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. Indian Shores, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Indian Shores, FL, municipal code § 18-280. 

Helpful resources for Indian Shores, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Indian Shores 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)(Indian Shores, FL Sec. 18-227. - Adoption of Housing Code.)

...(a) There is adopted by reference the 1991 edition with 1992 revisions of the Standard Housing Code, as published by the Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., subject however to such amendments, additions and modifications which may appear in this article....

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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. Indian Shores, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Indian Shores, FL, municipal code § 18-280. 

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

Indian Shores 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)(Indian Shores, FL Sec. 18-122. - Building Code—Adopted.)

...Administration. Chapter 1 of the Florida Building Code as modified by the Town of Indian Shores. (2) Building. The provisions of the Florida Building Code and demolition of every public and private building, structure or...

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. Indian Shores, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Indian Shores, FL, municipal code § 18-280. 

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes