Unincorporated St. Lucie County, St. Lucie County
Commercial painting in Unincorporated St. Lucie County
Unincorporated St. Lucie County covers 418 square miles and about 76,600 people, all under the county's Building and Code Regulations Division. Painting sits on the county's list of work needing no permit for small repairs, and the county's Community Architectural Standards set soft, muted tones and a three-color limit for new commercial work.
Those standards, in LDC 7.10.24, apply to new construction and substantial expansion in commercial, office, institutional and planned non-residential zones, and to redevelopment worth half or more of a building's appraised value. The site plan goes to the county's Development Review Committee. A county-designated historic property needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historical Commission, and that review covers wall color.
County Ordinance 07-005 bars anything but stormwater from the county storm sewer and names paints, varnishes and solvents as pollutants. If a prohibited discharge comes from a commercial establishment, the owner or operator must keep a written record of it on site for at least three years, so Romco keeps prep water contained and none of it reaches a county drain.
All unincorporated land east of the Intracoastal Waterway falls under the Hutchinson Island height overlay, which caps buildings at 125 feet in Zone A and 35 feet in Zone B. The access plan for a repaint there starts from that height.
Sources: County page on who issues permits where · County architectural standards, LDC 7.10.24 · County land development code, historic rules · County stormwater discharge ordinance · County Hutchinson Island height overlay
Who reviews color and permits in Unincorporated St. Lucie County
St. Lucie County Building and Code Regulations Division
Painting is on the county's no-permit list for repairs below its value limit, and some larger work needs an exemption application. Romco confirms the path for each repaint with the division.
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 Unincorporated St. Lucie County
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 Unincorporated St. Lucie County
Who decides the colors of a commercial building in unincorporated St. Lucie County?
For new buildings and major redevelopment in commercial and institutional zones, the colors go through the site plan the Development Review Committee approves under LDC 7.10.24. A county-designated historic property needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historical Commission. For a plain repaint, Romco asks the county.
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: Port St. Lucie · Tradition · St. Lucie West · Fort Pierce · Lincoln Park · St. Lucie Village · Hutchinson Island South
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.