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. Petersburg, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Petersburg, FL, municipal code § 8-35.

Helpful resources for St. Petersburg, Florida include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Florida

Residential Building Code

St. Petersburg 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. Petersburg, FL Sec. 8-35. - Adoption of code and standards.)

...The Florida Building Code and its incorporated standards, codes and references are hereby adopted as the Florida Building Code for the City. If the Florida Building Code or its standards, codes and references are amended after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, those amendments will be automatically adopted...

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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. Petersburg, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Petersburg, FL, municipal code § 8-35.

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. Petersburg 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. Petersburg, FL Sec. 8-35. - Adoption of code and standards.)

...The Florida Building Code and its incorporated standards, codes and references are hereby adopted as the Florida Building Code for the City. If the Florida Building Code or its standards, codes and references are amended after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, those amendments will be automatically adopted...

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. Petersburg, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions. St. Petersburg, FL, municipal code § 8-35.

Existing Buildings

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

Other Building Codes