Enter an address and see what the public record says about it in seconds: city limits or unincorporated county, and the FEMA flood zone.
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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 Seminole County agencies we work with
Planning & zoning
Seminole County Development Services (Planning & Development Division)
Building permits
Seminole County Building Division (cities issue their own)
Water management
St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD)
Water & sewer
Seminole County Utilities and the city systems in Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Oviedo and Lake Mary
What is different about land in Seminole County
East of the Econlockhatchee River, Seminole's voter-approved Rural Boundary keeps land in Rural-3, Rural-5 and Rural-10 future land use: one home per 3, 5 or 10 acres no matter how the zoning reads. The Wekiva River Protection Area adds its own limits on the west side.
Inside the urban area, minor splits are reviewed administratively when each lot meets the district minimums and fronts a road. Inside the Rural Boundary, the future land use density usually decides the answer before the split application does.
Rezonings and small-scale land use amendments go through the Planning and Zoning Commission to the Board of County Commissioners. Anything that pushes density across the Rural Boundary is a non-starter, so we screen for that first.
Sanford, Oviedo, Lake Mary and Winter Springs all border unincorporated pockets. Annexation is the usual path to city sewer for an infill lot, and the city's will-serve terms set the schedule.
The menu, Seminole 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 Seminole 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.
Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Oviedo, Longwood, Winter Springs, Casselberry, 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 Seminole 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.