All items listed on the attached Checklist must be submitted with your completed application. Your application cannot be processed if any one of the items listed is incomplete or missing. An application for any proposed work becomes void if not picked up within 6 months.

There is a non-refundable application fee to be paid at the time your application is submitted. This fee will be credited toward the cost of your permit, if the application is approved. Many of the forms required to be submitted with this permit application are required to be notarized. Notary services are available in our office for an additional fee. The notary fees are non-refundable and are not credited toward the cost of your permit.

You may be required to pay an impact fee when the permit is issued. An impact fee is a one-time assessment placed on all new development or construction.

The Hernando County Development Department does not enforce deed restrictions. It is the owner/contractor’s responsibility to verify any deed restrictions that may apply to the property. Copies of your deed restrictions may be obtained from the Hernando County Recording Office.

If the valuation of the job is $2,500 or more, a NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT (NOC) must be recorded at the Hernando County Recording Office and posted on the job site. A certified copy of the recorded NOC must be mailed, faxed, or hand delivered to the Development Department prior to the 2^nd inspection. Please read the important information on the Construction Lien Law included with this packet.

A list of required inspections will be given to you when your permit is issued. It is the contractor’s (owner/builder’s) responsibility to ensure that all required inspections are made prior to proceeding with work on projects. Upon issuance of your permit, work must begin within 6 months. If work is not begun within 6 months from permit issuance, or work is suspended or abandoned for a period of 6 months, your permit will become invalid and will be void. Be advised that lack of inspection activity for a 6 month period is considered suspension or abandonment of the permitted work.

Thirty days after the last final inspection has been completed, inspectors will make a site inspection for compliance of right-of-way sod, final driveway, and landscape requirements.

A valid permit may be extended past the 6 month time frame if an extension is requested in writing and justifiable cause has been demonstrated. Additional fees apply for an extension of the permit. Invalid (void) permits must be reactivated before work may continue under the permit. Additional fees apply for reactivating a permit. A building permit is only valid for a period of 2 years from date of issuance. Any permit not finaled or voided within 2 years is expired. Construction work not completed pursuant to an expired permit shall be re-permitted, and additional fees will apply.

The following items are required to be submitted with your building permit application:

Hernando County currently has two additional flood studies that are being implemented. If your property is within one of these studies, additional documents from a surveyor may be required.

As of January 1, 2000, two (2) elevation certificates are required for the construction of a single family residence. The first elevation certification is required during construction, and may be an elevation certificate or a certified letter signed and sealed by a land surveyor or engineer. The second elevation certification is due when construction is finished and must be an elevation certificate.

To ensure that the home meets the required elevation, we will continue to place a hold on the proper inspection at the time the plans are reviewed. This hold will be removed upon receipt of the first elevation certification. Also upon receipt of the first elevation certification, the Certificate of Occupancy will be placed on hold and will not be released until the second elevation certificate for finished construction is received.

• Foundation Plan
  • Footing location and size with reinforcement steel location and size
  • Shear wall location and size - (indicate //////////)
  • "Tie-down" fastener location - manufacturer and model number or product code
• Floor framing plan (wood frame floor system only)
  • Floor joist or floor truss location and size
  • Sill plate location and size
  • Blocking location
• Floor plan
  • Shear wall (segments) location and size (indicate //////////)
  • Ceiling diaphragm location
• Elevations (all sides required)
  • Finished grade to eave height
  • Floor to ceiling height
  • Floor to roof peak height
  • Finished grade to stem wall height (if applicable)
  • Roof pitch
  • Eave projection length at sidewalls and gable end walls (if applicable)
  • Indicate balloon frame gable or gable end truss (if applicable)
• Wall Sections/Details
  • Typical wall sections for each continuous load path from foundation through roof
  • Header size over openings
  • Fasteners - Manufacturer and model number or product code, nailing patterns, embedment depth, etc.
  • Diaphragm connection with end wall and sidewall
  • Column details (if applicable)
• Roof framing plan
  • Bearing walls and girders
  • Calculated uplift loads
  • Diaphragm, blocking, and bracing locations and sizes