Martin County Growth Management Department, Development Review Division

Zoning Review and Compliance Determination and Fire Prevention Inspection (Unincorporated Martin County)

The county's Business Tax Receipts page states that a receipt "is required for any business that is located in unincorporated Martin County" and that the business "must receive zoning approval from the Martin County Growth Management Department". A new business, a business changing its name, an ownership name change or a move to a new location triggers this step. The owner, an employee or someone actively involved in the business brings the completed Zoning Use Permit Application, with the property owner's or landlord's notarized signature and proof of the business name as it appears on sunbiz.org, to the Growth Management Department at 2401 SE Monterey Rd, Stuart (walk-in only, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Staff check that the use is allowed at the location under the Land Development Regulations and issue the Zoning Review and Compliance Determination, which is needed to schedule the Fire Prevention inspection; the applicant then takes the determination and the Fire Prevention Inspection Certificate to the Tax Collector. Per the county's page and application, the fee covers both the zoning review and the fire prevention inspection, is payable only by cash or check to the Board of County Commissioners, and the Tax Collector collects its own fee separately. Businesses in the City of Stuart, the Town of Sewall's Point, the Town of Ocean Breeze or the Village of Indiantown get zoning approval from that municipality instead.