Palm Beach County
Demolition in Palm Beach County, town by town
A Juno Beach oceanfront lot, a Flamingo Park bungalow and a Belle Glade block house share a county and almost nothing else. The permit office, the paperwork and the ground change at every line. Here is what we have found for each.
- West Palm BeachEvery demolition application in West Palm Beach goes to Historic Preservation for approval, inside a historic district or not. Inside one of the city’s districts, even a non-contributing building needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Board, filed two months before the meeting. That review, not the excavator, sets the start.Demolition in West Palm Beach →
- Boca RatonThree water-side lines have to be closed in Boca Raton before a building comes down, and the third catches people out: reclaimed water. City Utility Services takes a Preliminary Demolition Form covering sewer cap-off, water disconnect and the reclaimed line, on top of the FPL and Florida Public Utilities letters the building checklist demands.Demolition in Boca Raton →
- Palm Beach (the Town)From the Monday before Thanksgiving through March 31, the Town of Palm Beach issues no demolition permits and allows no demolition of structures. Jackhammers and similar equipment stay off until after May 1. On the island, a teardown is planned around the calendar first, then the bond, the neighbor notices and the screening.Demolition in Palm Beach (the Town) →
- JupiterJupiter publishes no demolition checklist, so the Town Building Department sets the list at intake. What it does post is an asbestos form and a pointer to Section 13-114, the Hours of Construction ordinance, which limits when demolition can run. Both shape a teardown along the Loxahatchee before any price is final.Demolition in Jupiter →
- Delray BeachInside a Delray Beach historic district, a building cannot come down until the permit for what replaces it has been issued. That rule, from the city’s preservation FAQ, sits on top of Historic Preservation Board review for any demolition in a district, whether the building contributes to the district or not.Demolition in Delray Beach →
- Boynton BeachBoynton Beach labels its Asbestos Notification Statement as required for all demolitions and renovations, so even a small single-family teardown starts with an asbestos file at the Building Division. The form points applicants to the Palm Beach County Health Department, which takes written notice at least 10 working days before regulated demolition.Demolition in Boynton Beach →
- Palm Beach GardensDigitally signed and sealed demolition plans are required in Palm Beach Gardens, even for a single house, and the residential guide lets the plan reviewer ask for an HOA approval letter. A design professional’s seal and an association’s consent both take outside parties, so those are the two items we start first.Demolition in Palm Beach Gardens →
- WellingtonIn Wellington, even the dumpster needs a Village permit. Any company running construction and demolition roll-offs there must hold a Roll-Off Construction and Debris Hauling permit, cannot deliver or collect before 7 a.m. or after 6 p.m. near homes, and may dump only at Solid Waste Authority facilities.Demolition in Wellington →
- Lake Worth BeachLake Worth Beach has six local historic districts, from College Park to South Palm Park, and inside any of them the Certificate of Appropriateness comes before the building permit. The city’s Historic Preservation office reviews those certificates for demolitions, so the first filing on a teardown here is a preservation one.Demolition in Lake Worth Beach →
- Unincorporated Palm Beach CountyOutside city limits, a Palm Beach County inspector will not sign off on a demolition start until the pool bottom is broken out and filled, or the pool is removed, and the septic tank is removed or abandoned. Both checks are written into county policy PB-O-110, which governs demolition from The Acreage to Canal Point.Demolition in Unincorporated Palm Beach County →
- Riviera Beach and Singer IslandRiviera Beach runs from the Port of Palm Beach across the lagoon to most of Singer Island, so one Building Services Division permits both mainland teardowns and oceanfront towers. Its Building Official doubles as the city’s Floodplain Manager. No demolition checklist is posted online, which makes the Permit Center the first call.Demolition in Riviera Beach and Singer Island →
- Royal Palm BeachNo vegetation may be removed from any lot in Royal Palm Beach without a Village vegetation removal permit, under Section 15-71 of the code. A demolition that also clears the yard is therefore two permits, and the second one is easy to leave out of a schedule until the inspector asks for it.Demolition in Royal Palm Beach →
- GreenacresSince April 15, 2026, every Greenacres permit application goes through the MyGovernmentOnline portal, and the city’s old demolition package is not published online now; ask the Building Division for it. Until the Building Division republishes it, the list of releases for a teardown is whatever the reviewer asks for, so we ask first.Demolition in Greenacres →
- North Palm BeachThe Village of North Palm Beach will not issue a demolition permit until new house plans, or a landscape plan for the empty lot, are on file. Add a rodent control letter, a utility disconnect letter and a required pre-demolition inspection, and a teardown here starts with design work rather than equipment.Demolition in North Palm Beach →
- TequestaSeptic abandonment in Tequesta goes on Health Department form DH-4015, and the village checklist asks for it whenever an on-site system is retired. Temporary water is arranged through the Village’s own Utilities Department. For a partial demolition, Tequesta wants signed and sealed engineer drawings showing that what remains will stand.Demolition in Tequesta →
- Highland BeachHighland Beach wants a notarized letter stating where the water for dust control comes from. It also wants the sewer lateral severed in the right of way, raised two feet and painted green, and an FDOT traffic permit if anything stages on A1A, the state road that runs the length of the town.Demolition in Highland Beach →
- ManalapanManalapan’s demolition permit covers the structure only. Land clearing and landscape removal on an ocean-to-lake estate need their own permits, and some estates span A1A with tunnels the Town will not let anyone build between November 1 and April 14 without Commission approval. We price the house, the grounds and anything under the road as separate scope.Demolition in Manalapan →
- Juno BeachThirty days before a demolition in Juno Beach, every owner within 300 feet gets a Notice of Approved Demolition by regular mail, addressed from Property Appraiser labels, and the owner signs a notarized affidavit that it went out. The Town also posts eight separate utility release forms, from FPL and TECO to the Loxahatchee River District.Demolition in Juno Beach →
- LantanaLantana makes you name the kind of demolition on the application, full, partial or exploratory, and then asks for two copies of the survey and two of the demolition plan. Fees are paid by cash or check at submittal, and tree removal and site clearing each need a permit of their own.Demolition in Lantana →
- Ocean RidgeBefore any demolition in Ocean Ridge, the Town holds a mandatory pre-construction meeting, and no work starts until that meeting is done, the permit has issued and the documents are posted on site. Hours, staging and debris get settled at that table on a barrier island served by A1A, so we bring the logistics plan to it.Demolition in Ocean Ridge →
- Palm SpringsPalm Springs requires every building permit application to be notarized by both the owner and the contractor, whatever the job is worth. The Village also posts an asbestos notification statement “for all demos and/or renovations” and a separate pod and dumpster permit, so even the container at the curb has its own paperwork.Demolition in Palm Springs →
- Belle GladeAround Belle Glade the ground itself has been sinking. University of Florida measurements at the Belle Glade post show the organic muck subsided about 48 inches between 1924 and 1967, with soil depth there down from about nine feet to roughly 37 inches. We ask what sits under a slab before we price removing it.Demolition in Belle Glade →
Questions
Working in Palm Beach
Who issues the demolition permit for my property?
It depends on where the property sits. Palm Beach County has 39 municipalities, and the county’s Planning, Zoning and Building Department covers the unincorporated areas. Each office keeps its own checklist. West Palm Beach sends every demolition application to Historic Preservation, while the Town of Palm Beach asks for a bond and mailed notice to owners within 300 feet. We confirm the office and its list before quoting.
Where in the county will Romco take on a demolition?
We quote anywhere in the county: the 39 municipalities, from Tequesta and Jupiter to Boca Raton and the Glades towns, plus unincorporated areas such as The Acreage, Jupiter Farms and Canal Point. Romco is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, and we walk Palm Beach County sites in person before pricing. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Why can’t a Town of Palm Beach teardown happen in winter?
Town Code Sec. 18-112 bars demolition, and the issuing of demolition permits, from the Monday before Thanksgiving through March 31, Good Friday included. Equipment such as pneumatic jackhammers is restricted further, and the Town’s conditions say that work may not start until after May 1. Interior demolition is allowed in season only if it is finished and hauled out within three days.
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