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St. Lucie County

St. Lucie County Planning & Development Services, Building & Code Regulation Division

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St. Lucie County Planning & Development Services, Building & Code Regulation Division issues 2 permits we publish for St. Lucie County, last verified 2026-10-20. 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
Building Permits, Including Commercial Build-Out and Trade Permits (Unincorporated St. Lucie County)only if it applies to youSt. Lucie County Planning & Development Services, Building & Code Regulation DivisionLaws of Florida Ch. 2026-63 amended F.S. 553.79(1)(f), effective July 1, 2026: "Inspection fees may not be based on the total cost of a project and may not exceed the actual inspection costs incurred by the local enforcement agency." No value-based permit or plan-review figure is printed in this record. Flat items, as published on the county's current Building Permit Fees Schedule of Fees (Exhibit A): each additional inspection or trip beyond the one included $75.00; re-inspection $75.00 for the first, $100.00 for the second and $150.00 for the third and each later one; automated building permit fee $5.00 on every permit or certificate.per permit2026-10-20
Sign Permit (Unincorporated St. Lucie County)only if it applies to youSt. Lucie County Planning & Development Services, Building & Code Regulation DivisionAs published on the county's current Building Permit Fees Schedule of Fees (Exhibit A): canopy sign $125.00, each additional canopy sign under the same permit $75.00; wall sign, nonelectric $100.00, with electric $150.00 (the electric permit is separate); additional signs under the same permit $75.00. A plastic face change with no size increase (nonelectric, no engineering) is listed as "No Permit Required".per permit2026-10-20

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

Building Permits, Including Commercial Build-Out and Trade Permits (Unincorporated St. Lucie County)

Construction, alteration and tenant build-out work on a business premises needs a building permit before it starts. The county's Permitting page states that the Building & Code Regulation Division has building permitting jurisdiction over unincorporated St. Lucie County under the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023), and that the City of Ft Pierce, the City of Port St. Lucie and the Town of St. Lucie Village have their own permitting requirements and issue their own permits. The Permitting page links the Building Permit Fees Schedule of Fees (Exhibit A) as the department's adopted fee schedule. Laws of Florida Ch. 2026-63 (HB 803), effective July 1, 2026, amended F.S. 553.79 so that inspection fees may not be based on the total cost of a project, so this record prints no value-based permit or plan-review amount; contact the Division for the fee on a specific project. As published on that schedule, one inspection trip is included with a commercial permit, each additional inspection or trip costs $75.00, re-inspections cost $75.00, $100.00 and then $150.00, a $5.00 automated building permit fee applies to every permit and certificate, and fees are doubled when work starts before the permit is issued. Building & Code Regulation Division: 2300 Virginia Ave, Fort Pierce (772-462-1553), Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Sign Permit (Unincorporated St. Lucie County)

A business installing a canopy sign or a wall sign in unincorporated St. Lucie County needs a sign permit from the Building & Code Regulation Division. The sign fees in this record are as published on the Building Permit Fees Schedule of Fees (Exhibit A), the schedule the county's Permitting page links as the department's adopted fee schedule: a canopy sign is $125.00 and each additional canopy sign under the same permit $75.00; a nonelectric wall sign is $100.00 and a wall sign with electric $150.00, with the electrical permit charged separately; additional signs under the same permit are $75.00. The schedule lists a plastic face change with no increase in size, nonelectric and needing no engineering, as "No Permit Required". The $5.00 automated building permit fee on the same schedule applies to every permit the Division issues. A sign inside Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce or St. Lucie Village is permitted by that municipality. Building & Code Regulation Division: 2300 Virginia Ave, Fort Pierce (772-462-1553).

Contact

Jurisdiction
St. Lucie County
Phone
772-462-1553

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 Permit Fees Schedule of Fees (Exhibit A)St. Lucie County Planning & Development Services, Building & Code Regulation Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-20
  2. Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-63 (CS/CS/HB 803) — building permits and inspectionsFlorida Department of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-20
  3. PermittingSt. Lucie County Planning & Development Services, Building & Code Regulation Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-20

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