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. Fort Walton Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Fort Walton Beach, FL, municipal code § 3.01.01 (adopted), § 3.01.02 (amended).
3.04.01 Wind-Borne Debris Region Established There is hereby established a "Wind-Borne Debris Region" defined as all land within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Walton Beach. To assure proper methods for new construction or repair of existing buildings and structures, the wind borne debris region is established to provide a region where buildings constructed within said region must be either designed for internal pressures that may result inside a building when a window or door is broken or a hole is created in its walls or roof by large debris, or be designed with protected openings, pursuant to Chapter 16 of the F.B.C.
Helpful resources for Fort Walton Beach, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Fort Walton Beach adopted a code that is yet to be identified. Please
contact PLRB if you would like us to research this for you.
Auto Search - beta:
2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Residential (2021 IRC)(Fort Walton Beach, FL 3.01.01 - Florida Building Code Incorporated by Reference.)
...The current Florida Building Code, as adopted by rule of the Florida Building Commission
as required by state statute, with its six main volumes of Building, Plumbing, Mechanical,
Fuel Gas, Existing Building, Residential, and excluding the Test Protocols volume,
as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated into this chapter...
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: No
Ice Barrier
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. Fort Walton Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Fort Walton Beach, FL, municipal code § 3.01.01 (adopted), § 3.01.02 (amended).
3.04.01 Wind-Borne Debris Region Established There is hereby established a "Wind-Borne Debris Region" defined as all land within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Walton Beach. To assure proper methods for new construction or repair of existing buildings and structures, the wind borne debris region is established to provide a region where buildings constructed within said region must be either designed for internal pressures that may result inside a building when a window or door is broken or a hole is created in its walls or roof by large debris, or be designed with protected openings, pursuant to Chapter 16 of the F.B.C.
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
Fort Walton Beach adopted You can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about amendments to the model code here.
Auto Search - beta:
2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(Fort Walton Beach, FL 3.01.01 - Florida Building Code Incorporated by Reference.)
...The current Florida Building Code, as adopted by rule of the Florida Building Commission
as required by state statute, with its six main volumes of Building, Plumbing, Mechanical,
Fuel Gas, Existing Building, Residential, and excluding the Test Protocols volume,
as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated into this chapter...
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. Fort Walton Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Fort Walton Beach, FL, municipal code § 3.01.01 (adopted), § 3.01.02 (amended).
3.04.01 Wind-Borne Debris Region Established There is hereby established a "Wind-Borne Debris Region" defined as all land within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Walton Beach. To assure proper methods for new construction or repair of existing buildings and structures, the wind borne debris region is established to provide a region where buildings constructed within said region must be either designed for internal pressures that may result inside a building when a window or door is broken or a hole is created in its walls or roof by large debris, or be designed with protected openings, pursuant to Chapter 16 of the F.B.C.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
