Collier County, FL Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Once the building official approves construction documents, Sec. 1 requires the set to be marked, in writing or by stamp, "Reviewed for Code Compliance"; the county keeps one reviewed set, and the other must stay at the job site, open to inspection by the building official or an authorized representative, though a digital copy on-site now satisfies that requirement too. Sec. 3 sets out the foundation inspection: it has to occur after trenches are excavated and forms erected, and within ten calendar days of that inspection the permit holder must submit a spot survey depicting the building's foundation to the authority having jurisdiction.

Where a structure doesn't get a foundation inspection but needs a minimum floor elevation, the spot survey instead becomes due before the certificate of occupancy or completion is issued. That survey has to be prepared and certified by a Florida-registered land surveyor in a form the building official accepts, though the building official can waive the requirement for certain small, non-habitable structures. The county's definitions section, also part of Sec. 22-26, distinguishes a "repair" (restoring or renewing a damaged part) from a "replacement" (removing an entire component and installing a new one) and from "like for like" work (similar use, type, operation and connection), distinctions that determine which permit exemptions and inspection triggers apply to a given repair job.