City of Hollywood Building Division

Public hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:00 AM–6:00 PM. The City publishes Building, Permit Services, Express Permitting, inspection scheduling, applications and forms, contractor search, and QLess resources from its Building Division page.

For a project-specific answer, confirm the permit type and current submittal instructions directly with the City before preparing final documents.

Hollywood's Building Division provides the starting point for permit applications, plan review, payments, permit-status checks, and inspection scheduling.

Begin by selecting the actual scope—new construction, addition, interior buildout, reroof, opening protection, trade work, or repair—then use the City's application and form resources for that scope. A project can also need zoning, engineering, utility, or Broward County review; the building permit is not a substitute for those approvals.

For an owner or contractor, the practical sequence is: verify the property and jurisdiction; identify the permit category; check the current City checklist; assemble the required signed, sealed, and product documentation; submit through the City’s current online workflow; and preserve a clear response log for reviewer comments.

This avoids trying to force a one-size-fits-all residential package onto a commercial or coastal project.

Hollywood is in Broward County, within Florida’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone.

The design team must coordinate the applicable Florida Building Code provisions, design wind criteria, and approved exterior-product documentation for the specific scope. That commonly affects roof assemblies, windows and doors, shutters, garage doors, screen enclosures, attachment details, and the structural load path.

For a new home, addition, or commercial improvement, the useful review question is not simply “Do I have drawings?” It is whether the plans, structural calculations, product approvals, opening schedule, and installation details agree with one another.

Resolving those conflicts before submission is far less disruptive than revising multiple disciplines after review begins.

The City provides QLess virtual check-in for a range of Building, Zoning, Fire, Engineering, Utilities, and related questions.

Consultation hours published by the City are Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30 AM–9:30 AM. Use that channel for a focused question after reviewing the City checklist—for example, whether an alteration needs a particular trade permit, which existing permit record applies, or what document format is required.

For projects that require related Broward County approvals, Hollywood directs applicants to ePermitsOneStop.

That integrated process can reduce duplicated applications, but it does not eliminate the need to identify every reviewing agency early. A coordinated site and permit strategy is particularly important for commercial work, waterfront work, and projects with environmental, hazardous-material, or transportation issues.

Hollywood publishes FEMA flood-map information and administers project-specific floodplain requirements.

Before a major renovation, addition, or rebuild, verify the effective FEMA panel, applicable base flood elevation, City floodplain requirements, and whether the work could be treated as a substantial improvement. Floodplain review is tied to the property and scope; it should not be assumed from a neighborhood description alone.

For coastal or flood-prone sites, start the design conversation early enough to coordinate finished-floor elevation, foundation approach, equipment location, utility routing, flood openings, and documentation.

Pineland Engineering can prepare coordinated architectural and structural permit documents for that scope, but the City remains the authority that confirms permit requirements for the specific address.

Pineland Engineering (Designda Inc., AR102594 · PE 39202) supports Hollywood homeowners, contractors, and developers with coordinated architectural design, structural engineering, MEP coordination, permit sets, flood-zone design, and after-the-fact documentation.

For projects where the building shell, use, or structural system is changing, we begin by defining the review path and document responsibilities before a permit package is issued.

For the next step, compare the City’s current checklist with the project scope, then request a project-specific engineering and architecture quote.

This is most useful for new construction, commercial buildouts, structural remodels, coastal work, and projects that need a coordinated response to reviewer comments.