A Tampa screen-enclosure application needs more than a drawing of the new frame. The City’s minimum filing guide calls for nearby trees, public and private easements, power lines and elevations to appear alongside the enclosure footprint. Those features can change where a proposal fits before structural design is finalized.
This is the City of Tampa route for residential work, not unincorporated Hillsborough’s checklist. Confirm the property’s authority before commissioning documents.
Give the designer one coordinated site brief
Use this comparison when checking the proposed layout against the City’s four-page enclosure guide:
| Drawing information | What the guide asks to see | Check before submitting |
|---|---|---|
| Identity and footprint | Project address or legal description; enclosure location and dimensions | The proposal and plan describe the same footprint |
| Existing constraints | Property lines, on-site structures and power lines, with locations and dimensions | The enclosure has not been positioned on a blank sketch that omits existing features |
| Ground levels | Existing and proposed assumed site elevations | Both conditions are identified rather than one unexplained height |
| Trees | Location, species and size of every tree within 20 feet of construction; barricade locations/details and mitigation table | Tree information and protection occupy actual plan space |
| Easements | Public and private easements | The plan identifies the recorded constraints; it does not purport to extinguish rights |
This is an application cross-check, not a setback calculation or permission to remove a tree. The residential plan-review page provides the City’s broader review context; the reviewer and responsible professionals decide the project-specific requirements.
Different documents have different signature rules
The enclosure guide says residential site plans have no signature requirement. It separately says surveys of any kind must be signed and sealed by a Florida-licensed surveyor, and building plans must be signed and sealed by a Florida-licensed architect or engineer.
Those statements are not interchangeable. Embedding survey information onto a site plan does not remove the surveyor’s signature/seal requirement. The building plan must also identify the address or legal description, current Florida Building Code Residential reference, scope and structural design criteria.
Ask about the survey paragraph before assuming it applies
The topographical-survey section requests NAVD 88 elevations, flood-zone identification, a flood demarcation line for a mixed-zone property, existing site features and roadway-centerline elevation. Its “when required” sentence refers specifically to a pool with 1,000 square feet or more of decking, even though this is the screen-enclosure guide.
Do not convert that pool-deck sentence into an invented screen-enclosure area threshold. Ask City plan review whether a topographical survey is required for the actual enclosure and site conditions. If required, the guide permits a separate certified-arborist report to complement the survey’s tree identification.
Private plan review and private inspections are separate choices
For private-provider plan review, the guide requires the provider package with the application, including the Notice to Building Official, personnel identification, compliance affidavit, required provider stamps and contact form. It specifies notarized signatures for the owner’s notice and provider affidavit.
For inspections only, the guide strongly encourages early documents to avoid post-issuance delay but says they are not an application-acceptance requirement; it excludes the compliance-affidavit item from that package. A provider not yet registered must follow the City’s registration instructions.
LSL read all four guide pages and the relevant City plan-review context on September 21, 2026. The site brief and signature comparison make the filing distinctions explicit, including the unresolved pool wording. We did not inspect a parcel, design an enclosure, review easement rights or secure permit approval.