Orlando, FL Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)

1 adopts the Florida Building Code, Eighth Edition (2023) as the 'Orlando Building Code,' governing all permitted construction, alteration, and renovation work citywide. 2 layers local administrative amendments onto that code's permit provisions. 04(1). 12 makes unsafe or unsanitary structures, including their plumbing, electrical, gas, and mechanical systems, unlawful and subject to abatement by repair or demolition ordered by the building official. 4 caps how many times a renovation permit can be extended: the building official 'may extend a permit no more than eight times and each extension may not exceed 90 days,' with a fee set by Council resolution for each renewal.

5 lets a permit be transferred from one holder to another, before or after work has started, once the building official receives a written, signed, and notarized transfer request from the property owner and payment of the transfer fee. 6 allows the building official to refund permit fees if the permit has not expired, the renovation project is cancelled, and no work has begun, subject to a fee covering the City's administrative cost of processing the refund. 03(A)-(C) of the Property Maintenance Code requires that when alterations or repairs within any 12-month span exceed 50 percent of a building's assessed physical value, the entire building must be brought up to current Florida Building Code new-construction standards, with a 25-50 percent threshold triggering upgrades only to the portions being altered.