Lighthouse Point runs its own Building & Zoning Department at 3701 NE 22 Avenue, Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 — phone (954) 943-6509 — housed in a separate building from City Hall. Permits submit online through the city's SmartGov Public Portal or in person, applications can't be faxed, permits are picked up in person, and contractors must be registered with the city before appearing on any application.

Inspections run through a dedicated line at (954) 784-3449, Monday–Friday 8 AM to 3 PM — with a 3 PM cutoff for next-day scheduling. Certain projects also require Broward County approvals first, filed through the joint ePermitsOneStop system. AGK is registered with the city, sequences both layers, and handles every filing for you.

The city's SmartGov Public Portal lets citizens view permit applications, application statuses, and inspection results online. Recorded violation liens sit in Broward County official records — a separate system entirely.

One records twist unique to a city this age: the State requires house plans to be destroyed ten years after the Certificate of Occupancy — so on Lighthouse Point's 1950s–60s housing stock, the original drawings no longer exist anywhere. Resolving old permits or legalizing decades-old work usually means re-documenting the structure from scratch with new engineering, which AGK produces in-house. We pull the complete permit, violation, and lien history for your address as part of every free consultation. Call (954) 807-3455.

Lighthouse Point's own rules are among the toughest in Broward: an inspector issues an immediate Stop Work Order, Code Enforcement issues a Notice of Violation, and you must apply for the permit and pay TWICE the original fee. Then comes the expensive part — you're required to uncover any work that has been covered so it can be inspected before the Stop Work Order is released. For a finished kitchen, bathroom, or addition, that means opening walls and ceilings you already paid to close.

There's a second path the city allows: the building official may accept a licensed engineer or architect who inspects the work and takes written responsibility that it complies with code. AGK manages this exact process — we file the after-the-fact permit, arrange the engineer certification where the city allows it to save finished work from demolition, complete any corrections genuinely needed, and close the case.

Yes — and in a city built on canals, these are among the most common cases. Unpermitted docks, boat lifts, seawall repairs, and deck structures trigger city violations and can require Broward County environmental review before any permit issues — a sequencing step that stalls out-of-order filings for weeks.

All exterior work must also meet the High Velocity Hurricane Zone standard that covers all of Broward County — and on coastal Lighthouse Point, wind compliance is the first thing inspectors check. AGK handles the structural corrections, HVHZ-approved materials with product approval documentation, county environmental sequencing, and city sign-off under one contract.

Yes. Code violations and open permits attach to the property — not the previous owner — and transfer with the deed. As the current owner you are responsible for bringing the property into compliance, including any fines that may have accumulated before you took ownership. On Lighthouse Point's renovated and expanded waterfront homes — many remodeled multiple times since the 1950s — layers of prior-owner work are the rule, not the exception.

AGK Construction & Roofing handles the entire resolution process under one contract — property inspection to identify all unpermitted items, after-the-fact permit applications with the Building & Zoning Department, all required physical corrections or engineer certifications, and final inspection sign-off. You never deal with the building department yourself.

Yes — unresolved code violations in Lighthouse Point can and do become liens on your property. Once a violation is confirmed through the city's enforcement process, daily fines accumulate without a cap until the violation is officially closed, and accumulated fines are recorded as liens in Broward County records.

A recorded lien appears in every title search, blocking any sale or refinancing until it is satisfied — and at Lighthouse Point waterfront values, a stalled closing costs far more than any correction. Costs for violation resolution and lien removal can reach $8,000 and above depending on scope. The single most effective way to reduce your total cost is to begin the resolution process immediately after receiving a notice. Call AGK at (954) 807-3455 — the inspection and written assessment are free.

Yes. AGK Construction & Roofing holds five active Florida contractor licenses: Roofing (CCC-1335099), General Contractor (CGC-1534839), Plumbing (CFC-1434412), Glass & Glazing (SCC-131153361), and Mechanical (CMC-1251836). We can legally perform, permit, and pass inspection for roofing, structural, plumbing, mechanical/HVAC, and window work all under one contract.

For Lighthouse Point properties with multiple violation types — common on seventy-year-old waterfront homes with layers of renovation — this means one contractor, one coordinated submission to the Building & Zoning Department, and one inspection schedule run on the city's clock instead of juggling four or five separate contractors and timelines.

For some — and the city's own guidance draws the line clearly: Broward County requires Building Safety Inspections on all buildings over 25 years old AND over 3,500 square feet, while single-family homes, duplexes, and buildings under 3,500 square feet are exempt. In a city that is overwhelmingly single-family, that exempts most homes.

But the exposure is real where it lands: Lighthouse Point's condo buildings and commercial properties along the Federal Highway corridor are squarely in the program, with structural and electrical certifications due at 25 years and repeat inspections every 10 years after. Ignoring a notice becomes a code case with fine and lien exposure — and for structures found unsafe, the process can escalate to Broward's Minimum Housing / Unsafe Structures Board. AGK performs the required repairs across all five licensed trades and closes the case with the city. Call (954) 807-3455 before the deadline, not after.

AGK Construction & Roofing serves all of Lighthouse Point and the surrounding coastal communities and can typically schedule a free on-site violation inspection within 24 to 48 hours of your call. For urgent situations — active stop-work orders with the double-fee clock running, imminent closing deadlines, or rapidly accumulating daily fines — call us directly at (954) 807-3455 and we will prioritize your case immediately.

We also work the city's inspection clock — requests in on the dedicated line by 3 PM for next-day slots — so no day is wasted. Every day a violation stays open costs you more; the sooner we begin, the sooner it's officially closed.