Pahokee, Florida Building Codes

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. Pahokee, FL, has no further provisions. Pahokee, FL, municipal code § 6-1.

Helpful resources for Pahokee, Florida include the following.

Residential Building Code

Pahokee 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)(Pahokee, FL Sec. 6-2. - Technical amendments to the Florida Building Code, Building.)

...Modify the definition as follows: SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. Any combination of repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or improvement of a building or structure taking place during a three-year period, the cumulative cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before...

Drip Edge

Drip Edge: No

Ice Barrier

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. Pahokee, FL, has no further provisions. Pahokee, FL, municipal code § 6-1.

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

Pahokee 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)(Pahokee, FL Sec. 6-2. - Technical amendments to the Florida Building Code, Building.)

...Modify the definition as follows: SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. Any combination of repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or improvement of a building or structure taking place during a three-year period, the cumulative cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before...

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. Pahokee, FL, has no further provisions. Pahokee, FL, municipal code § 6-1.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes

2008 National Election Code/NFPA 70

Palm Beach County local amendments to the Florida Fire Prevention Code Chapter 69A-70. Florida Administrative Code, including N.F.P.A.1, Florida Edition. N.F.P.A.101, Florida Edition, as adopted by Palm Beach County in 2011-038, and as hereafter amended by Palm Beach County

Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, 5th Edition (2014)

Florida Building Code, Fuel Gas, 5th Edition (2014)

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

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

Florida Building Code, Test Protocols for High-Velocity Hurricane Zones, 5th Edition (2014)

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