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. Monroe County, FL, has no further provisions. Monroe County, FL, municipal code § 6-25.

Helpful resources for Monroe County, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Monroe County 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)(Monroe County, FL Sec. 6-147. - Florida Building Code, Building, Technical Amendments.)

...submittal, which includes or explicitly references the above items. This report shall consider local scour and all applicable design loads as outlined in the Florida Building Code. Pile embedment shall include consideration of decreased resistance capacity caused by scour of soil strata surrounding the piling and have soil and/or rock...

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. Monroe County, FL, has no further provisions. Monroe County, FL, municipal code § 6-25.

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

Monroe County adopted You can find a copy of the code here.

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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Building (2021 IBC)(Monroe County, FL Sec. 6-147. - Florida Building Code, Building, Technical Amendments.)

...submittal, which includes or explicitly references the above items. This report shall consider local scour and all applicable design loads as outlined in the Florida Building Code. Pile embedment shall include consideration of decreased resistance capacity caused by scour of soil strata surrounding the piling and have soil and/or rock...

. See Gen.code(Monroe County, FL Municipal Code)

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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. Monroe County, FL, has no further provisions. Monroe County, FL, municipal code § 6-25.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes