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Pasco County Building Construction Services

In short

Pasco County Building Construction Services issues 7 permits we publish for Pasco County, last verified 2026-10-06. 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
Contractor Certificate of Competencyonly if it applies to youPasco County Building Construction ServicesCertificate of Competency issuance and biannual renewal: $100.00 per classification (§XV.A-R; 18 classifications including Class A General, Class B Building, Class C Residential, roofing, air conditioning, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, commercial and residential pool/spa, pool/spa servicing, solar, underground utility, pollutant storage and specialty contractors). State-certified contractors, administrative processing fee only: $50.00 (§XV.S). Requested inactive status and biannual renewal: $50.00 (§XV.T). Application fee, nonrefundable: $50.00 (§XVI.A). Duplicate competency card, nonrefundable: $10.00 (§XVI.B). Waiver of testing request: $500.00 (§XVI.C). Late-renewal penalties (§XVII): $35.00 up to 3 months delinquent; $60.00 for 3 to 6 months; $100.00 for 6 months to 1 year; $150.00 for 1 year to 16 months; $200.00 for 16 months to 2 years. Reciprocity letter: $50.00 per letter (§XVIII).biannual renewal period; renewal is due before October 1 of the renewal period2026-10-06
Commercial Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical and Gas Permitsonly if it applies to youPasco County Building Construction ServicesEach trade permit has a $45.00 base fee. Plumbing (§VI): $0.05 per sq ft under roof for new construction, renovation or remodeling; commercial warehouse, industrial or manufacturing facility $0.05 per sq ft of conditioned plus restroom area; $10.00 per system component or feature. Electrical (§VII): $0.04 per sq ft under roof for new construction, renovation, remodeling or equipment alteration; $10.00 per system component or feature; low voltage $2.00 per termination point. Mechanical (§VIII): $0.04 per sq ft of conditioned or ventilated area; commercial system component or feature $35.00 each; kitchen hood(s) $35.00 per unit. LP or natural gas (§IX): commercial new construction, remodel or tank change $25.00 per permit; multiple system component or feature $10.00 each. Plans examination for electrical, plumbing, mechanical or gas work: $20.00 for the first $1,000 of valuation plus $1.00 per additional $1,000, per trade (§II.D).per project; tied to the permit rather than renewed2026-10-06
Commercial Swimming Pool or In-Ground Spa Building Permitonly if it applies to youPasco County Building Construction Services$45.00 base fee (§I.A) plus $125.00 per unit for a commercial swimming pool or in-ground spa (§V.B.7), plus the $25.00 technology fee (§XIV.R) and the $5.00 Unlicensed Contractor Taskforce surcharge (§XIV.I).per project; tied to the permit rather than renewed2026-10-06
Temporary Certificate of Occupancy and Duplicate Certificate of Occupancyonly if it applies to youPasco County Building Construction ServicesTemporary Certificate of Occupancy: $45.00 per request (§XIV.M). Duplicate of a Certificate of Occupancy: $10.00 (§XIV.J). Duplicate permit card: $5.00 (§XIV.K).per request2026-10-06
Commercial Building Permit (new construction, renovation or build-out)Pasco County Building Construction ServicesBase fee $45.00 on every permit and on each trade or category within a permit (§I.A), plus: new commercial construction, all occupancy classes other than institutional, $1.07 per sq ft of building area (§V.B.16); renovation, remodeling or additions for occupancy classes other than business, mercantile or institutional, $1.07 per sq ft (§V.B.17); renovation, remodeling or additions to a previously occupied commercial structure for business or mercantile occupancies, $0.65 per sq ft (§V.B.18); institutional occupancy, new or renovated, $1.81 per sq ft (§V.B.19). Where building area and area under roof differ, the greater is used. Plans examination: minimum $45.00 (§II.B); where the permit fee is not per square foot, $45.00 for the first $1,000 of valuation plus $2.50 per additional $1,000 (§II.C). Site examination: $30.00 base; $90.00 for new construction, remodeling or additions (§III). Commercial revisions: based on the square footage of the change order, no less than $150.00 (§V.D). Technology fee $25.00 per permit (§XIV.R); Unlicensed Contractor Taskforce surcharge $5.00 on every permit (§XIV.I). Re-inspection: $45.00, $90.00, then $200.00 for the third and later; time extension $45.00.per project; tied to the permit rather than renewed2026-10-06
Fire Permit (plan review and inspections)only if it applies to youPasco County Building Construction ServicesBase fee $45.00 (§X.A), plus: commercial new construction, revision, addition or renovation $0.05 per sq ft under roof (§X.B.2); gas tanks (all types) $50.00 per unit (§X.B.3); fire suppression system $50.00 per unit (§X.B.4); hood $50.00 per system (§X.B.5); multiple system component or feature $50.00 each (§X.B.6); tents over 200 sq ft $100.00 for the first tent and $10.00 for each additional tent (§X.B.1).per project; tied to the permit rather than renewed2026-10-06
Sign Permit (Building Construction Services)only if it applies to youPasco County Building Construction Services$45.00 base fee (§I.A) plus $30.00 per unit for a wall sign (§V.B.14) or a billboard, pylon or pole sign (§V.B.13); plans examination for signs $25.00 (§II.F); plus the $25.00 technology fee (§XIV.R) and the $5.00 Unlicensed Contractor Taskforce surcharge (§XIV.I).per sign; issued per installation rather than renewed2026-10-06

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

Contractor Certificate of Competency

Pasco County Building Construction Services issues Certificates of Competency to locally licensed contractors and charges state-certified contractors an administrative processing fee only. All figures are as adopted in the Building Construction Services fee resolution of July 14, 2026, effective July 1, 2026 (the document's resolution-number line is blank). The resolution requires every holder of a county Certificate of Competency to renew before October 1 of the biannual renewal period and sets the delinquency penalties listed; the Building Official reviews any certificate more than two years delinquent to decide whether retesting is needed. Appeals to the Construction Code Board cost $300.00 per category and variances $400.00 (§XIX).

Commercial Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical and Gas Permits

These are the separate trade permits Building Construction Services issues alongside a building permit in unincorporated Pasco County, as adopted in the fee resolution of July 14, 2026 (effective July 1, 2026). A restaurant or coffee-shop kitchen typically draws a mechanical permit with the $35.00 per-unit kitchen hood fee and, with gas cooking, a commercial gas permit at $25.00 plus the $45.00 base. The fire permit for the same hood and suppression system is a separate charge, recorded in the next record. The technology fee and the $5.00 Unlicensed Contractor Taskforce surcharge apply per permit.

Commercial Swimming Pool or In-Ground Spa Building Permit

Building Construction Services prices construction of a commercial swimming pool or in-ground spa at $125.00 per unit on top of the $45.00 base fee, under the fee resolution of July 14, 2026 (effective July 1, 2026), for work in unincorporated Pasco County. This is the construction permit only. Operating a public pool is a separate Florida Department of Health in Pasco County operating permit, recorded below. A fitness studio without a pool or spa has no pool permit.

Temporary Certificate of Occupancy and Duplicate Certificate of Occupancy

Section XIV of the Building Construction Services fee resolution of July 14, 2026 (effective July 1, 2026) prices a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy at $45.00 per request and a duplicate of a Certificate of Occupancy at $10.00, for buildings permitted by the county in unincorporated Pasco County. The certificate of occupancy itself follows the building permit and its inspections, recorded above.

Commercial Building Permit (new construction, renovation or build-out)

These fees apply to work in unincorporated Pasco County, as adopted in the Building Construction Services fee resolution of July 14, 2026 (effective July 1, 2026). Inside the cities, the city's own department issues the permit: New Port Richey's Building Division handles permitting within its city limits, Port Richey's Development Services Department issues permits, Zephyrhills' Building Department issues residential and commercial permits, and Dade City's Building Department states that it issues permits for Dade City and, by local agreement, San Antonio and St. Leo. Starting work before a permit is issued doubles the permit fee for a first offense, per the resolution's after-the-fact provision. The trade, fire, pool and sign permit fees for the same project are recorded as separate requirements.

Fire Permit (plan review and inspections)

Section X of the Building Construction Services fee resolution of July 14, 2026 (effective July 1, 2026) states that the fire permit fee includes plan review and inspections, and that a fire permit is not required on one- or two-family dwellings. Pasco County Fire Rescue's Fire Inspections and Investigations page describes its plans review section as serving the unincorporated areas of Pasco County. A commercial kitchen hood draws both this $50.00 fire hood charge and the $35.00 mechanical kitchen hood charge; the resolution lists them as two separate items.

Sign Permit (Building Construction Services)

This is the Building Construction Services permit for a sign in unincorporated Pasco County, priced in the fee resolution of July 14, 2026 (effective July 1, 2026). The Planning and Development fee schedule separately lists a $120 Building Signs review per application, recorded as its own Planning record below; the two are separate fees from two agencies and are not a single combined sign fee. The Land Development Code's sign provisions state that they apply to signs in the unincorporated area of the county.

Contact

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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 Construction Services — Permits and FormsPasco County · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
  2. Building Construction Services fee resolution amending Resolution No. 18-17 in its entirety, adopted July 14, 2026, effective July 1, 2026Pasco County Board of County Commissioners · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
  3. Building Department — issues building permits for Dade City and, by local agreement, San Antonio and St. LeoCity of Dade City, Florida · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
  4. Building Department — issues residential and commercial permits in the City of ZephyrhillsCity of Zephyrhills, Florida · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
  5. Building Division — construction review, permitting and inspections within New Port Richey city limitsCity of New Port Richey, Florida · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
  6. Development Services — building permit applications submitted and issued in the City of Port RicheyCity of Port Richey, Florida · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
  7. Fire Rescue — Fire Inspections and Investigations (plans review and inspections for unincorporated Pasco County)Pasco County Fire Rescue · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06

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