Concrete Contractor in Washington Park, Plant City

Homes and storefronts on either side of US 92

The county plat record shows Washington Park as 188 lots in Plat Book 4, page 47, recorded on February 8, 1907. That's one day before the Madison Park plat (Plat Book 4, page 48) was recorded. East Baker Street and East Reynolds Street, both part of US 92, cross it, and the lots along them carry commercial land-use codes.

Behind that frontage it's a grid of house streets: North Merrin, North Warnell, North Johnson, North Knight and North Gordon run one way, East Tomlin, East Gilchrist, East Calhoun and East Young the other. Sunrise Park sits inside the plat. The CSX line runs about 30 meters off one edge, and Andrew Jackson Elementary School is about 235 meters away. Our Plant City service area page lists the rest of town, and the concrete driveway page covers a full replacement.

A 1948 median build year and lots near 9,200 square feet

The 2026 tax roll counts 182 parcels in the plat. 152 are single-family homes, 3 are vacant house lots, and the rest are offices, auto sales and repair shops, vacant commercial lots, two stores, two churches and a supermarket. Build years run from 1900 to 2019, and the median is 1948. The 1920s and the 1950s each account for 35 of the dated buildings.

The median single-family lot is about 9,200 square feet, with about 1,533 square feet of living space. That beats the medians in nearby Madison Park and Lincoln Park. With that much ground, you may have room to widen an old single-car driveway. Tear-out of the old slab adds $2 to $4 per sq ft. A back patio can be bigger without crowding the fence line, and a front walkway to the porch can go in while the crew is here.

On the commercial side, a church or shop may need a walk, a pad or a slab, permitted through the same City Building Department. A stamped entry can be priced on the same visit.

Concrete Pricing

Below are our typical ranges for Washington Park jobs. You get your real number on a free written estimate after we see the site.

Ranges only, not a quote. Removing an old slab adds $2 to $4 per sq ft, and a culvert or apron rebuild shows as its own line. Free written estimate after we see the site.

Seffner fine sand and Ona fine sand under the Washington Park grid

The USDA soil survey maps about two-thirds of the plat (65.6%) as Seffner fine sand. It's somewhat poorly drained, the seasonal water table can come within about 30 inches of the surface, and the survey rates it not limited for houses without basements. About a third (32.8%) is Ona fine sand, which is poorly drained with water as close as about a foot down. A sliver is St. Johns fine sand. No wetlands are mapped inside the plat, and USGS shows East Canal about 125 meters away.

What that means on pour day: a pad on Seffner sand sits higher above the seasonal water than one on Ona sand, which can stay soft after a summer storm. The building code wants fill free of roots and vegetation and compacted for even support, so roots and vegetation come out first. We can pitch each slab so water runs off it, and a driveway has to slope toward the street, as the city requires.

Our guide to concrete on sandy soil walks through the base work. The National Weather Service puts the local rainy season at May 25 to October 10, and that's when a wet Ona pad matters most.

What to Expect, Start to Finish

1. Tell us the street

   Call or send the form with your address in Washington Park, and whether you front US 92 or a side street.

2. Free on-site estimate

   We walk the lot, measure, and look at where water sits after rain.

3. Written quote in 48 hours

   You get the price in writing within 48 hours, with tear-out, apron and culvert work listed on their own lines.

4. Pour and clean up

   Once the city permit and apron inspection are set, we pour and leave the jobsite clean.

City streets, the US 92 frontage and the apron at the curb

Every lot here is inside Plant City limits. County road data shows about 3.8 km of residential streets in the plat owned and maintained by the city, so a driveway permit comes from the City of Plant City Building Department. The city's help center says driveways and walkways need a permit before work starts, drawn on a site plan.

The part of a driveway inside the street right-of-way has its own spec:

• 3000 psi concrete with fiber, at least 6 inches thick, with no rebar or mesh
• a 15-inch concrete culvert pipe with mitered ends where the lot needs one
• pressure-treated wood joints instead of saw cuts
• no meter boxes, cleanouts or service lines under the driveway
• a form inspection booked with 24 hours' notice

After that, the apron is yours. City repairs stop at the edge of pavement.

East Baker Street is an FDOT road. If your lot fronts US 92, ask FDOT what it needs for a driveway connection before you plan the job. The plat sits outside Plant City's three historic districts, so no Certificate of Appropriateness is needed. Our Plant City driveway permit guide lays out each step.

HB 803, the Notice of Commencement and the Gilchrist plat next door

Florida's HB 803 lets some non-structural work under $7,500 on a single-family home skip the permit, but only with written approval first, and never if any part of the property is in a flood hazard area. About 94.5% of the Washington Park plat is mapped Zone X and about 5.5% is Zone AE, with no base flood elevation shown for that AE strip. Those shares cover the whole platted area, streets included, so check your own parcel on the FEMA flood map before you count on the exemption.

On a bigger job, Florida law calls for a Notice of Commencement recorded with the county clerk before work starts once the contract tops $2,500. Over $5,000, a copy also goes to the Building Department before the first inspection.

Right next door is the 44-lot Gilchrist Subdivision, recorded the same day on the same plat page, and the clerk files it under the Washington Park name. Its map is much wetter: about 70% Zone AE, with more St. Johns sand. Its streets include North Pennsylvania Avenue and North Vermont Street, and Gilchrist Park sits inside it. We also pour in Lincoln Park, Madison Park, Pinecrest, Walden Woods and Seminole Lake.