City of Leesburg · Lake County, FL

Leesburg: its own building department.

Leesburg runs its own building department, so a Leesburg permit goes to Leesburg, not the county. We file it through the city portal and schedule the inspections there too.

The city prices residential permits by the square foot under roof, so a patio cover's permit fee grows with the cover. We show that fee on its own line, at the city's actual cost.

No account, no sales calls. You see the price, or exactly how we'll price it, before we ask your name.

02Permits in Leesburg

How a Leesburg permit works.

Straight from the city's own pages, checked November 4, 2026. We pull the permit whenever the work needs one; it's never an optional extra.

The permit office

501 West Meadow Street, Leesburg, FL 34748
(352) 728-9735
leesburgflorida.gov

You don't need to call them for a job we do. We do the filing, the follow-up and the inspection requests.

An open, expired or missing permit in Leesburg? Our fee is $500 to close out an open or expired permit, or $1,200 – $1,300 for an after-the-fact permit. The City of Leesburg's own fees are on top, at their actual cost. How it works

General information, not a permit determination: the City of Leesburg building department decides. Fees and rules change; we confirm them for your job.

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