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Haines City, Florida Building Codes

Updated : 04/22/2024

Overview

The State Code of Florida requires that all municipalities and counties within the state enforce the most current (5th edition, 2014, effective 06/30/15) Florida Building Code, including Building, Residential and Existing Building Codes, at a minimum. Haines City, FL, has no further provisions. Haines City, FL, municipal code § 18.1.2.

Helpful resources for Haines City, Florida include the following.

Residential Building Code

Haines City adopted a code that is yet to be identified. Please contact PLRB if you would like us to research this for you.

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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Residential (2021 IRC)(Haines City, FL Sec. 14.3.5. - Modifications of the strict application of the requirements of the Florida Building Code.)

...requests submitted to the building official that seek approval to modify the strict application of the flood load and flood resistant construction requirements of the Florida Building Code to determine whether such requests require the granting of a variance pursuant to article 7 of this chapter. (Ord. No...

Drip Edge

Drip Edge: No

Ice Barrier

Comments

The State Code of Florida requires that all municipalities and counties within the state enforce the most current (5th edition, 2014, effective 06/30/15) Florida Building Code, including Building, Residential and Existing Building Codes, at a minimum. Haines City, FL, has no further provisions. Haines City, FL, municipal code § 18.1.2.

Existing Buildings

Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.

Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)

Commercial Building Code

Haines City adopted You can find a copy of the code here.

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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(Haines City, FL Sec. 14.9.1. - Design and construction of buildings, structures and facilities exempt from the Florida Building Code.)

...exempt from the Florida Building Code, including substantial improvement or repair of substantial damage of such buildings, structures and facilities, shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the flood load and flood resistant construction requirements of ASCE 24. Structures exempt from the Florida Building Code that are not walled...

Comments

The State Code of Florida requires that all municipalities and counties within the state enforce the most current (5th edition, 2014, effective 06/30/15) Florida Building Code, including Building, Residential and Existing Building Codes, at a minimum. Haines City, FL, has no further provisions. Haines City, FL, municipal code § 18.1.2.

Existing Buildings

Haines City, FL, adopted the 2007 IPMC. The International Property Maintenance Code adopts the IEBC. IMPC § 201.3.

Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)

Other Building Codes

Haines City, FL, has adopted the following standards:

2007 Florida Building Code Test Protocols for High Velocity Hurricane Codes as adopted by the state.

2007 Florida Building Code Plumbing as adopted by the state amended from time to time.

2007 Florida Building Code Fuel & Gas as adopted by the state.

2007 Florida Building Code Mechanical as adopted by the state.

2007 Florida Fire Prevention Code as adopted by the state.

2008 Edition of The National Electric Code as adopted by the state.

2009 International Property Maintenance Code published by the International Code Council as adopted by the state.

However, many of these standards are out of date and have been replaced by the currently adopted state standards:

Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, 5th Edition (2014)

Florida Building Code, Fuel Gas, 5th Edition (2014)

Florida Building Code, Plumbing, 5th Edition (2014)

Florida Building Code, Mechanical, 5th Edition (2014)

Florida Building Code, Test Protocols for High-Velocity Hurricane Zones, 5th Edition (2014)

Florida Building Code, Accessibility, 5th Edition (2014)