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. Bonita Springs, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Bonita Springs, FL, municipal code § 10-19 (adopted), § 10-20 (amended).
Helpful resources for Bonita Springs, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Bonita Springs 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)(Bonita Springs, FL ARTICLE II. - BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS)
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State Law reference—
Florida Building Code in effect in the city, F.S. § 553.73l....
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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. Bonita Springs, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Bonita Springs, FL, municipal code § 10-19 (adopted), § 10-20 (amended).
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
Bonita Springs 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)(Bonita Springs, FL Sec. 24-80. - 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. Bonita Springs, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Bonita Springs, FL, municipal code § 10-19 (adopted), § 10-20 (amended).
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
Bonita Springs, FL, adopted the 2009 IEBC.The 2009 International Property Maintenance Code adopts the 2009 IEBC. IMPC § 201.3.
