Permitting Authorities / City of Kissimmee - Building Division
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Kissimmee, FL?
Adopted code
City of Kissimmee - Building Division
Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Kissimmee, FL, issued by City of Kissimmee - Building Division. Re-roofing in Kissimmee is permit work. The City's New Permitting Rules page lists "Windows, exterior doors, siding, and roofing" among the projects that "always need a permit," stating: "If your project involves any of the following, you must apply for a permit, no exceptions." The City's Types of Permits list has a Roof permit type with three categories: "New Roof", "Re-Roof - Repair or tear off of existing roofs" and "Roof Over - Installation of a roof over existing material." Permit applications are filed through the City's online portal; the City asks applicants first to confirm the property is inside the city limits, because "you might be in unincorporated Osceola County, where permitting is handled by the Osceola County Permitting Division." City Code Section 9-121 provides: "If any person commences any work for which a permit is required prior to obtaining said permit, a fine of $100.00 shall be imposed and shall be added to the required permit fee, which shall be doubled." State law makes it "unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or governmental entity to construct, erect, alter, modify, repair, or demolish any building within this state without first obtaining a permit" (section 553.79(1)(a), Florida Statutes).
Roof code checklist: Kissimmee, FL
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Jurisdiction
City of Kissimmee, Florida
Address
101 Church Street, Development Services Center, Kissimmee, FL 34741
Contact
- url: https://www.kissimmee.gov/Business-Development/Permits-Inspections
- phone: 407-518-2379
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
- state_level: Roofing contractor 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," including one-family or two-family residences "for the occupancy or use of such owners and not offered for sale or lease"; this record does not decide whether a particular reader falls within it.
Permit process note
Re-roofing in Kissimmee is permit work. The City's New Permitting Rules page lists "Windows, exterior doors, siding, and roofing" among the projects that "always need a permit," stating: "If your project involves any of the following, you must apply for a permit, no exceptions." The City's Types of Permits list has a Roof permit type with three categories: "New Roof", "Re-Roof - Repair or tear off of existing roofs" and "Roof Over - Installation of a roof over existing material." Permit applications are filed through the City's online portal; the City asks applicants first to confirm the property is inside the city limits, because "you might be in unincorporated Osceola County, where permitting is handled by the Osceola County Permitting Division." City Code Section 9-121 provides: "If any person commences any work for which a permit is required prior to obtaining said permit, a fine of $100.00 shall be imposed and shall be added to the required permit fee, which shall be doubled." State law makes it "unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or governmental entity to construct, erect, alter, modify, repair, or demolish any building within this state without first obtaining a permit" (section 553.79(1)(a), Florida Statutes).
Inspection requirements
Inspections are requested through the City's online permit portal. The City's Request an Inspection page states that approved plans and permits must be "on-site and accessible to the inspector," that inspections usually occur "between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday - Friday, excluding holidays," and that inspections carry no separate fee: "You are only required to pay for any failed or missed inspection before scheduling another inspection." City Code Section 9-119 provides that "Any failure to schedule or miss a required inspection shall result in a fee of $250.00" and that reinspections "due to rejection of the work by the inspector, shall be charged a fee of $67.00."
Adopted code
Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), Residential volume (2021 International Residential Code base), effective December 31, 2023, adopted statewide by the Florida Building Commission under Rule 61G20-1.001, Florida Administrative Code; section 553.73, Florida Statutes, provides that the code and each update "is deemed adopted for use statewide without adoptions by local government." City Code Section 9-251 (Ord. No. 2403, December 18, 2001) provides: "The latest edition of the state building code and reference standards are hereby adopted and binding within the corporate limits of the city and police jurisdictions thereof." The City's Permits and Inspections page states that "The Building Division operates under the current Florida Building Codes as adopted by the State of Florida requirements of Chapter 553, Florida Statutes." The City's own amendments in Section 9-252 (Ord. No. 2858, May 21, 2013) are flood provisions to Building sections 107.6.1, 117.1 and 1612.4.1 and Residential sections R322.2.1 and R322.2.2; none touches the roofing chapters.
Drip edge
Required — Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), section R905.2.8.5 Drip edge: "Provide drip edge at eaves and gables of shingle roofs." The section also requires a minimum 3-inch overlap, that "Drip edge shall be installed over the underlayment," and mechanical fastening at a maximum of 12 inches on center. The requirement is written for shingle roofs. The City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 9, read in full) does not amend it.
About drip edgeIce & water shield
Not required — Not required. The Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023) reads "R905.1.2 Ice barriers. Reserved." and, for asphalt shingles, "R905.2.7 Ice barrier. Reserved." The City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 9, read in full) adds no ice barrier. A self-adhering underlayment may still be used where the code allows it as an underlayment method; it is not prohibited.
About ice & water barrierMid-roof inspection
Required — Florida Building Code, Building, section 110.3 lists a "Roofing inspection" that "Shall at a minimum include the following building components," listed as dry-in, insulation, roof coverings and flashing. The City's Request an Inspection page lists Roofing among the project types that require inspection and states that "All permitted work is required to have approved inspections." The City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 9, read in full) does not change the roofing inspections.
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — Neither the City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 9, read in full, including its Florida Building Code amendments in Section 9-252) nor the Florida Building Code, Residential Chapter 9, Building Chapter 15 or Existing Building Chapter 7 contains a UL 2218 or Class 4 impact requirement for roof coverings in Kissimmee. Florida's shingle wind classes (ASTM D3161, ASTM D7158) are wind ratings, not impact ratings.
Roof layer limit / recover
Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), section R908.3 Recovering versus replacement: "New roof coverings shall not be installed without first removing all existing layers of roof coverings where any of the following conditions occur: 1. Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing. 2. Where the existing roof covering is wood shingle or shake, slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile. 3. Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." A single re-cover over one existing layer is therefore the most the code allows. The City's Types of Permits list includes a "Roof Over" permit for "Installation of a roof over existing material." The City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 9, read in full) states no layer limit of its own and does not amend section R908.3.
Deck & sheathing requirements
Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), section R908.7 Wind mitigation: "When a roof covering on an existing structure with a sawn lumber, wood plank or wood structural panel roof deck is removed and replaced, the following procedures shall be permitted to be performed by the roofing contractor: (a) Roof-decking attachment shall be as required by Section R908.7.1. (b) A secondary water barrier shall be provided as required by Section R908.7.2. Exception: Structures permitted subject to the Florida Building Code are not required to comply with this section." The City's building chapter (City Code Chapter 9, read in full) does not amend these sections.
Sales & use tax
7.5% combined: the 6% Florida state sales and use tax plus Osceola County's 1.5% discretionary sales surtax, which the Florida Department of Revenue's Form DR-15DSS for calendar year 2026 lists in two parts, 1% (effective September 1, 1990, with an expiration date of December 31, 2045) and 0.5% (effective January 1, 2017, with an expiration date of December 31, 2036). The City of Kissimmee levies no separate sales tax. Under Rule 12A-1.051, Florida Administrative Code, "Roofing work" is a real property contract, and "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"; such contractors "should charge no tax to their customers, regardless of whether they itemize charges for materials and labor in their proposals or invoices." The rule's definition of a real property contract covers work to "Erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain" a building, so repairs and full replacements are treated alike.
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The Building Division of the City of Kissimmee, in Osceola County, which enforces the Florida Building Code inside the city limits. It issues building permits, including re-roof and roof-over permits, through the City's online permit portal, and inspects permitted work. Properties with a Kissimmee mailing address outside the city limits are permitted by Osceola County.
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