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Manatee County

Manatee County Development Services Department, Building Division

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Manatee County Development Services Department, Building Division issues 8 permits we publish for Manatee County, last verified 2026-10-09. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Temporary Use Permitonly if it applies to youManatee County Development Services Department, Building Division$277 per permitper temporary use2026-10-09
Floodplain Management Reviews and Inspectionsonly if it applies to youManatee County Development Services Department, Building DivisionNo Rise Certificate/Letter of Mitigation Review: $53. Flood Elevation Determination, Floodproof Certificate Review, Floodway Construction Certificate, Coastal A-Zone or VE Zone Certificate: $25. Flood Management Permit / Finished Construction Elevation Certificate: $36. Private Appraisal Review / Determination of Improvement (short or long form): $50. Flood Code Compliance Inspection: $100.per review or inspection2026-10-09
Commercial Building Permit (new; alteration, addition or interior completion)Manatee County Development Services Department, Building DivisionNew Commercial Permit (new commercial, new multi-family): $0.33 per square foot. Alteration or Addition Commercial Permit (alteration, addition, interior completion to an existing commercial structure): $750 minimum fee up to 650 square feet plus $0.33 per each additional square foot. The schedule states that the fee includes the Florida Building Code inspections and the certificate of occupancy or completion, and that the building permit fee and the state fee are paid in full at application. State surcharges under Fla. Stat. §§553.721 and 468.631: the schedule notes a 2.5% fee on all permits, minimum $4.00. Work commencing before permit issuance: 2 times the permit fee. Green building: 10% permitting fee reduction on new commercial or major renovations exceeding 50% of the footprint.per project; tied to the permit rather than renewed2026-10-09
Commercial Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Tank, Roof and Generator Permitsonly if it applies to youManatee County Development Services Department, Building DivisionElectrical Standard Permit (commercial alteration, new, renovation, other): $133. Mechanical Standard (commercial alteration, ductwork, new, renovation, replacement, rangehood): $62. Plumbing Standard (commercial alteration, new, renovation, replacement, grease trap, pool heater, re-pipe): $62. Plumbing – Tankless System: $91. Tank Permit for LP gas or gas piping: $62. Tank Permit for pollutant, storage gas or storage diesel: $128. Roof Standard (commercial structures): $153. Generator Permit: $190. Each permit also carries the state surcharge (2.5%, minimum $4.00) noted in the schedule.per project; tied to the permit rather than renewed2026-10-09
Sign Permit (foundation or wall sign)only if it applies to youManatee County Development Services Department, Building DivisionSign – Foundation (monument sign, pole sign, pylon sign): $207. Sign – Wall (canopy sign, attached roof sign, wall sign): $178. Plus the state surcharge (2.5%, minimum $4.00) noted in the schedule.per sign; issued per installation rather than renewed2026-10-09
Swimming Pool or Spa Building Permitonly if it applies to youManatee County Development Services Department, Building DivisionIn Ground Pool/Spa Permit: $244. Above Ground Pool/Spa Permit: $100. Plus the state surcharge (2.5%, minimum $4.00) noted in the schedule.per project; tied to the permit rather than renewed2026-10-09
Change of Occupancy Inspectiononly if it applies to youManatee County Development Services Department, Building Division$116 per change of occupancy inspectionper change of occupancy2026-10-09
Temporary Certificate of Occupancy and Occupying Without a Certificateonly if it applies to youManatee County Development Services Department, Building DivisionTemporary Certificate of Occupancy, commercial and residential: $91 per month. Commercial – Occupying Structure without Certificate of Occupancy or Completion: $473.temporary certificate charged monthly2026-10-09

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

Temporary Use Permit

The Miscellaneous section of the Building Fee Schedule adopted by Resolution R-23-043 (effective April 1, 2023; amended April 21, 2026) lists a Temporary Use Permit at $277. The resolution's recitals name temporary uses among the services Development Services staff provide, and the schedule applies to unincorporated Manatee County. Contact the Building Division at (941) 748-4501 to confirm whether a given temporary event, sale or vending set-up in the unincorporated area needs this permit.

Floodplain Management Reviews and Inspections

The Floodplain Management section of the Building Fee Schedule adopted by Resolution R-23-043 (effective April 1, 2023; amended April 21, 2026) lists these reviews and inspections for property in unincorporated Manatee County. They apply only where a project lies in a mapped flood zone or floodway: an improvement to an existing building in a flood zone draws the $50 determination of improvement review, and work in a floodway draws the $53 no-rise review. A business outside a flood zone has none of these charges.

Commercial Building Permit (new; alteration, addition or interior completion)

These figures are from the Building Fee Schedule adopted by Resolution R-23-043 (with R-23-045 and R-23-046) on February 28, 2023, effective April 1, 2023, and shown in the Clerk's corrective document as amended on April 21, 2026; the resolution's title limits it to unincorporated Manatee County, and the Development Services fee page links it as the current Building Fee Schedule. Inside Anna Maria, Bradenton, Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach, Palmetto or Longboat Key the business contacts that city or town. Contact the Building Division at (941) 748-4501 with permit questions. Trade, sign, pool, flood and inspection fees for the same project are recorded as separate requirements.

Commercial Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Tank, Roof and Generator Permits

These flat per-permit amounts are from the Building Fee Schedule adopted by Resolution R-23-043 (effective April 1, 2023; amended April 21, 2026) for unincorporated Manatee County. A restaurant or coffee-shop kitchen typically draws the Mechanical Standard permit for a rangehood and the Plumbing Standard permit for a grease trap, each $62. An auto-repair shop installing a pollutant, gasoline or diesel storage tank draws the $128 Tank Permit, and LP gas or gas piping work draws the $62 Tank Permit. A standby generator is $190.

Sign Permit (foundation or wall sign)

The Building Fee Schedule adopted by Resolution R-23-043 (effective April 1, 2023; amended April 21, 2026) prices a building permit for a monument, pole or pylon sign at $207 and for a canopy, attached roof or wall sign at $178, for signs in unincorporated Manatee County. A storefront business putting up signage pulls one of these permits per sign; signs inside a city are handled by that city.

Swimming Pool or Spa Building Permit

The Building Fee Schedule adopted by Resolution R-23-043 (effective April 1, 2023; amended April 21, 2026) prices the construction permit for an in-ground pool or spa at $244 and for an above-ground pool or spa at $100 in unincorporated Manatee County. This is the construction permit only; operating a public pool is regulated separately by the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County, recorded below. A fitness studio without a pool or spa has no pool permit.

Change of Occupancy Inspection

The Inspections section of the Building Fee Schedule adopted by Resolution R-23-043 (effective April 1, 2023; amended April 21, 2026) lists a Change of Occupancy inspection at $116, for buildings in unincorporated Manatee County. A business moving into an existing space whose use changes draws this inspection. The same section prices a reinspection for each failed inspection at $73 and a time certain inspection at $118.

Temporary Certificate of Occupancy and Occupying Without a Certificate

The Building Fee Schedule adopted by Resolution R-23-043 (effective April 1, 2023; amended April 21, 2026) prices a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy at $91 per month and charges $473 when a commercial structure is occupied without a certificate of occupancy or completion, in unincorporated Manatee County. The certificate of occupancy itself is included in the building permit fee, per the schedule's commercial permit lines recorded above.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Manatee County
Phone
(941) 748-4501

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.

  1. Building Fee Schedule, Effective 04/01/2023, R-23-043, R-23-045, R-23-046Manatee County Development Services Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
  2. Download Development Services Instructions, Fees, and Forms — fee schedule linksManatee County Development Services Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
  3. Resolution R-23-043 (corrective document) with Exhibit A — building permit, inspection, floodplain, contractor licensing and miscellaneous fees for unincorporated Manatee County; adopted February 28, 2023, amended April 21, 2026Manatee County Board of County Commissioners, via the Clerk of the Circuit Court · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09

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