Addition or Remodel Application – Cape Coral, FL

The Addition or Remodel Application is the City of Cape Coral Building Division form used to request a building permit for an addition or remodel. It collects contractor and property details, construction data and, when the owner acts as contractor, an owner-builder affidavit.

The form is printed as "Addition / Remodel Application" and runs five pages, followed by a page of fee information. Page 1 opens with a "For office use only" block (permit number, zoning verification, approvals, issue and expiration dates) that the city completes, then asks for the contractor and property information. The following pages ask for construction details (foundation, construction type, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, roof, setbacks and square footage) and the water service boxes, and end with the owner/builder affidavit under Florida Statute Section 489.103, the owner's disclosure statement, the notice-of-commencement warning and a notary block.

The city's Permit Document Center lists this same application as "Application - Addition/Remodel" under three permit types: Addition, Remodel / Tenant Build-Out and Chinese Drywall Remediation. Other kinds of work use other applications listed there, such as Application - Miscellaneous, Application - Trade, Application - Pool, Application - Marine Improvement and Application - Enclosure/Fence.

This application does not change water service. The form says that any required change goes through Customer Billing Services at 574-7722.

Contractors who are building an addition or a remodel in the City of Cape Coral use this application to request the building permit; the form asks for the contractor's business name, license holder's name and license number.

Owners who act as their own contractor also use it and must complete the owner/builder affidavit, which the form says applies only if the owner is acting as the contractor. Under the exemption in Florida Statute Section 489.103, the form states that the owner must personally appear and sign the application, and the disclosure statement says the building must be for the owner's own use or occupancy, not built or improved for sale or lease. It allows owner-builders to work on one-family or two-family residences and farm outbuildings, and on commercial buildings only within the cost limit stated in the statement. The owner must provide direct, onsite supervision and may not hire an unlicensed person to act as contractor.

Do not use this application to change water service; the form sends you to Customer Billing Services. For work that is not an addition or remodel, the Permit Document Center lists other applications, such as the Miscellaneous, Trade, Pool, Marine Improvement and Enclosure/Fence applications.

File the application when you apply for the building permit for the addition or remodel; the form prints no filing deadline of its own. For an owner-builder, the disclosure statement must be completed, signed by the property owner and returned to the permitting agency before a building permit can be issued.

Two later steps carry timing rules. A notice of commencement must be recorded and posted on the job site before the first inspection, according to the warning printed on the form; the city's Permit Document Center lists the Notice of Commencement for additions as applicable when the value or cost of the project is $2,500 or more. When the work is finished, the city lists a separate Certificate of Occupancy/Certificate of Completion Request Form, described as the form to request the final Add/Remodel inspection.

An owner-builder must tell the City of Cape Coral immediately of any change to the information given on the disclosure.

The application is submitted in person to the City of Cape Coral building department; the form states that building permits are submitted in person and names no mail, fax or online channel.

• In person: bring the completed application, with the notarized owner-builder affidavit if the owner is acting as contractor, to the building department. The form prints no street address or office hours; the city's Permit Document Center is at https://www.capecoral.gov/departments/development_services/permitting_services_division/permit_document_center.php.
• Deposit at submittal: a deposit toward the building permit fee is required when you submit. The remaining fees are calculated after all reviews are approved, and the contractor is notified when the permit is approved and ready for pick up; the approval notification lists the fees due and any additional documents.
• Fees: the form's fee page says impact, utility, fire department and building permit fees may apply to addition permits and that the city's online calculators give an estimate. CIAC fees are not in that estimate; call Customer Service Billing at 239-574-7722 for the amount.
• Owner-builders: a copy of the owner's driver license, the notarized signature, or other verification acceptable to the permitting agency is required when the permit is issued.

FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.