Permitting Authorities / City of Coral Gables - Building Division
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Coral Gables, FL?
Adopted codeCity of Coral Gables - Building Division
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Coral Gables, FL, issued by City of Coral Gables - Building Division. Re-roofing in Coral Gables is permit work. The Development Services Department's Permit Requirements guide has a section for "ROOFS (NEW OR RE-ROOF)" that tells applicants to apply for "FBC Residential - Roofing" and to provide drawings with a site plan, roof plan and exterior elevations, color photographs of the existing roof and the front of the structure, the specifications and color of the roof material, a "Notice of Acceptance (NOA)/Product Approval for each Roof Component by the State of Florida or Miami-Dade County," the "High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) Roof Permit Application Forms Sections A-E Latest Edition," the Owner's Affidavit of Exemption form and the "Required Owners Notification for Roofing Considerations Form." Its listed approvals include the City Architect or Board of Architects and, where applicable, historical review. Coral Gables is in Miami-Dade County, part of the Florida Building Code's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, where Florida Building Code, Building, Section 1512.3 states: "Permits within the HVHZ shall be required for all work in connection with the application, repair or maintenance of any roofing component or any roofing assembly and/or any of its components." All plan submittals and permit applications are filed electronically through the City's Citizen Self Service portal; the City's Same Day Permit Program lists roofing among eligible residential projects, with applications whose initial fees are paid before 8 a.m. reviewed the same day. The City's fee schedule charges work commenced without a permit "$152.25 plus a double permit fee" on a first offense.
Roof code checklist: Coral Gables, FL
| Item | Answer | Code cite | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permit to replace a roof | Yes | 04-18-2025-FINAL-IH----PERMIT-REQ... | 2026-10-16 | |
| Repair permit threshold | Not published | |||
| Layer limit / roof-over | Published | codes.iccsafe.org | 2026-10-16 | |
| Deck & sheathing | Published | codes.iccsafe.org | 2026-10-16 | |
| Drip edge | Yes | codes.iccsafe.org | 2026-10-16 | |
| Ice & water shield | No | R905.1.2 | codes.iccsafe.org | 2026-10-16 |
| Mid-roof inspection | Yes | Sec. 1512.4.1 | 04-18-2025-FINAL-IH----PERMIT-REQ... | 2026-10-16 |
| Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofing | Not published | |||
| Wind design criteria | Published | codes.iccsafe.org | 2026-10-16 | |
| Adopted code | Published | Sec. 105-26 | library.municode.com | 2026-10-16 |
| Contractor license / registration | Yes | leg.state.fl.us | 2026-10-16 | |
| Sales & use tax | Published | dr15dss_26.pdf | 2026-10-16 |
Each row comes from the sourced record on this page; full wording is in the table below. "Not published" means no official source for that item was found when the record was last verified.
Jurisdiction
City of Coral Gables, Florida
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
427 Biltmore Way, 1st Floor, Coral Gables, FL 33134
Contact
- url: https://www.coralgables.com/department/development-services
- phone: 305-460-5245
Permit portal
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
- state_level: Roofing is a separately licensed trade in Florida. Section 489.105(3)(e), Florida Statutes, defines a "Roofing contractor" as "a contractor whose services are unlimited in the roofing trade"; section 489.113(2) states that a person "must be certified or registered in order to engage in the business of contracting in this state." A state-certified contractor may work anywhere in Florida; under section 489.117(1)(b), "Registration allows the registrant to engage in contracting only in the counties, municipalities, or development districts where he or she has complied with all local licensing requirements, if any, and only for the type of work covered by the registration." Section 489.103(7) contains an owner-builder exemption for "Owners of property when acting as their own contractor and providing direct, onsite supervision themselves of all work not performed by licensed contractors"; this record does not decide whether a particular reader falls within it.
- county_level: Miami-Dade County Code section 10-3 makes it unlawful to act as a contractor "within the incorporated or unincorporated areas of the County, without having made application for and there having been issued a current valid certificate of competency or eligibility for the type of work done" from the State's Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board, the State's Florida Electrical Contractor's Licensing Board, or "The County's Construction Trades Qualifying Board." It adds: "Holders of County certificates must also be registered with the State in accordance with Section 489.115 or Section 489.513, Florida Statutes."
- city_level: The Development Services FAQ explains that a contractor registers with the City by creating an account in the Citizen Self-Service (CSS) Portal and uploading, under Contractor Credentials and Insurances, the City's Contractor Registration Form, the contractor license, a certificate of liability insurance, and a workers' compensation insurance certificate or exemption form. Under the City's design-signature requirements, plans prepared by a contractor carry the qualifying agent's "Miami-Dade County or State of Florida Certificate of Competency number." The City's Business Tax Receipt is a general business tax, not a contractor credential.
Permit process note
Re-roofing in Coral Gables is permit work. The Development Services Department's Permit Requirements guide has a section for "ROOFS (NEW OR RE-ROOF)" that tells applicants to apply for "FBC Residential - Roofing" and to provide drawings with a site plan, roof plan and exterior elevations, color photographs of the existing roof and the front of the structure, the specifications and color of the roof material, a "Notice of Acceptance (NOA)/Product Approval for each Roof Component by the State of Florida or Miami-Dade County," the "High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) Roof Permit Application Forms Sections A-E Latest Edition," the Owner's Affidavit of Exemption form and the "Required Owners Notification for Roofing Considerations Form." Its listed approvals include the City Architect or Board of Architects and, where applicable, historical review. Coral Gables is in Miami-Dade County, part of the Florida Building Code's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, where Florida Building Code, Building, Section 1512.3 states: "Permits within the HVHZ shall be required for all work in connection with the application, repair or maintenance of any roofing component or any roofing assembly and/or any of its components." All plan submittals and permit applications are filed electronically through the City's Citizen Self Service portal; the City's Same Day Permit Program lists roofing among eligible residential projects, with applications whose initial fees are paid before 8 a.m. reviewed the same day. The City's fee schedule charges work commenced without a permit "$152.25 plus a double permit fee" on a first offense.
Inspection requirements
The required inspections for a permit appear in its record in the City's Citizen Self Service portal once the reviewer has set up the permit. For roofs the Permit Requirements guide lists lightweight concrete installation, mopping, uplift test, tiles or shingles placing and tin caps, then final historical (where applicable), final public works and final building inspections. For adhesive-set and mortar-set tile, Florida Building Code, Building, Section 1512.4.2.4 requires a TAS 106 field verification and static uplift test before the final inspection. The City posts the Miami-Dade County Affidavit of Compliance with Roof Decking Attachment and Secondary Water Barrier, in which the qualifying agent certifies the deck attachment and secondary water barrier under Existing Building Sections 706.7.1.1 or 706.7.1.2 and 706.7.2.
Adopted code
Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), effective December 31, 2023 (Rule 61G20-1.001, F.A.C.), including its High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) provisions, which apply in Miami-Dade County. City Code section 105-26 provides: "The state building code together with all local amendments thereto is hereby adopted by reference." Miami-Dade County Code section 8-1 makes the Florida Building Code, with the County's administrative, enforcement and product approval provisions and its local amendments, "the building code for both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County," and section 8-2(a) adopts "The High Velocity Hurricane Zone roofing requirements with accompanying Roofing Application Standards (RAS) (Florida Building Code Sec. 1512.2)." The County's local technical amendments (section 8-31) reach plumbing, residential plumbing and a pool electrical provision, and its administrative amendment (section 8-32) concerns the floodplain administrator; none reaches the roofing sections. The City's Building Standards article (Code Chapter 105, Article II, read in full) contains no roofing amendment. Because Coral Gables is in the HVHZ, roofing on houses follows Florida Building Code, Building, Sections 1512 through 1525 rather than Chapter 9 of the Residential volume, whose Section R901.1 states: "Exception: Buildings and structures located within the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 44."
Drip edge
Required — In the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, Florida Building Code, Building, Section 1518.7.3.4 requires for asphalt shingle roofs that "All perimeter termination and valleys shall be fabricated from metal", and Section 1518.7.3.3 states that "Shingles shall not extend more than 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) beyond the eave and rake drip." Section 1517.6.2.1 sets the drip edge profile: "The vertical face shall be a minimum of 1 1/2 inches (38 mm) and shall extend down not less than 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) below the sheathing or other member immediately contiguous thereto. In all cases, the deck flange shall be not less than 2 inches (51 mm) in width." Neither Miami-Dade County's local amendments (County Code sections 8-31 and 8-32) nor the City's Code Chapter 105 amends these sections. About drip edge
Ice & water shield
Not required — Florida's residential code reserves the ice-barrier section ("R905.1.2 Ice barriers. Reserved."), and the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone roofing sections that apply in Coral Gables (Florida Building Code, Building, Sections 1512 through 1525) contain no ice-barrier requirement. Neither Miami-Dade County's local amendments (County Code sections 8-31 and 8-32) nor the City's Code Chapter 105 adds one. About ice & water barrier
Mid-roof inspection
Required — The City's Permit Requirements guide lists the required roof inspections, where applicable, as "Lightweight Concrete Installation," "Mopping," "Uplift Test," "Tiles or Shingles Placing" and "Tin Caps," followed by final inspections. Florida Building Code, Building, Section 1512.4.1 (High-Velocity Hurricane Zone) states that "All roofing work for which a permit is required shall be inspected by the building official"; for shingle, tile and other discontinuous roofs the in-progress inspections include "During or after application of the base sheet, anchor sheet or underlayment of any roofing system" (1512.4.2.1) and "During the installation of any prepared roof covering, such as shingles, tiles, slates, shakes and similar" (1512.4.2.3).
Wind design criteria
Coral Gables is in Miami-Dade County, which the Florida Building Code defines as part of the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone ("This zone consists of Broward and Miami-Dade counties."). Florida Building Code, Building, Section 1620.2 sets the wind velocity (3-second gust) used in structural calculations for Miami-Dade County at 165 mph for Risk Category I, 175 mph for Risk Category II, 186 mph for Risk Category III and 195 mph for Risk Category IV buildings and structures, and Section 1620.3 states: "All buildings and structures shall be considered to be in Exposure Category C, unless Exposure Category D applies, as defined in Section 26.7 of ASCE 7." For roofing, Section 1512.3.2 provides: "The HVHZ Uniform Roofing Permit Application shall include calculations in accordance with Chapter 16 (High-Velocity Hurricane Zones) of this code, unless the roofing assembly is less than the height/pressure threshold allowed in the applicable protocols herein." Section 1518.7.2 limits asphalt shingles "to a roof mean height of 33 feet (10 m), unless otherwise specifically noted in the product approval." The City's roof permit checklist calls for the HVHZ Roof Permit Application Forms, Sections A through E, with Sections C and D chosen by roof system.
Roof layer limit / recover
Coral Gables is in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, where reroofing follows Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), Building, Section 1521 rather than the Residential code's reroofing section. Miami-Dade County's local amendments (County Code sections 8-31 and 8-32) and the City's Code Chapter 105, Article II, all read, amend nothing in Section 1521. Section 1521.9: "One additional roofing system may be applied over an original roofing assembly, providing the existing roofing assembly complies with the requirements of Section 1521." Section 1521.17: "Asphalt shingle assemblies may be applied over one existing layer of asphalt shingles having not more than 1/8-inch (3.2 mm) difference in level in the existing shingle material." Section 1521.16: "No recover application shall take place over existing wood shingles, shakes, slate, tile or metal shingles." Section 1521.19: "Roof coverings or roofing components, such as tile, slate or similar, shall not be applied over an existing roofing system."
Deck & sheathing requirements
High-Velocity Hurricane Zone rules (Florida Building Code, Building): "All roofing systems and prepared roof coverings shall be installed over solid decks, unless otherwise specifically allowed in other sections of this code" (1515.2.1). On a reroof, "A roofing system shall not be applied over an existing roof or over an existing roof deck where the roof sheathing has not been fastened in compliance with this code or where the roof sheathing will not permit effective fastening or where sheathing is water soaked or deteriorated so that effective attachment is not possible. All areas of deteriorated sheathing shall be removed and replaced. The building official shall not be required to inspect the renailing of the sheathing under this section." (1521.5). For houses built before the Florida Building Code, Florida Building Code, Existing Building, Section 706.7 applies when a roof covering on a wood deck is removed and replaced: "Roof-decking attachment shall be as required by Section 706.7.1" and "A secondary water barrier shall be provided as required by Section 706.7.2", with the exception that "Structures permitted subject to the Florida Building Code are not required to comply with this section." The Miami-Dade County Required Owners Notification for Roofing Considerations, which the City requires with a roof permit, warns: "When replacing roofing, the existing wood roof deck may have to be renailed in accordance with the current provisions of Chapter 16 (High Velocity Hurricane Zones) of the Florida Building Code."
Sales & use tax
7% combined: the 6% Florida state sales and use tax plus Miami-Dade County's 1% discretionary sales surtax, which Florida Department of Revenue Form DR-15DSS for Calendar Year 2026 lists as two 0.5% surtaxes effective January 1, 1992 and January 1, 2003, each with no expiration date. For roofing, Rule 12A-1.051, F.A.C., lists "Roofing work" among real property contracts and states that "Contractors are the ultimate consumers of materials and supplies they use to perform real property contracts and must pay tax on their costs of those materials and supplies, unless the contractor has entered a retail sale plus installation contract", and that such contractors "should charge no tax to their customers". Repairs and full replacements are treated alike.
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Related guides
The Building Division of the City of Coral Gables Development Services Department, which is in charge of the permitting process and Florida Building Code plan review and inspections in the City. It issues building permits, including residential roofing permits, through the City's Citizen Self Service online portal.
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Sources
- coralgables.com verified 2026-10-16
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- coralgables.com verified 2026-10-16
- leg.state.fl.us verified 2026-10-16
- library.municode.com verified 2026-10-16
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- library.municode.com verified 2026-10-16
- codes.iccsafe.org verified 2026-10-16
- floridarevenue.com verified 2026-10-16
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