Orlando roof permits are required for a re-roof, and the office that issues one depends on where the house is: inside Orlando city limits, in unincorporated Orange County, or in a city like Winter Park or Kissimmee that runs its own building department.
City of Orlando
Inside the City of Orlando, re-roofs need a permit from Permitting Services, 400 S. Orange Ave., 1st floor, 407.246.2271. Applications and plans go in online through ProjectDox. The city requires a dry-in (in-progress) inspection, required again since January 1, 2020, and a final inspection with an affidavit. A Notice of Commencement is needed when the job is over $5,000.
Unincorporated Orange County
In unincorporated Orange County, the Division of Building Safety takes applications through Fast Track, (407) 836-5564. The county says re-roofs require an in-progress inspection and a final. Edgewood residents need city approval before applying to the county.
Other Cities
Winter Park, Kissimmee, Sanford and other cities run their own building departments. Winter Park inspects the roof deck and dry-in, then the finished roof. Kissimmee issues separate new-roof, re-roof and roof-over permits. Sanford uses the Citizenserve portal, 407.688.5150. In Orlando's six historic districts, a roof first needs a Certificate of Appropriateness through the city's free staff review, and a 2026 state law requires roofing permits under $15,000 on existing single-family homes to be decided within 5 business days.
Design Wind Speed
Under the 2023 Florida Building Code wind map (8th edition, in force until the 9th edition takes effect December 31, 2026), most of Orange County sits between the 130 and 140 mph lines. By our reading of the state's map data, downtown Orlando and Winter Park are about 136 mph, Lake Nona, the airport and Kissimmee about 137, and Sanford about 135. A strip of eastern Orange County along the Brevard line, east of the 140 mph line near Christmas, is in the wind-borne debris region. Confirm your address on the ASCE Hazard Tool or with the building department.
What the Code Adds on a Re-Roof
When the roof covering on a wood deck is replaced, the 2023 Florida Building Code requires a secondary water barrier. Homes in the wind-borne debris region valued at $300,000 or more can also need roof-to-wall connections improved, capped at 15% of the re-roof cost; in Orange County that's only the eastern strip past the 140 mph line. For roofs built to the 2007 code or later, Florida law says only the replaced part has to meet the current code.
Licenses
Roofing in Florida needs a state roofing license: a certified roofing contractor (CCC) can work anywhere in the state, a registered one (RC) only where the license was issued. Florida law also requires the license number on a contractor's ads, bids and contracts. Look up any number on the DBPR's free license search.
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Sources: City of Orlando residential roof permits, Orange County permits, City of Orlando historic minor review, Laws of Florida, ch. 2026-63, Florida 2023 wind speed map, Orange County, Florida wind speed map final report (2023), ASCE Hazard Tool, Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 2023, sections 706.7 and 706.8, Florida Statutes 553.844, Florida DBPR license search, Florida Statutes 489.119.