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Clearwater Building Permits and Zoning

Clearwater has its own building and planning authority. Permit records, zoning, plan review, and local requirements should be checked against the city process for the exact property.

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Official filing resources for City of Clearwater

Sources checked 2026-08-29

Building department: (727) 562-4567

Located at the Municipal Services Building, 100 S. Myrtle Ave., Suite 210, Clearwater, FL 33756.

Accela Citizen Access (also at aca-prod.accela.com/CLEARWATER). Since June 1, 2020 contractors must submit window, door, garage door, mechanical, roof, electric, plumbing and water heater permits online. Separate exempt-permit request portal at myclearwater.com/exempt-permit-request.

Permit portal is Accela Citizen Access via epermit.myclearwater.com. City Hall is the new building at 600 Cleveland St. Utility Customer Service (billing) is (727) 562-4600; utility emergencies (727) 462-6633. BTR applications accepted online or in person at 100 S. Myrtle Ave. myclearwater.com blocks automated fetches (HTTP 403), so details were verified via official-domain search snippets.

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Clearwater building permits, zoning, planning, and property review

Flagged source reviewed 2026-10-17. How we check sources

Inside Clearwater city limits, the City is the building and zoning authority and uses its ePermit system for permit applications, inspections, planning cases, and record research. Building work generally requires the applicable City permit and plan review, while zoning or Future Land Use changes and requests for flexibility follow separate planning review. Do not apply unincorporated Pinellas dimensional rules to a Clearwater parcel. Use the City's Zoning Map to find current zoning and Future Land Use designations; use ePermit to research building permits and planning cases by address.

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