Jacksonville
City of Jacksonville Building Inspection Division
In short
City of Jacksonville Building Inspection Division issues 3 permits we publish for Jacksonville, last verified 2026-09-05. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Building Permit | City of Jacksonville Building Inspection Division | Alterations to an existing commercial building: $3.00 per $1,000 of estimated project cost (BID permit fee). New ground-up construction below the fourth story: $6.38 per 100 sq ft (BID permit fee) plus $1.60 per 100 sq ft (resource management fee), subject to a $112.50 minimum for that fee subsection. Electrical, plumbing ($11 per fixture, $60 minimum) and mechanical permits are priced separately by fixture or capacity, not by floor area. | not applicable — one-time permit per project | 2026-09-05 |
| Sign Permit | City of Jacksonville Building Inspection Division | $8.25 per 20 sq ft of display face (or fraction) up to 100 sq ft, then $12.50 per additional 100 sq ft, subject to an $80.00 minimum BID permit fee. Plan review adds 31% of the permit cost or $35, whichever is greater. A $5,000 sign bond is required unless the applicant owns the property and the sign is unilluminated, no larger than 32 sq ft, and no taller than 8 feet. | not applicable — one-time permit; the bond stays in effect while the sign exists | 2026-09-05 |
| Certificate of Use | City of Jacksonville Building Inspection Division | $112 new certificate of use or relocation of business | not a renewable or expiring document under normal operation | 2026-09-05 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Commercial Building Permit
The ordinance itself does not embed these dollar figures in its codified text — section 320.409 states they are published electronically on the city's fee-schedule webpage instead, which is exactly where these were confirmed directly. Most commercial tenants doing a buildout inside existing space fall under the per-$1,000-of-cost alteration rate rather than the new-construction rate.
Sign Permit
The City Fees schedule (Sign erections, Section 320.409) lists a BID permit fee of $8.25 for each 20 square feet of display face (or fraction) up to 100 square feet, $12.50 for each additional 100 square feet, an $80.00 minimum, and a plan review fee of 31% of the BID permit or $35.00, whichever is greater. The Building Inspection Division's sign-laws page states that, except where the applicant is the owner and the sign is not illuminated and does not exceed 32 square feet in area or eight feet in height, the applicant files a $5,000 bond before the permit is issued.
Certificate of Use
$112 for a new Certificate of Use or a business relocation, confirmed directly on the city's own published fee schedule. A temporary or partial certificate of occupancy runs $100 for residential or $150 for commercial, and a failed-inspection reinspection is $45. Review runs through three separate offices — Zoning, Building Inspections, and the Fire Marshal's Office — before the certificate issues. The fee schedule lists no separate line item for a final, permanent Certificate of Occupancy; it appears to be folded into the building permit fee rather than charged on its own.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Jacksonville
- Phone
- (904) 255-8500
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- City of Jacksonville — consolidated city fee schedule (Certificate of Use, building, sign and fire safety inspection fees)City of Jacksonville Finance Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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