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. St. Pete Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Pete Beach, FL, municipal code § 98.26.

Helpful resources for St. Pete Beach, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

St. Pete 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)(St. Pete Beach, FL Sec. 98-27. - Housing codes adopted.)

...The Standard Housing Code, 1997 edition, published by the Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., is hereby adopted and shall apply within the city. (Ord. No. 82-15, § 2; Code 1983, § 6-22; Ord. No. 85-30, § 4, 6-18-85; Ord. No. 89-3, § 1, 4-4-89; Ord. No. 92-2, § 1, 2-4-92; Ord. No. 97-15, § 1(6-22), 7-1-97; Ord...

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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. St. Pete Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Pete Beach, FL, municipal code § 98.26.

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

St. Pete 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)(St. Pete Beach, FL Sec. 98-35. - Florida Building Code, building; technical amendment.)

...[The building code, as adopted in section 98-26 is modified or amended as follows:] Modify Sec. 202 as follows: SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. Any combination of repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration, addition or other improvement of a building or structure taking place...

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. St. Pete Beach, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Pete Beach, FL, municipal code § 98.26.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes