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. Cape Canaveral, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Cape Canaveral, FL, municipal code § 82-31.

Helpful resources for Cape Canaveral, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Cape Canaveral 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)(Cape Canaveral, FL Sec. 82-148. - Technical amendments to Florida Building Code, Building, and Florida Building Code, Existing Building.)

...Modify a definition in Section 1612.2. as follows: SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. Any combination of repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or improvement of a building or structure taking place during a 10-year period, the cumulative cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the...

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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. Cape Canaveral, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Cape Canaveral, FL, municipal code § 82-31.

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

Cape Canaveral adopted You can find a copy of the code here.

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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(Cape Canaveral, FL Sec. 82-31. - Florida Building Code adopted.)

...The Florida Building Code, as may be amended from time to time, as published by the Florida Building Commission, shall be known as the City of Cape Canaveral Building Code and is hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set out. (Ord. No. 06-2001, § 1, 12-4-01; Ord. No. 12-2005, § 2, 10-4-05; Ord. No. 02-2009...

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. Cape Canaveral, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Cape Canaveral, FL, municipal code § 82-31.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes