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. Safety Harbor, FL, adopts all amendments to the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, as set forth by Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board and/or the Florida Building Commission . Safety Harbor, FL, municipal code § 5.01.
Helpful resources for Safety Harbor, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Safety Harbor 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)(Safety Harbor, FL Sec. 2.10.12. - Supplemental code enforcement procedures, civil citations.)
...Non-applicability of article provisions in certain instances. The provisions of this article shall not apply to the enforcement pursuant to F.S.
§ 553.79 and 553.80 of the Florida Building Code adopted pursuant to F.S. § 553.73,
as applied to construction, provided that a building permit is either not required
or has been issued by the city....
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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. Safety Harbor, FL, adopts all amendments to the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, as set forth by Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board and/or the Florida Building Commission . Safety Harbor, FL, municipal code § 5.01.
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
Safety Harbor 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)(Safety Harbor, FL Sec. 5.01. - Establishing the Florida Building Code as the building code of the city.)
...(a)
Building code established. The Florida Building Code, as promulgated by the Florida Building Commission, as
amended by the Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board and/or the Florida Building
Commission, is established as the minimum building code of the city pursuant to F.S....
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. Safety Harbor, FL, adopts all amendments to the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, as set forth by Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board and/or the Florida Building Commission . Safety Harbor, FL, municipal code § 5.01.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
