Coral Gables, FL Hurricane Preparedness: Hurricane Shutters (2026)

The city's unsafe-structures ordinance treats an occupied building as unsafe if its storm shutters have not been taken down from every required means of escape once a hurricane watch or warning has expired. This targets owners who leave hurricane panels or accordion shutters locked over exit doors and windows long after the storm has passed, blocking the egress paths the state fire code requires. A structure flagged this way falls under the same unsafe-structure process as fire hazards, unpermitted work, or failed pool barriers, triggering notice, hearing, and abatement procedures under Article III of Chapter 105.