Miramar, FL Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted electrical code
- 2011 National Electrical Code
- Adopting section
- City Code § 22-26.3
- Fee authority
- Set by city commission resolution, § 22-27
- Amending ordinance
- Ord. No. 17-08 (Nov. 14, 2016)
- Conflicts rule
- Florida Building Code prevails
Summary
Miramar wires its permitting to the 2011 National Electrical Code, adopted at Code of Ordinances Section 22-26.3, and Section 22-27 leaves permit and related fees to be set and adjusted by resolution of the city commission rather than fixed in the code text itself. Every electrical installation is reviewed against this adopted code before a permit or certificate of occupancy can be granted.
Sec. 22-26.3. - National Electrical Code adopted. The 2011 Edition of the National Electrical Code, as amended, is hereby adopted by the city. Sec. 22-27. - Permit and related fees. City permit and related fees shall be established and adjusted by resolution of the city commission.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 104 | Land Development Code: Supplement 46).
Full Breakdown
2), all amended together by Ordinance No. 17-08 in November 2016 after the original 1991 adoption under Ordinance No. 91-29. 4 makes the 2014 Fifth Edition Florida Building Code control if any of those adopted codes, including the NEC, conflict with it. Because fees are not listed in the ordinance text, Section 22-27 and Section 22-28 direct the city commission to establish and periodically adjust building, engineering and plan-review permit fees, including electrical work, by resolution rather than by ordinance amendment, so current fee schedules live outside the code itself.
4 requires a permit card to be posted on site and available to inspectors while the work is underway. A certificate of occupancy under LDC Section 319 cannot issue until the completed electrical work, along with the rest of the structure, is inspected and found to comply with the approved plans.
Violations & Fines
Electrical work performed without a permit falls outside the LDC Section 318 permitting framework and is subject to the same building-official compliance review and enforcement as any other unpermitted construction; Section 22-26.4 requires any conflict between the 2011 NEC and the Florida Building Code to be resolved in the building code's favor, and a certificate of occupancy will not issue under LDC Section 319 until electrical work is inspected and found compliant.
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