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. Inverness, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Inverness, FL, municipal code § 7-3.

Helpful resources for Inverness, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Inverness 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)(Inverness, FL Sec. 7-2. - Adoption.)

...The Florida Building Code as adopted by the Florida Department of Community Affairs is hereby adopted in its entirety by reference except for those sections added or amended herein. (Ord. No. 2003-616, § 1, 9-2-03)...

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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. Inverness, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Inverness, FL, municipal code § 7-3.

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

Inverness 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)(Inverness, FL Sec. 7-2. - Adoption.)

...The Florida Building Code as adopted by the Florida Department of Community Affairs is hereby adopted in its entirety by reference except for those sections added or amended herein. (Ord. No. 2003-616, § 1, 9-2-03)...

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. Inverness, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Inverness, FL, municipal code § 7-3.

Existing Buildings

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

Sec. 7-5.3. – Special historic buildings and districts.

"The provisions of this Code relating to the construction, alteration, repair, enlargement, restoration, relocation or moving buildings or structures shall not be mandatory for existing buildings or structures identified and classified by the state or local jurisdiction as historic buildings when such building or structures are judged by the building official to be safe and in the public interest of health, safety and welfare regarding any proposed construction, alteration, repair, enlargement, restoration, relocation or moving of buildings within fire districts. The applicant must submit complete architectural and engineering plans and specifications bearing the seal of a registered professional engineer or architect."

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