The City of Palm Coast has issued an update regarding blower door test requirements:

Permits submitted on or after July 1, 2017, require the blower test form to be submitted before the certificate of occupancy will be issued.

The Blower Door Test form can be found on the city website under permitting application documents and Plan Review and Inspection Information.

A passing result must be 7ACH  (50) or less.

View Test Form on City Website

The City of Orlando has issued an update regarding the second-floor renovations of city hall:

Beginning Monday, February 19, 2018, the second floor of City Hall will be closed for renovations. During this time, there will be no access into City Hall through the second floor bridge.

When coming from the City Commons parking garage, you may access the main entrance of City Hall in one of two ways:

1. Take the garage elevator down to the first floor, where you will cross over Boone Avenue and enter City Hall through the first floor main entrance, located along Orange Avenue.

2. Cross over the bridge located in the northeast corner of the City Commons garage on the third floor. Take the CNL escalator or elevator to the first floor for entrance into City Hall.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue through the renovation process. If you have any questions or concerns, please call 407.246.2121, or visit cityoforlando.net/blog/city-hall-construction-on-2nd-floor/.

Seminole County has posted a notice regarding system downtime:

The Seminole County ePlan Review System will be down all weekend beginning at 6PM this evening until Sunday evening at 6PM in order to facilitate the installation of new equipment.

Please log out at your earliest opportunity to avoid the loss of any of your work.

Thank you for your attention to this notice.

Seminole County ePlan Review System Administrators

The city of Orlando has issued an update on its Renovations and Permitting Processes:

The City of Orlando is implementing a number of changes to our permitting process and digital systems to improve the customer service experience over the long-term.

As we have converted a number of our digital services to new platforms, many technical challenges have arisen, causing frustration for both customers and the Permitting Services team. We are working diligently with our vendors to remedy the pain points within our system in order to ensure we are providing the caliber of customer service you have come to expect.

The new system is designed to grow with us over time, providing us the opportunity to continually make customer service enhancements. In the weeks and months to come, you will receive email notifications that will provide important updates regarding permitting services, changes in processes and maintenance to our digital services platforms, and other general updates as we continue to improve our systems. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please click the unsubscribe link below. We hope you will choose to continue to receive the updates. We’re changing and we want to keep you informed as we do.

Please see below for helpful tips and updates.

Thank you for your continued patience as we work to improve our customer experience. We look forward to working with you to move your projects forward.

Best Regards,

Brooke R. Bonnett
Economic Development Director

Lillian Scott-Payne
Permitting Services Division Manager

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Renovations.

City Hall is undergoing renovations which will impact access to the building from the parking garage. As information becomes available, we will share it with you so that you are better able to plan your visit to City Hall once construction begins in February.

An update from Manatee County regarding their transition to new online services:

• All current permitting systems, in office and online, will be unavailable beginning Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at 12:00 pm.
• On February 27, 2018, you will be able to create your new online services account.
• Effective February 27, 2018, Permit Fee and State Fee will be required to be paid in full at the time of permit submission.
• For businesses that have agents doing business on their behalf, each agent will be required to have their own online service account. Once you agent has created an account, you can then list them as a delegate in your account settings.
• We will provide instructor-led training, along with instructional videos and quick reference guides to support all customers during this transition. Information on this will be available in the near future.