Beach and Dune Permit
About the Beach and Dune Ordinance
- Beach and Dune ordinance (PDF)
Volusia County beaches are approximately 36 miles long. Both commercial and single family residential (SFR) properties are located along the coast. Any projects on or immediately adjacent to the beach or touch the sand, may require a County Beach and Dune Permit in addition to all state and local municipal permits.
Projects covered by the Beach and Dune Permit include, but are not limited to, beach walkovers and access structures, seawalls and other armoring efforts, vehicular access for miscellaneous projects and dune restoration efforts. If you need help determining if your project needs a permit, please contact environmental staff prior to submitting an application.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the 2022 hurricane impacts to our coastline, emergency coastal construction activities and vehicular access into the Conservation Zone and Natural Beach Management Areas will be limited to occur during the 2024 sea turtle nesting season, (May-Oct), with proper coordination with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), environmental staff and sea turtle monitoring groups.
Exempt activities include:
- Sand fence installation outside of nesting season (Nov-April), if permitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
- Above grade temporary structures for special events, if permitted FDEP
- Native dune planting projects and routine vegetation trimming, if permitted by FDEP
- Removal of invasive or non-native vegetation above beach grade. Below grade work may require a FDEP permit
- Wind-blown sand removal, if approved by FDEP. (minor sand removal is also exempt from FDEP permit)
Applications
Please download and complete the appropriate application:
For beach projects within City limits:
- Residential Stand-alone Beach and Dune Permit application (PDF) for beach projects in City limits
- Also needed for Residential: Notarized Authorization of Owner (PDF)
- Commercial property Beach and Dune Permit application (PDF) for commercial beach projects in City limits
Contractors and Property Representative can submit applications to:
- Connect Live (online permitting) - Volusia County, Florida
- or Land Development Applications and forms
- To submit via e-mail, send all project documents to landdevelopment@volusia.org (Please do not send documents directly to individual staff e-mails unless requested to do so.)
For beach projects in unincorporated Volusia County, contractors only, can submit a building permit application to:
Other Contacts:
- Coastal Construction Control Line Program | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- FDEP Permit Managers CCCL Permit Managers | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- FDEP Field Inspectors CCCL Field Inspector and Beach Field Services Contacts | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- FDEP CCCL Permits Apply - Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) Permitting | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
