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- Mobile and Manufactured Home Substantial Damage Instructions
- Substantial Damage FAQs
- Pinellas County Substantial Damage Reassessment Instructions
- Substantial Damage Reassessment Application Instructions
- Substantial Damage-Substantial Improvement Appraisal Review Checklist
- Substantial Damage & Storm Permits
- Storm Recovery Permitting
- Storm repair requirements for condominiums, apartments and townhome buildings
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Substantial Damage-Substantial Improvement Appraisal Review Checklist
Download this fillable PDF for private appraisers to follow when determining actual cash value....
Short-Term Rental (STR) Certificate of Use Program
Welcome to the Pinellas County Short-Term Rental (STR) guide! Whether you’re renting out your property for the first time or you’re a......
County Accessory Dwelling Unit Update & Multigenerational Tax Exemption
Tiny homes, cottages or garage apartments are a great way to use extra space on your property to provide a home for......
Daños Sustanciales y Mejoras Sustanciales
In English Nota: El Gobierno del Condado Pinellas se encarga de la evaluación de los daños sustanciales en las zonas no incorporadas.......
Condo Milestone Inspections
The State now requires condos and residential cooperative (co-op) association buildings three stories or taller to have structural inspections called “milestone inspections”......
Pinellas County earns improved Class 2 rating from National Flood Insurance Program
Pinellas County Government has earned an improved Community Rating System (CRS) rating from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The new Class......
FEMA Floodproofing Certificate 086-0-34
Use this form floodproofing design...
FEMA Elevation Certificate Instructions 086-0-33
Used to estimate the risk premium rates necessary to provide flood insurance for new or substantially improved structures in designated Special Flood Hazard Areas....
Annual update of local hazard mitigation strategy plan complete
Pinellas County, its municipal partners and other stakeholders have updated this year’s Pinellas County local hazard mitigation strategy (LMS). The LMS is......