The Digital Plan Room is set up to validate whether a document has a valid digital signature in accordance with the Florida Administrative Code. The following document types will require a valid digital signature in order to be uploaded through Online Services:
• Plans
• Building Plans
• Calculation
• Elevation Certificate
• Engineer Letter/Affidavit
• Fall Down Radius Certificate of Tower
• FEMA Flood Proofing Certificate
• Final Elevation Certificate
• Final Plat
• Floodway Construction Certificate
• Landscape Fill Certificate
• Letter of Mitigation
• Lighting Plan
• Limited Geotechnical Exploration Report
• Master Drainage Plan
• Survey*
Manatee County has provided a general Guide to Digital Signatures. This guide is not intended to be a legal interpretation and we encourage you to also review F.A.C. Rule 61G15-23.003 yourself.
For more information on signing and sealing Engineering Documents please refer to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
*Building & Development Services recommends that Surveys being submitted be digitally signed which will validate the authenticity of the document. Surveys not digitally signed will require additional staff review to validate the authenticity of the document.