Enter an address and see what the public record says about it in seconds: city limits or unincorporated county, and the FEMA flood zone.
Jurisdiction: city or county
FEMA flood zone code
Coordinates and matched address
Your property snapshot
⚠ Preliminary notice: while the base jurisdiction and flood zone are identified, zoning setbacks, maximum lot coverage, wetland buffers, tree preservation rules and physical utility tie-in distances need a regulatory review to determine your true buildable envelope.
LEGAL AND REGULATORY DISCLAIMER: The preliminary property data generated by this tool is sourced from public records (U.S. Census Bureau geocoding and FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer) and is provided solely for general informational and exploratory purposes. It does not constitute a formal survey, structural engineering report, binding zoning determination, title examination or municipal building authorization. Actual site buildability, utility availability, environmental encumbrances and allowable structure footprints are subject to final administrative verification by the local governing body, the Florida Building Code and physical on-site inspection. Brightview Construction Group, LLC (d/b/a Brightview Homes) and its affiliates assume no liability for investment decisions or property acquisitions made solely on the basis of automated preliminary data. To obtain verified setback mapping and a buildable envelope review, order our professional Desktop Zoning Audit.
Who decides your parcel
The Orange County agencies we work with
Planning & zoning
Orange County Planning Division
Building permits
Orange County Building Safety Division (cities issue their own)
Water management
St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD); South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) in the south of the county
Water & sewer
Orange County Utilities, OUC inside Orlando, and city systems in Winter Garden, Ocoee and Apopka
What is different about land in Orange County
Orange County parcels carry overlays a quick zoning lookup misses: the Wekiva Study Area in the northwest, the Econlockhatchee River protection corridor in the east, and Rural Settlement boundaries that cap density regardless of the zoning district. The Environmental Protection Division (EPD) conservation-area and tree rules decide how much of a wooded lot is actually buildable.
The Zoning Division reviews lot splits and lot line adjustments administratively when every resulting lot meets the district minimums for width, depth and area and fronts a usable road. Agricultural parcels (A-1, A-2) usually need the rezoning first; the split comes after.
The classic Orange County move is A-1 or A-2 agricultural land rezoned to R-1 single-family residential. It only works where the Future Land Use designation already supports that density, so the FLUM check comes before the application. Rezonings go to the Planning and Zoning Commission and then the Board of County Commissioners.
Orlando, Winter Garden, Apopka and Ocoee all have unincorporated pockets beside them. Annexation is usually about reaching city water and sewer, and a city will-serve letter is the first thing we chase.
The menu, Orange County
Every service, priced
Prices shown are Brightview's fee. Surveyor, engineer, attorney and government fees are quoted in writing before anything is ordered and paid by you directly to the provider, never marked up.
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Land Due Diligence
Find out what a parcel allows before you buy it, split it or build on it.
When you build your home, ADU or garage with Brightview Homes, every dollar you paid Brightview for due diligence, entitlements and demolition coordination is credited back against your construction agreement. Pre-construction fees are credited in full against the construction contract price at signing.
Applies to full-cycle building agreements (a home on your lot or custom home, a turnkey ADU, or a custom detached multi-car garage or workshop) with a contract value of $100,000 or more.
Fees are earned as each filing, audit or field visit is completed and are not refundable. The credit is applied against the final construction draw or the pre-construction contract balance, never paid out in cash.
Credits stay valid for 12 months from delivery of the completed work or permit closeout.
The credit covers Brightview's fees. Surveyor, engineer, attorney and government fees are paid directly to those providers and are not part of the credit.
Building in Orange County
From land research to construction
Five stops. Get on at the one you need and get off when your job is done. Every stop is a finished job on its own, and you only pay for the stops you use.
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EXIT 1Complete on its own
Stop 1 · Know your land
Find out what the land allows
Bought it, inherited it or about to buy it. We read the zoning, flood maps, wetlands and utility records for your exact parcel and confirm the parts that matter with the county.
A lot split, a rezoning, an annexation, a plat or a variance. We prepare the application, work with staff and present at the hearing, including requests that were turned down before.
A teardown before a new build, a house damaged by fire or storm, or a house the city has ordered demolished. We pull the demolition permit, demolish it, haul it off and grade the lot.
Working drawings, Florida-stamped engineering and energy calcs, priced by the builder who would build it. Or bring your own plans and we run the permit to issuance.
Orlando, Winter Park, Apopka, Winter Garden, Windermere, Ocoee, Horizon West, and the unincorporated county around them. City permitting offices are listed in our building permits by city guide.
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Tell us about your land in Orange County
Send the address or parcel ID. A real person replies within one business day with a written proposal. Nothing is ordered and nothing is charged until you approve it.
Prefer Spanish? Our team works with you in English or Spanish, from the county board to the permit counter.