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Licensed general contracting, construction and remodeling in North Bay Village — where the Village publishes a 131-page schedule of what every permit type must contain, and says plainly which two departments it does not speak for.
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Kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, an accessory dwelling and a ground-up house, built by Elbaz Construction across South Florida. Between them they cover most of the permit types North Bay Village names on its separate-permit list. None of the properties shown is in North Bay Village. Select any frame to open it full size.
The village, defined
Most owners start a project by asking a contractor what the city will want. In North Bay Village that question already has a written answer. The Village publishes a document called Plan Review and Inspection Requirements which runs to 131 pages and is organised by permit type — roughly 160 of them — and for each type it lists the drawings the submission must include and the supporting documents that travel with them. A residential fence is not a paragraph in that document. It is a list.
What that list contains is the surprise. A fence asks for a signed and sealed topographic survey no more than a year old, carrying base flood elevation and grade in NAVD values under Section 114-1 of the Village code; structural plans; structural calculations; a site plan giving the height of the fence and gates and the lineal feet per section, front, rear and sides; and a plan key naming the proposed material, finishes and colour. A driveway adds a landscape plan, a tree survey, a tree protection plan and, where they apply, a drainage calculations report and a percolation test.
The honest other half is the sentence the Village puts at the top of that document: zoning and public works requirements are not part of it, and specific questions about either go to those departments directly. So the schedule is exhaustive about the building permit and silent about two things that can still stop a project. Knowing exactly where a published answer ends is worth as much as the answer.

We work across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, which means reading a municipality’s published requirements before drawing to them is the normal first step of a job rather than something learned on yours.
Scope index
Grouped by how the Village’s own published material treats each category. Which permit type a particular scope falls under, and what its submission must contain, is the Building and Zoning Department’s determination — this is the structure, not a determination.

The Village states that a separate permit must be obtained for electrical, mechanical and plumbing among others. A kitchen touches all three, and its trade applications are submitted together with the master permit rather than after it — which is also why the $125 minimum upfront fee is charged per application.
Plumbing and electrical again, on the same rule. In a condominium the question that moves first is whether any part of the work reaches a common area, because that changes what the Village needs before it will accept the package.
Level-change, thresholds and substrate preparation are building work. Where flooring is part of a wider renovation it travels inside the master application with everything else rather than as an afterthought.
Windows and doors are named permit types. They are also the first item on the Village’s own list of work in a common area that requires a Condominium Approval Letter, alongside shutters and balconies.
Shutters appear in the Village’s list of work needing its own separate permit, and again in its condominium common-area list. Two different reasons to establish the ownership line before ordering.
Roofing is a separate permit. It is also one of the trades with a restricted inspection window — the Village publishes roofing inspections as available Tuesday to Friday, against Monday to Friday for building.
The Village’s own requirements for a residential fence include a signed and sealed survey dated within a year carrying BFE and NAVD grade under Section 114-1, structural plans and calculations, a site plan giving height and lineal feet per section, and a plan key naming material, finishes and colour. Electrical plans are added if the gates are automated or lit.
For new, replaced or repaired walkways and driveways the Village requires front yard coverage calculations and perviousness specifications for the proposed materials. Its per-type schedule adds a landscape plan, tree survey, tree protection plan and tree disposition, with a drainage calculations report and percolation test where they apply.
Pools are on the Village’s separate-permit list. Barrier compliance, electrical bonding and the deck around them are each their own conversation.
Mechanical work needs its own permit, and mechanical inspections are published as available on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. On a single change-out that one fact decides the week.
The Village requires all trade permit applications to be submitted together with the master permit. On a whole-home project that is the difference between one coordinated submission and a queue of separate ones, and it is the case where the per-type schedule earns its length.
The Village routes new buildings, additions, remodeling and commercial roofing to Miami-Dade County DERM for review and approval, and demolitions, interior renovations and roofing to the County’s asbestos process. Those are separate approvals on their own timetable.
Nine frames, separate South Florida projects
The Village issues a separate permit for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, roofing, windows, shutters and more, and inspects several of them on different days. These frames show the kind of work each of those permits ends up covering.
These nine frames are separate South Florida projects by Elbaz Construction, not one project and not a North Bay Village property. Select any frame to open it full size.
Specification
Taken from the Village’s own Permit Package Requirements sheet and Building Department page, read on 2026-08-16. The Village publishes no review timeframe and neither does this page.

Design and material language
Five choices that appear as required items in the Village’s own published requirements rather than as matters of taste.


A required plan key
Named in the published requirements For a residential fence the Village asks for a plan key stating the proposed material, finishes and colour as part of the submission. It is an item on a checklist, not a later conversation.
Other options. Settle the palette while the drawings are being made. Changing it afterwards changes a submitted document, not just a purchase order.
A required calculation
Named in the published requirements Walkways and driveways require front yard coverage calculations and perviousness specifications for the proposed materials. The material choice is therefore also a drainage argument.
Other options. Choose the paving and the drainage strategy together, and get the survey levels in front of the designer before either is fixed.
A condominium question
Named in the published requirements Windows, doors and shutters are the Village’s own examples of common-area work needing a Condominium Approval Letter. Whether an opening is yours or the association’s decides what the package must contain.
Other options. Establish the ownership line before specifying. An association’s approval runs on its own timetable and is the item most likely to hold a submission.
An executed affidavit
Named in the published requirements The Village requires an executed Construction Cost Affidavit, and the same figure decides whether the plans must be digitally signed and sealed — the threshold is a job value of $25,000.
Other options. Have the scope priced properly before filing. The value is a sworn document here and it changes what the drawings have to be.
Plans and calculations
Named in the published requirements Even a fence draws structural plans and structural calculations in this Village. Anything carrying load, resisting wind or spanning an opening will ask the same.
Other options. Engage the engineer at design stage rather than after a comment. In the HVHZ the calculation usually shapes the detail, not the other way round.
On what is shown. Nothing here is a determination. The Village decides which permit type a scope falls under and what its submission must contain, and it publishes no review timeframe — so this page describes the decisions, not their outcomes.
Process
Eleven steps. The order follows the Village’s own: identify the permit type first, because that is what tells you everything else the submission needs.
The scope, the address, and whether the property is a condominium or a single-family lot.
We match the work to the types in the Village’s published schedule, because that is where the required drawings and documents are listed.
We confirm the survey is signed, sealed, within a year, and carries BFE and grade in NAVD values as Section 114-1 requires.
Where any part of the work reaches a common area, the Condominium Approval Letter is started early — it is required with the package and it is not in the Village’s gift.
Drawings developed to the items the schedule names, with material, finishes and colour settled rather than deferred.
Structural plans and calculations where the type calls for them, and drainage or percolation work where paving does.
Asked separately, because the Village states they are not covered by the schedule.
DERM or the asbestos process where the work requires it, on Miami-Dade’s own timetable.
One coordinated digital package, with every trade application filed alongside the master permit.
Sequenced around the days each trade can actually be inspected, inside permitted construction hours.
Final inspections, certification, and the documents handed over in a form you can produce again when the property is sold.
Technical brief
Thirteen references, each read off an official Village source on 2026-08-16. Where the Village’s own material disagrees with itself, both versions are here.


The Village publishes Plan Review and Inspection Requirements to help applicants "navigate through the required plan reviews and inspections according to each permit type", across roughly 160 named types. It then states: "Zoning and Public works requirements are not part of this document. Please contact Zoning or Public Works with specific questions about your project."
"Electronic Review requires 1 Set of Digitally or Electronically signed and sealed drawings; In-person Review requires 2 Sets of signed and sealed drawings."
A residential fence requires a "Signed & sealed topographic/boundary survey. Electronic version of original signed & sealed, dated no more than one year from date of submittal. Survey must provide: BFE, and grade elevation in NAVD values, per Section 114-1 of the City Code."
Beyond the survey: structural plans; electrical plans if the gates are automated or lit; a site plan with property lines, grade elevation, "height of fence and gates, and lineal feet per section, i.e., front, rear, sides"; structural calculations; product approval for prefabricated fences; a Public Works right of way permit if applicable; and a "Plan key with proposed material, finishes and color".
A residential driveway or approach adds a landscape plan, a Tree Protection Plan, a tree survey and tree disposition, an approved tree permit where applicable, and — where applicable — a Drainage Calculations Report and a Percolation Test Report.
Separately, the Building Department states: "For permits involving new, replaced, or repaired walkways and driveways, front yard coverage calculations must be submitted, as well as perviousness specifications of proposed materials."
A completed and notarized permit application; all trade permit applications submitted together with the master permit where more than one trade is involved; proof of ownership; one set of plans, digitally signed and sealed if the job value is $25,000 or more; an executed Construction Cost Affidavit; a Condominium Approval Letter where work is in a common area such as windows, doors, shutters or a balcony; and an upfront processing fee of $125.00 minimum, collected at submittal, per application.
The Owner/Builder Affidavit is "Only applicable if subject property is owner’s primary residence. Not available for condominium units."
The Village states that "A separate permit must be obtained for ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, SIGNS, WELLS, POOLS, ROOFING, SHUTTERS, WINDOWS, FURNACES, BOILERS, HEATERS, TANKS, and AIR CONDITIONERS, etc."
Building inspections Monday to Friday. Roofing Tuesday to Friday. Electrical, mechanical and plumbing "every Tuesday and Thursday". Large residential projects of more than 10 units and commercial projects of more than 200 occupants are inspected Monday through Friday during allowed work times. Requests go to the Building Clerk by email.
"Construction is allowed in North Bay Village Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, excluding observed holidays." The Village also publishes a Request For Extended Construction Hours form, so the hours are a default rather than an absolute.
Printed on the Village’s own permit application: "THIS APPLICATION IS VALID FOR 180 DAYS FROM DATE APPROVED. APPLICATION AND ALL ATTACHEMENTS WILL BE DESTROYED AFTER THAT DATE IF PERMIT IS NOT ISSUED." Spelling as published.
On filing method. The Building Department states that "effective April 1st, 2022, the Building Department will only be accepting applications digitally", PDFs only, emailed to the Building Clerk. The permit application it publishes is still headed "(Blue or Black Ink Only)". Both are current on the Village’s own material; confirm the method before you file. Separately, and unambiguously, the Village states that the "Florida Building Code EIGHTH (2023) Edition became effective on December 31, 2023."
Disclaimer. Nothing on this sheet is a determination about a specific property. The Village decides which permit type applies and what its submission must contain.
Assembly
An indicative diagram of the Village’s published structure, not a determination. The point it makes is the boundary: the 131-page schedule answers the building permit exhaustively and says plainly that zoning and public works are outside it, while Miami-Dade County runs its own review in parallel.
The Village states at the top of its own document that zoning and public works requirements are not part of it. Treat the 131 pages as authoritative on the building permit and those two departments as the authority on themselves.
A residential fence asks for a signed and sealed topographic or boundary survey dated no more than one year from the date of submittal, giving BFE and grade elevation in NAVD values per Section 114-1. An old survey is a re-survey.
The fence requirements end with a plan key naming the proposed material, finishes and colour. That is a decision made at drawing stage, not on site.
Front yard coverage calculations and perviousness specifications are required for new, replaced or repaired walkways and driveways, with drainage calculations and a percolation test where they apply.
The Village’s form states that it is valid for 180 days from the date approved and that the application and all attachments will be destroyed after that date if the permit is not issued. Not dormant — destroyed.
The Building Department states that since 1 April 2022 it accepts applications digitally only, PDFs by email. The permit application it publishes is still headed "Blue or Black Ink Only". Both are current on the Village’s own material; confirm the current method before you file.
Electrical, mechanical and plumbing are named by the Village as needing separate permits, and every trade application is filed with the master. South Florida projects by Elbaz Construction; neither property is in North Bay Village.
Performance and quality
Eight commitments, each one a direct consequence of something this Village publishes.


Cost and timeline
The only fee we publish for this Village is the one it publishes plainly — the $125.00 minimum upfront processing fee, per application. The rest of the schedule was not opened, and the figure that matters is current on the day you file. These are the variables that actually move a price.


| # | Variable | Why it moves the number |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | How many trades are in it | Each named trade is its own permit, its own application and its own $125 minimum at submittal — and its own inspection day. |
| 02 | Whether the property is a condominium | Common-area work needs the association’s approval letter, the owner-builder route is closed, and the association’s own rules on access, hours and protection apply on top of the Village’s. |
| 03 | Job value against the $25,000 line | At or above it the plans must be digitally signed and sealed, which changes who has to produce them. |
| 04 | How current the survey is | Within a year, signed and sealed, with BFE and NAVD grade. Commissioning a fresh survey is a real line item and a real lead time. |
| 05 | Whether paving is involved | Front yard coverage and perviousness calculations, and potentially drainage calculations, a percolation test and tree documentation, turn a driveway into a small engineering package. |
| 06 | Whether Miami-Dade County is in the path | DERM or the asbestos process for the work types the Village routes there, on the County’s timetable rather than the Village’s. |
| 07 | Which inspection days your trades need | A trade limited to Tuesdays and Thursdays sets the rhythm of the whole programme. |
| 08 | Structural intervention | Structural plans and calculations are required for far more here than most owners expect — a fence draws both. |
| 09 | Existing conditions | What is behind the finishes on an older building is the largest genuine unknown on most renovation projects anywhere. |
| 10 | Product approvals | Rated assemblies for openings carry their own documentation and their own lead times in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. |
| 11 | Specification level | Finishes, joinery and fittings move a renovation budget more than square footage does, once the shell is settled. |
| 12 | Whether the package is complete first time | The Village has published what each type needs. A package that satisfies it on the first upload is simply cheaper than one that does not. |
| 13 | Whether the application is left to expire | An approved application is destroyed after 180 days if the permit is not issued. Starting again is the most expensive way to save money. |
Question index
Answered from the Village’s own published material. Where the Village publishes two different answers, both are given.
The Village has already published it. Its Plan Review and Inspection Requirements document runs to 131 pages, is organised by permit type across roughly 160 types, and sets out for each one the drawings the submission must include and the supporting documents that go with them. It is the single most useful thing to read before commissioning any design work here, and it is the first thing we work from.
No, and the Village says so at the top of it: "Zoning and Public works requirements are not part of this document. Please contact Zoning or Public Works with specific questions about your project." So it is exhaustive about the building permit and deliberately silent about two departments that can still affect a project. We ask them separately rather than assuming silence means nothing is required.
Because the Village asks for them. Its residential fence requirements list structural plans and structural calculations alongside the survey, the site plan and a plan key naming material, finishes and colour — and electrical plans as well if the gates are automated or lit. It is a good illustration of why the published schedule is worth reading before anyone quotes the job.
For the items we have read, yes. The Village asks for a signed and sealed topographic or boundary survey "dated no more than one year from date of submittal", providing base flood elevation and grade elevation in NAVD values per Section 114-1 of the code. Budget for a current survey rather than hoping an old one passes.
It depends how you file. The Village’s own wording is that electronic review requires one set of digitally or electronically signed and sealed drawings, while in-person review requires two sets of signed and sealed drawings. Separately, the plans must be digitally signed and sealed once the job value reaches $25,000.
The one figure the Village publishes plainly is an upfront processing fee of $125.00 minimum, collected at the time of submittal, per application. Read that against the rule that every trade application is filed with the master permit, and a multi-trade renovation is several applications rather than one. We do not publish the rest of the fee schedule because we have not opened it — ask the Building Department for the current figures.
This is the one place the Village’s own material disagrees with itself. The Building Department states that "effective April 1st, 2022, the Building Department will only be accepting applications digitally", PDFs only, emailed to the Building Clerk. The permit application form it publishes is still headed "(Blue or Black Ink Only)". Both are current. Confirm the method with the Department before you assemble the package — and note the form itself allows notarisation by physical presence or online notarization.
The Village’s application carries a hard limit: "THIS APPLICATION IS VALID FOR 180 DAYS FROM DATE APPROVED. APPLICATION AND ALL ATTACHEMENTS WILL BE DESTROYED AFTER THAT DATE IF PERMIT IS NOT ISSUED." Not archived, not dormant — destroyed. If a project is going to pause, that clock is worth tracking.
Because the Village names electrical, mechanical and plumbing among the work requiring a separate permit, alongside signs, wells, pools, roofing, shutters, windows, furnaces, boilers, heaters, tanks and air conditioners. Where more than one trade is involved, all the trade applications are submitted together with the master permit, so it is one coordinated filing rather than several visits.
The Village publishes it by trade, and it is unusually specific. Building inspections are available Monday to Friday; roofing Tuesday to Friday; and electrical, mechanical and plumbing "every Tuesday and Thursday". Large residential projects of more than 10 units and commercial projects of more than 200 occupants are inspected Monday through Friday. On a small job, a trade limited to two days a week sets the programme.
Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, excluding observed holidays. The Village asks you to contact the office about which holidays are observed, and it publishes a Request For Extended Construction Hours form — so the hours are the default position rather than an absolute one.
Two things formally. A Condominium Approval Letter is required if the work is in a common area, and the Village’s own examples are windows, doors, shutters and balconies. And the owner-builder route closes: the Village states the Owner/Builder Affidavit is only applicable to an owner’s primary residence and is "Not available for condominium units." Practically, the association will also have its own rules and its own timetable.
For some work, yes, and the Village publishes the routing. New buildings, additions, remodeling and commercial roofing must be reviewed and approved by Miami-Dade County DERM. Demolitions, interior renovations and roofing go to the County’s asbestos process. Commercial projects also need Miami-Dade County Fire approval. Those run on the County’s timetable, not the Village’s.
The Village is unambiguous about this, which is not true everywhere: it publishes a notice that the "Florida Building Code EIGHTH (2023) Edition became effective on December 31, 2023." Design to that and confirm nothing has moved on before drawings are commissioned.
The photographs on this page are South Florida projects by Elbaz Construction and none of them is claimed as a North Bay Village property — we label our work honestly rather than implying a local address. What we bring is a licensed general contractor working across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, who reads a municipality’s published requirements before designing to them.

Four questions worth answering before a drawing is commissioned. All four are answered by the Village, the County or your association — not by a contractor.
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Six things that are verifiable rather than asserted.

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The 131-page document is the starting point for the drawings, not a thing to be discovered after a rejection.
Every regulatory statement on this page was taken from an official Village page or PDF and is attributed to it, including the place where the Village contradicts itself on how to file.
No Notice of Commencement threshold, no fee schedule beyond the published $125 minimum, no staff names and no review timeframes appear here, because we did not establish them from a primary source.
Every image here is a real Elbaz Construction project in South Florida, captioned for what it actually shows. None is claimed as a North Bay Village property.
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Tell us the scope and the address. We will identify the permit type, tell you what the Village’s published schedule requires for it, and flag what sits outside that document.

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