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. Fernandina Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Fernandina Beach, FL, municipal code § 22-26 (adopted), § 22-29 (amended).
Helpful resources for Fernandina Beach, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Fernandina 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)(Fernandina Beach, FL Sec. 22-101. - Standard Housing Code—Adoption; enforcement; permit requirements.)
...Beach, Florida, Standard Housing
Code." This article adopts the Standard Housing Code, as published by the Southern
Building Code Congress International, Inc., 1997 edition, as it may be amended from
time to time, and is hereby adopted by reference as though it were copied fully in
this article. Copies of the Standard Housing Code will be available...
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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. Fernandina Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Fernandina Beach, FL, municipal code § 22-26 (adopted), § 22-29 (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
Fernandina Beach 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)(Fernandina Beach, FL Sec. 22-29.2. - Technical amendments to the Florida Building Code, Building (Flood).)
...In the Florida Building Code, Building, amend definitions in Section 202, as follows:
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost
of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 30
percent of the market value of the structure before the damage...
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. Fernandina Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Fernandina Beach, FL, municipal code § 22-26 (adopted), § 22-29 (amended).
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
