Building Safety in Florida (2026)

Pre-1978 housing in Broward County is subject to federal EPA Renovation Repair and Painting Rule and HUD disclosure…

Hillsborough County's Property Maintenance Code flatly bans lead-based paint on any exterior surface of a dwelling…

Miami requires landlords doing exterior lead-paint work on buildings built before 1951 to give tenants written notice…

Pre-1978 housing in Orange County subject to federal EPA Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule and HUD Lead Safe…

Lead-based paint disclosure and abatement in Palm Beach County follow federal EPA RRP Rule and HUD Lead Safe Housing…

Boca Raton requires every elevator to remain available to fire rescue personnel at all times and to meet Florida's…

Broward County requires registered elevator companies to give building owners a signed Record of Visit after every…

Every elevator in Cape Coral must comply with the Florida Elevator Safety Act, the state elevator code, and the Florida…

Every building in Fort Lauderdale with elevators equipped for firefighter service must install and keep a key box…

Martin County requires every elevator, escalator and dumbwaiter in an occupied building to be maintained safely and…

Miami charges a $200 annual certificate-of-operation fee and a $200 annual inspection fee for every elevator and…

Miami Beach's Elevator Safety Division, created under Section 14-65, holds jurisdiction over every elevator, escalator…

North Port's fire code sets equipment standards for elevators in taller buildings, requiring stretcher-size cars…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, buildings with passenger elevators must keep at least one running whenever the…

Jacksonville's Building Code requires scaffolds to hold four times their expected load, at least 125 psf, plus guard…

Tampa enforces Florida Building Code and Florida Fire Prevention Code sprinkler thresholds for new commercial…

Fort Lauderdale's fire chief can order partial or full sprinkler, standpipe or fire alarm systems installed in…

Any automatic fire sprinkler system installed in a Boca Raton building must be listed by a nationally recognized…

Brevard County requires automatic sprinklers and alarms in new buildings three stories or taller, over 35 feet, or…

Cape Coral requires new construction that can't deliver adequate fire flow to install automatic sprinklers meeting NFPA…

Collier County's local amendment to the fire code, Code § 58-27(E), requires automatic fire sprinklers in every new…

Escambia County doesn't require a blanket residential fire sprinkler mandate, but any building or addition with a fire…

Hollywood does not force sprinklers into existing homes, but owners of one- and two-family dwellings and mobile homes…

Lake County's fire protection standards require sprinkler systems in any multiple-family dwelling three stories or…

Lee County does not require fire sprinklers in one- and two-family homes or manufactured homes; Section 6-553 exempts…

Miami requires a Florida-licensed engineer or architect to prepare fire sprinkler documents for any new building or…

Miami Beach requires every assisted living facility with enclosed hallways to run sprinkler systems through those…

Miami-Dade County Code Section 14-62 requires most sprinkler systems, countywide in both incorporated and…

North Port requires a complete fire sprinkler system in every multifamily building with three or more attached units…

Okaloosa County requires an engineer's sealed fire sprinkler documents before issuing a building permit for any new…

Orlando's Fire Code requires an approved, electrically supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout every new…

New multi-family buildings with 3+ units built after April 21, 2005 must have automatic fire sprinklers under NFPA 13…

Anyone connecting a fire sprinkler (fire line) system to Port Orange's water system under City Code § 74-37 pays all…

St. Johns County requires NFPA 13D fire sprinklers in every home of a one to ten dwelling subdivision built more than…

Clay County does not require fire sprinklers in single-family detached homes. A single-family dwelling is exempt from…

Hillsborough County requires every child care facility to hold a license from the Local Licensing Agency before…

Miami-Dade County requires every operator and employee of a child care facility or day care home to pass a Miami-Dade…

Miramar child care centers must sit at least 30 feet from residential property with a 50-foot front setback, fence…

Orlando's Airport Noise Overlay bars new childcare centers outright in Noise Zones A and B and restricts them to…

City of Sarasota requires a minor conditional use permit for day care as a primary use in its multiple-family zones…

Boca Raton requires new child care and adult care centers to sit on at least 10,000 square feet with 100 feet of street…

Unincorporated Brevard adopts Florida's child care statutes by reference and layers on local staffing, transportation…

Broward County requires every licensed child care facility to screen electric fans, ban portable heaters, keep an…

Cape Coral scales its local business tax for a child care facility to the maximum number of children the Lee County…

Coral Gables requires every childcare facility to meet Florida Building Code, Miami-Dade County Health Code, and state…

A child care facility in Daytona Beach must sit at least 500 feet from any industrial zoning district or existing…

Doral requires licensed child care facilities to meet zoning-district rules under Section 74-342 plus outdoor-area and…

Fort Lauderdale taxes child care providers by capacity under Code Sec. 15-57: $52.50 for a family or home day care…

Sec. 30-5.7 of Gainesville's Land Development Code requires every day care center to meet state and county child-care…

Hialeah requires every family day care home and large family child care home to comply with the city fire code and pass…

Jupiter requires at least 35 square feet of usable indoor space per child and 75 square feet of outdoor play area per…

Kissimmee's Land Development Code sets site-design rules for child care facilities: dedicated pick-up/drop-off areas…

Martin County requires every licensed day care to pass an annual fire inspection from the Fire Prevention Division…

Miami cites day care operators up to $210 per violation for missing exits, fire alarms, smoke detectors, and…

A child care facility bigger than a licensed family day care home needs conditional use approval in unincorporated…

Okaloosa County's Fire Prevention Code requires every residential board and care or foster care day care center in the…

The Lily Quintus Child Care Center Vehicle Impact Protection Ordinance, Orange County Code § 9-656 et seq., requires…

Running a child care facility, large family child care home, or family day care home in Palm Beach County requires a…

Every child care facility in Pembroke Pines must keep its doors locked during operating hours and whenever children…

Sec. 26-37 sets the physical-plant rules a Pinellas County children's center must meet: local building, electrical and…

Port Orange treats child care centers as a permitted use with special development requirements across eleven zoning…

Sarasota County licenses every child care facility caring for five or more unrelated children and holds the building to…

St. Johns County requires child care centers and adult day care centers to obtain a Special Use Permit under Land…

A St. Petersburg child care facility, serving more than five unrelated children under Code § 16.50.070, must screen its…

A Tampa day care or nursery serving six or more children or adults needs Department of Public Works sign-off on…

Titusville's zoning code requires childcare facilities in commercial and mixed-use districts to hold a state license…

Volusia County requires day care centers to be built to state licensing standards and sized to fit the surrounding…

Every window and exterior door in a Collier County dwelling unit must be properly fitted, weather-tight, and provided…

New buildings in Homestead must meet specific lock hardware standards under City Code Section 6-391: exterior exit…

Every exit door in a Jacksonville building must have a working locking device that still opens easily from inside, per…

Martin County's Property Maintenance Code requires every rented dwelling, rooming or housekeeping unit to have a…

Orlando's Building Security Code requires every exterior door on a one- or two-family dwelling to carry a…

St. Petersburg requires every convenience store, defined in section 20-60 as a business primarily selling groceries or…

Tallahassee's Land Development Code sets exact hardware specs for exterior doors on new and substantially renovated…

In unincorporated Broward's RSO transitional district, no single-family home or office building can run longer than 80…

In West Palm Beach's historic residential districts, new houses and additions are capped by a sliding-scale floor area…

New buildings over 20,000 square feet, city-owned buildings, and certain zoning-request projects must achieve LEED…

Doral's green building chapter applies mandatory certification to any new building, reconstruction or land development…

Hollywood's Mandatory Green Building Practices ordinance forces every new home, duplex, and commercial building to bake…

Jupiter's green building program lets developers of Large-Scale and Small-Scale Planned Unit Developments trade FGBC or…

Miramar adopted the Florida Building Code Energy Conservation, Fifth Edition (2014), as amended, as its energy and…

Orlando doesn't require LEED or solar construction, but Chapter 15 of the City Code makes large buildings report their…

Pembroke Pines requires a green building narrative with every site plan application under Code of Ordinances §…

West Palm Beach requires LEED Gold certification for new projects that use the Okeechobee Business District (OBD)…

In Alachua County's Traditional Neighborhood and Transit Oriented Developments, a restaurant, pharmacy, dry cleaner…

Daytona Beach does not mandate green building, but LDC Section 6.20 rewards developments that adopt…

Gulfport's green building program under Article V of Chapter 7 is voluntary, not mandatory. Sec. 7-35 offers expedited…

Jacksonville's Sustainable Building Program under Chapter 327 requires new City-owned buildings to earn LEED, Green…

Lake County runs a voluntary Green Building and Development Program under Code §§ 6-106 to 6-117, letting builders earn…

Melbourne has no standalone green building code chapter. Instead, appendix B, article IX, § 6(D)(5)(n) directs the…

Miami fast-tracks building permit review for LEED-registered green buildings, moving qualifying commercial and…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County lets qualifying projects earn a Type 1 Waiver from standard architecture guidelines by…

New buildings inside Tallahassee's T3, T4, T5, and Downtown Overlay zones must implement Leadership in Energy and…

Tampa doesn't mandate green building for private construction, but it offers permit-fee rebates for certified projects…

Unincorporated Broward County treats rooftop photovoltaic solar systems as permitted accessory equipment in every…

Charlotte County runs a voluntary 'Livability/Green Building Program' that lets private homebuilders, remodelers…

Gainesville's Green Building Program under Code §§ 6-8 through 6-16 is voluntary for private construction but mandatory…

Miami-Dade County fast-tracks permit review for green buildings certified or registered under recognized rating systems…

Pompano Beach runs a certification-based green building program under Code of Ordinances §§ 152.50-152.60. City-owned…

Port Orange runs a voluntary green building program under Chapter 7, Section 8 of the Land Development Code, rewarding…

St. Petersburg refunds part of the building permit fee to owners who certify new construction as a green structure…

Alachua County requires carbon monoxide alarms in dwelling units where applicable, under County Code § 332.01(b)(4)…

New buildings and new parking structures in Boca Raton must install carbon monoxide detection systems under Section…

Coral Springs requires community residences, recovery communities, and congregate living facilities to install electric…

Davie requires every registered vacation rental to have an interconnected, professionally installed and monitored smoke…

Flagler County requires every short-term vacation rental unit east of U.S. Highway 1 in the unincorporated county to…

Gainesville's Property Maintenance Code requires carbon monoxide alarms in every regulated residential rental unit that…

Hialeah requires a hard-wired carbon monoxide detector on every floor of new residential construction that has…

Every unit licensed as a Hollywood vacation rental must have an interconnected smoke and carbon monoxide detection and…

Orlando's Property Maintenance Code requires carbon monoxide detection in any dwelling unit with a fuel-burning…

Palm Coast requires carbon monoxide detectors in residential occupancies built after July 1, 2008, whenever the home…

Every Pinellas County short term rental must meet the smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector requirements of the…

Every registered vacation rental in Plantation must have a hard-wired, interconnected smoke and carbon monoxide…

Pompano Beach requires carbon monoxide detection in larger rental homes. Section 153.33(E) mandates single-family…

Every City of Sarasota vacation rental must have a working carbon monoxide detection system, with CO alarms placed…

Before issuing a residential building permit, the Seminole County building official reviews plans for smoke and carbon…

Alachua County requires a building permit before anyone builds, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves, demolishes, or…

Bay County has adopted the Florida Building Code in toto as the Bay County Building Code, so any construction…

Any contractor, owner, or authorized agent who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish a building…

Unincorporated Brevard requires a building permit before you construct, alter, repair, move, or demolish a structure…

Broward County will only issue a building permit to a contractor holding a current state or county certificate of…

Cape Coral enforces the 2020 Florida Building Code for all construction citywide, but locally amends it so flood load…

Charlotte County requires a building permit before anyone constructs, moves, demolishes, erects or repairs any…

In unincorporated Citrus County, a permit is required before erecting, altering, moving or demolishing any building…

Clay County requires a building permit before anyone constructs, alters, repairs, removes or demolishes a building or…

No one may start erecting, constructing, altering or repairing a building, structure, sign or canopy in Cocoa until a…

Collier County adopts the Florida Building Code by reference under Code Sec. 22-26 and requires a permit for virtually…

Coral Gables requires a building permit for concrete patios, wood decks, screen enclosures and similar site…

Coral Springs requires a building permit before any construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or equipment…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida requires a permit before erecting, altering, moving or demolishing any building or…

In the Town of Davie, a business needing interior renovations can file its certificate-of-use application before or…

Deltona adopts the Florida Building Code by reference as its local building code, so covered construction, alteration…

In Doral, no development activity can begin without a development permit backed by a development order under Land…

Escambia County requires a building permit before you construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the…

Unincorporated Flagler County builds under the Florida Building Code, adopted with local amendments by Sec. 8-31. Sec…

Fort Lauderdale enforces construction work through the Florida Building Code, adopted as the city's primary building…

Fort Myers requires a building permit from the building official or fire official before any construction, development…

In unincorporated Franklin County no building permit issues until the applicant first obtains a driveway connection…

Gainesville requires a building permit before any construction touches a site. LDC Sec. 30-3.52 bars building…

Gulfport adopts the Florida Building Code, with amendments, as its building code under Sec. 7-1, and Sec. 7-2 requires…

Hialeah does not write its own building code; Sec. 14-2 adopts the Florida Building Code and specified Miami-Dade…

Highlands County requires a building permit from the Building Department before any building or other structure in the…

Any construction, alteration, demolition or occupancy change to a building in unincorporated Hillsborough County needs…

Hollywood makes it unlawful to construct, alter, repair, move, remove or demolish any building or to install regulated…

Homestead requires a permit before any construction, reconstruction, structural alteration, demolition or addition…

Jacksonville requires a Building Inspection Division permit for roofing work, with a narrow exemption for minor repairs…

Florida's state-adopted building code sets which projects need a permit; in Kissimmee, starting work before obtaining…

Lake County requires a building permit before you construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the…

Lee County adopts the Florida Building Code by reference under Section 6-111 and requires a permit for nearly all…

Leon County requires a building permit before you construct, alter, move, or demolish any building or structure, or…

Any new construction, alteration, repair, or demolition in unincorporated Manatee County must comply with the Florida…

Owner-done work under $5,000 skips a permit, but pools, demolition, gas lines, and big electrical jobs always need one.

Martin County requires a county building permit before anyone constructs or repairs a roof, per the Building…

Miami requires a Building Official permit for any roof repair or re-roof, and the Building Department runs at least two…

Miami Beach requires an up-front, nonrefundable processing fee before it will begin reviewing a building permit…

Miami-Dade adopts the Florida Building Code's High Velocity Hurricane Zone roofing requirements and Roofing Application…

Land Development Code Section 318.1 bars any development in Miramar until the building division issues a building or…

Any owner who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building or…

New Port Richey requires a building official's permit before any structure is built, enlarged, altered, repaired…

North Port exempts ground-level decks and pavers from zoning setbacks, but elevated decks, screened enclosures, and…

Okaloosa County requires a permit under Sec. 6-134(b) before anyone builds, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves or…

Before constructing, enlarging, altering, repairing, moving or demolishing a building or structure in unincorporated…

Orlando enforces the Florida Building Code, Eighth Edition (2023), for renovation and construction permits, with local…

Osceola County enforces the adopted Standard Building Code through the county administrator's office, and starting…

In Palm Bay's coastal high hazard flood zones, decks and patios thicker than 12 inches need a registered design…

Any owner constructing, altering, repairing, or demolishing a building, or working on electrical, gas, mechanical, or…

Palm Coast adopts the Florida Building Code by reference under City Code § 15-1, and City Council sets building and…

Pasco County requires a permit for virtually any erection, construction, alteration, or repair of a building or its…

Pembroke Pines requires a permit and paid fee from the Building Department before any work covered by the Building Code…

Unincorporated Pinellas County requires a permit for any construction, alteration, or renovation activity covered by…

Plantation declares any construction started without a building permit issued by the Building Department illegal under…

Contractors working in unincorporated Polk County must have an active building permit in effect before starting any job…

Pompano Beach requires a construction permit from the Building Department for every phase of a construction project…

Every new building or addition in Port Orange needs a building permit from the city's building division, backed by four…

Port St. Lucie requires a building permit before anyone constructs, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves or demolishes a…

Any interior renovation touching walls, load-bearing framing, egress, or electrical, gas, plumbing, or mechanical…

The City of Sarasota's director of neighborhood and development services appoints a state-certified building official…

Sarasota County Code Sec. 22-34, adopting Florida Building Code Sec. 104.1.1, requires anyone who builds, alters…

In the City of Satellite Beach, a Building Official permit is required before you construct, enlarge, alter, repair…

Before anyone builds, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves, demolishes or changes the occupancy of a building or structure…

St. Lucie County makes it a civil infraction to proceed on any job, or perform any work for which a building or…

St. Petersburg requires a permit from the POD before anyone constructs, adds to, alters, repairs, moves or demolishes…

Sumter County Code § 6-19(a)(8) makes it unlawful to commence or perform any work for which a building permit is…

Tallahassee incorporates the Florida Building Code by reference to govern all building permits, from plans review to…

Tampa requires a permit before you construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish a building or structure, or…

Titusville requires a formal permit from the building official before any construction, alteration, repair, removal or…

Anyone who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building or…

West Palm Beach requires a permit before anyone constructs, erects, alters, repairs, enlarges, moves or demolishes a…

Winter Haven Code of Ordinances Section 5-9 requires a permit from the building official before any structural work…

Bay County enforces electrical work through the 'Bay County Electrical Code,' which adopts the current National…

Boca Raton enforces electrical work through Chapter 27 of the Florida Building Code, Building, plus the National…

Unincorporated Brevard requires a permit before any electrical system is installed, altered, or replaced, under the…

Before doing any electrical work in Broward County, contractors and journeymen must hold a certificate of competency…

Cape Coral governs electrical work under the National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition, adopted by reference alongside the…

Charlotte County requires a permit and inspection before connecting temporary electrical work like carnival, circus…

Every electrical permit the Clay County building department issues must comply with the latest edition of the National…

Electrical work in unincorporated Collier County needs a permit under the adopted Florida Building Code, but Sec…

Coral Gables enforces the Florida Building Code, including its electrical provisions, adopted by reference under Sec…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida enforces the 2020 NFPA National Electric Code, adopted by City Code § 22-61(a)(2), and…

Any electrical installation, alteration or repair covered by the Florida Building Code needs a permit from Escambia…

Fort Myers adopts the National Electrical Code as the minimum electrical construction standard citywide, permitting…

Franklin County requires a separate electrical permit in addition to the building permit before any electrical…

Gainesville adopts the Florida Building Code by reference at City Code § 6-2 and requires an owner or agent to get a…

In unincorporated Highlands County, any contractor installing or repairing electrical systems must hold a permit and…

Electrical work in unincorporated Hillsborough County runs on Chapter 27 of the Florida Building Code and the Florida…

A Hollywood homeowner may personally wire, plumb or gas-fit his own home without a contractor's license, but §…

Homestead requires its own electrical permit before wiring work begins, separate from a general construction permit…

Jacksonville requires a separate electrical permit for wiring, service upgrades, and equipment installations under…

Kissimmee requires a paid city permit for electrical work under the state building code, and every occupied building's…

Anyone doing electrical work in unincorporated Lake County, from new wiring to service changes, must first get a…

Leon County adopts NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, for all electrical work and requires a permit before any…

Martin County requires an active permit before altering electrical, plumbing, gas, or mechanical systems, and the…

Melbourne enforces electrical work under the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, current edition, adopted by reference…

Any electrical installation, alteration, or repair in Miami requires a Building Department permit before work starts…

Miami Beach polices electrical work under the National Electrical Code, adopted by reference into the Florida Building…

Miami-Dade County Code Section 8-10 requires an electrical permit for every appurtenance, apparatus, or piece of…

Miramar wires its permitting to the 2011 National Electrical Code, adopted at Code of Ordinances Section 22-26.3, and…

Electrical work in unincorporated Nassau County runs on the 2020 National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, adopted through…

New Port Richey requires anyone doing electrical work in the city to hold an unexpired certificate of competency from…

North Port enforces the Florida Building Code, including its electrical provisions and referenced National Electrical…

Okaloosa County Code Section 6-135 adopts the Florida Building Code and the 2011 National Electrical Code by reference…

Orange County's building safety chapter makes the National Electrical Code the governing standard for all electrical…

All electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment installed in Orlando must meet the National Electrical Code under Section…

Osceola County requires a permit for nearly all electrical construction under its adopted 1996 National Electrical…

Palm Bay adopts the 2020 National Electrical Code for electrical work citywide, but excludes Article 210.52 and…

Palm Beach County adopts the National Electrical Code as its minimum electrical construction standard, and the Building…

Every electrical installation, alteration, or repair in unincorporated Pasco County must comply with the National…

Electrical work in Plantation must comply with the Florida Building Code (Broward County), adopted citywide as the…

Connecting a mobile home's electrical panel to its service pole doesn't need its own electrical permit, but any…

Electrical work in Port Orange needs a permit through the building division, with two complete sets of plans unless the…

Any electrical installation, alteration, repair or replacement in Port St. Lucie must follow Chapter 27 of the Florida…

Safety Harbor requires a building permit before any electrical system work under the Florida Building Code, enforced by…

The City of Sarasota enforces electrical work through the National Electrical Code, 1990 edition, adopted by reference…

In the City of Satellite Beach, electrical work regulated by the National Electrical Code needs a Building Official…

Electrical work in unincorporated Seminole County is governed by Building Code Appendix A Section 101.4.1, which adopts…

City Code § 8-166(7) requires a qualified, licensed contractor working under proper permits and final inspections…

Tallahassee requires a complete set of electrical plans before most jobs start, reviewed by the electrical inspection…

Tampa requires a permit from the building official before any electrical work covered by the code, under Section…

Titusville requires a city permit before any electrical construction, wiring installation, or extension of an existing…

Winter Haven has adopted the National Electrical Code as its Electrical Code and will not issue an electrical permit to…

Boca Raton enforces plumbing work through the Florida Building Code, Plumbing, covering installation, alteration…

Unincorporated Brevard requires a permit before any plumbing system is installed, altered, or replaced, under the…

Broward County issues building permits for plumbing work only to applicants holding a current state or Central…

Cape Coral does not write its own plumbing rulebook; it adopts the 2020 Florida Building Code family by reference and…

Any plumbing work in unincorporated Charlotte County, from a new water heater line to a full repipe, needs a permit…

Clay County requires plumbing work to comply with the Standard Plumbing Code, and its local amendment bans type M…

Plumbing work in unincorporated Collier County falls under the adopted Florida Building Code and normally needs a…

Coral Gables adopts the Florida Building Code, including its Plumbing chapter, by reference and requires a Development…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida regulates plumbing work through the state-adopted Florida Building Code, applied…

Daytona Beach adopts the Florida Building Code, including its Plumbing chapter, by reference as its construction code…

Escambia County applies the Florida Building Code, Plumbing to every plumbing installation, alteration, repair or…

Fort Lauderdale requires a licensed plumber connecting a building's sewer line to the sanitary sewer lateral on private…

Fort Myers adopts the Florida Building Code, Plumbing as the minimum construction standard citywide, with permits…

Gainesville enforces plumbing work through the Florida Building Code, adopted by reference into city law. Anyone…

Plumbing work in Gulfport needs a permit under Sec. 25-3(1)e., charged as a base fee plus a per-fixture fee. Homeowners…

Hialeah has no stand-alone local plumbing chapter; it adopts the latest Florida Building Code, including its Plumbing…

Highlands County's Land Development Regulations incorporate the Florida Building Code's Plumbing volume by reference…

Hillsborough County requires a permit for plumbing work in unincorporated areas, enforcing the Florida Building Code's…

Any plumbing work in Homestead needs a permit under City Code Section 6-36, which folds plumbing into the same article…

No plumbing work in Jacksonville, other than minor repairs that don't change fixtures or piping, can start until a…

Kissimmee charges a set fee schedule for every plumbing permit, starting at a $19 minimum issuance fee and running up…

Plumbing work in unincorporated Lake County requires a building permit from the Building Official before it starts…

Martin County's Property Maintenance Code makes the Florida Plumbing Code, as adopted by the Florida Legislature, part…

Melbourne enforces plumbing work under the Florida Plumbing Code, current edition, adopted by reference in Section…

The City of Miami requires a permit for new plumbing work and system alterations, issued by the Building Department…

Miami Beach enforces the Plumbing volume of the Florida Building Code as its plumbing code, adopted under Section…

Miami-Dade County Code Section 10-5 limits plumbing permit applications to contractors holding a current certificate of…

Nassau County enforces plumbing work through the 8th Edition (2023) Florida Building Code, adopted wholesale by County…

New Port Richey enforces the Florida Building Code, Plumbing as its official plumbing code and requires a certified…

North Port enforces the Florida Building Code, including its Plumbing volume, as the city's building code, so plumbing…

Okaloosa County adopts the Florida Building Code, Plumbing volume for every plumbing system installed, altered…

Orange County enforces plumbing work in the unincorporated area under the Florida Building Code, Plumbing, adopted…

Palm Bay enforces the 2023 Florida Building Code, Plumbing edition, as its official Plumbing Code, requiring permits…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County requires a building permit before any plumbing installation, alteration, or repair…

Every plumbing installation in unincorporated Pasco County, from new fixtures to medical gas systems, must comply with…

Plantation adopts the Florida Building Code, (Broward County), as its building code under Section 5-9, and that code…

Hooking up a mobile home's basic water and sewer riser connections in unincorporated Polk County doesn't need its own…

Pompano Beach has no standalone plumbing chapter; plumbing work is permitted through the general building permit system…

Port St. Lucie applies the Florida Building Code, Plumbing to every installation, alteration, repair or replacement of…

Safety Harbor adopts the Florida Building Code's Plumbing volume and requires a permit before any plumbing system is…

The City of Sarasota enforces plumbing installation through the Standard Plumbing Code, 1994 edition with seven…

Before touching a plumbing system in unincorporated Sarasota County, an owner, agent, or contractor must apply to the…

In the City of Satellite Beach, plumbing work needs a Building Official permit before it starts. City Code § 3-1(4)…

Plumbing installation, alteration, repair and replacement in unincorporated Seminole County must comply with the…

City Code § 8-169(d)(7) makes property owners responsible for keeping the private sewer lateral connecting their…

Tampa administers the Florida Building Code, Plumbing under Chapter 5 of the City Code. Section 5-101.1.2 adopts the…

Titusville requires a building-official permit before any plumbing work begins, under the Florida Building Code…

Winter Haven Code of Ordinances Section 5-41 adopts the 1994 Standard Plumbing Code, with its appendices A, B, C, D, F…

Miami-Dade requires most buildings, except single-family homes, duplexes, and small minor structures, to undergo…

When Miramar's building official learns a building or structure may be unsafe, Code of Ordinances Section 22-81…

Under the county's Housing Code, the housing official, the Pinellas County Code Enforcement Division manager, can…

Alachua County requires a sequence of building-official inspections before permitted work can be occupied, under County…

Section 19-156 lists every inspection Boca Raton's building official must perform stage by stage, from foundation and…

Brevard County requires seven staged building inspections plus separate electrical, plumbing, mechanical and gas checks…

Broward's Housing and Urban Planning Division may inspect dwellings under the Minimum Housing Code, but inspectors need…

Condominium and cooperative buildings three stories or taller in Charlotte County must file a milestone inspection…

Sec. 18-10 lets the Citrus County Building Division enter any property under construction, repair or alteration to…

Clay County's building official inspects permitted work at various stages and again at completion, dispatches…

Collier County stamps every approved building permit set 'Reviewed for Code Compliance' under Sec. 107.3.1 and keeps…

Every permitted job in Coral Gables must clear a set of mandatory inspections, and a bad call-in gets you a…

Before occupying a new building in Daytona Beach, City staff must complete a final inspection within seven days of a…

Doral inspects construction under Sec. 53-420 against chapter 8 of the Miami-Dade County Code, giving the city…

Escambia County runs new construction through a fixed sequence of building official inspections under Sec. 14-173…

In unincorporated Flagler County, the Chief Building Official and Code Official enforce building inspections under…

When a Fort Lauderdale building inspector finds work that fails to conform to approved plans or code, Sec. 9-48(d)(17)d…

In Fort Myers, Lee County, a building permit expires 180 days after issuance if work hasn't started, or 180 days after…

Any development in unincorporated Franklin County that needs a floodplain development permit or approval is subject to…

Gulfport adopts the Florida Building Code for all construction, and Sec. 7-1.1 limits every inspection, permit, and…

In unincorporated Highlands County, construction work goes through staged inspections tied to the building permit…

Hillsborough County requires the building official to inspect construction at set stages before work can be covered up…

Hollywood requires most buildings 40 years or older to pass a structural and electrical safety recertification under §…

The Building Official inspects permitted work at every stage, from pre-permit plan review through completion, and logs…

Lake County requires a sequence of building inspections before work can proceed to the next stage, from foundation…

Unincorporated Lee County's own amendment to the Florida Building Code sets a hard pace for every building permit: the…

Before issuing a permit, Melbourne's building official can examine the plans, and once work begins the official…

The City of Miami inspects permitted construction in stages, foundation, framing, sheathing, roofing, electrical…

Miami Beach requires periodic building recertification under Section 14-67, tied to Miami-Dade County Code Section…

Nassau County's Building Department, acting under the adopted Florida Building Code, requires a fixed sequence of…

Okaloosa County's Administrative Construction Code, Section 110.3, sets the inspection sequence for every…

In unincorporated Orange County, the Building Official must make every inspection required for permitted construction…

Orlando's local amendments to the Florida Building Code require FEMA elevation certification at the foundation stage…

Palm Bay requires a requested inspection at every active stage of permitted work, or the Building Official can require…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County requires a staged inspection sequence, foundation, framing, sheathing, roofing, and…

Before issuing a permit, Pasco County's building official can examine building, electrical, gas, mechanical, and…

For threshold buildings, Pembroke Pines requires the owner to hire an independent design professional under § 150.21 to…

Pompano Beach requires floodplain-permitted construction to pass inspection by the Floodplain Administrator, including…

Port Orange contractors must request a mandatory final inspection within 24 hours of finishing permitted work or the…

Port St. Lucie enforces the Florida Building Code's inspection sequence under Code § 150.001, which adopts the FBC 7th…

Contractors and property owners doing permitted work in unincorporated Sarasota County must call for inspection within…

St. Petersburg's local amendment to the Florida Building Code, Sec. 8-36, requires the Building Official to inspect…

Sumter County building permits run six months from issuance before they must be renewed or the work re-permitted as…

Tampa's building official runs every permitted project through a defined sequence of inspections, from pre-construction…

Every permitted construction project in Titusville must display a field inspection card and permit-posting board on…

Volusia County's Chief Building Official runs construction through a fixed sequence of required inspections…