Building Department

Building Department The Building Department performs 6 major functions: zoning, permitting, plan review, inspections, contractors licensing and code enforcement. The Building Department is responsible for administering and enforcing all building and licensing related laws along with local codes and regulations intended to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and to provide the highest level of customer service. Construction Hours Summer Season May 1-Oct 31 M-F 7:30AM–6:00PM Sat 8:30AM-5:00PM (With Permission) Saturday Work Request Winter Season Nov 1–Apr 30 M-F 8:30AM–5:30PM Sat 8:30AM-1:00PM Upcoming Holidays - No Construction Dates *July 3 & 4 *Sept. 7, 2026 2026 Holiday Schedule Announcements House Bill 803, approved by the Governor and with an effective date of 7/1/2026, will prohibit the Town from using project value to determine permit fees. Project value will still be required and tracked, but will be used only for reporting purposes. The Town of Jupiter Island will now be calculating permit fees using the International Code Council's (ICC) Building Valuation Data Table. This is a listing of average U.S. construction costs per square foot, updated quarterly. Applicants will provide the square footage of their project, and the Town will apply the square footage cost to create an estimate of project cost, then apply a Town-specific multiplier to create the building permit fee. This is a tried and tested method of determining building permit fees across the country. Formulas: New Build: (Square Footage of building)*($225)*(0.016) Alteration: (Square Footage of project)*($176)*(0.016) In addition to the new building permit fees, the Town will itemize the other steps needed for most projects and create separate minor fees for these steps, to ensure compliance. These steps include submittals, zoning, drainage, engineering, design review, fire protection, and floodplain. This approach matches the intent of F.S. 553 by limiting the building permit fee to those Town expenses directly linked with the administration and enforcement of the Florida Building Code. These new "compliance fees" would be calculated on each permit before issuance. Some of these compliance fees would not be required for each type of project (example – zoning will not be a required compliance step for a residential kitchen remodel). All other permit types will be under a flat fee determined by the work being done (see attached Res. No. 953 for further details). As of July 1, 2026, under Section 125.489 of the Florida Statutes, the ban or restriction on the use of gasoline-powered landscape equipment, including leaf blowers, has been lifted.