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. Plantation, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Plantation, FL, municipal code § 5-41.

Helpful resources for Plantation, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Plantation 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)(Plantation, FL Sec. 8-2. - Adoption of code.)

...Prevention Code, including the Broward County Amendments to the Florida Fire Prevention Code and those portions of the Florida Building Code, including the Broward County Amendments to the Florida Building Code, as it may be amended from to time, or those portions of any successor building code enacted by the state legislature and made applicable...

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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. Plantation, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Plantation, FL, municipal code § 5-41.

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

Plantation 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)(Plantation, FL Section 5-9 - Building Codes Adopted)

...The latest edition of the Florida Building Code, (Broward County), as amended, and such amendments which may be enacted, from time to time, is hereby adopted as the building code of the City. If the State legislature chooses to enact a state-wide building code and provides that such building code be applicable to municipalities throughout...

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. Plantation, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Plantation, FL, municipal code § 5-41.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes