Titusville, FL Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)

Section 6-56 of the Titusville Code of Ordinances, in Chapter 6's Article III on building permits, sets the baseline construction rule for the city: subsection (a) makes it unlawful for any person to construct, alter, repair, remove or demolish, or to commence any of that work on, a building, swimming pool or structure without first obtaining a formal permit from the building official. Subsection (b) adds that no one may occupy or use an addition, alteration, building or structure under a building permit until the building official has inspected and approved it.

Subsection (d) extends the same permit requirement to installing, altering or expanding a mobile or manufactured home. Permits are applied for under Sec. 6-57, in writing, by the owner, lessee or their architect, engineer or builder; applications for permits are limited to licensed contractors under Sec. 6-58, though an owner may act as their own contractor for a one- or two-family residence, or a commercial building under $75,000 in valuation, by personally signing the required owner-builder disclosure. Plans must be sealed by a registered architect or engineer for larger commercial work, structural modifications, and multifamily construction under Sec.

6-60(b). A permit expires if work has not started within six months, and expires outright one year after issuance regardless, though the building official may grant 90-day extensions under the Florida Building Code, per Sec. 6-64. The building official may revoke a permit for illegal issuance, misrepresentation, mistake, breach of conditions, or a zoning violation under Sec. 6-65, and can post a stop-work order with 48 hours to cure once construction starts without a permit under Sec. 6-66. Amendments through Ord. No. 25-2025, § 2, 7-22-25 keep the section current.