If your Fort Myers property has permits that were pulled but never finalized and have since lapsed, Palma Building Solutions resolves it: we pull the Lee County record, confirm exactly what you're dealing with, and coordinate reactivating or re-permitting the work, completing the missing inspections, and reaching final sign-off - through a network of independently licensed Florida engineers and contractors.
Enter the address. We pull Lee County property and permit records and flag unpermitted work in seconds.
Work inside the City of Fort Myers is permitted by the city's Building, Permitting & Inspections division, while unincorporated Lee County (and neighbors like Cape Coral) run through Lee County's Department of Community Development and its Accela Citizen Access portal - so the first step is confirming which authority holds your record. Both adopt the Florida Building Code and, under Florida Statute 553.791, let a licensed private provider handle plan review and inspections in place of staff. After Hurricane Ian's 2022 permit surge, Lee County has largely cleared the backlog, with typical residential reviews now running a few weeks.
Southwest Florida is hurricane-exposed and heavily flood-zoned. Much of the region sits in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, some remapped after Ian, so base-flood elevation and the cumulative 50%-of-value 'substantial improvement' rule frequently reshape repairs and renovations, and the wind-borne debris region drives opening-protection and product-approval requirements. Post-storm work is exactly where open permits, expired permits, and unpermitted repairs pile up, and where Palma's coordination keeps a project moving to a clean closeout.
Palma pulls the Lee County record, confirms the exact issue, and coordinates the fix - reactivating or re-permitting the work, completing the missing inspections, and reaching final sign-off - through licensed Florida pros, from first call to final sign-off. Start with a free property check.
No. Palma Building Solutions is a permitting and project-coordination company. The engineering and construction are performed by a vetted network of independently licensed Florida professionals.
Official links to verify Lee County requirements yourself.
Recent local context on permitting and growth in Lee County.
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