Palm Beach County
Commercial painting across Palm Beach County's cities and towns
The county lists 39 incorporated municipalities, and many of them keep their own say over how a commercial building looks. The barrier island towns also face a harsher coast than the farm belt near Lake Okeechobee. Here is what we found for each.
- West Palm BeachWest Palm Beach has 17 historic districts and more than 45 individually designated sites, yet its preservation staff state plainly that they do not regulate paint colors. A same-building repaint downtown or in Northwood is usually a scheduling and access job, while other exterior changes there still need a certificate.Commercial painting in West Palm Beach →
- Boca RatonBoca Raton is one of the few cities here that requires a permit just to paint. Any structure other than a single-family home or duplex needs one, and the color decides who signs it: staff for colors on the city's palette adopted in January 2025, the Community Appearance Board for everything else.Commercial painting in Boca Raton →
- Palm Beach (the Town)On the island, a new color on a commercial building is not a staff formality. The Town's review matrix sends a change of color on commercial and landmarked buildings to the commission chair, who decides whether staff, the Architectural Commission or the Landmarks Preservation Commission hears it. Condo buildings also need the association's letter.Commercial painting in Palm Beach (the Town) →
- JupiterIn Jupiter the approved site plan is the reference point. A repaint that keeps the approved colors is routine, but significant color changes inconsistent with that plan are not minor amendments, so they go to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Town Council. A multi-tenant plaza must also keep one color scheme.Commercial painting in Jupiter →
- Delray BeachDelray Beach treats a new color on a commercial, multifamily or mixed-use property as a site plan matter. Its land development regulations list colors among the changes handled as a Level 1 site plan, which the director may approve or send to a board, and the historic districts add a certificate of appropriateness.Commercial painting in Delray Beach →
- Boynton BeachBoynton Beach records building colors with unusual precision. Site plan drawings must name the paint manufacturer and color code, and a swatch goes to the Planning and Zoning Division so the color approved on paper is the one inspected on site. A commercial repaint here starts by finding that approved color.Commercial painting in Boynton Beach →
- Palm Beach GardensPalm Beach Gardens writes color into its maintenance code: a structure may use only one principal color, plus accents and trim, unless a development order approves more. Along PGA Boulevard, a corridor overlay adds compatible palettes. A commercial color change here is checked against the project's own approval first.Commercial painting in Palm Beach Gardens →
- WellingtonWellington does not issue paint permits, and that catches owners out. The village still controls color: non-residential buildings, and multifamily buildings of more than six attached units, must use colors from the Architectural Review Board's adopted chart or win the board's approval, or the owner can be cited.Commercial painting in Wellington →
- Lake Worth BeachLake Worth Beach is lenient about repainting historic buildings with one important exception. Painting is on the city's list of routine alterations handled by staff, but that list excludes painting surfaces that were never painted, such as bare masonry, stone, brick, stucco or concrete. Those go further.Commercial painting in Lake Worth Beach →
- Unincorporated Palm Beach CountyOn unincorporated county land, Planning, Zoning and Building does not require a building permit for painting. The county's amendment to the building code lists painting as exempt finish work, and the ULDC architectural guidelines are checked at permit or zoning review, so a repaint alone does not usually trigger them.Commercial painting in Unincorporated Palm Beach County →
- Riviera Beach and Singer IslandRiviera Beach holds two very different kinds of painting work. On the mainland, the Port of Palm Beach packs container, fuel and bulk cargo onto about 165 acres. Across the Intracoastal, Singer Island's oceanfront towers face the Atlantic. Both put salt on every steel door, railing and wall.Commercial painting in Riviera Beach and Singer Island →
- Royal Palm BeachRoyal Palm Beach reviews color more broadly than most of its neighbors. Any change in color from repainting a commercial, industrial, mixed-use or multifamily building goes to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the rule names the roof color too. Only a single-family home or a duplex is left out.Commercial painting in Royal Palm Beach →
- GreenacresGreenacres handles a change of exterior color as paperwork rather than a hearing. The code lists appearance changes, including color, as a minor site and development plan amendment, reviewed by the Development Review Committee and signed by the director. It still needs a pre-application meeting and an application before the paint is bought.Commercial painting in Greenacres →
- North Palm BeachNorth Palm Beach defines color as an external architectural feature, so changing it on a building seen from the street needs site plan and appearance approval from the Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board. Condo associations along the waterways go through this regularly, and the board's agendas list exterior color changes by name.Commercial painting in North Palm Beach →
- TequestaTequesta, at the county's northern edge, sends color-only changes to a board rather than to staff. Its Planning and Zoning Board makes the final decision on aesthetic changes to exterior color or finish that come without any other site plan change, under a rule the village last amended in April 2026.Commercial painting in Tequesta →
- Highland BeachHighland Beach is a narrow strip of A1A between Boca Raton and Delray Beach, lined mostly with condominium buildings between the ocean and the Intracoastal. Painting there is almost all residential-tower work: swing stages, balconies, salt on both sides, and residents at home.Commercial painting in Highland Beach →
- ManalapanManalapan's Architectural Commission reviews exterior changes before any permit issues, and the town says plainly that a change in exterior paint color on a residence needs its approval. The commission meets on the first Thursday of each month. The town's commercial center, Plaza Del Mar, also falls under its review.Commercial painting in Manalapan →
- Juno BeachJuno Beach writes a style into its appearance review: new and altered development should follow an Old Florida vernacular, such as Key West Cracker, Spanish or Mediterranean revival, or early to mid-century Modern. Taller buildings should read as horizontal. A commercial color scheme here is drawn to suit that look.Commercial painting in Juno Beach →
- LantanaIn Lantana, color is regulated only where history is. On a designated historic site or in a district, a certificate of appropriateness from the plan review committee is needed whether or not a building permit is, and only maintenance that keeps the same color is exempt. Elsewhere we found no color review.Commercial painting in Lantana →
- Ocean RidgeOcean Ridge is a small barrier-island town, and its code sets aside a multifamily district close to the ocean. We found no town review for repainting a commercial or multifamily building on its own, but the code does require commercial structures to be kept painted where needed for preservation and appearance.Commercial painting in Ocean Ridge →
- Palm SpringsThe Village of Palm Springs lists painting among finish work that needs no building permit. Its design rules focus on one corridor: along the Gulfstream Road overlay, buildings are expected to use a tropical light pastel base color with a complementary accent and white trim.Commercial painting in Palm Springs →
- Belle GladeBelle Glade sits on the southeast shore of Lake Okeechobee, about as far from salt air as Palm Beach County gets. Its commercial stock leans on agriculture: the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida is based here, alongside metal sheds, packing buildings and small plazas that serve the farms.Commercial painting in Belle Glade →
Questions
Questions about Palm Beach
Do I need a permit to repaint a commercial building?
Painting itself is not on the Florida Building Code's permit-exempt list, and the answer is set locally. Several towns here review exterior colors, the Town of Palm Beach among them, and concrete or stucco repairs found during prep can need a building permit of their own. We check the rule with the city or town, or with the county for unincorporated land, before work starts.
Where in Palm Beach County will Romco quote work?
All of it: the coastal towns from Tequesta to Boca Raton, the inland cities such as Wellington, Royal Palm Beach and Greenacres, the Glades communities by Lake Okeechobee, and unincorporated county land. Pick a city on the areas page to read its local notes.
Palm Beach County commercial painting, any building
Tell us what needs paint, and Romco will scope it and send a quote.
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. A single storefront or a forty-unit building: each job gets a written scope.