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Delray Beach's downtown is ringed by five historic districts with houses built from the early 1900s to the 1940s, from frame vernacular cottages in Old School Square to Mediterranean Revival homes in Del-Ida Park. About half of its homes are in buildings with two or more units, and an unusually large share are townhouses and villas. The city is in Palm Beach County, outside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone.
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About 52% of Delray Beach's roughly 37,400 housing units are in buildings with two or more units, and 23% are in buildings with 20 or more units.
Single-family detached houses make up about 34% of homes, and another 13% are attached homes such as townhouses and villas.
The median home was built in 1983, and about 35% of housing units were built between 1980 and 1999.
About 63% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
The city has five historic districts: Old School Square, Del-Ida Park, Nassau Park, Marina and West Settlers. Old School Square alone has 176 structures, 101 of them at least 50 years old, and about 45% of its buildings are frame vernacular.
The Building Division is in the north wing of City Hall at 100 NW 1st Avenue (561-243-7200), and permit applications, drawings, review comments and payment go through the city's online eServices portal. Palm Beach County's Building Official says the HB 803 under-$7,500 exemption does not apply anywhere in the county because the whole county is a flood hazard area, so plan on normal permits, and electrical work is excluded from that exemption in any case.
City of Delray Beach Development Services Department, Building Division ↗
Delray Beach is in Palm Beach County.
Old School Square, Pineapple Grove, Del-Ida Park, Marina Historic District, Nassau Park, West Settlers, Lake Ida, Tropic Isle, Seagate
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Alex shows up with a tape measure and a few questions. Twenty minutes, no sales pitch, no quote on the spot
Based on your room, your lighting, and what you actually want. You pick one, we tweak until it's right
Everything is prepped in our shop. By the time we show up at your door, the work is ready - we don't measure twice and cut never
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Do not count on it. Palm Beach County's Building Official wrote in June 2026 that HB 803 does not apply to properties in a flood hazard area, and because all of Palm Beach County is designated a flood hazard area, current permit requirements remain unchanged within the county. The law also leaves out electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas and structural work regardless of cost, so a new outlet or circuit behind the TV needs a permit either way.
Palm Beach County, not the city. Kings Point is an unincorporated retirement community west of Delray Beach, and the county's Permit Center handles building permits for the unincorporated area. Its South County office is at 345 S. Congress Avenue, Suite 102, in Delray Beach, and applications can also be filed online through the county's ePZB portal.
Del-Ida Park, platted in 1923, became a locally designated historic district in 1988, along with Nassau Park and the Marina district. The city's historic preservation FAQ says demolition of any structure in a historic district, contributing or not, needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Board under LDR Section 4.5.1(F). For anything beyond interior finish work, ask the city's historic preservation staff before you start.
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