Plantation, FL Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- Florida Building Code (Broward County), § 5-9
- New residential electrical fee
- 0.40% of RSM/p project cost
- Minimum permit fee
- $95.00
- Plan review fee
- $20 plus $10 per extra sheet-discipline
- No-permit penalty
- $400 or double fee (contractor); double fee (owner)
Summary
Electrical work in Plantation must comply with the Florida Building Code (Broward County), adopted citywide as the building code, and is permitted and priced separately from structural work: new residential electrical is 0.40% of total project cost, with the standard $95 minimum permit fee and a plan-review fee layered on top.
Section 5-9 - Building Codes Adopted: The latest edition of the Florida Building Code, (Broward County), as amended, and such amendments which may be enacted, from time to time, is hereby adopted as the building code of the City. ... Table 5-1 Building Permit Fees: New Construction—Residential: Structural 0.90% of RSM/p; Electrical 0.40% of RSM/p; Plumbing 0.23% of RSM/p; Mechanical 0.16% of RSM/p. Minimum Fee $95.00.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 30 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 5-9 of the Code of Ordinances, Building Codes Adopted, makes the latest edition of the Florida Building Code (Broward County), as amended, the building code of the City of Plantation, and provides that if the state legislature ever enacts a state-wide building code applicable to municipalities, that code becomes the City's building code in its place. The Florida Building Code incorporates the electrical provisions builders and homeowners must follow; Plantation does not maintain a separate local electrical code. 5% above $1,250,000. Every permit is subject to the citywide $95 minimum fee, plus the nonrefundable plan-review fee set by Section 5-6 ($20 plus $10 per additional sheet-discipline after the first sheet), covering one full review cycle of submittal, plan review, and one revision resubmittal.
A separate temporary equipment testing or electric-service fee applies for pre-permanent-power testing, ranging from $100 for spaces up to 2,000 square feet to $400 for spaces over 100,000 square feet.
Violations & Fines
Electrical work performed without a permit falls under Section 5-7's work-without-a-permit provision: a licensed electrical contractor is charged a $400 fee or double the applicable permit fee, whichever is greater, and a property owner who has the work done without a permit is charged double the permit fee. A contractor who completes electrical work but fails to request the required final inspection is barred from obtaining further City permits until a $200 fee is paid and the final inspection is passed.
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