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. Sweetwater, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including the amendments of Miami-Dade County. Sweetwater, FL, municipal code § 1.08.01.
Helpful resources for Sweetwater, Florida include the following.
Residential Building Code
Sweetwater adopted a code that is yet to be identified. Please
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2023 Florida Bldg. Code, Residential (2021 IRC)(Sweetwater, FL Sec. 14-1. - Adoption of building, plumbing, electrical and related technical codes.)
...The Florida Building Code together with all local amendments thereto is hereby adopted
by reference.
(Ord. No.
4406
, § 2(Exh. A), 5-7-2018;
Ord. No. 4439
, § 2(Exh. A), 7-2-2018)...
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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. Sweetwater, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including the amendments of Miami-Dade County. Sweetwater, FL, municipal code § 1.08.01.
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
Sweetwater 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)(Sweetwater, FL Sec. 14-1. - Adoption of building, plumbing, electrical and related technical codes.)
...The Florida Building Code together with all local amendments thereto is hereby adopted
by reference.
(Ord. No.
4406
, § 2(Exh. A), 5-7-2018;
Ord. No. 4439
, § 2(Exh. A), 7-2-2018)...
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. Sweetwater, FL, further amended the state code with additional, more stringent, provisions, including the amendments of Miami-Dade County. Sweetwater, FL, municipal code § 1.08.01.
Existing Buildings
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, 5th Edition (2014)
