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. Delray Beach, FL, has no further provisions. Delray Beach, FL, municipal code Ch. 150.

Helpful resources for Delray Beach, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Delray Beach 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)(Delray Beach, FL Sec. 7.4.1. - Adoption by reference.)

...With the exception of those sections repealed in Section 7.4.2 the 1994 edition of the Standard Housing Code, together with the revisions thereto, as compiled by Southern Building Code Congress International Inc., of which not less than three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk, is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as...

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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. Delray Beach, FL, has no further provisions. Delray Beach, FL, municipal code Ch. 150.

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

Delray Beach adopted You can find a copy of the code here.

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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(Delray Beach, FL Sec. 7.1.3. - Building Code.)

...(A) Adopted by reference. The 2001 Florida Building Code, as amended, and the amendments to the 2001 Florida Building Code as adopted by Palm Beach County are hereby adopted and incorporated as if set forth herein, except as amended in Section 7.1.2(B) of this Article. This Article also adopts the 1999 Windborne...

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. Delray Beach, FL, has no further provisions. Delray Beach, FL, municipal code Ch. 150.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes