Building Department
Welcome to the Building Division. The Building Division is a centralized location, housing all of the services relating to building and permitting activity for the City of Palm Beach Gardens.
UPDATE: The City of Palm Beach Gardens recently adopted the Palm Beach County-wide/Municipal Building Permit Application Form. Please click here to link to this fillable form, which replaces the Residential, Commercial, Sub-Permit and Revision permit application forms. Please print this form double-sided.
Please click here for information regarding Palm Beach County's upcoming impact fee changes. Revised fees will go into effect 12:01 am, June 15, 2013.
Insurance Discounts
The Insurance Services Office, Inc., (ISO) evaluated the City of Palm Beach Gardens Building Department. The ISO is an independent statistical, rating and advisory organization that serves the property/casualty insurance industries. Their evaluations grade a building departments’ effectiveness as to building construction regulation. With an evaluation period every five years, the City has an opportunity to continually improve its score, which is shown on a range from 1 to 10 (1 being exemplary). The lower the rating range, the lower the insurance costs can be for residents and business owners with participating insurance companies.
The City’s rating was a 3 for this evaluation period, a rating considered to be in the highest rating category. This advisory material is relayed to insurance companies that subscribe to the ISO rating information. According to the ISO, a listing of subscribing insurers is proprietary, therefore residents and business owners should contact their insurance carrier directly to see if they subscribe and, if so, do they provide any type of discount based on the rating.
Please click here to view the ISO Building Code Effectiveness Grading Classification Report.
Online Permitting System
Click Here to login to or register for the Online Permitting System.
Instructions
Our online permit system is designed to be as user-friendly as possible. If you want to check the status of a permit, you DO NOT need to be a registered user. Simply follow the login link below, click the "Permits Inquiry" button on the left panel, and enter the full permit number. Detailed instructions can be found
here .
To schedule an inspection or pay for a permit, you need to be registered. Click here for new user instructions. If you are already registered, click here for instructions on how to schedule an inspection or pay for a permit.