Permits & licenses in Fort Lauderdale.
Permitting in Fort Lauderdale runs on the Florida Building Code — one code, adopted statewide by the Florida Building Commission — enforced by the local building official. Inside a municipal line the city's building department holds the file; outside it the county's does. The code does not change at the boundary. The counter, the portal, and the submittal do.
- The Building Services Division of Fort Lauderdale's Development Services Department handles permitting inside the city, keeps permit records and carries out building inspections.
- Permit applications and fees run through LauderBuild, the city's Accela Citizen Access portal, with digital plan review in the LauderBuild Plan Room.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Fort Lauderdale project.
Fort Lauderdale sits in Broward County · outline drawn from Census boundaries
What we clear here
- Building permits — new construction, fit-outs, renovations
- Trade permits — electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical
- Use & occupancy and the inspections behind it
- Business & contractor licensing
- Signs, site work, and right-of-way
How it moves
Your package is reviewed against the current Fort Lauderdale submission requirements before it's filed — forms, editions, scales, signatures. Then it's tracked in the queue and carried through comments. A resubmittal means the back of the line; the pre-filing review is there to help keep you out of it. The habit comes from volume: the team has processed 400+ permits annually across Maryland, D.C., and Virginia counters.
Straight answers
Who issues building permits in Fort Lauderdale?
City of Fort Lauderdale Building Services Division — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Fort Lauderdale?
Yes — Fort Lauderdale is one of the Florida markets we serve. Call (240) 344-5075, or send the project over, and we'll lay out your project's permits and licenses, in order, with what each review will take.
Talk to a permit specialist
Ten minutes on your project. You leave knowing the approvals it needs, in what order, and what each review will take. Or send the address, scope, and plans and we start from there.