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Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Building Division

In short

Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Building Division issues 3 permits we publish for Palm Beach County, last verified 2026-09-28. 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
Sign PermitPalm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Building Division$100–$500 per the county's 2009 fee schedule, by sign type: $100 for a painted or wall-mounted sign, $150 for a freestanding sign, $500 for a billboard, and $100 for a face-panel change on an existing signone-time, per sign installed or changed2026-09-28
Building PermitPalm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Building DivisionThe base building permit fee is calculated from project valuation rather than a flat rate, per PZB's Construction Permit Fee Schedule. That same schedule's 2009 edition separately lists a $100 fixed fee for a commercial hood installed without its own suppression system, and a re-inspection fee that escalates from $50 (first re-inspection) to $100 (second) to $300 (third and beyond), the latter figure set under Fla. Stat. §553.80.one-time per project; permit expires if work is not commenced or inspected within the period stated on the permit card2026-09-28
Certificate of Occupancy / CompletionPalm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Building DivisionThe 2009 PZB fee schedule does not list a separate charge for a first, full certificate of occupancy or completion issued at project sign-off — that cost is bundled into the underlying building permit fee — but it does price two related documents: $20 for a duplicate copy of an already-issued certificate, and $150 to $1,000 for a temporary or partial certificate of occupancy or completion issued before a project is fully finished, with the amount depending on the scope covered.not a renewable permit — a new certificate is required after any new construction, renovation, or unapproved work2026-09-28

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

Sign Permit

Exterior signage on a commercial building in UNINCORPORATED Palm Beach County needs its own PZB Building sign permit, separate from the underlying building permit. The county's 2009 fee schedule — the most complete sign-fee document located during this review — prices a painted or wall-mounted sign at $100, a freestanding sign at $150, a billboard at $500, and a face-panel change on an existing sign at $100. Each of the 39 municipalities regulates and permits signs inside its own limits instead of PZB. A restaurant, coffee shop, retail store or any other storefront business adding or changing exterior signage in the unincorporated area should confirm the current fee with PZB Building before budgeting, since a newer schedule may have superseded these 2009 figures.

Building Permit

New construction, alteration, equipment installation, hood/suppression work and ADA modifications in UNINCORPORATED Palm Beach County need a PZB Building Division permit before work starts; each of the 39 municipalities issues its own building permits instead for work inside city limits. The base fee scales with project valuation and trade rather than a single flat number. PZB's 2009 'Proposed Permit Fee Adjustments' fee-schedule exhibit — the most complete permit fee document located during this review — separately prices a commercial hood without suppression at $100 and sets a re-inspection escalation of $50, then $100, then $300 for the third and later re-inspections, authorized under Fla. Stat. §553.80. Applications are filed through the ePZB Admin Portal. A Certificate of Occupancy (separate record) is required before occupying the completed space.

Certificate of Occupancy / Completion

A business in UNINCORPORATED Palm Beach County cannot occupy new or renovated commercial space until PZB Building issues a Certificate of Occupancy or Certificate of Completion, and PZB withholds it while any unapproved work remains open on the permit record. The cost of the initial certificate itself is not itemized separately from the building permit fee in the 2009 fee-schedule document cited here, but that same schedule prices a duplicate copy of an issued certificate at $20 and a temporary or partial certificate — used when part of a project is ready for occupancy before the whole project is finished — at $150 to $1,000 depending on scope. Each of the 39 municipalities issues its own certificate of occupancy for work inside city limits instead of PZB's.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Palm Beach County
Phone
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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 Division formsPalm Beach County PZB Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  2. ePZB Admin Portal (permit application system)Palm Beach County PZB Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  3. Proposed Permit Fee Adjustments, Exhibit A, Construction Permit Fee Schedule (Revised 08-04-09) — sign, hood, certificate-of-occupancy duplicate/temporary, and re-inspection feesPalm Beach County PZB Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28

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