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. Hialeah Gardens, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including the amendments of Miami-Dade County. Hialeah Gardens, FL, municipal code § 58-31.
Helpful resources for Hialeah Gardens, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Hialeah Gardens adopted a code that is yet to be identified. Please
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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Residential (2021 IRC)(Hialeah Gardens, FL Sec. 2-250.4. - Technical standards adopted.)
...shall be enforced by the code compliance department of the city:
(1)
The Florida Building Code.
(2)
The Public Works Manual of...
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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. Hialeah Gardens, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including the amendments of Miami-Dade County. Hialeah Gardens, FL, municipal code § 58-31.
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
Hialeah Gardens adopted You can find a copy of the code here.
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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(Hialeah Gardens, FL Sec. 58-31. - Technical standards adopted.)
...following technical construction standards are hereby adopted:
(1)
The South Florida Building Code (Dade County edition);
(2)
The Public...
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. Hialeah Gardens, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including the amendments of Miami-Dade County. Hialeah Gardens, FL, municipal code § 58-31.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
Other Building Codes
Hialeah Gardens, FL, has adopted the following standards:
The Public Works Manual of Metropolitan Dade County and the standards of the county water and sewer authority department, chapter 28 of subdivisions
The Energy Efficiency Code of Building Construction, 1991 edition, developed by the department of community affairs
The National Electrical Code, 1990 edition
The requirements for accessibility by physically disabled persons as specified in F.S. ch. 553, part V
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)
