Jacksonville Beach, FL Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)
Key Facts
- Fees first
- No inspection until all permit fees are paid (§ 7-19)
- Reinspection fee triggers
- Seven listed reasons, charged per additional inspection (§ 7-20(a))
- Fire inspector
- Fire official: Fire Marshal or designee (§§ 10-3.02, 10-3.04)
- Entry
- Occupant consent or court warrant, unless emergency (§ 10-3.05)
- Concealed work
- Fire official can require it exposed by written notice (§ 10-3.09(a))
- Penalty
- Fine up to $500 or up to 10 days (§ 10-3.12(a))
Summary
In Jacksonville Beach, no inspection is made and no installation approved until every fee due under the permit has been paid, and extra inspection trips caused by the permit holder carry an additional fee for each trip. Separately, the fire official, the city Fire Marshal or designee, inspects all buildings and premises to find and correct conditions that tend to cause fire or contribute to its spread.
No inspection shall be made of any work and no installation shall be approved until all fees due under such permit and any other applicable fees associated with the development have been paid. ... (a) Reinspection fees. When extra inspection trips are made necessary by a permit holder due to any of the following reasons, an additional fee shall be charged for each additional inspection: (1) Wrong address given on call for inspection; (2) Work not ready for inspection at time specified; (3) Required corrections not made with time specified; (4) Failure to request required inspections; ... (7) Emergency inspections or requesting of unscheduled inspections. ... (a) The fire official shall cause to be inspected all buildings and premises including such other hazards or material items for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions which would reasonably tend to cause fire or contribute to its spread, or any violation of the purpose or provisions of this chapter and of any other law or standard affecting fire safety.
Official source re-checked November 3, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 60).
Full Breakdown
Building inspections start with the fee rule in § 7-19: no inspection shall be made of any work and no installation shall be approved until all fees due under the permit and any other applicable development fees have been paid. Section 7-20(a) then lists seven reasons that make a permit holder pay an additional fee for each additional inspection: a wrong address on the call for inspection, work not ready at the time specified, required corrections not made within the time specified, failure to request required inspections, additional work done after inspection, reinspection hindered by continued construction on a previously failed component, and emergency or unscheduled inspection requests. The amounts are set by city council resolution under § 7-20(c).
The fire side is in Chapter 10. Section 10-3.04(a) directs the fire official to cause all buildings and premises to be inspected to ascertain and correct any condition that would reasonably tend to cause fire or contribute to its spread, or any violation of the chapter or of any other law or standard affecting fire safety. Subsection (b) declares structurally unsafe buildings, and those lacking adequate egress, to be unsafe buildings and public nuisances to be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal. Subsection (c) requires the fire official to notify the building official when a structural hazard comes from faulty installation of the items listed in § 10-3.06.
Entry has rules. Under § 10-3.05, the fire official can enter at all reasonable times, but before entering a private building or dwelling must obtain the consent of the occupant or a court warrant, except in an emergency. Inspectors carry credentials issued by the city, and it is unlawful to interfere with the fire official or to refuse entry after credentials are displayed. If an installation subject to inspection is covered or concealed first, § 10-3.09(a) lets the fire official require by written notice that it be exposed, and the inspection follows within a reasonable period after notification. Appeals of fire orders follow the procedures in the FFPC under § 10-3.10(a).
Violations & Fines
Failure to comply with the fire chapter or a lawful order or notice of the fire official is a misdemeanor of the second degree under § 10-3.12(a), punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, or imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days, or both, with each day a separate offense. Under § 10-3.05(c) and (e), interfering with the fire official or refusing entry after credentials are displayed is unlawful. Building-side reinspection fees under § 7-20(a) fall on a permit holder who triggers extra trips.
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