The City of Plantation operates its own Building Safety Department, completely separate from Broward County. All permits, violations, and inspections within Plantation city limits go through the city — not the county. The city uses the Citizen Access Portal (ACA) for electronic plan submissions, and all documentation must be submitted through this system with a valid permit application.

AGK Construction & Roofing confirms your property's correct jurisdiction before filing anything and handles all submissions through Plantation's ACA portal directly. Filing with the wrong department or using the wrong submission method causes rejected applications and costly delays.

No — as of May 2023, the City of Plantation no longer requires HOA, COA, or POA approval as a condition to apply for or obtain a building permit. This is an important change that removes a significant delay from the violation resolution process. AGK can submit your permit application directly to the City of Plantation Building Safety Department without waiting on your HOA to approve it first.

However, the city's building permit does not mean your HOA has approved the work. HOA architectural rules still apply separately. AGK ensures all materials and work meet applicable HOA standards so both the city permit and the association's requirements are satisfied at the same time.

As the current owner you are responsible for bringing the property into compliance, even if the unpermitted work was completed by the previous owner. Code violations and open permits attach to the property — they transfer with the deed. Plantation's mid-century homes especially carry decades of additions, conversions, and improvements that were never permitted.

AGK Construction & Roofing handles the entire resolution process — property inspection to identify all unpermitted items, after-the-fact permit applications submitted to the City of Plantation Building Safety Department via the ACA portal, any required physical corrections to meet current Florida Building Code, and final inspection sign-off. You do not deal with the building department at any stage.

Yes — unresolved code violations in Plantation can and do become liens on your property. The City's Code Enforcement Division issues daily fines through its Special Magistrate process. Those fines accumulate without a cap until the violation is officially closed through the Building Safety Department. Once fines exceed a threshold, the city records a lien against your property.

A recorded lien appears in every title search, blocking any sale or refinancing until it is satisfied. Total costs for violation resolution plus lien removal can reach $8,000 and above. Starting the resolution process the moment you receive a notice is the most effective way to reduce your total cost. The inspection and written estimate from AGK are completely free.

Yes — and this is one of the most time-sensitive cases we handle. When violations surface in a Plantation title search they typically become a condition of closing. The buyer's lender will not approve financing and the title company cannot issue a clean title until the violations are resolved and officially closed by the building department.

AGK Construction & Roofing treats pre-closing cases as top priority and moves through the inspection, permit filing, construction, and city inspection process as quickly as the City of Plantation Building Safety Department's schedule allows. Contact us the moment violations appear in the title search — call (954) 807-3455 directly.

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

For Plantation properties with multiple violation types — which is extremely common in older planned community homes — this means one contractor, one coordinated permit submission through the ACA portal, and one set of inspections rather than managing separate contractors and timelines for each trade.

AGK Construction & Roofing serves all of Plantation and Central Broward County 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, imminent closing deadlines, or rapidly accumulating daily fines — call us directly at (954) 807-3455 and we will prioritize your case immediately.

Remember that Plantation's Code Enforcement operates Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with after-hours enforcement available through the Police Department at 954-797-2100. Violations can be reported and acted on any day — don't wait for your situation to escalate.