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PREFACE

HistoryThe State of Florida first mandated statewide building codes during the 1970s at the beginning of the modern construction boom.

The first law required all municipalities and counties to adopt and enforce one of the four state-recognized model codes known as

the “state minimum building codes.” During the early 1990s a series of natural disasters, together with the increasing complexity of

building construction regulation in vastly changed markets, led to a comprehensive review of the state building code system. The

study revealed that building code adoption and enforcement was inconsistent throughout the state and those local codes thought to

be the strongest proved inadequate when tested by major hurricane events. The consequences of the building codes system failure

were devastation to lives and economies and a statewide property insurance crisis. The response was a reform of the state building

construction regulatory system that placed emphasis on uniformity and accountability.

The 1998 Florida Legislature amended Chapter 553, Florida Statutes (FS), Building Construction Standards, to create a single

state building code that is enforced by local governments. As of March 1, 2002, the Florida Building Code, which is developed and

maintained by the Florida Building Commission, supersedes all local building codes. The Florida Building Code is updated every

three years and may be amended annually to incorporate interpretations and clarifications.

ScopeThe Florida Building Code is based on national model building codes and national consensus standards which are amended

where necessary for Florida’s specific needs. The code incorporates all building construction-related regulations for public and pri-

vate buildings in the State of Florida other than those specifically exempted by Section 553.73, Florida Statutes. It has been harmo-

nized with the Florida Fire Prevention Code, which is developed and maintained by the Department of Financial Services, Office

of the State Fire Marshal, to establish unified and consistent standards.

The base codes for the 2007 edition of the Florida Building Code include: the International Building Code , 2006 edition; the

International Plumbing Code , 2006 edition; the International Mechanical Code , 2006 edition; the International Fuel Gas

Code , 2006 edition; the International Residential Code , 2006 edition; the International Existing Building Code , 2006 edition;

the National Electrical Code, 2005 edition; the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Housing Guidelines,

and; substantive criteria from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE) Stan-

dard 90.1-2004. State and local codes adopted and incorporated into the code include the Florida Energy Efficiency Code for Build-

ing Construction, the Florida Accessibility Code for Building Construction and special hurricane protection standards for the

high-velocity hurricane zone.

The code is composed of seven main volumes: the Florida Building Code, Building,which also includes Chapter 13 (energy effi-

ciency) and Chapter 11(accessibility) as well as state regulations for licensed facilities; the Florida Building Code, Plumbing; the

Florida Building Code, Mechanical; the Florida Building Code, Fuel Gas; the Florida Existing Building Code; the Florida Build-

ing Code, Residential ; and the Florida Building Code, Test Protocols for High-Velocity Hurricane Zones. Chapter 27 of the

Florida Building Code, Building, adopts the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, by reference. Chapter 33 of the Florida Building

Code, Residential adopts the National Electrical Code Requirements for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, NFPA 70A, by refer-

ence.

Under certain strictly defined conditions, local governments may amend requirements to be more stringent than the code. All lo-

cal amendments to the Florida Building Code must be adopted by local ordinance and reported to the Florida Building Commission

then posted on www.floridabuilding.org in Legislative format for a month before being enforced. Local amendments to the Florida

Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code may be obtained from the Florida Building Commission web site, or from the

Florida Department of Community Affairs or the Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of the State Fire Marshal, re-

spectively.

Adoption and MaintenanceThe Florida Building Code is adopted and updated with new editions triennially by the Florida Building Commission. It is

amended annually to incorporate interpretations, clarifications and to update standards. Minimum requirements for permitting,

plans review and inspections are established by the code, and local jurisdictions may adopt additional administrative requirements

that are more stringent. Local technical amendments are subject to strict criteria established by Section 553.73, F.S. They are subject

to commission review and adoption into the code or repeal when the code is updated triennially and are subject to appeal to the Com-

mission according to the procedures established by Section 553.73, F.S.

Ten Technical Advisory Committees (TACs), which are constituted consistent with American National Standards Institute

(ANSI) Guidelines, review proposed code changes and clarifications of the code and make recommendations to the Commission.

These TACs whose membership is constituted consistent with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Guidelines include:

Accessibility; Joint Building Fire (a joint committee of the Commission and the State Fire Marshal); Building Structural; Code Ad-

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ministration/ Enforcement; Electrical; Energy; Mechanical; Plumbing and Fuel Gas; Roofing; and Special Occupancy (state

agency construction and facility licensing regulations).

The Commission may only issue official code clarifications using procedures of Chapter 120, Florida Statutes. To obtain such a

clarification, a request for a Declaratory Statement (DEC) must be made to the Florida Building Commission in a manner that estab-

lishes a clear set of facts and circumstances and identifies the section of the code in question. Requests are analyzed by staff, re-

viewed by the appropriate Technical Advisory Committee, and sent to the Florida Building Commission for a first action. Draft

Declaratory Statements are subject to public comment and are finalized by the Commission at its next meeting. These interpreta-

tions establish precedents for situations having similar facts and circumstances and are typically incorporated into the code in the

next code amendment cycle. Non-binding opinions are available from the Building Officials Association of Florida’s web site

(www.BOAF.net) and a Binding Opinion process is available online at www.floridabuilding.org.

Marginal MarkingsVertical lines in the margins within the body of the code indicate a change from the requirements of the base codes to the 2007

Florida Building Code effective October 1, 2008.

Sections deleted from the base code are designated “Reserved.”

AcknowledgmentsThe Florida Building Code is produced through the efforts and contributions of building designers, contractors, product manu-

facturers, regulators and other interested parties who participate in the Florida Building Commission’s consensus processes, Com-

mission staff and the participants in the national model code development processes.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1Section101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1102 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1103 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3104 Duties and Powers of Building Official . . . . . 1.3105 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3106 Construction Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7107 Temporary Structures and Uses . . . . . . . . . . 1.10108 Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10109 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11110 Certificates of Occupancy and Completion . 1.13111 Service Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14112 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14113 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14114 Stop Work Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14115 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14

CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1Section201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1

CHAPTER 3 USE AND OCCUPANCYCLASSIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1

Section301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1302 Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1303 Assembly Group A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1304 Business Group B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2305 Educational Group E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2306 Factory Group F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2307 High-Hazard Group H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3308 Institutional Group I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.11309 Mercantile Group M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.12310 Residential Group R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.12311 Storage Group S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13312 Utility and Miscellaneous Group U . . . . . . . 3.13313 Day Care Occupancy Group D . . . . . . . . . . . 3.14

CHAPTER 4 SPECIAL DETAILEDREQUIREMENTS BASED ONUSE AND OCCUPANCY . . . . . . . . . . 4.1

Section401 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1402 Covered Mall Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1403 High-Rise Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5404 Atriums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6405 Underground Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6406 Motor-Vehicle-Related Occupancies . . . . . . . 4.7407 Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11408 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12409 Motion Picture Projection Rooms . . . . . . . . 4.14410 Stages and Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15411 Special Amusement Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . 4.16412 Aircraft-Related Occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.17413 Combustible Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19414 Hazardous Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19415 Groups H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4 and H-5 . . . . . . 4.24416 Application of Flammable Finishes . . . . . . . 4.36417 Drying Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.36418 Organic Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.36419 Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.37420 Nursing Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.44421 Ambulatory Surgical Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.57422 Birthing Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.60423 State Requirements for Educational

Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.62424 Swimming Pools and Bathing Places (Public

and Private) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.80425 Public Lodging Establishments . . . . . . . . . 4.100426 Public Food Service Establishments. . . . . . 4.101427 Mental Health Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.102428 Manufactured Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.111429 Boot Camps for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.113430 Mausoleums and Columbariums. . . . . . . . . 4.113431 Transient Public Lodging Establishments . 4.115432 Use of Asbestos in New Public Buildings or

Buildings Newly Constructed for Lease toGovernment Entities-Prohibition . . . . . . 4.115

433 Adult Day Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.115434 Assisted Living Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.116435 Control of Radiation Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . 4.119

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436 Day-Care Occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.123

437 Hospice Inpatient Facilities andUnits and Hospice Residences . . . . . . . . 4.125

438 Group I-1, R-1, R-2, R-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.128

439 Hydrogen Cutoff Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.128

CHAPTER 5 GENERAL BUILDINGHEIGHTS AND AREAS . . . . . . . . . . 5.1

Section

501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1

502 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1

503 General Height and Area Limitations. . . . . . . 5.1

504 Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1

505 Mezzanines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3

506 Area Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4

507 Unlimited Area Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5

508 Mixed Use and Occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6

509 Special Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8

CHAPTER 6 TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION . . . . . 6.1Section

601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1

602 Construction Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1

603 Combustible Material in Types I and IIConstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2

CHAPTER 7 FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATEDCONSTRUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1

Section

701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1

702 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1

703 Fire-Resistance Ratings and Fire Tests. . . . . . 7.2

704 Exterior Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3

705 Fire Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6

706 Fire Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8

707 Shaft Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10

708 Fire Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.12

709 Smoke Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.13

710 Smoke Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.14

711 Horizontal Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.14

712 Penetrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.15

713 Fire-resistant Joint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.17

714 Fire-resistance Rating of StructuralMembers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.18

715 Opening Protectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.19

716 Ducts and Air Transfer Openings . . . . . . . . . 7.22

717 Concealed Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.26

718 Fire-resistance Requirements for Plaster . . . 7.27

719 Thermal- and Sound-Insulating Materials . . 7.28

720 Prescriptive Fire Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.28

721 Calculated Fire Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.29

CHAPTER 8 INTERIOR FINISHES . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1Section

801 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1

802 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1

803 Wall and Ceiling Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1

804 Interior Floor Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3

805 Combustible Materials in Types Iand II Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4

806 Decorative Materials and Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4

CHAPTER 9 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS . . . 9.1Section

901 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1

902 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1

903 Automatic Sprinkler Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4

904 Alternative AutomaticFire-Extinguishing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9

905 Standpipe Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.10

906 Portable Fire Extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.12

907 Fire Alarm and Detection Systems . . . . . . . . 9.12

908 Emergency Alarm Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.20

909 Smoke Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.20

910 Smoke and Heat Vents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.27

911 Fire Command Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.29

912 Fire Department Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.29

CHAPTER 10 MEANS OF EGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1Section

1001 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1

1002 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1

1003 General Means of Egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2

1004 Occupant Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3

1005 Egress Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5

1006 Means of Egress Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5

1007 Accessible Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8

1008 Doors, Gates and Turnstiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8

1009 Stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.15

1010 Ramps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.18

1011 Exit Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.19

1012 Handrails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.19

1013 Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.20

1014 Exit Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.21

1015 Exit and Exit Access Dooways . . . . . . . . . . 10.23

1016 Exit Access Travel Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.24

1017 Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.25

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1018 Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.26

1019 Number of Exits and Continuity. . . . . . . . . 10.26

1020 Vertical Exit Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.27

1021 Exit Passageways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.29

1022 Horizontal Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.29

1023 Exterior Exit Ramps and Stairways . . . . . . 10.30

1024 Exit Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.30

1025 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.31

1026 Emergency Escape and Rescue . . . . . . . . . . 10.37

1027 Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.38

1028 Educational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.38

1029 Factory-Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.38

1030 Institutional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.38

1031 Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.40

1032 Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.40

1033 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.40

1034 Day Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.40

1035 Boiler, Furnace and MechanicalEquipment Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.42

CHAPTER 11 ACCESSIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1Section

11-Part A 11.1

11-1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8

11-2 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8

11-3 Miscellaneous Instructions andDefinitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8

11-4 Accessible Elements and Spaces: Scope and

Technical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.12

11-5 Restaurants and Cafeterias . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.37

11-6 Medical Care Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.37

11-7 Business and Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.38

11-8 Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.39

11-9 Accessible Transient Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . 11.39

11-10 Transportation Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.42

11-11 Residential Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.46

11-12 Theme Park or an Entertainment Complex 11.46

11-Part B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.89

11-Part C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.105

11-Part D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.118

CHAPTER 12 INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT. . . . . 12.1Section

1201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1

1202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1

1203 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1

1204 Temperature Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2

1205 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2

1206 Yards or Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3

1207 Sound Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3

1208 Interior Space Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3

1209 Access to Unoccupied Spaces. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4

1210 Surrounding Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4

CHAPTER 13 ENERGY EFFICIENCY. . . . . . . . . . 13.1Section

13-Sub-Chapter 1 Administration and

Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1

13-100 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1

13-101 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1

13-102 Materials and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4

13-103 Code Compliance and Permitting . . . . . . . . . 13.4

13-104 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5

13-105 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6

13-106 Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6

13-Sub-Chapter 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9

13-201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9

13-202 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9

13-Sub-Chapter 3 Referenced Standards

and Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.25

13-301 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.25

13-Sub-Chapter 4 Commercial Building

Compliance Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.33

13-400 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.33

13-401 Fenestrations (Glazing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.35

13-402 Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.36

13-403 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.36

13-404 Roofs/Ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.37

13-405 Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.37

13-406 Air Infiltration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.37

13-407 Space Cooling Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.38

13-408 Space Heating Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.43

13-409 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.52

13-410 Air Distribution Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.54

13-411 Pumps and Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.60

13-412 Water Heating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.61

13-413 Electric Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.63

13-414 Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.63

13-415 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.63

13-Sub-Chapter 6 Residential Building

Compliance Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.71

13-600 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.71

13-601 Fenestrations (Glazing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.73

13-602 Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.74

13-603 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.75

13-604 Ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.75

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13-605 Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.76

13-606 Air Infiltration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.78

13-607 Space Cooling Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.79

13-608 Space Heating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.86

13-609 Ventilation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.88

13-610 Air Distribution Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.89

13-611 Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.94

13-612 Water Heating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.95

13-Appendix 13-A Jurisdictional Data . . . . . . . . . . . 13-A.1

13-Appendix 13-B Supplemental Information for

Sub-Chapter 13-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.B.1

13-Appendix 13-C Supplemental Information for

Sub-Chapter 13-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.C.1

13-Appendix 13-D Code Compliance Forms . . . . . . 13.D.1

13-Appendix 13-E Florida Standard No. 1 . . . . . . . 13-E.1

CHAPTER 14 EXTERIOR WALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1Section

1401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1

1402 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1

1403 Performance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1

1404 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.2

1405 Installation of Wall Coverings . . . . . . . . . . . 14.3

1406 Combustible Materials on theExterior Side of Exterior Walls. . . . . . . . . 14.6

1407 Metal Composite Materials (MCM) . . . . . . . 14.7

1408 High-Velocity Hurricane Zone—Other Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8

CHAPTER 15 ROOF ASSEMBLIES ANDROOFTOP STRUCTURES . . . . . . . 15.1

Section

1501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1

1502 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1

1503 Weather Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1

1504 Performance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2

1505 Fire Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3

1506 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4

1507 Requirements for Roof Coverings . . . . . . . . 15.4

1508 Roof Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.12

1509 Rooftop Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.12

1510 Reroofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.13

1511 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.14

1512 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.14

1513 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.15

1514 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Weather Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.17

1515 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Performance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 15.18

1516 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—FireClassification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.19

1517 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.19

1518 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RoofCoverings with Slopes 2:12or Greater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.20

1519 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RoofCoverings with Slopes less than 2:12. . . 15.22

1520 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RoofInsulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.24

1521 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Reroofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.25

1522 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RooftopStructures and Components . . . . . . . . . . 15.27

1523 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.27

1524 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RequiredOwners Notification for RoofingConsidertions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.31

1525 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Uniform Permit Application . . . . . . . . . . 15.32

CHAPTER 16 STRUCTURAL DESIGN . . . . . . . . . 16.1Section

1601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1

1602 Definitions and Notations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1

1603 Construction Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.2

1604 General Design Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3

1605 Load Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.4

1606 Dead Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.7

1607 Live Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.7

1608 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.12

1609 Wind Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.12

1610 Soil Lateral Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.17

1611 Rain Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.17

1612 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.17

1613 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Deflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.19

1614 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—VolumeChanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.20

1615 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—MinimumLoads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.20

1616 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RoofLive Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.20

1617 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RoofDrainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.21

1618 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—SpecialLoad Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.21

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1619 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—LiveLoad Reductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.23

1620 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—WindLoads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.23

1621 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—OverturningMoment and Uplift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.23

1622 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—ScreenEnclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.23

1623 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—LiveLoads Posted and Occupancy Permits . . 16.24

1624 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—FoundationDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.24

1625 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—LoadTests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.24

1626 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—ImpactTests for Windborne Debris . . . . . . . . . . 16.25

CHAPTER 17 STRUCTURAL TESTS ANDSPECIAL INSPECTIONS . . . . . . . . 17.1

Section

1701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1

1702 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1

1703 Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1

1704 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2

1705 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2

1706 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2

1707 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2

1708 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2

1709 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2

1710 Design Strengths of Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2

1711 Alternative Test Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3

1712 Test Safe Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3

1713 In-Situ Load Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3

1714 Preconstruction Load Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3

1715 Material and Test Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.8

CHAPTER 18 SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS . . . . . 18.1Section

1801 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.1

1802 Foundation and Soils Investigations . . . . . . . 18.1

1803 Excavation, Grading and Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.2

1804 Allowable Load-Bearing Values of Soils . . . 18.3

1805 Footings and Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.3

1806 Retaining Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.14

1807 Dampproofing and Waterproofing . . . . . . . 18.14

1808 Pier and Pile Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.16

1809 Driven Pile Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.19

1810 Cast-in-Place Concrete Pile Foundations . . 18.21

1811 Composite Piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.24

1812 Pier Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.24

1813 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.25

1814 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.25

1815 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.25

1816 Termite Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.25

1817 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Excavations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.26

1818 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—BearingCapacity of Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.26

1819 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Soil BearingFoundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.26

1820 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—ConcreteSlabs on Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.29

1821 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—MonolithicFootings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.29

1822 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—PileFoundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.30

1823 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Wood Piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.32

1824 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—PrecastConcrete Piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.32

1825 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—PrestressedPrecast Concrete Piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.33

1826 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Cast-in-Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.33

1827 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RolledStructural Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.34

1828 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—SpecialPiles or Special Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 18.34

1829 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Load Testson Piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.34

1830 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—FoundationWalls and Grade Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.34

1831 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Grades UnderBuildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.35

1832 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—RetainingWalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.35

1833 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Seawallsand Bulkheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.35

1834 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—SoilImprovement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.35

CHAPTER 19 CONCRETE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.1Section

1901 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.1

1902 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.1

1903 Specifications for Tests and Materials . . . . . 19.1

1904 Durability Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.1

1905 Concrete Quality, Mixing and Placing . . . . . 19.3

1906 Formwork, Embedded Pipes andConstruction Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.3

1907 Details of Reinforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4

1908 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4

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1909 Structural Plain Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4

1910 Minimum Slab Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.5

1911 Anchorage to Concrete—AllowableStress Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.5

1912 Anchorage to Concrete—Strength Design . . 19.6

1913 Shotcrete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.6

1914 Reinforced Gypsum Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8

1915 Concrete-Filled Pipe Columns . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8

1916 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8

1917 Lightweight Insulation Concrete Fill . . . . . . 19.8

1918 Special Wind Provisions for Concrete . . . . . 19.9

1919 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.10

1920 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.10

1921 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.10

1922 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.10

1923 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Concrete Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.12

1924 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Mixing and Placing Concrete . . . . . . . . . 19.13

1925 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Formwork, Embedded Pipes andConstruction Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.14

1926 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Details ofReinforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.15

1927 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Precast Concrete Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.17

1928 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—PrestressedConcrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.18

1929 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—PneumaticallyPlaced Concrete (Shotcrete) . . . . . . . . . . 19.20

CHAPTER 20 ALUMINUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1Section

2001 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1

2002 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1

2003 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.2

CHAPTER 21 MASONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1Section

2101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1

2102 Definitions and Notations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1

2103 Masonry Construction Materials . . . . . . . . . 21.4

2104 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.8

2105 Quality Assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.11

2106 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.12

2107 Allowable Stress Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.12

2108 Strength Design of Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.13

2109 Empirical Design of Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . 21.14

2110 Glass Unit Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.20

2111 Masonry Fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.21

2112 Masonry Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.23

2113 Masonry Chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.24

2114 Termite Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.28

2115 Special Wind Provisions for Masonry . . . . 21.28

2116 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.28

2117 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.28

2118 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Design . 21.28

2119 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Quality, Testsand Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.28

2120 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Allowable Unit Stresses inUnit Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.30

2121 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—ConstructionDetails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.30

2122 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Reinforced Unit Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.35

CHAPTER 22 STEEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1Section

2201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1

2202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1

2203 Identification and Protection of Steelfor Structural Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1

2204 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1

2205 Structural Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1

2206 Steel Joists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1

2207 Steel Cable Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2

2208 Steel Storage Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2

2209 Cold-Formed Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2

2210 Cold-Formed Steel Light-FramedConstruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2

2211 Gable End Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3

2212 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3

2213 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3

2214 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones General—Steel Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3

2215 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.4

2216 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—DesignLoads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5

2217 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—MinimumThickness of Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5

2218 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5

2219 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Tubular Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5

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2220 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Protection ofMetal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5

2221 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—General—Open Web Steel Joists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5

2222 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Cold-Formed Steel Construction . . . . . . . 22.7

2223 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Pre-engineered, PrefabricatedMetal Building Systems and Components(Pre-Engineered Structures) . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8

2224 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—ChainLink Fences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.9

CHAPTER 23 WOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1Section

2301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1

2302 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1

2303 Minimum Standards and Quality . . . . . . . . . 23.2

2304 General Construction Requirements. . . . . . . 23.5

2305 General Design Requirements forLateral-Force-Resisting Systems . . . . . . 23.15

2306 Allowable Stress Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.22

2307 Load and Resistance Factor Design . . . . . . 23.29

2308 Conventional Light-Frame Construction . . 23.29

2309 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.60

2310 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.60

2311 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.60

2312 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.60

2313 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.60

2314 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones . . . . . . . . . 23.60

2315 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Quality . 23.62

2316 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Sizes . . . 23.63

2317 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Unit Stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.63

2318 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Vertical Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.63

2319 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—HorizontalFraming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.65

2320 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.70

2321 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.71

2322 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Sheathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.72

2323 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Furring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.74

2324 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.74

2325 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—WoodSupporting Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.75

2326 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Protection ofWood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.75

2327 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—FireRetardant Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.77

2328 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—WoodFences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.77

2329 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Fire-Retardant-Treated Shakesand Shingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.77

2330 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Wood Blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.78

CHAPTER 24 GLASS AND GLAZING . . . . . . . . . 24.1Section

2401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1

2402 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1

2403 General Requirements for Glass . . . . . . . . . . 24.1

2404 Wind and Dead Loads on Glass . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1

2405 Sloped Glazing and Skylights . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3

2406 Safety Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4

2407 Glass in Handrails and Guards . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6

2408 Glazing in Athletic Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6

2409 Glass in Elevator Hoistway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6

2410 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6

2411 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Windows,Doors, Glass and Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.7

2412 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Glass Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.11

2413 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—StormShutters/External Protective Devices . . . 24.11

2414 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—CurtainWalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.12

2415 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—StructuralGlazing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.12

CHAPTER 25 GYPSUM BOARDAND PLASTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1

Section

2501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1

2502 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1

2503 Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1

2504 Vertical and Horizontal Assemblies . . . . . . . 25.1

2505 Shear Wall Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1

2506 Gypsum Board Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2

2507 Lathing and Plastering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2

2508 Gypsum Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2

2509 Gypsum Board in Showers andWater Closets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3

2510 Lathing and Furring forCement Plaster (Stucco) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4

2511 Interior Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4

2512 Exterior Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5

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2513 Exposed Aggregate Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5

2514 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Lathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6

2515 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Plaster. . . 25.8

2516 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Stucco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.10

2517 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Gypsum Board Products andAccessory Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.11

2518 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Suspendedand Furred Ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.12

2519 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Absestos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.12

2520 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Tile . . . . 25.12

CHAPTER 26 PLASTIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1

Section

2601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1

2602 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1

2603 Foam Plastic Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1

2604 Interior Finish and Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4

2605 Plastic Veneer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4

2606 Light-Transmitting Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4

2607 Light-Transmitting Plastic Wall Panels . . . . 26.5

2608 Light-Transmitting Plastic Glazing . . . . . . . 26.6

2609 Light-Transmitting Plastic Roof Panels . . . . 26.7

2610 Light-Transmitting Plastic SkylightGlazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.7

2611 Light-Transmitting Plastic Interior Signs. . . 26.8

2612 High-Velocity Hurricane Zone—Plastics . . . 26.8

CHAPTER 27 ELECTRICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1

Section

2701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1

2702 Emergency and Standby Power Systems . . . 27.1

2703 Cross References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1

2704 Bonding Metal Framing Members . . . . . . . . 27.1

CHAPTER 28 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS . . . . . . . 28.1

Section

2801 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1

CHAPTER 29 PLUMBING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . 29.1

Section

2901 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1

2902 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1

CHAPTER 30 ELEVATORS ANDCONVEYING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . 30.1

Section

3001 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1

3002 Hoistway Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2

3003 Emergency Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2

3004 Hoistway Venting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3

3005 Conveying Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3

3006 Machine Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4

3007 Elevator Accessibility Requirements for thePhysically Handicapped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4

3008 Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4

3009 Electrolysis Protection for UndergroundHydraulic Elevator Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . 30.5

3010 Bulletin Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5

3011 Alterations to Electric and HydraulicElevators and Escalators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5

CHAPTER 31 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION . . . . . 31.1Section

3101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1

3102 Membrane Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1

3103 Temporary Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2

3104 Pedestrian Walkways and Tunnels . . . . . . . . 31.2

3105 Awnings and Canopies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.3

3106 Marquees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4

3107 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5

3108 Radio and Television Towers . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5

3109 Structures Seaward of a Coastal ConstructionControl Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5

3110 Flood-Resistant Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.8

3111 Deposit of Material in TidewaterRegulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.8

3112 Lighting, Mirrors, Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . 31.9

3113 Airport Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.9

CHAPTER 32 ENCROACHMENTS INTO THEPUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. . . . . . . . 32.1

Section

3201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1

3202 Encroachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1

CHAPTER 33 SAFEGUARDS DURINGCONSTRUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1

Section

3301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1

3302 Construction Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1

3303 Demolition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1

3304 Site Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1

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3305 Sanitary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1

3306 Protection of Pedestrians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2

3307 Protection of Adjoining Property . . . . . . . . . 33.3

3308 Temporary Use of Streets, Alleys and PublicProperty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3

3309 Fire Extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3

3310 Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3

3311 Standpipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3

3312 Automatic Sprinkler System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4

CHAPTER 34 EXISTING STRUCTURES . . . . . . . 34.1Section

3401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3402 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3403 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3404 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3405 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3406 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3407 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3408 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3409 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

3410 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1

CHAPTER 35 REFERENCED STANDARDS . . . . 35.1

CHAPTER 36 FLORIDA FIREPREVENTION CODE . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1

Section

3601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1

APPENDIX A EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS(RESERVED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.1

APPENDIX B CHAPTER 9B-52, FAC. FLORIDASTANDARD FOR PASSIVERADON-RESISTANTCONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.1

Chapter 1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.3Section

B101 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.3

B102 Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.3

B103 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.3

B104 Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.3

Chapter 2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.3Section

B201 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.3

B202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.3

Chapter 3 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTSFOR PASSIVE RADON. . . . . . . . . . . B.4

Section

B301 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.4

B302 Sub-Slab and Soil Membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . B.4

B303 Floor Slab-on-Grade Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . B.5

B304 Slab-below-Grade Construction . . . . . . . . . . . B.6

B305 Buildings with Crawl Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.7

B306 Buildings with Combination FloorSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.7

B307 Space Conditioning Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.7

APPENDIX C CHAPTER 9B-53, FAC. STANDARDFOR MITIGATION OF RADON INEXISTING BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . C.1

Chapter 1 ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.5

Section

C101 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.5

C102 Alternate Materials and Methods . . . . . . . . . . C.5

C103 Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.5

Chapter 2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.5

Section

C201 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.5

C202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.5

Chapter 3 TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.6

Section

C301 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.6

Chapter 4 STRUCTURAL SEALING AND HVACSYSTEM BALANCING . . . . . . . . . . C.6

Section

C401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.6

C402 Sealing Cracks and Joints in ConcreteFloors and Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.6

C403 Floors Over Crawl Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.6

C404 Combined Construction Types . . . . . . . . . . . . C.7

C405 Approved Sealant Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.7

C406 Space Conditioning and Ventilation Systems C.7

Chapter 5 ENGINEERED SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . C.7

Section

C501 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.7

C502 Design Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.7

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Chapter 6 SOIL DEPRESSURIZATIONSYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.8

Section

C601 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.8

C602 Soil Depressurization SystemInstallation Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.8

C603 Soil Depressurization System DesignCriteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.8

C604 Crawl Space Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.9

APPENDIX D FIRE DISTRICTS(RESERVED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.1

APPENDIX E CHAPTER 9B-67, FAC. FLORIDASTANDARD FORRADON-RESISTANT NEWCOMMERCIAL BUILDINGCONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.1

Chapter 1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.4

Section

E101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.4

E102 Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.4

E103 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.4

E104 Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.4

Chapter 2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.4

Section

E201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.4

E202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.5

Chapter 3 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTSFOR PASSIVE CONTROLS. . . . . . . E.7

Section

E301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.7

E302 Soil-Gas-Retarder Membrane . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.7

E303 Concrete Floors in Contact with Soil-Gas . . . E.8

E304 Walls in Contact with Soil-Gas . . . . . . . . . . E.10

E305 Buildings with Crawl Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . E.10

E306 Space Conditioning Systems andVentilating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.11

E307 Air Distribution Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.11

Chapter 4 ACTIVE SOIL-DEPRESSURIZATIONSYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.11

Section

E401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.11

E402 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.12

E403 ASD System Design Requirements . . . . . . . E.12

APPENDIX F RODENT PROOFING(RESERVED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F.1

APPENDIX G FLOOD-RESISTANTCONSTRUCTION(RESERVED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.1

APPENDIX H SIGNS (RESERVED). . . . . . . . . . . . . H.1APPENDIX I PATIO COVERS (RESERVED) . . . . I.1APPENDIX J GRADING (RESERVED) . . . . . . . . . J.1APPENDIX K ICC ELECTRICAL CODE

(RESERVED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K.1INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index-1

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CHAPTER 1

ADMINISTRATION

SECTION 101GENERAL

101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Florida

Building Code hereinafter referred to as “this code.”

101.2 Scope. The provisions of this code shall apply to the con-

struction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement,

repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, maintenance,

removal and demolition of every building or structure or any

appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings or

structures.

Exceptions:

1. Detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple

single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than

three stories above grade plane in height with a separate

means of egress and their accessory structures shall com-

ply with the Florida Building Code, Residential.

2. Existing buildings undergoing repair, alterations or

additions and change of occupancy shall comply with

Chapter 34 of this code.

101.2.1 Appendices. Provisions in the appendices shall not

apply unless specifically adopted.

101.3 Intent. The purpose of this code is to establish the mini-

mum requirements to safeguard the public health, safety and

general welfare through structural strength, means of egress

facilities, stability, sanitation, adequate light and ventilation,

energy conservation, and safety to life and property from fire

and other hazards attributed to the built environment and to

provide safety to fire fighters and emergency responders dur-

ing emergency operations.

101.4 Referenced codes. The other codes listed in Sections

101.4.1 through 101.4.9 and referenced elsewhere in this code

shall be considered part of the requirements of this code to the

prescribed extent of each such reference.

101.4.1 Electrical. The provisions of Chapter 27 of the

Florida Building Code, Building shall apply to the installa-

tion of electrical systems, including alterations, repairs,

replacement, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and

appurtenances thereto.

101.4.2 Gas. The provisions of the Florida Building Code,

Fuel Gas shall apply to the installation of gas piping from

the point of delivery, gas appliances and related accessories

as covered in this code. These requirements apply to gas

piping systems extending from the point of delivery to the

inlet connections of appliances and the installation and

operation of residential and commercial gas appliances and

related accessories.

101.4.3 Mechanical. The provisions of the Florida Build-

ing Code, Mechanical shall apply to the installation, alter-

ations, repairs and replacement of mechanical systems,

including equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and/or

appurtenances, including ventilating, heating, cooling,

air-conditioning and refrigeration systems, incinerators and

other energy-related systems.

101.4.4 Plumbing. The provisions of the Florida Building

Code, Plumbing shall apply to the installation, alteration,

repair and replacement of plumbing systems, including

equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and appurtenances,

and where connected to a water or sewage system and all

aspects of a medical gas system.

101.4.5 Property maintenance. Reserved.

101.4.6 Fire prevention. For provisions related to fire pre-

vention, refer to the Florida Fire Prevention Code. The

Florida Fire Prevention Code shall apply to matters affect-

ing or relating to structures, processes and premises from

the hazard of fire and explosion arising from the storage,

handling or use of structures, materials or devices; from

conditions hazardous to life, property or public welfare in

the occupancy of structures or premises; and from the con-

struction, extension, repair, alteration or removal of fire

suppression and alarm systems or fire hazards in the struc-

ture or on the premises from occupancy or operation.

101.4.7 Energy. The provisions of Chapter 13 of the

Florida Building Code, Building shall apply to all matters

governing the design and construction of buildings for

energy efficiency.

101.4.8 Accessibility. For provisions related to accessibil-

ity, refer to Chapter 11 of the Florida Building Code, Build-

ing.

101.4.9 Manufactured buildings. For additional adminis-

trative and special code requirements, see section 428,

Florida Building Code, Building, and Rule 9B-1 F.A.C.

SECTION 102APPLICABILITY

102.1 General. Where, in any specific case, different sections

of this code specify different materials, methods of construc-

tion or other requirements, the most restrictive shall govern.

Where there is a conflict between a general requirement and a

specific requirement, the specific requirement shall be applica-

ble.

102.1.1 The Florida Building Code does not apply to, and

no code enforcement action shall be brought with respect to,

zoning requirements, land use requirements and owner

specifications or programmatic requirements which do not

pertain to and govern the design, construction, erection,

alteration, modification, repair or demolition of public or

private buildings, structures or facilities or to programmatic

requirements that do not pertain to enforcement of the

Florida Building Code. Additionally, a local code enforce-

ment agency may not administer or enforce the Florida

Building Code, Building to prevent the siting of any pub-

licly owned facility, including, but not limited to, correc-

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tional facilities, juvenile justice facilities, or state

universities, community colleges, or public education facil-

ities, as provided by law.

102.2 Building. The provisions of the Florida Building

Code shall apply to the construction, erection, alteration,

modification, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, loca-

tion, maintenance, removal and demolition of every public

and private building, structure or facility or floating residen-

tial structure, or any appurtenances connected or attached to

such buildings, structures or facilities. Additions, alter-

ations, repairs and changes of use or occupancy group in all

buildings and structures shall comply with the provisions

provided in Chapter 34 of this code. The following build-

ings, structures and facilities are exempt from the Florida

Building Code as provided by law, and any further exemp-

tions shall be as determined by the legislature and provided

by law:

(a)Building and structures specifically regulated and

preempted by the federal government.

(b)Railroads and ancillary facilities associated with the

railroad.

(c)Nonresidential farm buildings on farms.

(d)Temporary buildings or sheds used exclusively for

construction purposes.

(e)Mobile or modular structures used as temporary

offices, except that the provisions of Part V (Section

553.501-553.513, Florida Statutes) relating to acces-

sibility by persons with disabilities shall apply to such

mobile or modular structures.

(f) Those structures or facilities of electric utilities, as

defined in Section 366.02, Florida Statutes, which

are directly involved in the generation, transmission

or distribution of electricity.

(g)Temporary sets, assemblies or structures used in com-

mercial motion picture or television production, or

any sound-recording equipment used in such produc-

tion, on or off the premises.

(h)Chickees constructed by the Miccosukee Tribe of

Indians of Florida or the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

As used in this paragraph, the term “chickee” means

an open-sided wooden hut that has a thatched roof of

palm or palmetto or other traditional materials, and

that does not incorporate any electrical, plumbing or

other nonwood features.

102.2.1 In addition to the requirements of Section 553.79and 553.80, Florida Statutes, facilities subject to the pro-

visions of Chapter 395, Florida Statutes, and Part II of

Chapter 400, Florida Statutes, shall have facility plans

reviewed and construction surveyed by the state agency

authorized to do so under the requirements of Chapter

395, Florida Statutes, and Part II of Chapter 400, Florida

Statutes, and the certification requirements of the federal

government.

102.2.2 Residential buildings or structures moved into orwithin a county or municipality shall not be required to

be brought into compliance with the state minimum

building code in force at the time the building or structure

is moved, provided:

1. The building or structure is structurally sound and in

occupiable condition for its intended use;

2. The occupancy use classification for the building or

structure is not changed as a result of the move;

3. The building is not substantially remodeled;

4. Current fire code requirements for ingress and egress

are met;

5. Electrical, gas and plumbing systems meet the codes

in force at the time of construction and are operational

and safe for reconnection; and

6. Foundation plans are sealed by a professional engi-

neer or architect licensed to practice in this state, if

required by the Florida Building Code, Building for

all residential buildings or structures of the same

occupancy class.

102.2.3 The building official shall apply the same stan-dard to a moved residential building or structure as that

applied to the remodeling of any comparable residential

building or structure to determine whether the moved

structure is substantially remodeled.

The cost of the foundation on which the moved build-

ing or structure is placed shall not be included in the cost

of remodeling for purposes of determining whether a

moved building or structure has been substantially

remodeled.

102.2.4 This section does not apply to the jurisdictionand authority of the Department of Agriculture and Con-

sumer Services to inspect amusement rides or the

Department of Financial Services to inspect state-owned

buildings and boilers.

102.2.5 Each enforcement district shall be governed by aboard, the composition of which shall be determined by

the affected localities. At its own option, each enforce-

ment district or local enforcement agency may promul-

gate rules granting to the owner of a single-family

residence one or more exemptions from the Florida

Building Code relating to:

1. Addition, alteration or repair performed by the

property owner upon his or her own property, pro-

vided any addition or alteration shall not exceed

1,000 square feet (93 m2) or the square footage of

the primary structure, whichever is less.

2. Addition, alteration or repairs by a nonowner

within a specific cost limitation set by rule, pro-

vided the total cost shall not exceed $5,000 within

any 12-month period.

3. Building and inspection fees.

Each code exemption, as defined in this section, shall

be certified to the local board 10 days prior to implemen-

tation and shall be effective only in the territorial juris-

diction of the enforcement district or local enforcement

agency implementing it.

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102.2.6 This section does not apply to swings and otherplayground equipment accessory to a one- or two-family

dwelling.

Exception: Electrical service to such playgroundequipment shall be in accordance with Chapter 27 of

this code.

102.3 Application of references. References to chapter or sec-

tion numbers, or to provisions not specifically identified by

number, shall be construed to refer to such chapter, section or

provision of this code.

102.4 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and stan-

dards referenced in this code shall be considered part of the

requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such

reference. Where differences occur between provisions of this

code and referenced codes and standards, the provisions of this

code shall apply.

102.5 Partial invalidity. Reserved.

102.6 Existing structures. The legal occupancy of any struc-

ture existing on the date of adoption of this code shall be per-

mitted to continue without change, except as is specifically

covered in this code, or the Florida Fire Prevention Code, or as

is deemed necessary by the building official for the general

safety and welfare of the occupants and the public.

102.7 Relocation of manufactured buildings.

1. Relocation of an existing manufactured building does

not constitute an alteration.

2. A relocated building shall comply with wind speed

requirements of the new location, using the appropriate

wind speed map. If the existing building was manufac-

tured in compliance with the Standard Building Code

(prior to March 1, 2002), the wind speed map of the

Standard Building Code shall be applicable. If the exist-

ing building was manufactured in compliance with the

Florida Building Code (after March 1, 2002), the wind

speed map of the Florida Building Code shall be

applicable.

SECTION 103DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING SAFETY

RESERVED

SECTION 104DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE

BUILDING OFFICIAL104.1 General. Reserved.

104.2 Applications and permits. Reserved.

104.3 Notices and orders. Reserved.

104.4 Inspections. Reserved.

104.5 Identification. Reserved.

104.6 Right of entry. Reserved.

104.7 Department records. Reserved.

104.8 Liability. Reserved.

104.9 Approved materials and equipment. Materials, equip-

ment and devices approved by the building official shall be

constructed and installed in accordance with such approval.

104.9.1 Used materials and equipment. The use of used

materials which meet the requirements of this code for new

materials is permitted. Used equipment and devices shall

not be reused unless approved by the building official.

104.10 Modifications. Reserved.

104.11 Alternative materials, design and methods of con-

struction and equipment. The provisions of this code are not

intended to prevent the installation of any material or to pro-

hibit any design or method of construction not specifically pre-

scribed by this code, provided that any such alternative has

been approved. An alternative material, design or method of

construction shall be approved where the building official

finds that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with

the intent of the provisions of this code, and that the material,

method or work offered is, for the purpose intended, at least the

equivalent of that prescribed in this code in quality, strength,

effectiveness, fire resistance, durability and safety. When alter-

nate life safety systems are designed, the SFPE Engineering

Guide to Performance-Based Fire Protection Analysis and

Design of Buildings, or other methods approved by the build-

ing official may be used. The building official shall require that

sufficient evidence or proof be submitted to substantiate any

claim made regarding the alternative.

104.11.1 Research reports. Supporting data, where neces-

sary to assist in the approval of materials or assemblies not

specifically provided for in this code, shall consist of valid

research reports from approved sources.

104.11.2 Tests. Whenever there is insufficient evidence of

compliance with the provisions of this code, or evidence

that a material or method does not conform to the require-

ments of this code, or in order to substantiate claims for

alternative materials or methods, the building official shall

have the authority to require tests as evidence of compliance

to be made at no expense to the jurisdiction. Test methods

shall be as specified in this code or by other recognized test

standards. In the absence of recognized and accepted test

methods, the building official shall approve the testing pro-

cedures. Tests shall be performed by an approved agency.

Reports of such tests shall be retained by the building offi-

cial for the period required for retention of public records.

104.11.3 Accessibility. Alternative designs and technolo-

gies for providing access to and usability of a facility for

persons with disabilities shall be in accordance with Section

11-2.2.

SECTION 105PERMITS

105.1 Required. Any owner or authorized agent who intends

to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change

the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install,

enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any required

impact-resistant coverings, electrical, gas, mechanical or

plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by this

code, or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make

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application to the building official and obtain the required per-

mit.

105.1.1 Annual facility permit. In lieu of an individual

permit for each alteration to an existing electrical, gas,

mechanical, plumbing or interior nonstructural office sys-

tem(s), the building official is authorized to issue an annual

permit for any occupancy to facilitate routine or emergency

service, repair, refurbishing, minor renovations of service

systems or manufacturing equipment installations/reloca-

tions. The building official shall be notified of major

changes and shall retain the right to make inspections at the

facility site as deemed necessary. An annual facility permit

shall be assessed with an annual fee and shall be valid for

one year from date of issuance. A separate permit shall be

obtained for each facility and for each construction trade, as

applicable. The permit application shall contain a general

description of the parameters of work intended to be per-

formed during the year.

105.1.2 Annual permit records. The person to whom an

annual permit is issued shall keep a detailed record of alter-

ations made under such annual permit. The building official

shall have access to such records at all times or such records

shall be filed with the building official as designated.

105.1.3 Food permit. As per Section 500.12, Florida Stat-

utes, a food permit from the Department of Agriculture and

Consumer Services is required of any person who operates a

food establishment or retail store.

105.2 Work exempt from permit. Exemptions from permit

requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authori-

zation for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the

provisions of this code. Permits shall not be required for the

following:

Gas:

1. Portable heating appliance.

2. Replacement of any minor part that does not alter

approval of equipment or make such equipment

unsafe.

Mechanical:

1. Portable heating appliance.

2. Portable ventilation equipment.

3. Portable cooling unit.

4. Steam, hot or chilled water piping within any heating

or cooling equipment regulated by this code.

5. Replacement of any part which does not alter its

approval or make it unsafe.

6. Portable evaporative cooler.

7. Self-contained refrigeration system containing 10

pounds (4.54 kg) or less of refrigerant and actuated by

motors of 1 horsepower (746 W) or less.

8. The installation, replacement, removal or metering of

any load management control device.

Plumbing:

1. The stopping of leaks in drains, water, soil, waste or

vent pipe provided, however, that if any concealed

trap, drain pipe, water, soil, waste or vent pipe

becomes defective and it becomes necessary to

remove and replace the same with new material, such

work shall be considered as new work and a permit

shall be obtained and inspection made as provided in

this code.

2. The clearing of stoppages or the repairing of leaks in

pipes, valves or fixtures, and the removal and reinstal-

lation of water closets, provided such repairs do not

involve or require the replacement or rearrangement

of valves, pipes or fixtures.

105.2.1 Emergency repairs. Where equipment replace-

ments and repairs must be performed in an emergency situa-

tion, the permit application shall be submitted within the

next working business day to the building official.

105.2.2 Minor repairs. Ordinary minor repairs may be

made with the approval of the building official without a

permit, provided the repairs do not include the cutting away

of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal or cut-

ting of any structural beam or load-bearing support, or the

removal or change of any required means of egress, or rear-

rangement of parts of a structure affecting the egress

requirements; additionally, ordinary minor repairs shall not

include addition to, alteration of, replacement or relocation

of any standpipe, water supply, sewer, drainage, drain

leader, gas, soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wir-

ing systems or mechanical equipment or other work affect-

ing public health or general safety, and such repairs shall not

violate any of the provisions of the technical codes.

105.2.3 Public service agencies. Reserved.

105.3 Application for permit. To obtain a permit, the appli-

cant shall first file an application therefor in writing on a form

furnished by the building department for that purpose. Permit

application forms shall be in the format prescribed by a local

administrative board, if applicable, and must comply with the

requirements of Section 713.135(5) and (6), Florida Statutes.

Each application shall be inscribed with the date of applica-

tion, and the code in effect as of that date. For a building permit

for which an application is submitted prior to the effective date

of the Florida Building Code, the state minimum building code

in effect in the permitting jurisdiction on the date of the applica-

tion governs the permitted work for the life of the permit and

any extension granted to the permit.

105.3.1 Action on application. The building official shall

examine or cause to be examined applications for permits

and amendments thereto within a reasonable time after fil-

ing. If the application or the construction documents do not

conform to the requirements of pertinent laws, the building

official shall reject such application in writing, stating the

reasons therefor. If the building official is satisfied that the

proposed work conforms to the requirements of this code

and laws and ordinances applicable thereto, the building

official shall issue a permit therefor as soon as practicable.

When authorized through contractual agreement with a

school board, in acting on applications for permits, the

building official shall give first priority to any applications

for the construction of, or addition or renovation to, any

school or educational facility.

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105.3.1.1 If a state university, state community college or

public school district elects to use a local government’s code

enforcement offices, fees charged by counties and munici-

palities for enforcement of the Florida Building Code on

buildings, structures, and facilities of state universities,

state colleges and public school districts shall not be more

than the actual labor and administrative costs incurred for

plans review and inspections to ensure compliance with the

code.

105.3.1.2 No permit may be issued for any building con-

struction, erection, alteration, modification, repair or addi-

tion unless the applicant for such permit provides to the

enforcing agency which issues the permit any of the follow-

ing documents which apply to the construction for which

the permit is to be issued and which shall