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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Miramar, FL, issued by City of Miramar - Building Division. Broward County's amendments to the Florida Building Code, which "apply countywide in both incorporated and unincorporated areas of Broward County" (Section 101.2), list among the operations for which "Permits shall be required" "The application, construction, or repair of any roof covering, as provided in Chapter 15, for work exceeding fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00)" (Section 105.3.1.4.10). Miramar is in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ), 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 except as otherwise permitted in Section 105 of this code." The state exemption for work under $7,500 does not reach a reroof in Miramar as the Building Division reads it: its page on the new law lists "Structural work (Railings, guards, pool barrier/fences, windows and doors, siding and soffits, roofing, elevated decks are all items with structural requirements and considered structural)" among work for which "A Permit IS STILL REQUIRED". The Building Division publishes a Roofing Application Package. It states that a residential permit "can be issued to Licensed Contractors properly registered in the Building Division, providing all updated licenses & insurances", or to an owner/builder for residential work only with picture ID, proof of ownership and "Verification or confirmation of Homestead Exemption", and that "If a contractor is hired, then the contractor must pull the permit." The package checklist requires the Broward County Uniform Building Permit Application, a permit valuation that includes "total value of work, including materials and labor", the HVHZ Uniform Roofing Permit Application ("Follow the roofing instructions (Roof Section 1525)"), one set of Product Approval or Notice of Acceptance for the roof system, a Broward County Asbestos Certificate, and City affidavits on roof underlayment for shingle and metal roofs, roof-to-wall connection hurricane mitigation, rooftop mounted equipment, homeowners' association awareness and construction debris removal (City Code Section 18-7 requires debris "from demolition work, renovations, re-roofs, and new construction" to be removed by the City's trash vendor, Waste Pro). A recorded Notice of Commencement is required at the first inspection when the contract exceeds $5,000. Applications are filed through the City's online portal; the Building Division's page states that a permit "usually takes approximately 15 business days for residential projects" and that "All building fees are subject to an 8% surcharge." The City's fee schedule charges a permit fee of 1.75% of the cost of construction and states: "Work started without permit shall be double the permit fee." The City's Land Development Code, Section 803.3.2(a), separately states that "Cedar shingle and asphalt shingle roofs are not permitted on any principal residential structure permitted after the effective date of this Code, except for single-family and duplex dwellings located within plats recorded prior to March 1996, or within the unrecorded subdivision of Tropical Valley," and that new roofs in a homeowner or condominium association "may be subject to that association's approval for a different roof material." This record states the 2023 Florida Building Code provisions: that is the single, unified state building code that section 553.72, Florida Statutes, describes as applying to the construction, alteration and repair of buildings in the state, and the edition the Building Division's page says permit applications are reviewed under. Miramar's codified City Code Section 22-26 (Ordinance No. 17-08, 2016) names the Florida Building Code, 2014 Fifth Edition; this directory has not obtained that text, and whether the codified reference has any effect today is not decided here (see adopted_code). This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Miramar, Florida, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.