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. Royal Palm Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Royal Palm Beach, FL, municipal code § 6-22.

Helpful resources for Royal Palm Beach, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

Royal Palm Beach 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)(Royal Palm Beach, FL Sec. 6-175. - Adopted by reference.)

...The Standard Housing Code, 1997 edition, and the Standard Unsafe Building Abatement Code, 1997 edition, are hereby adopted, along with the countywide amendments thereto as the Housing and Unsafe Building Code of the Village of Royal Palm Beach. (Ord. No. 479, § 1, 11-17-94; Ord. No. 619, § 10, 12-20-01)...

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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. Royal Palm Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Royal Palm Beach, FL, municipal code § 6-22.

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

Royal Palm Beach 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)(Royal Palm Beach, FL Sec. 6-21. - Florida Building Code incorporated by reference.)

...The Florida Building Code, as adopted by the state legislature, is hereby incorporated by reference as the building code for the Village of Royal Palm Beach, Florida, with the amendments set forth in section 6-22, hereinbelow. (Code 1967, § 8-1; Ord. No. 169, § 1, 3-18-82; Ord. No. 174, § 1, 3-18-82; Ord. No. 201...

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. Royal Palm Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. Royal Palm Beach, FL, municipal code § 6-22.

Pursuant to Table 1604.5 of the Florida Building Code, entitled Risk Category of Buildings and Other Structures, figures 1609A, 1609B and 1609C, establishing ultimate design wind speeds respectively of one hundred seventy (170) mph, one hundred eighty (180) mph and one hundred fifty (150) mph in the village, are hereby adopted and incorporated as if fully set forth herein, copies of which have been and are now filed in the offices of the village clerk and the community development department.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes