Areas We Serve
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Sarasota Permits works exclusively in Sarasota County and the City of Sarasota, Florida. That focus matters because permit rules, submittal portals, fee schedules and review timelines differ from one jurisdiction to the next, and even between departments within the same building department. What moves an application forward in unincorporated Sarasota County does not always move it forward at the City of Sarasota's Development Services counter, and the reverse is equally true.
Because this is the only area we work in, we know both jurisdictions in detail: the forms each one requires, the way each one routes applications through plan review, and the points in the process where applications most often stall. That local knowledge is what we bring to every file, whether it is a new permit application, an open permit that never got closed, or an after-the-fact permit for work that was done without a permit and is now holding up a real estate closing.
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Communities We Serve in Sarasota County
Sarasota County
- Sarasota
City of Sarasota and unincorporated Sarasota County
- Siesta Key
- Palmer Ranch
- Gulf Gate
- Fruitville
- Bee Ridge
- The Meadows
- Osprey
- Nokomis
Sarasota County encompasses a large stretch of Southwest Florida, from the barrier islands on the Gulf Coast to the inland communities east of I-75. The City of Sarasota sits within that county but operates its own building department with its own procedures. A property's address determines which jurisdiction handles its permits, and that distinction affects everything from who reviews the plans to how inspections are scheduled and how a permit gets closed out.
We work with homeowners, licensed contractors, real estate agents, buyers and sellers across both jurisdictions. The work is the same regardless of who the client is: prepare the application correctly, submit it to the right place, track it through review, respond to comments, and follow it through to a closed permit with a recorded final inspection.
If your property is in Sarasota County or the City of Sarasota and you have a permit question, a permit problem, or a permit that needs to get done, this is what we handle. Open permits flagged during a title search, expired permits from work completed years ago, after-the-fact permits for additions or alterations done without pulling a permit in the first place: all of these situations go through the same building department channels as a new permit application, and all of them require someone who knows how to move a file through the process.
We do not do construction work and we do not offer design services. What we do is manage the permit side of your project or transaction from start to finish. If you are unsure whether your property falls within our service area, call us at 888-825-7696 or send an email to hello@sarasotapermits.com and we will let you know right away.