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. Hillsborough County, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Hillsborough County, FL, municipal code § 102.2.
Helpful resources for Hillsborough County, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Hillsborough County adopted a code that is yet to be identified. Please
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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Residential (2021 IRC)(Hillsborough County, FL ARTICLE I. - HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONSTRUCTION CODE)
...incorporating the Florida Building Code—Mechanical,
2010 Edition, and including all Appendices; incorporating the Florida Building Code—Fuel
Gas, 2010 Edition, and including all Appendices; incorporating the Florida Building
Code Accessibility, 2010 Edition, and including all Appendices; incorporating the
Florida Building Code Energy Conservation...
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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. Hillsborough County, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Hillsborough County, FL, municipal code § 102.2.
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
Hillsborough 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)(Hillsborough County, FL ARTICLE I. - HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONSTRUCTION CODE)
...incorporating the Florida Building Code—Mechanical,
2010 Edition, and including all Appendices; incorporating the Florida Building Code—Fuel
Gas, 2010 Edition, and including all Appendices; incorporating the Florida Building
Code Accessibility, 2010 Edition, and including all Appendices; incorporating the
Florida Building Code Energy Conservation...
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. Hillsborough County, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Hillsborough County, FL, municipal code § 102.2.
The following buildings, structures, and facilities are exempt from the Florida Building Code—Building, and the Florida Residential Code as provided by law, but not exempt from Chapter 3 of this Code, and any future exemptions shall be as determined by the legislature and provided by law:
(a) Building and structures specifically regulated and preempted by the Federal Government.
(b) Railroads and ancillary facilities associated with the railroad.
(c) Non-residential farm buildings on farms.
(d) Temporary buildings or sheds used exclusively for construction purposes.
(e) Mobile homes or modular structures used as temporary offices, except that the provisions of part V (§§ 553.501—553.513, Florida Statutes) relating to accessibility by persons with disabilities shall apply to such mobile or modular structures.
(f) Those structures or facilities of electric utilities, as defined in § 366.02, Florida Statutes, which are directly involved in the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity.
(g) Temporary sets, assemblies, or structures used in commercial motion picture or television production, or any sound-recording equipment used in such production, on or off the premises.
(h) Chickees constructed by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians or the Seminole Tribe of Florida. As used in this paragraph, the term "chickee" means an open-sided wooden hut that has a thatched roof of palm or palmetto or other traditional materials, and that does not incorporate any electrical, plumbing, or other nonwood features.
(i) Family mausoleums not exceeding 250 square feet in area which are prefabricated and assembled on site or preassembled and delivered on site and have walls, roofs, and a floor constructed of granite, marble, or reinforced concrete.
(j) Temporary housing provided by the Department of Corrections to any prisoner in the state correctional system.
(k) Building or structure having less than 1,000 square feet, which is constructed and owned by a natural person for hunting, and which is repaired or reconstructed to the same dimension and condition as existed on January 1, 2011, if the building structure:
(1) is not rented, leased, or used as a principal residence; and
(2) is not located within the 100-year floodplain, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's current Flood Insurance Rate Map; and
(3) is not connected to an offsite electric power or water supply.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
