Do I need a permit for an attached deck in
Palm Springs, Florida?

Palm Springs sits in FEMA AE (coastal high hazard) zone for most residential areas, which means the City of Palm Springs Building Department enforces additional hurricane wind uplift requirements beyond the base IRC R507 standard. You'll see this in plan review: the inspector will flag any beam-to-post connection that doesn't specify lateral load resistance (Simpson H-clips or equivalent), and ledger flashing must meet or exceed IRC R507.9 with additional corrosion-resistance specs for salt-spray environments. Unlike inland Florida cities (say, Winter Park or DeLand), Palm Springs doesn't have a frost-depth requirement — your footings can sit much shallower because there's no freeze-thaw cycle — but that savings gets swallowed by mandatory wind-uplift testing and hurricane tie-down hardware. The permit fee structure is based on construction valuation, not square footage, so a $25,000 deck and a $40,000 deck can have different fee tiers. Most importantly, many Palm Springs neighborhoods have HOA covenants that run parallel to city permitting; even if you get a city permit, your HOA might reject the design or materials, so dual approval is common and often delays projects by 4–6 weeks.