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Santa Rosa County Development Services, Life Safety Division

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Santa Rosa County Development Services, Life Safety Division issues 1 permit we publish for Santa Rosa County, last verified 2026-10-27. 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
Life Safety (Fire) Permits — Sprinkler, Fire Alarm, Hood Suppression and Tentsonly if it applies to youSanta Rosa County Development Services, Life Safety DivisionPer Resolution No. 2025-29 (adopted September 11, 2025), Life Safety Permits, "All Other Construction" column: administrative fee $55.00; base fee — cost per inspection trip $66.50; Life Safety Fee $66.50; Life Safety Initial Plan Review Check Fee 1/4 of base permit fee. Fire suppression (sprinkler), up to 3 floors $200.00 minimum, each additional floor $50, each suppression head $1.00. Fire alarm, up to 3 floors $150.00 minimum, each additional floor $50.00, each device $1.00. New Tenant Reconnection Fee $66.50; Hood Suppression $66.50; Tents $66.50; plan check 62.9% of base fee when plans are submitted separately.per permit2026-10-27

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

Life Safety (Fire) Permits — Sprinkler, Fire Alarm, Hood Suppression and Tents

Resolution No. 2025-29, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on September 11, 2025, includes a Life Safety Permits schedule administered by Development Services. It prices automatic sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, kitchen hood suppression systems, tents and a New Tenant Reconnection Fee, along with a $55.00 administrative fee, a $66.50 Life Safety Fee and an initial plan review check of one quarter of the base permit fee. A restaurant or coffee shop installing a commercial cooking hood needs the $66.50 Hood Suppression permit in addition to the mechanical range hood permit, and a new tenant moving into a space with an existing fire alarm or sprinkler system faces the New Tenant Reconnection Fee. The figures above come from the resolution's "All Other Construction" column. This record describes permits for sites in unincorporated Santa Rosa County; a business inside Milton, Gulf Breeze or Jay should check with that city hall. Development Services: 6051 Old Bagdad Highway, Suite 202, Milton (850-981-7000).

Contact

Jurisdiction
Santa Rosa County
Phone
850-981-7000

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. Development Services Fee ScheduleSanta Rosa County Development Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-27
  2. Resolution No. 2025-29 — A Resolution Repealing and Replacing Resolution 2025-09; Establishing a Schedule of Fees Associated with Ordinance No. 2023-15 (Land Development Code) and Ordinance No. 2021-11 (Buildings and Building Regulation)Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-27

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