How to apply for a permit

Delray Beach's permitting process is now fully digital! You can easily submit documents, pay fees, and download permits online. Prefer paper? No problem! Bring in your documents, and we'll help digitize them for you with our scanning service for a fee.

To submit a Building Permit application, please visit our newly launched eServices portal.
Click here to get started with eServices.

For assistance with applying for a permit, the Development Services Building Division is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 100 NW 1st Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444 (North of the main City Hall entrance).

Main Line: (561) 243-7200

What to know before you get started

• Express Permits Available:  A/C change-out, water heater replacement and re-roof permits are considered express permits and will be expedited and issued within three days. Emergency A/C change-outs and water heater replacements can also be accommodated if the permit is submitted within 24 hours of doing the work.
• Contractor Registration: Contractors must register and maintain their current license on file prior to permit submittal.
  Click here to apply for a Business Tax Receipt/Contractor Registration
• Historic Preservation:

  Is your property located within a Historic District or individually listed on the Local Register of Historic Places? 

  Click here to see if your property is located within a Historic District or individually listed on the Local Register of Historic Places.

  Interested in finding out if your property eligible for historic designation and able to receive the benefits of historic preservation?
  Click here to see if your property if eligible for historic designation.

  Click here to contact the Historic Preservation Division for more information.

• Right-of-Way: Is a right-of-way dedication required? Before designing new construction or other site improvements, check the ultimate right-of-way measurement in Table MBL-1 of the Mobile Element. adopted as part of the Always Delray Comprehensive Plan. For additional assistance or questions, contact the Engineering Division at (561) 243-7295.

  Click here to check the right-of-way measurement for your street in Table MBL-1.

Plan and Permit Review Checklist

Please use the following documents in preparing submittals for review:

• Demo Checklist
• Driveway Checklist
• Fence Checklist
• Mechanical Plan Review
• Pool Checklist
• Single Family Checklist
• Solar Check List
• Structural Plan Review

Permit Forms

Is a right-of-way dedication required? Before designing new construction or other site improvements, check the ultimate right-of-way measurement in Table MBL-1 of the Mobile Element. adopted as part of the Always Delray Comprehensive Plan. For additional assistance or questions, contact the Engineering Division at (561) 243-7295.

• Asbestos Affidavit

•  Impact Fee Forms

• Electrical Release Agreement

•  Engineers Opinion of Cost

•  Envelope Leakage Test Report (Blower Door Test)

• Fee Schedule (increase 8/7/12)

• Historic Preservation Acknowledgement Form

•  Landscape Calculations Duplex

•  Landscape Calculations Multi-Family Commercial Industrial

•  Landscape Calculations Single FamilyLandscape Codes

• MOT Plan

• Notice to Building Official for Private Provider for Plan Review and/or Inspections

•  Notice of Commencement

•  Directions to WPB to file NOC

•  Owner Builder Affidavit

•  Pool Demo/Backfilling

•  Swimming Pool Affidavit

•  Recommended Native Plant Materials

•  Release of Contractor Affidavit

•  Request to Cancel Application or Permit

•  Revision Request Form

•  Right of Way Application

•  Roof Mitigation

• Roof Renail Affidavit

•  Special Inspector for Threshold Buildings Form

•  Tent Requirements

•  Tent Fire Department Check-off List

•  Utility Approval Form

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