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. Pensacola, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Pensacola, FL, municipal code § 14-1-131.

Helpful resources for Pensacola, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Pensacola 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)(Pensacola, FL Sec. 14-2-131. - Florida Building Code—Adopted.)

...Pursuant to F.S. § 553.73, and other applicable provisions of law, the building code and all subsequent editions and revisions thereto as may be adopted by the state building commission as the state minimum building code, save and except the portions which are deleted, modified, or amended as contained in this chapter, are hereby adopted for...

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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. Pensacola, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Pensacola, FL, municipal code § 14-1-131.

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

Pensacola 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)(Pensacola, FL Sec. 14-2-131. - Florida Building Code—Adopted.)

...Pursuant to F.S. § 553.73, and other applicable provisions of law, the building code and all subsequent editions and revisions thereto as may be adopted by the state building commission as the state minimum building code, save and except the portions which are deleted, modified, or amended as contained in this chapter, are hereby adopted for...

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. Pensacola, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Pensacola, FL, municipal code § 14-1-131.

Existing Buildings

Pensacola, FL, adopted the 2006 IPMC. The International Property Maintenance Code adopts the IEBC. IMPC § 201.3.

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

Other Building Codes