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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Sunrise, FL, issued by City of Sunrise - Building Division. The Building Division publishes a Residential Structural Roof / Reroof checklist (REV 5/2025) stating: "This permit is for the installation, replacement, or repair of a roof on a single-family home, townhome, or duplex." The City's permitting page states that permit applications "for work such as re-roofing, interior renovations, fencing, interior plumbing or electrical repairs, AC changeouts, etc., do not have to be evaluated by Planning & Development, and may be submitted directly to the Building Division", and to call the Building Division at (954) 572-2354 if there is any question. The Building Fee Schedule effective 10/01/2025 has its own "Roof / Reroof" line (an application fee of $111.22 and a remaining permit fee of $333.66, "plus $108.38 for each 1,000 SF or fraction thereof over 3,000 SF") and a separate "Reroof Mechanical - Condensate Lines" line; work commenced before permit issuance is charged a "Double Permit Fee". Sunrise is in Broward County, part of the Florida Building Code's 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 countywide Broward County amendments to the Florida Building Code (Section 105.3.1.4.10) require a permit for "The application, construction, or repair of any roof covering, as provided in Chapter 15, for work exceeding fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00)." The City's checklists require the Broward County Uniform Building Permit Application (signed by the qualifier and notarized) with the City of Sunrise Structural Addendum, the HVHZ Uniform Roof Permit Application (Florida Building Code 2023, Section 1525) with its attachments, the Broward County Mandatory Rooftop Mounted Equipment Affidavit ("required by Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals policy number 22-03 for all roofing applications"), product approvals ("Florida Product Approvals or a Miami-Dade County Notice of Acceptance (N.O.A.)") for "any roof covering materials & any products being installed on the roof, such as attic vents and skylights", a Statement of Responsibilities Regarding Asbestos, the HVHZ Required Owner's Notification for Roofing Considerations (Section 1524.1, initialled by the owner and signed by the owner and the contractor), and a recorded Notice of Commencement where values exceed $5,000, due before the first inspection. Where the structure's insured value (or, if uninsured, its tax assessor building value) is $300,000 or more, a Hurricane Mitigation Affidavit is also required; the City's checklist cites Florida Existing Building Code 706.8, under which roof to wall connections are to be improved but "Mandated retrofits of the roof-to-wall connection shall not be required beyond a 15 percent increase in the cost of re-roofing." An owner-builder application requires the Owner Builder Affidavit, completed in person at the Building Division and notarized by City staff. Broward County Code Section 9-30(e)(3) sets a $500.00 citation fine for a state-licensed contractor for "Reroofing a building without a permit". This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Sunrise, Florida, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.