Tamarac, FL Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

City Code Sec. 5-79 applies the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals' structural and electrical safety inspection requirement to condominium and cooperative buildings in Tamarac that are three or more habitable stories high, at the 25-year mark and every 10 years after, consistent with F.S. § 553.899. Single-family through four-family homes of three or fewer stories, government buildings, schools under the Broward County School Board, buildings under 3,500 square feet and most townhouses are exempt. The milestone inspection consists of two phases. In phase one, the responsible engineer or architect must complete the report within 180 days of the property owner's receipt of the city's notice of required inspection, and must tell the building official in writing whether the building may continue to be safely occupied; if the phase one report shows substantial structural deterioration, a phase two inspection follows with its own occupancy-opinion letter.

Reports go in digitally through the City of Tamarac online permitting system unless the owner cannot submit electronically. Based on the phase two report, required repairs must start within 365 days of the association receiving it, and the building permit application must cite the phase two report directly; all repairs are inspected through the city's own permitting process. Condo and co-op associations covered by the program must self-register through the city's online system within 180 days of being notified, and any new qualifying association must register before its certificate of occupancy is issued.

The city reports building counts, inspection status, permits issued and unsafe-structure determinations to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation by December 31 each year starting 2025.