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. Miami, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Miami, FL, municipal code § 10-3.

Helpful resources for Miami, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Miami 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)(Miami, FL Sec. 10-103. - Maintenance of lots or property containing excavated construction sites or excavated sites in considerable non-compliance with the Florida Building Code.)

...containing excavated construction sites or excavated sites that have become a nuisance or a danger to the community and are in considerable non-compliance with the Florida Building Code, pursuant to the building official. This section seeks to implement regulations to: (1)...

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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. Miami, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Miami, FL, municipal code § 10-3.

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

Miami 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)(Miami, FL Sec. 10-3. - Building code.)

...The "South Florida Building Code" and the "South Florida Building Code, Dade County edition", will remain in effect, and enforced in the city, for all plans submitted and pending prior to the date the Florida Building Code was implemented. All plans submitted after the Florida Building Code was implemented shall be governed by the...

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. Miami, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Miami, FL, municipal code § 10-3.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes