Hollywood, FL Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger age
- buildings 40 years or older
- Recertification interval after that
- every 10 years
- Time to file form after notice
- 90 days
- Time to complete repairs found
- 180 days from report
- Exempt
- single-family, duplexes, under 3,500 sq ft
- Max penalty
- $5,000/day for repeat violation
Summary
Hollywood requires most buildings 40 years or older to pass a structural and electrical safety recertification under § 151.123, then re-inspect every ten years after that. Single-family homes, duplexes, and structures under 3,500 square feet are exempt, but everything else faces fines up to $5,000 a day for skipping it.
(A) Inspection procedures. (1) Inspection procedures shall conform, in general, with the minimum inspection procedural guidelines as issued by the Board of Rules and Appeals, as amended from time to time. (2) Such inspection shall be for the purpose of determining the structural and electrical condition of the building or structure which affects the safety of such building or structure and/or which supports any dead or designed live load, and the general condition of its electrical systems pursuant to the Building Code. (B)(1) All buildings, except those listed below, shall be recertified in the manner described below where such buildings or structures have been in existence for 40 years or longer, as determined by the Building Official, who shall at such time issue a Notice of Required Inspection to the building owner. ... (3) Subsequent building safety inspections shall be required at ten-year intervals.
Full Breakdown
123 sets up the city's Building Safety Inspection Program. 123(D), has 90 days to furnish the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals Building Safety Inspection Certification Form along with the processing fee. That form must be prepared and sealed by a Florida-registered professional engineer or architect certifying the building is structurally and electrically safe for continued occupancy, describing the inspection performed and any remedial work needed. If repairs are required, the owner gets 180 days from the report date to complete them under the applicable Florida Building Code provisions.
S. Government buildings, Broward County School Board schools, and buildings on Indian reservations. 123(E) phased in the backlog by size: 40-year-or-older buildings of 11,000 square feet or more had to comply by July 1, 2011, down through the 3,500-square-foot tier by calendar year 2012, and every covered building then repeats the safety inspection every ten years going forward regardless of when its paperwork was finalized. 123(A), follows the Board of Rules and Appeals' minimum inspection procedural guidelines and evaluates the structural and electrical condition of the building, including anything supporting a dead or design live load and the general condition of its electrical systems under the Building Code.
Violations & Fines
An owner who misses a required recertification faces a citation carrying a $500 fine that can be issued for each day the violation continues, under § 151.123(G)(1). Alternatively, the city can issue a Notice of Violation and bring the owner before a Special Magistrate, exposing the owner to a fine of up to $1,000 per day for a first violation and up to $5,000 per day for a repeat violation, with a lien recorded against the property to secure payment.
Frequently Asked Questions
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