Do I need a permit for swimming pool or spa in Edgewater?

Florida and local notes for Edgewater

The Chapter 515 safety-barrier requirement is not optional and will fail inspection if missing. Above-ground pools over a certain depth also require a permit in most jurisdictions. Volusia County's own permitting office is the Building and Code Administration Permit Center, reachable on 386-736-5929 at https://www.volusia.org/services/growth-and-resource-management/building-and-zoning/. It issues permits for the unincorporated county. If your city does not run its own building department, this is the office that will handle the job. Contractor licensing here is centralised across the county. Volusia County Contractor Licensing exists to provide a uniform system for regulating registered contractors in the unincorporated county and all the municipalities within Volusia County, with one stated exception, the City of Pierson. So unless you are in Pierson, your contractor's local registration runs through the county: 386-736-5929, clca@volusia.gov, 123 W Indiana Avenue Room 203, DeLand. The county lists state certified contractors under Florida Statutes Chapter 489 and licenses local specialty contractors under Volusia County Code Chapter 22, so ask which of the two your trade falls under. Edgewater's pool application requires the owner to pick at least one safety option before final: a safety cover, a mesh barrier, a screen enclosure, a fence with self-latching gates, door and window exit alarms, self-closing door latches 54 inches above the threshold, or a certified pool alarm. The city requires steel, ground, and deck inspections in addition to the final, and inspectors need access inside the home when alarms or self-closing doors are used as the barrier. Missing a barrier at final inspection is treated as a violation of section 515.27, Florida Statutes. The Edgewater pool application covers both in-ground and above-ground pools and asks whether any part of the barrier is a house wall with doors or windows.