Permits & licenses in St. Johns County.
Permitting in St. Johns County 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 St. Johns County Building Department permits and inspects construction activity in the county; county filings and permit status run through Building E-Services.
- Inside the city line the City of St. Augustine Planning and Building Department holds the permit and enforces the city's land use codes.
- The city's Historic Architectural Review Board carries architectural review and demolition review in the historic districts, with the Planning and Building Department as staff.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your St. Johns County project.
county seat: St. Augustine
St. Johns County · 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 St. Johns County 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 St. Johns County?
St. Johns County Building Department and City of St. Augustine Planning and Building Department — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in St. Johns County?
Yes — St. Johns County 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.