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 (Appendices B, C and E), Residential (Appendices A, B, C, E, F and O) and Existing Building Codes, at a minimum. Jacksonville, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Jacksonville, FL, municipal code § 321.101.
Helpful resources for Jacksonville, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Jacksonville adopted a code that is yet to be identified. Please
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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Residential (2021 IRC)(Jacksonville, FL Sec. 321.101. - Adoption of Appendices.)
...building code:
Florida Building Code—Building Appendices B, C and E
Florida Building Code—Residential Appendices A, B, C, E, F and O
Florida Building Code—Existing Building Appendices B and D...
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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 (Appendices B, C and E), Residential (Appendices A, B, C, E, F and O) and Existing Building Codes, at a minimum. Jacksonville, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Jacksonville, FL, municipal code § 321.101.
Appendix A – Sizing and Capacities of Gas Piping
Appendix B – Sizing of Venting Systems Serving Appliances Equipped With Draft Hoods, Category I Appliances, and Appliances Listed for Use With Type B Vents
Appendix C – Exit Terminals of Mechanical Draft and Direct-Vent Venting Systems
Appendix E – Chapter 9B-53 Florida Standard for Mitigation of Radon in Existing Buildings
Appendix F – Chapter 9B-52 Florida Standard for Passive Radon-Resistant New Residential Building Construction
Appendix O – Gray Water Recycling Systems
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.
Jacksonville, FL, adopted the Florida Building Code, Existing Building Appendices B and D. Jacksonville, FL, municipal code § 321.101 (adopted):
Appendix B – Standard for Rehabilitation – Restoring historic buildings
Appendix D – Type of Construction
Regarding reroofing:
"Not more than 25 percent of the total roof area or roof section of any existing building or structure shall be repaired, replaced or recovered in any 12 month period unless the entire roofing system or roof section conforms to requirements of this code."
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
Commercial Building Code
Jacksonville 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)(Jacksonville, FL Sec. 321.110. - Substantial damage and substantial improvement definitions.)
...improvement" in Chapter 652 (Floodplain Management), Part 9 (Definitions), Section 652.904 (Definitions) are adopted in this Chapter 321 by reference, as a local technical amendment to the Florida Building Code (6th Edition
(2017)), as more particularly stated in Section 652.904.
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2019-803-E...
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 (Appendices B, C and E), Residential (Appendices A, B, C, E, F and O) and Existing Building Codes, at a minimum. Jacksonville, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Jacksonville, FL, municipal code § 321.101.
Appendix B – Chapter 9B-52 F.A.C. Florida Standard for Passive Radon-Resistant Construction
Appendix C – Chapter 9B-53 F.A.C. Standard for Mitigation of Radon in Existing Buildings
Appendix E- Chapter 9 B-67 Florida Standard for Radon-Resistant new Commercial Construction
Existing Buildings
Jacksonville, FL, adopted the Florida Building Code, Existing Building Appendices B and D. Jacksonville, FL, municipal code § 321.101 (adopted):
Appendix B – Standard for Rehabilitation – Restoring historic buildings
Appendix D – Type of Construction
Regarding reroofing:
"Not more than 25 percent of the total roof area or roof section of any existing building or structure shall be repaired, replaced or recovered in any 12 month period unless the entire roofing system or roof section conforms to requirements of this code."
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
