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. St. Augustine, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Augustine, FL, municipal code § 8-101.

St. Augustine, FL, adopted the following Florida Building Code appendices:

• A (weights of building materials for the city),
• B (standard for passive radon-resistant new residential construction)
• C (mitigation of radon in existing buildings)
• D (ehabilitation and guidelines for rehabilitating historic buildings)
• E (radon-resistant new commercial building construction) of the Florida Building Code, Building

 

Helpful resources for St. Augustine, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

St. Augustine 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)(St. Augustine, FL Sec. 8-109. - Plumbing code.)

...The Florida Building Code, Plumbing, 6th Edition (2017), including all appendices and all subsequent amendments and revisions, is adopted and incorporated by reference as the plumbing code for the city. (Ord. No. 02-19, § 1, 10-14-02; Ord. No. 18-15, § 2, 12-10-18)...

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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. St. Augustine, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Augustine, FL, municipal code § 8-101.

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

St. Augustine adopted You can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about amendments to the model code here.

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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(St. Augustine, FL Sec. 8-101. - Building code.)

...The Florida Building Code, Building, 7th Edition (2020), and all subsequent amendments and revisions is adopted and incorporated by reference as the building code for the city. (Ord. No. 02-19, § 1, 10-14-02; Ord. No. 18-15, § 2, 12-10-18; Ord. No. 21-10, § 1, 6-14-21)...

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. St. Augustine, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Augustine, FL, municipal code § 8-101.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes