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. Charlotte County, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Charlotte County, FL, municipal code § 3-2-66.
The following appendices to the Florida Building Code are hereby adopted:
- Appendix A, Weight of Building Materials;
- Appendix B, Chapter 9B-52 Florida Standard for Passive Radon-Resistant New Residential Building Construction;
- Appendix C, Chapter 9B-53 Standard for Mitigation of Radon in Existing Buildings;
- Appendix D, Standard for Rehabilitation;
- Appendix E, Chapter 9B-67 Florida Standard for Radon-Resistant New Commercial Building Construction;
- Appendix F, Map of Local Wind Speed Lines.
Helpful resources for Charlotte County, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Charlotte County 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)(Charlotte County, FL Sec. 1-8-36. - Adopted.)
...Code
Congress International Inc., 1997 edition of the Standard Housing Code, by reference
incorporated herein, is hereby adopted as the Charlotte County Housing Code. A copy
of the Southern Building Code Congress International Inc., 1997 edition of the Standard
Housing Code will be kept on file in the office of the building official....
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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. Charlotte County, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Charlotte County, FL, municipal code § 3-2-66.
The following appendices to the Florida Building Code are hereby adopted:
- Appendix A, Weight of Building Materials;
- Appendix B, Chapter 9B-52 Florida Standard for Passive Radon-Resistant New Residential Building Construction;
- Appendix C, Chapter 9B-53 Standard for Mitigation of Radon in Existing Buildings;
- Appendix D, Standard for Rehabilitation;
- Appendix E, Chapter 9B-67 Florida Standard for Radon-Resistant New Commercial Building Construction;
- Appendix F, Map of Local Wind Speed Lines.
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
Charlotte County 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)(Charlotte County, FL Sec. 3-2-23. - Status of technical codes;)
...The Florida Building Code, as amended, is the building code in effect in the county.
(Ord. No. 83-04, § 6, 3-8-83; Ord. No. 83-11, § 1, 4-19-83; Ord. No. 2000-001, § 3,
1-11-00; Ord. No. 2003-018, § 1, 4-22-03; Ord. No. 2009-019, § 1, 5-12-09)...
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. Charlotte County, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Charlotte County, FL, municipal code § 3-2-66.
The following appendices to the Florida Building Code are hereby adopted:
- Appendix A, Weight of Building Materials;
- Appendix B, Chapter 9B-52 Florida Standard for Passive Radon-Resistant New Residential Building Construction;
- Appendix C, Chapter 9B-53 Standard for Mitigation of Radon in Existing Buildings;
- Appendix D, Standard for Rehabilitation;
- Appendix E, Chapter 9B-67 Florida Standard for Radon-Resistant New Commercial Building Construction;
- Appendix F, Map of Local Wind Speed Lines.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
