Upon issuance of a Development Order, you and your development team MUST schedule a Pre-construction meeting with the Engineering Division of the Community Development Department. The Pre-construction meeting serves as an opportunity for City Staff, inspectors, contractors and utility company representatives to meet and discuss outstanding issues prior to construction. It also gives the City the opportunity to obtain final documentation and work schedules for the project.

A. Scheduling a Pre-construction Meeting

To schedule a Pre-construction Meeting, the business owner or Engineer of Record MUST contact the Engineering Division of the Community Development Department at least one week prior to the desired meeting date.

Prior to the meeting, you are required to have completed the following:

Secured the necessary permits from all other agencies

Contracted the project; and

Addressed all conditions of the Development Order that are required to be satisfied prior to pre-construction.

You and/or your development team MUST notify your contractors and all franchise utility companies (Florida Power & Light, Bell South, Bright House Network, Peoples Gas) of the date, time, and location of the pre-construction meeting.

1. Who is to attend the Pre-construction Meeting? The engineer of record, the general contractor, and major subcontractors (utilities, paving, landscaping) MUST attend the pre-construction meeting. The business owner is welcome to, but not required to attend. It is recommended that all franchise utility companies have a representative attend the meeting, however it is not required.

2. Issuance of a Development Permit (Plans stamped “Approved for Construction”) After the Pre-construction meeting, if all required documents and conditions have been met, the City will issue you a Development Permit. A Development Permit is a document authorizing the actual construction of the structure detailed on the plans approved by the SDRC. The development permit is valid for one year; therefore the site work MUST commence within 45 days of the Development Permit approval date. The Development Permit does not allow for site development construction that would require other conventional building permits, such as signs, walls, fences, or irrigation systems.

Most importantly, a Development Permit will not be issued without receipt of all required documentation, permits, the engineering inspection fee, and, if applicable, completion of the ABC clearing permit process. The permit is issued contingent upon compliance with the Development Order and Land Development Code. The Department may require the attachment of additional construction contingencies resulting from discussions at the Pre-construction Meeting. For more information see the Community Development Department brochure entitled,

“THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING: A bridge between the Development Order and Development Construction."