St. Lucie County
Demolition around St. Lucie County
St. Lucie has only three municipalities, and the county covers the rest. Fort Pierce reviews demolition in six historic districts, Port St. Lucie asks for two utility letters, and the island has its own coastal limits. Start with your place.
- Port St. LuciePort St. Lucie runs its own Building Department, and its demolition checklist starts with the utilities. A house comes down only after FPL and the city's Utilities Department confirm in writing that service has been removed. Half the city's housing was built in 2002 or later, yet the older platted lots carry their own complications.Demolition in Port St. Lucie →
- TraditionTradition lies west of I-95, outside the platted city that General Development laid out, yet a demolition here is still permitted by the Port St. Lucie Building Department. Its Town Hall and Town Square opened in April 2003 as its first buildings, and Mattamy Homes took over as developer in 2018.Demolition in Tradition →
- St. Lucie WestSt. Lucie West is a planned district of Port St. Lucie, laid out after Core Communities bought the land in the early 1990s. The plan called for about 14,000 homes on 7 square miles, and business districts were added later. Its houses and its commercial buildings are both permitted by the city.Demolition in St. Lucie West →
- Sandpiper BaySandpiper Bay is where General Development built the first homes and businesses in the new city of Port St. Lucie. The company set aside 1,100 acres for a resort, and the Port St. Lucie Country Club opened in 1961. Its oldest lots follow the same city demolition checklist as everywhere else in Port St. Lucie.Demolition in Sandpiper Bay →
- Fort PierceFort Pierce wants sign-offs before it issues a demolition permit: Planning pre-approval, a Fort Pierce Utilities Authority or FPL release for a full demolition, and a Debris Affidavit. Its housing is older than the county's as a whole, with a median build year of 1982 and 44 percent of units built before 1980.Demolition in Fort Pierce →
- Lincoln ParkLincoln Park is one of Fort Pierce's oldest neighborhoods and the historic heart of the city's African American community, with Avenue D as its commercial spine. It is a city-designated historic district, so taking down a designated structure needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Board as well as a demolition permit.Demolition in Lincoln Park →
- St. Lucie VillageSt. Lucie Village, a town of about 600 people between US-1 and the Indian River Lagoon, has its own Building Official, so neither the county nor Fort Pierce permits a demolition here. Residents voted to incorporate in 1961 to block a proposed steel plant and keep local control over how land is used.Demolition in St. Lucie Village →
- River ParkRiver Park sits beside Port St. Lucie but is not part of it. Its residents refused to join when the city was chartered in 1961, so a demolition here is permitted by St. Lucie County rather than the city. The 2020 census counted 6,514 residents, up from 5,222 in 2010.Demolition in River Park →
- Lakewood ParkLakewood Park counted 12,510 residents and 6,049 housing units in the 2020 census, and because it is unincorporated, every demolition here is permitted by St. Lucie County. The community takes in old Indrio, which was once part of Viking, a Scandinavian settlement founded in 1892.Demolition in Lakewood Park →
- White CityWhite City began as a planned Danish settlement and took its name from the "White City" of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, which is also why Midway Road carries the name of the fair's Midway. It is an unincorporated community south of Fort Pierce, so demolition permits come from St. Lucie County.Demolition in White City →
- Hutchinson Island SouthHutchinson Island South is the St. Lucie County stretch of the barrier island along SR A1A, with 4,988 residents and 6,408 housing units in 2020, more than half of them vacant at census time. Oceanfront demolition here can fall seaward of the state Coastal Construction Control Line.Demolition in Hutchinson Island South →
- Unincorporated St. Lucie CountyOutside Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and St. Lucie Village, about 418 square miles of St. Lucie County are unincorporated, and demolition there is permitted by the county's Building and Code Regulations Division. Applications are filed through the county's Tyler EnerGov portal rather than at a city counter.Demolition in Unincorporated St. Lucie County →
Questions
Questions about St. Lucie
What will my demolition cost in St. Lucie?
We put a number on it once we have seen the job, on site or through photos and plans that show enough. It turns on what the structure is built from, its footprint and height, what the asbestos survey finds, which services need disconnecting, whether a septic tank must be abandoned, how equipment gets in, what sits next door, what you want kept, and the haul to the disposal site. Two houses on the same Port St. Lucie street can quote quite differently, so we do not post rates.
Who issues a demolition permit in St. Lucie?
That depends on the parcel. Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and St. Lucie Village each run their own permitting, and the county's Building and Code Regulations Division handles all unincorporated land. The county's building guidance applies permits to the removal and demolition of every building or structure. When you hire Romco, we file as contractor of record and schedule inspections through the final. Check the current requirements with the office for your parcel.
Do you cover all of St. Lucie County?
Yes: Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, St. Lucie Village and every unincorporated area, including Lakewood Park, River Park, White City and the St. Lucie end of Hutchinson Island. We are based in Fort Lauderdale and work to the rules of whichever office has jurisdiction.
Every type and size, all over St. Lucie County
Tell us what has to come down, and we will quote it.
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. One wall inside a house or an entire building gets the same thing from us: a written scope and a number.