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. Lighthouse Point, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including "Broward County Administrative Provisions". Lighthouse Point, FL, municipal code § 14-32 – 14-50.
Helpful resources for Lighthouse Point, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Lighthouse Point 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)(Lighthouse Point, FL Sec. 38-18. - Modifications of the strict application of the requirements of the Florida Building Code.)
...requests submitted to the building official
that seek approval to modify the strict application of the flood load and flood resistant
construction requirements of the Florida Building Code to determine whether such requests
require the granting of a variance pursuant to division 7 of article I of this chapter....
Drip Edge
Drip Edge: No
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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. Lighthouse Point, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including "Broward County Administrative Provisions". Lighthouse Point, FL, municipal code § 14-32 – 14-50.
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
Lighthouse Point 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)(Lighthouse Point, FL Sec. 14-31. - Code adopted.)
...There is hereby adopted by reference as fully and to the same effect as if set out
at length herein that certain code known as the Florida Building Code, and Broward
County Administrative Provisions, as may be amended from time to time, more particularly
known as the "Lighthouse Point Building Code," a copy of which is on file in the office...
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. Lighthouse Point, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including "Broward County Administrative Provisions". Lighthouse Point, FL, municipal code § 14-32 – 14-50.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
