Do I need a permit for interior remodeling in Venice?

Florida and local notes for Venice

Electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas, and structural work still need a permit regardless of cost. HB 803 bars splitting a project to stay under $7,500 and does not apply in flood-hazard areas. Local departments implement HB 803 individually, so confirm the policy in your jurisdiction. Sarasota County's own permitting office is the Sarasota County Planning and Development Services office, reachable on 941-861-5000 at https://www.scgov.net/government/planning-and-development-services/building. Its online permit portal is https://building.scgov.net/. It issues permits for the unincorporated county. If your city does not run its own building department, and many smaller Florida municipalities do not, this is the office that will handle the job. Each trade normally needs its own permit on top of the building permit, so ask which trade permits your scope will require. Venice's guidelines require a permit for interior remodels involving load-bearing or non-load-bearing wall alterations or replacements, and for any electrical, plumbing, or air-conditioning alteration. Venice lists painting, wallpaper, floor and wall tile, carpeting, and replacing kitchen cabinets as exempt, unless the wall or counter configuration changes with electrical or plumbing in the scope. Under the city's HB 803 policy, non-structural single-family work under $7,500 with no electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or gas work and outside a flood hazard area where a permit is required can be exempted only through a written Building Permit Exemption Request, filed after creating an Online Services account. Splitting the job into phases voids the exemption.