Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County
Commercial painting in Port St. Lucie
In Port St. Lucie a plain commercial repaint has its own written rule. The Citywide Design Standards say a proposal to paint the walls must meet Section 9.1, Building Face Color, and a changed color must match a number on the city's Approved Colors Chart. Romco checks the scheme against that chart before any wall is coated.
The standards, adopted by Ordinance 21-030 in May 2021, reach commercial, office, industrial, institutional and multifamily buildings that can be seen from a street right-of-way. Single-family homes are left out. The palette leans to light and medium pastels and earth tones, and darker colors are allowed only in limited amounts for accent and trim.
The chart is keyed to one manufacturer's color numbers, but the city accepts any brand of paint whose color matches a listed number. Accent color is capped at 20 percent of a face and trim at a smaller share still, so Romco measures the elevations and sets the split between body, accent and trim on paper before a color goes to the owner for sign-off.
In eastern Port St. Lucie the city has run a Community Redevelopment Area along U.S. 1 since 2001, and The Port District stretches 1.5 miles along the North Fork of the St. Lucie River off SE Westmoreland Boulevard. City code Section 56.11 treats anything not on its allowed list as an illicit discharge to the city's stormwater system, and commercial wash water is not on that list, so prep water on these sites is collected rather than hosed to the gutter.
Sources: City redevelopment agency and the U.S. 1 area · The Port District on the North Fork · City code on illicit stormwater discharges
Who reviews color and permits in Port St. Lucie
City of Port St. Lucie Planning & Zoning, Citywide Design Standards
Section 9.1 governs building face color on a repaint, and a changed color must match the Approved Colors Chart. Tradition, St. Lucie West and the other named master-planned areas are exempt.
Read the sourceRules differ between the county, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and St. Lucie Village. We check the office for your parcel before the scope is final. St. Lucie permit guide
What we quote in Port St. Lucie
Painting work we quote here
- Interior commercial paintingOffices, clinics, corridors and suites repainted while the building stays open.Interior commercial painting in St. Lucie →
- Exterior commercial paintingStucco and block exteriors repainted to the color rule that covers the address.Exterior commercial painting in St. Lucie →
- High-rise and condo exterior repaintsOceanfront and lagoon-side condo towers repainted from swing stage, rope or lift.High-rise and condo exterior repaints in St. Lucie →
- Warehouse and industrial paintingMetal-sided warehouses, tilt-wall and steel framing, painted around live operations.Warehouse and industrial painting in St. Lucie →
- Parking garage coatings and stripingGarage decks sealed, columns and walls repainted, stalls re-striped one deck at a time.Parking garage coatings and striping in St. Lucie →
- Airport and transportation facility paintingHangars, terminal and port buildings, painted under the operator's access rules.Airport and transportation facility painting in St. Lucie →
- Office, retail and tenant improvement paintingTenant suites, storefronts and plazas painted on the lease schedule.Office, retail and tenant improvement painting in St. Lucie →
- HOA and multifamily repaintsCondo associations and apartment communities repainted building by building.HOA and multifamily repaints in St. Lucie →
- Hotel and hospitality paintingGuest rooms, pool decks and facades painted floor by floor around guests.Hotel and hospitality painting in St. Lucie →
- Hospital, clinic and school building paintingHospitals, clinics and schools painted around patients, students and staff.Hospital, clinic and school building painting in St. Lucie →
- Elastomeric and waterproofing coatingsElastomeric wall coatings and waterproofing over repaired stucco and block.Elastomeric and waterproofing coatings in St. Lucie →
- Pressure washing and surface prepCommercial walls washed and prepped, with every gallon of rinse water captured.Pressure washing and surface prep in St. Lucie →
- Something else?Prefer to talk it through? Call during office hours, Monday to Friday, 10 to 6, or email info@romcobuilders.com with photos.Call (772) 310-3298 →
From walk to punch list
How the job runs
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. This is the order a repaint follows here, from the first site walk to the last punch item.
Walk the building, check the jurisdiction
We confirm whether the address falls under the county, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce or St. Lucie Village, and note any historic designation.
Write the scope
Surfaces, repairs, coatings, access equipment and working hours go into one written scope, so the quote compares line by line.
Clear color approvals
Where Port St. Lucie's chart or a Fort Pierce certificate applies, the color is approved before any paint is ordered.
Prepare and contain
Cleaning, repairs and masking come first, with wash water captured instead of sent to a storm inlet.
Apply the coatings
Coats go on to the maker's written instructions for temperature, humidity and recoat time, not to a calendar.
Walk it and close out
We walk the finished surfaces with you, write a punch list, finish it and hand over the color and product records.
Questions
Commercial painting in Port St. Lucie
Can we choose any color when repainting a Port St. Lucie strip center?
Not on a building seen from the street. A color change on a commercial face has to match a number on the city's Approved Colors Chart, with darker tones kept to accent and trim. If the center sits in Tradition or St. Lucie West, the city standards do not apply and that area's own standards do.
What will painting my St. Lucie building cost?
We do not give a figure until we have walked the building, because the number turns on things a phone call cannot show: how much stucco needs repair, how the walls are reached, whether a Port St. Lucie color review or a Fort Pierce certificate comes first, and how the wash water is captured. After the walk you get a written quote, broken out by surface and by step, so you can compare it line by line.
What if an older building has lead paint?
Federal rules decide this, not the paint's age alone. The EPA renovation rule covers child-occupied facilities built before 1978, such as day care centers inside commercial buildings, and requires a certified firm. OSHA's lead standard covers workers on any structure that contains lead. Romco checks whether either rule applies and arranges a certified firm where it does.
How long will the painting run, start to finish?
We do not promise a duration. Approvals, repairs found during prep and the weather set the pace. The National Weather Service puts the average Fort Pierce wet season between May 25 and October 20, and hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30. Your quote shows the order of work and what each step depends on.
Other St. Lucie cities: Tradition · St. Lucie West · Fort Pierce · Lincoln Park · St. Lucie Village · Hutchinson Island South · Unincorporated St. Lucie County
Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and the island
Send the address and we will tell you which rules your repaint falls under
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. Then we quote the scope, the order of work and the approvals it needs.