Building Department

*****IMPACT FEES FOR PUBLIC BUILDING AND TRANSPORTATION TO INCREASE 10/01/2024*****

WELCOME!

The Building Safety Department is committed to providing exceptional service for all facets of building, roofing, mechanical, electrical plumbing, and fire safety plan reviews and inspections. Our primary mission is to safeguard the public, promote the health, safety and welfare of the City of Newberry, its citizens, visitors and business owners through the fair enforcement of the Florida Building Code, National Electric Code, and the Florida Fire Prevention Code. We consider each construction project a partnership between the city, owners, design professionals and contractors as we work to provide the best possible outcome for all involved.

NEW INFORMATION:

• The Florida Building Code, 8^th Edition went into effect January 1st 2024.
  • These codes can be found here:
    • ICC Codes
• The city of Newberry has also adopted an amended Chapter 1 of the Florida Building Code
  • Which can be found here:
    • City of Newberry Ch1 FBC Ordinance
• ATTN: Significant changes to 2020 NEC, for more information please go to this link:
  •  NEC 2020 Changes
• We now have IMPACT FEES at the City of Newberry. Ordinance No. 2023-14, was adopted on Aug. 14th 2023 by the city commission. It has a 5 year schedule to help our citizens and contractors adjust, and became effective on 11/27/2023.

Online Building Portal Access

OUR NEW PORTAL IS NOW LIVE!!!! PLEASE GIVE IT A TRY AND LET US KNOW ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE! SEE LINK BELOW.

PERMITTING, BUSINESS TAX, PLANNING & ZONING, CODE ENFORCEMENT PORTAL

CONTRACTORS:

To ensure your licensing attaches with your PORTAL ACCOUNT, email buildingdepartment@newberryfl.gov. Email must include the following information:

Your Name

Your Company Name

A mobile phone number

Your email address

A copy of your state licensing, liability insurance, and workers compensation insurance.

We will then send you an ACCESS code to merge you with your CONTRACTOR account.

To access publicly available information about land parcels in, and building permits issued by the City Of Newberry, click here

Do you need a permit for that?

Ever wonder who's job it is to repair any water issues? Private property is the owners responsibility, Public space is the jurisdictions responsibility.