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Licensed general contracting, construction and remodeling in the Village of Virginia Gardens — where applications are submitted in person, the Village publishes its own review times, and the checklist starts with where your septic tank and drain field are.
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Recent work
Accessory dwellings, kitchens, bathrooms and flooring built by Elbaz Construction across South Florida. Between them they cover the work Virginia Gardens permits most often, including the addition types its checklist sends for a separate approval. None of the properties shown is in Virginia Gardens. Select any frame to open it full size.
The village, defined
Virginia Gardens has not put its permitting behind a portal, and it does not bury that. Its own instruction to applicants is printed in asterisks: the application must be submitted in person. You can download the forms, but the package is handed over at Village Hall, where the plans are taken in and given a process number on the spot.
What the Village gives back for that inconvenience is the thing most municipalities will not put in writing — how long it is going to take. It publishes three to five business days for regular permits, approximately thirty working days for larger residential projects and approximately fifty for commercial ones, and says plainly that these are initial plans review only and that an applicant will be told if more time is needed. It also offers something a portal cannot: one-on-one help through the process, and an explicit invitation that no question is too big or too small.
The checklist that goes over the counter is where the Village stops being generic. Alongside the survey, the sealed drawings and the product approvals, it asks that the plans show the location of the septic tank, the drain field, the electric meter and the pole — existing and new. And it routes an added bedroom to a separate health approval, because in a village of single-family lots another bedroom is not just floor area. It is load on a system in the ground.

We work across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, so a village that runs its permitting over a counter is a normal part of the job rather than an exception to it.
Scope index
Grouped by how the Village’s own published material treats each category. Whether a particular scope needs a permit, and which additional approvals it attracts, is the Building Department’s determination — this is the structure, not a determination.

The Village’s checklist routes adding a bedroom addition to a separate health approval, alongside the installation or repair of any on-site sewage disposal. On a lot served by a septic system another bedroom changes the assumed load, so this is the one addition type where the ground matters as much as the elevation.
Any conversion that adds habitable space raises the same questions as an addition: what is shown on the plans below ground, and whether the work affects the septic tank or drain field.
The Village publishes separate Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing applications. A kitchen normally touches three of the four, and each is its own form handed in with the package.
Plumbing and electrical at minimum. Where the work involves on-site sewage disposal, or could affect the septic tank or drain field, the Village’s checklist sends it for a separate approval before the permit is issued.
The Village names replacement of windows, sliding glass doors and doors among the work requiring a permit, and asks for Miami-Dade County product approval information with the application.
Screen enclosures appear on the Village’s own short list of things people assume are exempt and are not.
Storage sheds and carports of canvas or metal are named. Their footprint also has to sit clear of what the plans must show below ground.
Substrate, thresholds and level changes are building work, and an inspection is required before anything is covered up — which for flooring is the whole job.
Roofing is permitted work with Miami-Dade product approval information supplied at application, and it is inspected in stages rather than at the end.
The Village’s value is that the whole package goes in together and gets a process number. The corollary is that it has to be complete when it arrives, because the checklist says all applicable items must be taken care of before a permit is issued.
The checklist requires D.E.R.M. approval for new single-family homes, and the drawings must show the septic tank, drain field, electric meter and pole location both existing and new.
The Village limits owner/builder permits to the new construction, alteration and repair of one single family residence, and where the owner is the builder it asks for all material receipts in place of a signed construction cost contract.
Nine frames, separate South Florida projects
Adding habitable space is the scope this Village scrutinises hardest, because it reaches the septic system as well as the elevation. These frames show what that work looks like once every approval is behind it.
These nine frames are separate South Florida projects by Elbaz Construction, not one project and not a Virginia Gardens property. Select any frame to open it full size.
Specification
Taken from the Village’s own Building Permits Checklist and its Building Permits & Zoning page, read on 2026-08-16. The checklist opens by stating that all applicable items must be taken care of BEFORE a permit is issued.

Design and material language
Five choices that appear as required items on the Village’s own checklist rather than as matters of preference.


A below-ground decision first
Named on the Village’s checklist Because the plans must show the septic tank and drain field, existing and new, the position of an addition is constrained by things you cannot see from the garden.
Other options. Locate the tank and field before the plan is drawn. Moving a room on paper is free; moving a drain field is not.
A separate approval
Named on the Village’s checklist Adding a bedroom is routed by the Village’s checklist to a separate health approval, in the same group as installing or repairing on-site sewage disposal.
Other options. Decide the room count early. Whether a study is drawn as a bedroom changes which approvals the folder needs.
Named, and product-approved
Named on the Village’s checklist The Village names their replacement explicitly as permitted work, and asks for Miami-Dade County product approval information at application.
Other options. Fix the product and the opening size before the drawings are sealed. Two sets of sealed plans are a real cost to reissue.
Contractor or owner/builder
Named on the Village’s checklist Permits are issued in the name of the person performing the work, and owner/builder permits are limited to one single family residence. Where the owner is the builder, material receipts replace the signed cost contract.
Other options. Settle this before filing. The Village is explicit that if no permit is obtained the owner is legally responsible.
The whole checklist
Named on the Village’s checklist All applicable items must be taken care of before a permit is issued, and the application is handed over in person.
Other options. One complete visit beats three partial ones, and on a small counter it is also the difference between the published three-to-five days and an open-ended wait.
On what is shown. Nothing here is a determination. The Village decides what a scope requires and which outside approvals it attracts, and its published review times are projections for initial plans review only — so this page describes the decisions, not their outcomes.
Process
Eleven steps. The order follows the Village’s own: the folder has to be complete before it is handed over, so everything that could delay it is pulled to the front.
The scope, the address, and whether the property is served by an on-site sewage system.
We check the survey is signed, sealed and under a year old, because the Village requires that at submission.
Locating the septic tank, drain field, electric meter and pole, so the drawings can show them existing and new.
We establish which outside approvals the scope triggers — county review, a health approval for a bedroom addition or sewage work, zoning board, or none.
Drawn as one coordinated set for sealing, with the constraints from the ground already in it.
Building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing forms prepared together rather than in sequence.
Two sets of sealed plans, product approvals, licences, insurance and the signed cost contract, checked against the Village’s own list.
Handed in at Village Hall in person, with the plans, for a process number.
Against the Village’s published timescales, with the understanding that they cover initial plans review only.
Sequenced so nothing is covered up before its inspection, with inspections booked the day before.
Final inspections, certification, and the documents handed over in a form you can produce again when the property is sold.
Technical brief
Twelve references, each read off an official Village source on 2026-08-16 — the Building Permits & Zoning page and the Village’s own permit application checklist.


The Building Permits & Zoning page carries the line "APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON" set off in asterisks. Forms may be downloaded, but the package is handed in at Village Hall during business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
"Regular permits can take between 3 to 5 business days. For larger projects, Residential permits may take approximately 30 working days and Commercial permits may take approximately 50 working days for processing. These time projections are for initial plans review only. Should the process require more time, the applicant will be advised."
"The building department is responsible for the processing, plan review, issuance, and inspections for all permits within the village… No question is too big or too small. We are here to provide one-on-one help throughout the permitting process."
The Building Permits Checklist opens: "All applicable items must be taken care of BEFORE permit is issued." The first item is a completed application, brought into village hall with the plans for a process number.
"Copy of Survey (MUST NOT BE OVER ONE YEAR OLD)". The page repeats it: "A survey no more than a year old will be required at time of application submission." North Bay Village requires the same, so treat it as a regional expectation.
"(Plans must show the location of the septic tank, drain field, electric meter and pole location - existing and new)". Two sets of plans are required, signed and sealed by a Florida registered architect or engineer, with Miami-Dade County product approval information.
"Copy of signed construction cost contract must be attached - If owner/builder all receipts for materials must be attached."
D.E.R.M. approval for new single-family homes, new commercial and apartment buildings, and additions to commercial buildings changing square footage or use. A separate health approval — which the Village’s checklist calls "HRS Approval" — for "Adding a bedroom addition", "Installation or repair of any on-site sewage disposal" and "Any permit that may affect the septic tank or drain field". State regulator review, with three sets of plans and a $75.00 plan review fee, for food service operations, apartments, motels/hotels and rooming houses. Planning & Zoning Board approval, Village Engineer and inspector approval, and Beautification approval on commercial work.
The Village quotes Florida Building Code section 104.1.1 in full and then adds its own list: "Permits are required for replacement of windows and sliding glass doors, doors, as well as screen enclosures, storage sheds and carports of canvas or metal. If not sure, call and ask."
"Building permits are issued in the name of the person(s) performing the work. Only licensed contractors or owners/builders may obtain a permit. Owner/builder permits are limited to the new construction/Alteration and Repair of one single family residence."
"A building permit is valid provided an approved inspection is obtained within 180 days of its issuance, and an approved inspection is obtained every 180 days until completion." Note that this repeats for the life of the job.
"Inspections are performed anytime, Monday through Friday… The hours to call for an inspection are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call the day before the desired inspection to schedule it," and you need the permit number. "Simply stated, an inspection is required prior to covering up any part of the construction." On responsibility the Village is blunt: "If no permit is obtained, you (the owner) are legally responsible," and it closes "Please govern yourselves accordingly."
Disclaimer. Nothing on this sheet is a determination about a specific property. The Village decides what a scope requires, and its published review times are projections for initial plans review only.
Assembly
An indicative diagram of the Village’s published structure, not a determination. Note where the two branches sit: the outside approvals have to be resolved before the folder is complete, and the folder has to be complete before a permit is issued.
The Village’s checklist states that all applicable items must be taken care of before the permit is issued. Outside approvals are therefore part of the critical path, not a formality to be chased afterwards.
Plans must show the septic tank, drain field, electric meter and pole location, existing and new. A drawing set that stops at the slab is an incomplete set here.
The checklist sends adding a bedroom addition to a separate health approval, in the same group as installing or repairing on-site sewage disposal. Establish that before designing the addition, not after.
The Village’s published checklist routes those approvals to "HRS". The form is dated 2019 and this page quotes it as published rather than correcting it — ask the Building Department which agency handles it now before you rely on the name.
A permit is valid provided an approved inspection is obtained within 180 days of issuance AND every 180 days until completion. A long pause mid-project is a scheduling risk, not just an administrative one.
Inspections are performed Monday through Friday, requested by phone between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. with the permit number, and booked the day before. Nothing may be covered up before its inspection.
In this Village an added bedroom is routed to a separate approval because it affects on-site sewage. South Florida projects by Elbaz Construction; neither property is in Virginia Gardens.
Performance and quality
Eight commitments, each one a direct consequence of something this Village publishes.


Cost and timeline
We publish no Village permit fees — the Village’s own schedule was not opened, and the only figure quoted anywhere on this page is the $75.00 state plan review fee the Village prints on its checklist for certain commercial uses. These are the variables that actually move a price.


| # | Variable | Why it moves the number |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Whether the work touches the septic system | A bedroom addition, or anything affecting the tank or drain field, brings a separate approval onto the critical path before the permit can issue. |
| 02 | Where the drain field is | It constrains where an addition, a pool, a shed or a driveway can physically go, and that is a design cost before it is a construction one. |
| 03 | How current the survey is | Under one year at submission. Commissioning a fresh survey is a real line item with its own lead time. |
| 04 | How many trades are involved | Building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing are separate applications assembled into the same folder. |
| 05 | Project size against the published times | Three to five business days for a regular permit against approximately thirty working days for a larger residential one is a programme difference, not a fee difference. |
| 06 | Whether outside approvals apply | County, health or state review each run on their own timetable, and the Village will not issue until they are resolved. |
| 07 | Contractor or owner/builder | The owner/builder route is limited to one single family residence and swaps the signed cost contract for a complete set of material receipts. |
| 08 | Product approvals | Rated assemblies for openings carry their own documentation and lead times in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. |
| 09 | Structural intervention | Removing or altering structure brings engineering, and the plans are sealed by an architect or engineer in any case. |
| 10 | Existing conditions | What is behind the finishes on an older building is the largest genuine unknown on most renovation projects anywhere. |
| 11 | Specification level | Finishes, joinery and fittings move a renovation budget more than square footage does, once the shell is settled. |
| 12 | Whether the job ever pauses | An approved inspection is needed every 180 days until completion, so a long gap has an administrative cost as well as a scheduling one. |
Question index
Answered from the Village’s own published material, including its permit application checklist.
No. The Village’s own page carries the line "APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON", set off in asterisks. You can download the forms — Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and the rest — but the completed package is brought into Village Hall during business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with the plans, so the submission can be given a process number.
The Village publishes this, which is unusual. "Regular permits can take between 3 to 5 business days. For larger projects, Residential permits may take approximately 30 working days and Commercial permits may take approximately 50 working days for processing." It also states plainly that these projections cover initial plans review only, and that you will be told if the process needs longer.
The Village publishes a checklist and opens it by saying all applicable items must be taken care of before a permit is issued: the completed application; a copy of the survey, which must not be over one year old; two sets of plans signed and sealed by a Florida registered architect or engineer; Miami-Dade County product approval information; copies of the contractor’s licences; proof of insurance including Workers’ Compensation; and a copy of the signed construction cost contract — or, if you are the owner/builder, all receipts for materials.
Because the Village asks for it directly: plans must show the location of the septic tank, drain field, electric meter and pole location, existing and new. On a village of single-family lots that information decides where an addition, a shed, a pool or a driveway can physically go, so it belongs at the start of the design rather than as a note added to a finished drawing.
Not on the Village’s checklist. Adding a bedroom addition is routed to a separate health approval, in the same group as the installation or repair of any on-site sewage disposal and any permit that may affect the septic tank or drain field. The reasoning is straightforward: another bedroom changes the load the system is assumed to carry. Establish that before the addition is designed.
The Village’s published checklist calls it "HRS Approval". That form is dated 2019 and we are not going to correct a municipality’s own published document on its own website, so we quote it as it stands and tell you to confirm with the Building Department which agency handles it today before you rely on the name. The requirement is clear; the label may have moved.
The Village quotes Florida Building Code section 104.1.1 in full, then adds its own plain list of the things people assume are exempt: replacement of windows and sliding glass doors, doors, screen enclosures, storage sheds, and carports of canvas or metal. It finishes with the most useful sentence on the page — "If not sure, call and ask."
Within limits. Permits are issued in the name of the person performing the work, and only licensed contractors or owners/builders may obtain one. Owner/builder permits are limited to the new construction, alteration and repair of one single family residence, and where you are the builder the Village asks for all material receipts instead of a signed construction cost contract.
The Village answers this itself, and the answer is a warning. "The owner is responsible. It is up to the owner to ensure that the contractor obtains his own permit. This permit makes the contractor legally responsible for their portion of the work… If no permit is obtained, you (the owner) are legally responsible." A contractor asking an owner to pull the permit is asking the owner to carry their liability.
A building permit is valid provided an approved inspection is obtained within 180 days of issuance, and an approved inspection is obtained every 180 days until completion. That second half is the part worth noting — the clock restarts with each approved inspection rather than running once.
They are performed anytime, Monday through Friday. You call between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. with your permit number, and you call the day before the inspection you want. The Village puts the governing rule in one sentence: an inspection is required prior to covering up any part of the construction.
We treat the counter as the plan rather than the obstacle. That means locating the septic tank and drain field before drawing, resolving the outside approvals before filing, and arriving with a folder that satisfies the published checklist on the first visit — because in a village that reviews regular permits in three to five business days, an incomplete submission is the only thing that makes it slow.
The photographs on this page are South Florida projects by Elbaz Construction and none of them is claimed as a Virginia Gardens 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 village’s published requirements before designing to them.

Four questions worth answering before a drawing is commissioned. All four are answered by the Village or by an outside agency, not by a contractor.
Credentials and delivery
Six things that are verifiable rather than asserted.

CBC1265280 — certified building contractor, bonded and insured. Verifiable in the Florida DBPR licence register.
The Village’s process rewards a folder that satisfies its checklist on the first visit, and that is how we prepare one.
Every regulatory statement on this page was taken from an official Village page or its own permit application checklist, and is attributed to it.
No Village fee schedule, no statement about which agency now handles the septic approval, and nothing about the Reoccupancy Application, 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 Virginia Gardens property.
Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach — so a small village’s counter process is a normal part of the work rather than an exception to it.
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Tell us the scope and the address. We will establish what the Village’s checklist needs, which outside approvals the work triggers, and what has to be located on site before anything is drawn.

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