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 Coral, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Cape Coral, FL, municipal building code § 6-16.
Helpful resources for Cape Coral, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Cape Coral 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 Coral, FL CHAPTER 1. - ADOPTION OF CODES: FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS, AND UTILITY STANDARDS)
...Ord.
64-22
, § 2, adopted Aug. 17, 2022, changed the title of Chapter 1 from "Adoption of Codes:
Florida Building Code, The National Electrical Code, International Property Maintenance
Code, and Engineering Design Standards" to read as herein set out....
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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 Coral, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Cape Coral, FL, municipal building code § 6-16.
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 Coral adopted You can find a copy of the code here.
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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(Cape Coral, FL Section 12.2. - 2020 Florida Building Code, Building.)
...Building Official for variances to the provisions of Section 1612.4
of the Florida Building Code, Building or, as applicable, the provisions of R322 of
the Florida Building Code, Residential. This section shall not apply to Section 3109
of the Florida Building Code, Building.
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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 Coral, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Cape Coral, FL, municipal building code § 6-16.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)