Building in Highland Beach: Coastal Setbacks, Codes, and Permit Requirements

Oceanfront construction site on A1A in Highland Beach, FL, showing coastal setback line and permitted work zone

Highland Beach is 1.29 square miles, incorporated in 1949, sitting between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal in the 33487 zip code. Roughly 4,300 people live there. It’s small enough that plenty of contractors assume it works like Boca Raton, two miles south. It doesn’t. The town has its own building department, zoning code, and amendments […]