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. Frostproof, FL, has no further provisions. Frostproof, FL, municipal code § 5-21.
Sec. 5-22. – Basic wind speed.
For the purposes of complying with the structural requirements related to wind loads, all buildings and structures shall be designed for a minimum wind load of one hundred twenty (120) miles per hour in accordance with Figure 1606 of the Florida Building Code. With regard to the compliance with criteria relating to protection from wind borne debris, this city is deemed to be located landward of the one hundred ten (110) miles per hour wind contour line in Figure 1606 and therefore, buildings within this city are not required to have openings protected from wind borne debris except for critical facilities which voluntarily provide protection of openings from wind borne debris.
Helpful resources for Frostproof, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Frostproof 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)(Frostproof, FL Sec. 5-21. - Standard Building Code—Adoption.)
...The Florida Building Code as published by the State of Florida, Department of Community
Affairs, as may be amended, is hereby adopted by reference.
(Code 1963, § 8-01(a); Ord. No. 430, 8-15-88; Ord. No. 01-O-6, § 1, 12-17-01)...
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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. Frostproof, FL, has no further provisions. Frostproof, FL, municipal code § 5-21.
Sec. 5-22. – Basic wind speed.
For the purposes of complying with the structural requirements related to wind loads, all buildings and structures shall be designed for a minimum wind load of one hundred twenty (120) miles per hour in accordance with Figure 1606 of the Florida Building Code. With regard to the compliance with criteria relating to protection from wind borne debris, this city is deemed to be located landward of the one hundred ten (110) miles per hour wind contour line in Figure 1606 and therefore, buildings within this city are not required to have openings protected from wind borne debris except for critical facilities which voluntarily provide protection of openings from wind borne debris.
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
Frostproof adopted You can find a copy of the code here.
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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(Frostproof, FL Sec. 5-21. - Standard Building Code—Adoption.)
...The Florida Building Code as published by the State of Florida, Department of Community
Affairs, as may be amended, is hereby adopted by reference.
(Code 1963, § 8-01(a); Ord. No. 430, 8-15-88; Ord. No. 01-O-6, § 1, 12-17-01)...
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. Frostproof, FL, has no further provisions. Frostproof, FL, municipal code § 5-21.
Sec. 5-22. – Basic wind speed.
For the purposes of complying with the structural requirements related to wind loads, all buildings and structures shall be designed for a minimum wind load of one hundred twenty (120) miles per hour in accordance with Figure 1606 of the Florida Building Code. With regard to the compliance with criteria relating to protection from wind borne debris, this city is deemed to be located landward of the one hundred ten (110) miles per hour wind contour line in Figure 1606 and therefore, buildings within this city are not required to have openings protected from wind borne debris except for critical facilities which voluntarily provide protection of openings from wind borne debris.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
