Building Permit Fees in Edgewater, FL (2026)

In Edgewater, a $50,000 kitchen remodel runs about $450.00 in permit fees, a $15,000 re-roof about $115.10, an $8,000 HVAC change-out about $120.60, a $12,000 electrical panel upgrade or rewire about $96.40, an $8,000 whole-house repipe about $174.50, and a new $350,000 single-family home about $2,643.75. Totals include the documented surcharges and minimum fees, with unit-priced trades assuming a typical job scope — pick a project to load it in the calculator below.

Covers building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical/HVAC, and roofing permits. Fees from Resolution 2025-R-27 (Fee Schedule, effective 10/1/2025), last verified July 21, 2026.

Fee details

Every documented rule for each permit type, straight from the official schedule. The calculator below uses the default rule; variants are listed for reference.

Standard (valuation-based)
$75.00 plus 0.65% of job value, minimum $75.00
Door/Window/Garage Door Change-out
$75.00 for the first 1 door/window/garage door unit, plus $4.00 per door/window/garage door unit
Fence
$75.00 plus 0.6% of job value
Interior Demolition (nonstructural)
$100.00 flat
Minor Structures
$100.00 flat
Residential (1–2 family) — Demolition
$200.00 flat
Residential (1–2 family) — Mobile/Manufactured Home Hook-Up
$450.00 flat
Residential (1–2 family) — Swimming Pool
$250.00 flat
Commercial / 3+ units — Demolition
$400.00 flat
Commercial / 3+ units — Swimming Pool
$100.00 plus 0.65% of job value
Building Permit Surcharge (Statutory, F.S. 553.721 / 468.631)
2.5% of the permit fee, minimum $4.00
Technology Surcharge
10% of the permit fee
Building Permit Application Fee (Commercial) (credited toward permit fee)
$400.00
Building Permit Application Fee (Residential) (credited toward permit fee)
$100.00
Source

Resolution 2025-R-27 (Fee Schedule, effective 10/1/2025)

Schedule effective October 1, 2025. Last verified: July 21, 2026

Fee calculator

Pick a permit type and adjust the job value. Total updates instantly, itemized below.

Permit type
Project type
Kind of work

Fees in Edgewater are the same either way.

Rate type
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$2,500$500,000
Estimated building permit fee
$450.00
Building permit fee$400.00
$75.00 plus 0.65% of job value, minimum $75.00
Building Permit Surcharge (Statutory, F.S. 553.721 / 468.631)$10.00
Source: 'Building Permit Surcharge Fee is 2.5% of the total building permit fees...charged on all building permits, i.e., building, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, etc. with a minimum charge of $4.00. One and one-half percent of the fee is provided to...(DBPR) and one percent...to...(FBC). F.S.553.721, F.S. 468.631.' Loaded as ONE combined 2.5%/$4-min line exactly as the source prints it (not split into two separate $2-min lines) since the source states a single combined rate and minimum. Applies To Permit Types left blank (=all) per source's 'all building permits...etc.' language, which reasonably includes roofing as a building sub-permit.
Building Permit Application Fee (Residential) (not added to total)$100.00
Non-refundable application fee, credited toward the permit fee at issuance (source: "non-refundable, credited to permit at issuance"). Credited deposits are informational, excluded from the total (Ocoee precedent). Added 2026-07-21 review.
Technology Surcharge$40.00
Source: 'Technology Surcharge - All Permit Types: 10% of permit fee.' Listed under mandatory Administrative Fees alongside the Building Permit Surcharge, with no 'optional' qualifier, so loaded as non-optional. Applies To Permit Types left blank (=all) per the source's explicit 'All Permit Types' label.
Total estimate$450.00

Building valuation is the higher of the actual contract/construction value or the value per the current edition of the ICC Building Valuation Data Table (published in the Building Safety Journal by the International Code Council).

Estimate only. Confirm with the Edgewater building department before applying.

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