not confirmed | Not specified | Not confirmed |
| Palm Beach County | Conditional | Not specified | Confirmed on official page |
| Pasco County | Conditional | Non structural concrete flatwork under 500 square feet per parcel that will not be built on is exempt outside special flood hazard areas; slabs intended for a future structure require a permit with sealed plans. | Confirmed on official page |
| Pinellas County | Yes | Not specified | Confirmed on official page |
| Polk County | Conditional | Permit requirement depends on location and function: concrete slabs adjacent to a principal or accessory structure, slabs intended to support a structure, elevated slabs, and pavers within required setbacks or adjacent to structures require a permit. | Confirmed on official page |
| Santa Rosa County | Not confirmed | Not specified | Not confirmed |
| Sarasota County | Conditional | No permit is required for a residential patio placed directly on grade without footings, in any material; a permit is required for patios that involve footings, are part of a larger project scope, or are on commercial or multi-family property. | Confirmed on official page |
| Seminole County | Not confirmed | Not specified | Not confirmed |
| St. Johns County | Yes | Not specified | From an official source |
| St. Lucie County | Conditional | Sand-set pavers that are not a pool or spa deck and are not within five feet of a pool do not require a permit, for 1 and 2 family dwellings; pavers used as a pool deck, pavers within five feet of a pool, or other patio construction requires a permit. | Confirmed on official page |
| Volusia County | Conditional | Not specified | From an official source |
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What a patio permit costs in Florida
11 Florida jurisdictions we cover publish a fee figure for this work. Each line is quoted from that office's own schedule and linked to its citation. The figures are not comparable to one another: some are flat minimums, some a percentage of job value, some charged per fixture, so what you pay depends on which schedule applies and on your job's valuation.
No separate patio fee line; patios fall under the Structural permit schedule, the greater of a $125 minimum base fee or 3.0% of job value, per Section 40.29 (Ord. 2025-038, eff. 5-1-25)
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No dedicated Patio line item is published on the Building Division fee schedule; a concrete patio slab appears to fall under the schedule's Slab permit ($180.00), and a covered or screened patio under Porch ($180.00) or Screen Room, New ($140.00), per Resolution No. 2026-037 (effective March 3, 2026).
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Fee schedule effective 2026-04-15: $50 application fee and $35 technology fee per application plus an operational support fee; fees follow the residential accessory structure table when the patio is permitted as an accessory structure
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The Fee Schedule has no line item named "Patio" or "Aluminum Structure"; the closest published categories are the flat-fee "Decks, Docks, Ramps, Boardwalks, etc. $271.52" and "Repair Work and Exterior Alteration Permits" (e.g. "Other Repair Work Not Listed $212.78"), but the county does not state which applies to a given patio project.
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No dedicated patio line; an unreinforced residential slab on grade is $88.55, per Implementing Order 4-63 effective 6/30/2025
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A concrete patio slab is valued at $5 per sq ft then charged under the Accessory Structure schedule at a $26 minimum plus $4 per additional $1,000 of value; a patio 120 sq ft or smaller can use the $12 flat Zoning Permit, per the FY2025-26 Fee Directory
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Charged by value of construction with a $75 minimum for a single family, duplex or townhouse patio or porch enclosure, per the PZB Building Division fee schedule
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Base permit fee $45; aluminum structure with screen roof priced at $30 per unit per posted fee Resolution 18-17
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Open flatwork patios are permit-exempt; a covered or screened aluminum patio structure is $250 without slab or footers or $350 with, plus $1 per $1,000 of value, per Building Stand Alone Permits V-B/V-C of the FY26 BDRS schedule
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Building permit fee by valuation per Construction Fees Resolution 17-025; residential fee starts at $85.00 for work valued up to $12,000; fees due at permit issuance.
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No patio-specific fee line item is published. Patio permits fall under the general Building Services Fees table: Permit Issuance Fee $14.00, plus Total Valuation of Building fee (minimum $19.00, or $11.00 for the first $1,000 plus $2.63 for each additional thousand up to $50,000; higher tiers apply above that), per St. Johns County's Schedule of Fees and Services, Exhibit A (amended 07/21/2026).
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Jurisdictions not listed publish no dollar figure we could quote. Absence does not mean a permit is free.
Common questions about patio permits in Florida
- Do I need a patio permit in Florida?
- In Florida it depends on the size of the job. Permits are issued locally, so the answer comes from your Florida city or county rather than a single statewide rule. Of the 20 Florida jurisdictions we have verified for patio work, 6 require a permit outright, 14 depend on the size or scope of the job, and 0 require none.
- Is there a patio permit exemption in Florida?
- 14 of the 20 Florida jurisdictions we cover set a threshold rather than a flat rule, so the same job can be exempt in one Florida county and permitted in the next. The table above lists each Florida jurisdiction's published threshold in its own words, with the source and the date we verified it.
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