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New Home Construction · Palm Springs, FL
Florida State-Certified General Contractor CGC1528750
Ground-up homes on Palm Springs lots, permitted through the Village's own Planning, Zoning & Building Department, designed to the 170 mph wind band and checked parcel by parcel for flood zone and setbacks. Built by a state-certified general contractor who inspects every job himself.
Why Us
Randolph Scott Bell is the only Palm Beach County contractor who is also a certified energy engineer — the owner inspects every job. On a new Palm Springs home the envelope, insulation, air sealing and impact openings are designed together, and every job carries a written one-year workmanship warranty. CGC1528750 is a Florida state-certified licence, and we also hold a Palm Springs Local Business Tax Receipt, a local registration that is separate from the licence.
Permitting
Palm Springs is an incorporated Village with its own Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 226 Cypress Lane and an online portal for applications, plan review and inspection scheduling. That is a different office from the Palm Beach County Building Division that governs unincorporated Loxahatchee. A licensed contractor holds the permit and is present at final inspection, and we submit and track a Palm Springs build through the Village portal from first submittal to certificate of occupancy.
Wind & Code
Palm Beach County's Figure 1609.3(1) Ultimate Design Wind Speed map (Risk Category II) places the entire Village in the 170 mph band, the same reading as the mainland of West Palm Beach. That is higher than the 160-165 mph Wellington sees and than the 140-160 mph further west. For a new home it sets the structural design and means every exterior opening needs a Florida Product Approved unit rated to that standard, confirmed for the specific parcel before we quote. Homes built to current code typically qualify for wind-mitigation insurance credits, and as a RESNET Certified HERS Rater the owner can document them.
Lots & Zoning
Palm Springs is a small, fully developed village, so a new home is almost always infill on an individually owned lot, often a rebuild after removing an older house. The survey comes first: it shows the boundary, easements and anything existing the new footprint has to respect. Setbacks, lot coverage and height are set by the lot's zoning district in the Village code and differ by district, so we confirm them with the Village against your survey before a permit set is drawn.
FEMA flood zone and base flood elevation are specific to each parcel and set the finished-floor height, so we read the flood map for your address before design instead of assuming. If an older house and slab have to come out first, our land division can schedule the demolition and site prep.
HOA & Proof
Roughly two-thirds of Palm Springs housing is single-family homes on individually owned lots with no HOA architectural-review layer, so the Village permit is the only sign-off those need. The remaining third is in condominium communities such as Lake Clarke Gardens and Lakeside Village Condominiums, where the association's rules apply before the Village will permit. We confirm which applies to your address before we quote. We have no confirmed completed project in Palm Springs on our record and will not suggest one, so we lead with Florida Certified General Contractor CGC1528750, EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm #NAT-F122701-2, BBB A+ accreditation since 2021 and the Palm Springs business tax receipt.
Also in Palm Springs
A new house in the Village tends to need more than a permit: the roof system, site work before the foundation, and management once it is occupied or rented. These are the same-town pages for each.
Roofing in Palm Springs (the 170 mph band applies to the roof too)Property management in Palm Springs (for an association or rental after the build)Land services in Palm Springs (clearing and pad work before the foundation)Food truck catering in Palm Springs (for a housewarming or build-day event)
Questions, Answered
The Village of Palm Springs, through its Planning, Zoning & Building Department at 226 Cypress Lane, not the Palm Beach County Building Division. Applications, plan review and inspection scheduling run through the Village portal, and a licensed contractor holds the permit and is present at final inspection.
170 mph. Palm Beach County's Figure 1609.3(1) Ultimate Design Wind Speed map (Risk Category II) places the entire Village in the 170 mph band. Every exterior opening needs a Florida Product Approved unit rated to that standard, confirmed for your parcel before we quote.
They depend on the lot's zoning district under the Village code, so there is no single number. We confirm setbacks, lot coverage and height with the Village against your survey before we draw the permit set.
It depends on the parcel. The FEMA flood zone and base flood elevation for your address set the required finished-floor height and can affect foundation design and cost. We check the flood map for the lot before design begins.
Usually not for a standalone lot, since roughly two-thirds of Palm Springs housing is single-family homes with no HOA architectural review. Condominium communities such as Lake Clarke Gardens and Lakeside Village Condominiums have association rules. We confirm which applies before we quote.
Yes. Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation holds Florida Certified General Contractor license CGC1528750, a statewide certification, and also holds a Palm Springs Local Business Tax Receipt, which is a local registration and not a contractor licence. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2) and BBB A+ accredited.
Free estimates and a written one-year workmanship warranty on every job.