Miramar, FL Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted energy code
- FBC Energy Conservation, 5th Ed. (2014)
- Adopting section
- City Code § 22-26.2
- Conflicts rule
- Florida Building Code prevails
- Amending ordinance
- Ord. No. 17-08 (Nov. 14, 2016)
- Permit compliance check
- LDC § 318.3, building official review
Summary
Miramar adopted the Florida Building Code Energy Conservation, Fifth Edition (2014), as amended, as its energy and green-building standard under Code of Ordinances Section 22-26.2. Section 22-26.4 makes the 2014 Fifth Edition Florida Building Code control whenever any other adopted code conflicts with it.
Sec. 22-26.2. - Energy Efficiency Code for Building Construction adopted. The Florida Building Code Energy Conservation, Fifth Edition, (2014), developed by the State of Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, as amended, is hereby adopted by the city. Sec. 22-26.4. - Conflicts. In the event any sections of the foregoing laws conflict with the Florida Building Code (2014 Fifth Edition), then, to the extent of such conflict, the building code shall prevail.
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
3 adopts the National Electrical Code. All four sections trace to the same 2016 amending ordinance, No. 17-08, which updated the city's code family from the original 1991 adoption (Ordinance No. 91-29). 3 requires the building official to review every building permit application for compliance with 'the Florida Building Code, Broward County edition, as amended,' a project's energy-efficiency measures, insulation, glazing and HVAC design are checked against the adopted Energy Conservation volume before a permit or certificate of occupancy can issue. Miramar has not layered a separate voluntary or mandatory green-building certification program (such as LEED or Florida Green Building Coalition standards) onto this baseline; the Energy Conservation Code adoption is the operative local requirement.
Violations & Fines
Section 22-26.4 resolves any conflict between the accessibility, energy conservation or electrical adoptions and the 2014 Fifth Edition Florida Building Code in favor of the building code. Because Land Development Code Section 318.3 conditions permit issuance on compliance with the adopted Florida Building Code family, plans that fail to meet the Energy Conservation Code's requirements can be rejected or held up in plan review until they are corrected, and a completed building that does not conform can be denied a certificate of occupancy under LDC Section 319.
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