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Roofing in Volusia County, FL

Four storms in the last 20 years left measured marks on Volusia County.

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Charley exited over Daytona Beach, Ian dropped 21 inches of rain there, Nicole's erosion cut into Wilbur-by-the-Sea, and Milton gusted to 99 mph at Ponce Inlet. Most of the county designs for 130 to 140 mph, with the 140 mph line coming ashore near New Smyrna Beach. Your permit office depends on the address. Daytona Beach, Deltona and Port Orange each run their own building departments, and Daytona is waiving roof-replacement permit fees through January 2027. Unincorporated areas go to the county's Building and Code Administration Division. Here is what that means for your roof.

Volusia County at a glance

Roof permits outside city limits
Volusia County Building and Code Administration Division (Growth and Resource Management)1

Inside a city, the city’s own building department issues the permit.

Code that governs
Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023). The HVHZ chapters do not apply here.
Product approval
Roofing products installed in Volusia County need Florida Product Approval (the statewide list at floridabuilding.org) or local approval by the building official, and the work follows the Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023). Volusia County is not in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which covers only Miami-Dade and Broward, so Miami-Dade NOAs and HVHZ rules do not apply here.
Design wind speed
On the state's county map for the 2023 Florida Building Code (Figure 1609.3(1), Risk Category II), the 130 mph contour crosses western Volusia, leaving the northwest lobe just under 130. The 140 mph contour runs just offshore along Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach, comes ashore near New Smyrna Beach and cuts inland to the south, past Edgewater and Oak Hill. Most of the county, from DeLand and Deltona to the Daytona and Ormond beachside, falls between the two lines, and the southeast corner east of the 140 line designs slightly above 140. Peninsula wind speeds have not changed since the 2010 code.2,3
Homes
282,109 homes; median built in 1986; 72.2% built before 2000; 64.5% detached single-family houses.4

What is on the roofs in Volusia County

Volusia has two very different housing belts. On the coast sit Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange and New Smyrna Beach, along the stretch where Nicole's erosion damaged beachfront structures in 2022. Inland is Deltona, which the Mackle brothers opened as Deltona Lakes on Nov. 18, 1962, on 17,203 acres. It was marketed nationwide for small, low-maintenance, affordable homes and had passed Daytona Beach as the county's most populous city by 2000.5,6

Rules, history and conditions that affect roofs here

  • For unincorporated Volusia, the county's Building and Code Administration Division takes building permit applications and does inspections through its online permitting and compliance portal. Its Permit Guide tells you which permits a project needs, and its Permit and Code Concierge Service offers personal guidance if you get stuck.1
  • Daytona Beach is waiving permit and inspection fees on residential and commercial projects, roof replacements included, through Jan. 31, 2027. It is the city's sixth fee waiver since 2020. The previous one, from Sept. 2024 to March 2025, waived $3.5 million in fees on more than 2,000 projects. Call Permits and Licensing at 386-671-8140 to confirm your job qualifies.7
  • Deltona and Port Orange run their own building departments. Deltona takes permits through its EnerGov self-service portal. Port Orange's Building Division posts a Hurricane and Tropical Storm Recovery Permitting Guide and a list of permit exemptions, both worth reading before storm repairs.8,9
  • The Florida Building Code defines the wind-borne debris region as land within 1 mile of the coastal mean high-water line where the design wind speed is 130 mph or more, plus anywhere the speed is 140 mph or more. Inside it, Section 1609.1.2 of the code requires glazed openings, such as windows and glass doors, to be impact-resistant or covered by an approved impact-resistant protection. In Volusia, only the southeast corner past New Smyrna Beach is at 140 mph or more. Beachside homes in Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach are under 140, but a home within 1 mile of the ocean's mean high-water line is inside the region wherever the map reads 130 mph or more. Confirm with your building official before you price shutters or impact windows.2,10,11
  • Deltona grew fast from its 1962 opening. By November 1965 nearly 1,000 homes were built or under construction. The population went from about 4,868 in 1970 to 51,828 in 1990, so a large share of Deltona's houses date from those two decades. Check your permit history before assuming how old your roof is.5

Storms that shaped these roofs

  • Charley (2004). Charley left Florida near Daytona Beach late on Aug. 13, 2004, still a hurricane. Daytona Beach's airport recorded an 83-mph gust, Ormond Beach an 87-mph gust, and an F1 tornado cut a quarter-mile track in south Daytona Beach.12
  • Ian (2022). Ian dumped 21.49 inches of rain on Daytona Beach in September 2022. In Volusia County, 40 buildings were destroyed and 1,378 structures damaged, mostly from freshwater flooding.13
  • Nicole (2022). Nicole, in November 2022, drove beach erosion that damaged beachfront structures at Wilbur-by-the-Sea, just south of Daytona Beach. A New Smyrna Beach station recorded a 75-mph gust.6
  • Milton (2024). Milton's strongest sustained wind reported in central Florida was 69 mph at Ponce Inlet, with a 99-mph gust, on Oct. 10, 2024. A rain gauge near Ormond Beach collected 17.20 inches.14

Klear Sky Roofing is based in Miami-Dade and takes roofing work in Volusia County. We add a city page once we have done work there and have local photos to show. Call to check scheduling for your address.

What this means for a re-roof in Volusia County

How old the houses are. The median home in Volusia County was built in 1986; 72.2% of its 282,109 homes predate 2000 and 10.9% were built in 2010 or later. So most houses here went up before Florida’s first statewide building code took effect on March 1, 2002.4,15,16,17

Pre-2002 wood-deck houses. When the old covering comes off, the deck gets re-nailed to current code and a secondary water barrier goes on; in the wind-borne debris region, insured homes of $300,000+ may also need roof-to-wall connections (capped at 15% of the re-roof cost).15,16,17

Repair or replace. Replacing 25% or more of a roof section in 12 months generally means redoing the section to current code — unless that roof was built or replaced under the 2007 code or later.16,17,18,19

Product approval. This area is outside the HVHZ, so roofing products need Florida Product Approval (an FL number you can look up at floridabuilding.org); a Miami-Dade NOA is not required.10,18,20,21,22

Roof age and insurance. An insurer can’t refuse a policy just because the roof is under 15 years old. If it is 15 or older, you can get an inspection first; at least 5 years of remaining life means age alone isn’t grounds to refuse.23

Sources

Facts on this page come from these public sources. Last checked September 2026.

  1. 1.Building and Zoning (Building and Code Administration Division) — Volusia County Government
  2. 2.Figure 1609.3(1) Ultimate Design Wind Speeds, Risk Category II Buildings: Volusia County (FBC 2023 county map, preliminary county PDF dated 03/22/2023) — University of Florida GeoPlan Center for the Florida Building Commission
  3. 3.Wind Loads: Impacts from ASCE 7-22 (8th Edition 2023 FBC fact sheet) — Florida Building Commission
  4. 4.American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates (tables B25035, B25034, B25024, B25003) — U.S. Census Bureau, via Census Reporter
  5. 5.Deltona, Florida — Wikipedia
  6. 6.Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Nicole — NOAA National Hurricane Center
  7. 7.Building Permit Fees Waived — City of Daytona Beach
  8. 8.City of Deltona (Permits / Deltona Self Service) — City of Deltona
  9. 9.Building — City of Port Orange
  10. 10.2023 Florida Building Code, Building, 8th ed., Chapter 2 Definitions (High Velocity Hurricane Zone; Wind-Borne Debris Region) — UpCodes (text of the Florida Building Code)
  11. 11.2023 Florida Building Code, Building, 8th ed., Chapter 16 Structural Design (Sections 1609.3, 1620, 1626) — UpCodes (text of the Florida Building Code)
  12. 12.Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Charley — NOAA National Hurricane Center
  13. 13.Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Ian — NOAA National Hurricane Center
  14. 14.Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Milton — NOAA National Hurricane Center
  15. 15.Florida Building Code Effective Dates — Florida Building Commission (floridabuilding.org)
  16. 16.2023 Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 8th ed., Chapter 7 (Section 706 Existing Roofing) — UpCodes (text of the Florida Building Code)
  17. 17.Florida Statutes 553.844, Windstorm loss mitigation; requirements for roofs and opening protection (2026) — Florida Legislature
  18. 18.2023 Florida Building Code, Building, 8th ed., Chapter 15 Roof Assemblies and Rooftop Structures (Sections 1511-1525) — UpCodes (text of the Florida Building Code)
  19. 19.SB 4-D (2022 Special Session D): Building Safety, Chapter 2022-269 — The Florida Senate
  20. 20.Florida Statutes 553.842, Product evaluation and approval (2026) — Florida Legislature
  21. 21.Rule Chapter 61G20-3, Product Approval — Florida Administrative Code (flrules.org)
  22. 22.Product Approval: Product or Application Search — Florida Building Commission (floridabuilding.org)
  23. 23.Florida Statutes 627.7011 (2026): Homeowners' policies; offer of replacement cost coverage and law and ordinance coverage — The Florida Legislature
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