Palm Beach County Drainage Permits

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Although we have seen cases where PBC has not required the following, and also instances where additional and/or different information was required, the following serves as general guidance for closing out your permit.  Please confirm with your PBC inspector if any of the following is not required or if additional information is necessary:

You will be required to have your surveyor prepare a final survey "as-built".  This type of survey is a topographic survey of the "as-built" or as-constructed condition.  If an item was shown on the design plans, then it will need to be "as-built" as to its final location and elevation.  The surveyor shall pick up all elevations and location where shown on the design plans.  If a grade elevation of 14.3 for example was shown on the engineering design plan at a location 15 feet northwest of the property corner, then the surveyor shall survey that same location and report the as-built location.  If the reference was to a specific item which has been moved slightly, then the new location shall be shown.  Also, they surveyor shall pick up the centerline location and elevation of any proposed berms and swales and also pick up the top of bank and edge of water of any constructed water bodies and top of bank and toe of slope of any proposed retention areas.  Surveyor shall pick up any finished floor elevations, pipe and culvert locations and elevations, etc.  Surveyor shall place a label or note on the survey drawing indicating that is is an "as-built".

In order to provide an engineering certification for the project we will need to perform a final site visit, where we will observe the following items on the site: swales, berms, side slopes, retention areas, ponds, final site stabilization, etc.

Schedule a final inspection with your County Inspector.

PBC Usually requires the Certifying Engineer (usually the design engineer of record) to fill out and sign and seal a specific form prepared by the County.  Below is a link to the form usually required.