Plantation, FL Hurricane Preparedness: Hurricane Shutters (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit category
- Miscellaneous Permits, storm shutters, Table 5-1
- Permit fee
- 1.75% of RSM/s subcontract cost
- Minimum fee
- $95.00 citywide floor
- Governing standard
- Florida Building Code (Broward County), § 5-9
- No-permit penalty
- $400 or double fee (contractor); double fee (owner)
Summary
Plantation treats storm shutters as a permitted building improvement, not a self-install item: installation falls under the Miscellaneous Permits line of the City's Table 5-1 fee schedule at 1.75% of project cost, subject to a $95 minimum, and the work itself must meet the Florida Building Code (Broward County) adopted as the City's building code.
Table 5-1 Building Permit Fees ... Miscellaneous Permits: (i.e., concrete slabs, paver patios, pool decks, screens enclosures, fences, shed, windows, doors, storm shutters, gazebos, garage doors, driveways, retaining walls, seawalls, dumpster/compactor enclosures, awnings, raising mechanical equipment (as part of roof replacement), etc.) 1.75% of RSM/s. Except as noted by a fixed flat fee less than ninety-five dollars ($95.00), the minimum permit fee shall be ninety-five dollars ($95.00). 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.
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 from time to time, the building code of the City of Plantation; any state-wide building code the legislature later imposes on municipalities would likewise become the City's code. That adoption is what sets the technical wind-load and opening-protection requirements a shutter installation must satisfy, since Plantation's own code does not restate FBC engineering standards separately. 75% of the RSM/s subcontract-cost calculation described in Section 5-5, with the citywide minimum permit fee of $95 applying if that percentage computes lower.
Before that fee is charged, Section 5-6 requires plans and specifications to go through the Building Department's review cycle: submittal, plan review, and if needed a revision resubmittal and a second review, each carrying its own nonrefundable review fee starting at $20 plus $10 per additional sheet-discipline. A homeowner or contractor who installs shutters without first pulling the permit is exposed under Section 5-7's 'Work without a Permit' provision: a licensed contractor is charged a $400 fee or double the permit fee, whichever is greater, and an owner who proceeds without a permit is charged double the permit fee outright.
Violations & Fines
Installing storm shutters, jalousies, or similar opening-protection hardware without first obtaining a building permit triggers the Work-Without-a-Permit charge in Section 5-7: a licensed contractor owes $400 or double the normal permit fee, whichever is greater, and a property owner who does the work owes double the permit fee. A contractor who fails to request the final inspection once the shutter work is complete becomes ineligible for further City permits until paying a $200 fee and passing that final inspection.
Frequently Asked Questions
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