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PREFACE

History

The 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 inade- quate when tested by major hurricane events. The consequences of the building codes system fail- ure 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 Com- mission, supersedes all local building codes. The Florida Building Code is updated every three years and may be amended annually to incorporate interpretations and clarifications.

Scope

The Florida Building Code is based on national model building codes and national consensus stan- dards which are amended where necessary for Florida’s specific needs. The code incorporates all building construction-related regulations for public and private buildings in the State of Florida other than those specifically exempted by Section 553.73, Florida Statutes. It has been harmonized 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 Florida Building Code, 6th Edition (2017) include: the 2015 editions of the International Building Code®; the International Plumbing Code®; the International Mechanical Code®; the International Fuel Gas Code®; the International Residential Code®; the International Existing Building Code®; the International Energy Conservation Code®; the National Electrical Code, 2014 edition; or substantive criteria from ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2013. State and local codes adopted and incorporated into the code include the Florida Building Code, Accessibility, and special hurricane protection standards for the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone.

The code is composed of nine main volumes: the Florida Building Code, Building, which also includes state regulations for licensed facilities; the Florida Building Code, Plumbing; the Florida Building Code, Mechanical; the Florida Building Code, Fuel Gas; the Florida Building Code, Existing Building; the Florida Building Code, Residential; the Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation; the Florida Building Code, Accessibility 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.

Under certain strictly defined conditions, local governments may amend requirements to be more stringent than the code. All local amendments to the Florida Building Code must be adopted by local ordinance and reported to the Florida Building Commission then posted on www.florida- building.org in Legislative format for a month before being enforced. Local amendments to the Flor- ida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code may be obtained from the Florida Building Commission web site, or from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation or the Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of the State Fire Marshal, respectively.

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Adoption and Maintenance The Florida Building Code is adopted and updated with new editions triennially by the Florida Build- ing 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, FS. 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 Commission according to the procedures estab- lished by Section 553.73, FS.

Eleven 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 consti- tuted 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 Struc- tural; Code Administration/ Enforcement; Electrical; Energy; Mechanical; Plumbing and Fuel Gas; Roofing; Swimming Pool; and Special Occupancy (state agency construction and facility licensing regulations).

The Commission may only issue official code clarifications using procedures of Chapter 120, Flor- ida 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 establishes a clear set of facts and cir- cumstances and identifies the section of the code in question. Requests are analyzed by staff, reviewed by the appropriate Technical Advisory Committee, and sent to the Florida Building Com- mission for action. These interpretations 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.

Code Development Committee Responsibilities (Letter Designations in Front of Section Numbers)

In each code development cycle, code change proposals to this code are considered at the Code Development Hearings by 11 different code development committees. Four of these committees have primary responsibility for designated chapters and appendices as follows:

IBC – Fire Safety Code Development Committee [BF]: Chapters 7, 8, 9, 14, 26

IBC – General Code Development Committee [BG]: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,

Appendices A, B, C, D, K

IBC – Means of Egress Code Development Committee [BE]: Chapters 10, 11, Appendix E

IBC – Structural Code Development Committee [BS]: Chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,

Appendices F, G, H, I, J, L, M

Code change proposals to sections of the code that are preceded by a bracketed letter designa- tion, such as [A], will be considered by a committee other than the building code committee listed for the chapter or appendix above. For example, proposed code changes to Section [F] 307.1.1 will be considered by the International Fire Code Development Committee during the Committee Action Hearing in the 2016 (Group B) code development cycle.

Another example is Section [BF] 1505.2. While code change proposals to Chapter 15 are primar- ily the responsibility of the IBC – Structural Code Development Committee, which considers code change proposals during the 2016 (Group B) code development cycle, Section 1505.2 is the respon- sibility of the IBC – Fire Safety Code Development Committee, which considers code change propos- als during the 2015 (Group A) code development cycle.

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The bracketed letter designations for committees responsible for portions of this code are as fol- lows:

[A] = Administrative Code Development Committee;

[BE] = IBC – Means of Egress Code Development Committee;

[BF] = IBC – Fire Safety Code Development Committee;

[BG] = IBC – General Code Development Committee;

[BS] = IBC – Structural Code Development Committee;

[E] = International Energy Conservation Code Development Committee (Commercial Energy Committee or Residential Energy Committee, as applicable);

[EB] = International Existing Building Code Development Committee;

[F] = International Fire Code Development Committee;

[FG] = International Fuel Gas Code Development Committee;

[M] = International Mechanical Code Development Committee; and

[P] = International Plumbing Code Development Committee.

Marginal Markings Solid vertical lines in the margins within the body of the code indicate a technical change from the requirements of the 2012 edition. Deletion indicators in the form of an arrow ( ) are provided in the margin where an entire section, paragraph, exception or table has been deleted or an item in a list of items or a table has been deleted.

A single asterisk [*] placed in the margin indicates that text or a table has been relocated within the code. A double asterisk [**] placed in the margin indicates that the text or table immediately following it has been relocated there from elsewhere in the code.

Dotted vertical lines in the margins within the body of the code indicate a change from the requirements of the base codes to the Florida Building Code, Building, 6th Edition (2017) effective December 31, 2017.

Sections deleted from the base code are designated “Reserved” in order to maintain the struc- ture of the base code.

Italicized Terms Selected terms set forth in Chapter 2, Definitions, are italicized where they appear in code text (except those in Sections 1903 through 1905, where italics indicate provisions that differ from ACI 318). Such terms are not italicized where the definition set forth in Chapter 2 does not impart the intended meaning in the use of the term. The terms selected have definitions that the user should read carefully to facilitate better understanding of the code.

Acknowledgments The Florida Building Code is produced through the efforts and contributions of building designers, contractors, product manufacturers, regulators and other interested parties who participate in the Florida Building Commission’s consensus processes, Commission staff and the participants in the national model code development processes.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION. . . . 1

PART 1—SCOPE AND APPLICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Section

101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

102 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PART 2—ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

103 Department of Building Safety (Reserved) . . . . . . 4

104 Duties and Powers of Building Official . . . . . . . . . 4

105 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

106 Floor and Roof Design Loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

107 Submittal Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

108 Temporary Structures and Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

109 Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

110 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

111 Certificate of Occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

112 Service Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

113 Board of Appeals (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

114 Violations (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

115 Stop Work Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

116 Unsafe Structures and Equipment (Reserved) . . . 19

117 Variances in Flood Hazard Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Section

201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

CHAPTER 3 USE AND OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Section

301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

302 Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

303 Assembly Group A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

304 Business Group B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

305 Educational Group E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

306 Factory Group F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

307 High-hazard Group H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

308 Institutional Group I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

309 Mercantile Group M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

310 Residential Group R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

311 Storage Group S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

312 Utility and Miscellaneous Group U . . . . . . . . . . . 63

CHAPTER 4 SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON USE AND OCCUPANCY . . . . . . . . . . 65

Section

401 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

402 Covered Mall and Open Mall Buildings . . . . . . . 65

403 High-rise Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

404 Atriums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

405 Underground Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

406 Motor-vehicle-related Occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . 74

407 Group I-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

408 Group I-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

409 Motion Picture Projection Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

410 Stages, Platforms and Technical Production Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

411 Special Amusement Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

412 Aircraft-related Occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

413 Combustible Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

414 Hazardous Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

415 Groups H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4 and H-5 . . . . . . . . . . 93

416 Application of Flammable Finishes . . . . . . . . . . 103

417 Drying Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

418 Organic Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

419 Live/work Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

420 Groups I-1, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 . . . . . . . . . . 105

421 Hydrogen Fuel Gas Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

422 Ambulatory Care Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

423 Storm Shelters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

424 Children’s Play Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

425 Hyperbaric Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

426 Combustible Dusts, Grain Processing and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

427 through 448 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

449 Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

450 Nursing Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

451 Ambulatory Surgical Centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

452 Birthing Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

453 State Requirements for Educational Facilities . . 129

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454 Swimming Pools and Bathing Places (Public and Private). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

455 Public Lodging Establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

456 Public Food Service Establishments . . . . . . . . . 176

457 Mental Health Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

458 Manufactured Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

459 Boot Camps for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

460 Mausoleums and Columbariums . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

461 Transient Public Lodging Establishments . . . . . 190

462 Use of Asbestos in New Public Buildings or Buildings Newly Constructed for Lease to Government Entities—Prohibition. . . . . . . . . 190

463 Adult Day Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

464 Assisted Living Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

465 Control of Radiation Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

466 Day Care Occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

467 Hospice Inpatient Facilities and Units and Hospice Residences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

468 Schools, Colleges and Universities . . . . . . . . . . 204

469 Office Surgery Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

CHAPTER 5 GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHTS AND AREAS . . . . . . . . . . 213

Section

501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

502 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

503 General Building Height and Area Limitations . 213

504 Building Height and Number of Stories. . . . . . . 213

505 Mezzanines and Equipment Platforms . . . . . . . . 214

506 Building Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

507 Unlimited Area Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

508 Mixed Use and Occupancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

509 Incidental Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

510 Special Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

CHAPTER 6 TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION . . . . . 229

Section

601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

602 Construction Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

603 Combustible Material in Types I and II Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

CHAPTER 7 FIRE AND SMOKE PROTECTION FEATURES . . . . . . . 233

Section

701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

702 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

703 Fire-resistance Ratings and Fire Tests . . . . . . . . 233

704 Fire-resistance Rating of Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

705 Exterior Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

706 Fire Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

707 Fire Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

708 Fire Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

709 Smoke Barriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

710 Smoke Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

711 Floor and Roof Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

712 Vertical Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

713 Shaft Enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

714 Penetrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

715 Fire-resistant Joint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

716 Opening Protectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

717 Ducts and Air Transfer Openings . . . . . . . . . . . 259

718 Concealed Spaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

719 Fire-resistance Requirements for Plaster . . . . . . 266

720 Thermal- and Sound-insulating Materials . . . . . 266

721 Prescriptive Fire Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

722 Calculated Fire Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

CHAPTER 8 INTERIOR FINISHES. . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Section

801 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

802 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

803 Wall and Ceiling Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

804 Interior Floor Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

805 Combustible Materials in Types I and II Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

806 Decorative Materials and Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

807 Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

808 Acoustical Ceiling Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

CHAPTER 9 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS . . . 327

Section

901 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

902 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

903 Automatic Sprinkler Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

904 Alternative Automatic Fire-extinguishing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

905 Standpipe Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

906 Portable Fire Extinguishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

907 Fire Alarm and Detection Systems . . . . . . . . . . 341

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908 Emergency Alarm Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

909 Smoke Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

910 Smoke and Heat Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

911 Fire Command Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

912 Fire Department Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

913 Fire Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

914 Emergency Responder Safety Features . . . . . . . 365

915 Carbon Monoxide Detection (Reserved) . . . . . . 365

916 Emergency Responder Radio Coverage. . . . . . . 365

CHAPTER 10 MEANS OF EGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Section

1001 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

1002 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

1003 General Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

1004 Occupant Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

1005 Means of Egress Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

1006 Number of Exits and Exit Access Doorways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

1007 Exit and Exit Access Doorway Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

1008 Means of Egress Illumination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

1009 Accessible Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

1010 Doors, Gates and Turnstiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

1011 Stairways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

1012 Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

1013 Exit Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

1014 Handrails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

1015 Guards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

1016 Exit Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

1017 Exit Access Travel Distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

1018 Aisles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

1019 Exit Access Stairways and Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . 393

1020 Corridors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

1021 Egress Balconies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

1022 Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

1023 Interior Exit Stairways and Ramps. . . . . . . . . . . 396

1024 Exit Passageways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

1025 Luminous Egress Path Markings . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

1026 Horizontal Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

1027 Exterior Exit Stairways and Ramps . . . . . . . . . . 401

1028 Exit Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

1029 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

1030 Emergency Escape and Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

CHAPTER 11 ACCESSIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Section

1101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

1102 Definitions (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

1103 Scoping Requirements (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . 411

1104 Accessible Route (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

1105 Accessible Entrances (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

1106 Parking and Passenger Loading Facilities (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

1107 Dwelling Units and Sleeping Units (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

1108 Special Occupancies (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

1109 Other Features and Facilities (Reserved) . . . . . . 411

1110 Recreational Facilities (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . 411

1111 Signage (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

CHAPTER 12 INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT . . . . . 413

Section

1201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

1202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

1203 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

1204 Temperature Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

1205 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

1206 Yards or Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

1207 Sound Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

1208 Interior Space Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

1209 Access to Unoccupied Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

1210 Toilet and Bathroom Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 417

CHAPTER 13 ENERGY EFFICIENCY . . . . . . . . . . 419

Section

1301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

CHAPTER 14 EXTERIOR WALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Section

1401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

1402 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

1403 Performance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

1404 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

1405 Installation of Wall Coverings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

1406 Combustible Materials on the Exterior Side of Exterior Walls . . . . . . . . . . . 429

1407 Metal Composite Materials (MCM) . . . . . . . . . 430

1408 Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

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1409 High-pressure Decorative Exterior-grade Compact Laminates (HPL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

1410 Plastic Composite Decking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

CHAPTER 15 ROOF ASSEMBLIES AND ROOFTOP STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . 435

Section

1501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

1502 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

1503 Weather Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

1504 Performance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

1505 Fire Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

1506 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

1507 Requirements for Roof Coverings . . . . . . . . . . . 439

1508 Roof Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

1509 Radiant Barriers Installed Above Deck . . . . . . . 447

1510 Rooftop Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

1511 Existing Roofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

1512 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—General. . . . . 450

1513 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Definitions . . 451

1514 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Weather Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

1515 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Performance Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

1516 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Fire Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

1517 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Materials . . . 455

1518 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Roof Coverings with Slopes 2:12 or Greater . . . . . 456

1519 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Roof Coverings with Slopes Less than 2:12 . . . . . . 458

1520 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Roof Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

1521 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Reroofing . . . 461

1522 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Rooftop Structures and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

1523 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Testing . . . . . 463

1524 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Required Owner’s Notification for Roofing Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

1525 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Uniform Permit Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

CHAPTER 16 STRUCTURAL DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . 473

Section

1601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

1602 Definitions and Notations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

1603 Construction Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

1604 General Design Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

1605 Load Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

1606 Dead Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

1607 Live Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

1608 Snow Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

1609 Wind Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

1610 Soil Lateral Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

1611 Rain Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

1612 Flood Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

1613 Earthquake Loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

1614 Atmospheric Ice Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

1615 Structural Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

1616 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—General, Deflection, Volume Changes and Minimum Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

1617 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Roof Drainage (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

1618 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Special Load Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

1619 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Live Load Reductions (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

1620 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Wind Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

1621 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Overturning Moment and Uplift . . . . . . . . . . 528

1622 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Screen Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

1623 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Live Loads Posted and Occupancy Permits (Reserved) . . 528

1624 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Foundation Design (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . . 528

1625 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Load Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

1626 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Impact Tests for Wind-borne Debris . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

CHAPTER 17 SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Section

1701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

1702 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

1703 Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

1704 Special Inspections and Tests, Contractor Responsibility and Structural Observation (Reserved) . . . . . 534

1705 Required Special Inspections and Tests (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

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1706 Design Strengths of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

1707 Alternative Test Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

1708 In-situ Load Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

1709 Preconstruction Load Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

CHAPTER 18 SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS . . . . . . 539

Section

1801 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

1802 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

1803 Geotechnical Investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

1804 Excavation, Grading and Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

1805 Dampproofing and Waterproofing . . . . . . . . . . . 542

1806 Presumptive Load-bearing Values of Soils . . . . 543

1807 Foundation Walls, Retaining Walls and Embedded Posts and Poles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

1808 Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

1809 Shallow Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

1810 Deep Foundations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

1811 through 1815 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

1816 Termite Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

1817 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Excavations (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1818 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Bearing Capacity of Soil (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . 568

1819 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Soil Bearing Foundations (Reserved). . . . . . . 568

1820 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Concrete Slabs on Fill (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . 568

1821 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Monolithic Footings (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . 568

1822 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Pile Foundations (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1823 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Wood Piles (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1824 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Precast Concrete Piles (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . 568

1825 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Prestressed Precast Concrete Piles (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1826 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Cast-in-Place (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1827 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Rolled Structural Shapes (Reserved) . . . . . . . 568

1828 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Special Piles or Special Conditions (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1829 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Load Tests on Piles (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1830 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Foundation Walls and Grade Beams (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1831 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Grades Under Buildings (Reserved) . . . . . . . 568

1832 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Retaining Walls (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

1833 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Seawalls and Bulkheads (Reserved) . . . . . . . 568

1834 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Soil Improvement (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

CHAPTER 19 CONCRETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Section

1901 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

1902 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

1903 Specifications for Tests and Materials . . . . . . . . 571

1904 Durability Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

1905 Modifications to ACI 318 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

1906 Structural Plain Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

1907 Minimum Slab Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

1908 Shotcrete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

1909 Special Wind Provisions for Concrete . . . . . . . . 576

1910 through 1916 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

1917 Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roofs . . . . . . . 576

1918 Reserved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

1919 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— General (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

1920 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Standards (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

1921 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Definitions (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

1922 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Materials (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

1923 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Concrete Quality (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

1924 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Mixing and Placing Concrete (Reserved) . . . 578

1925 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Formwork, Embedded Pipes and Construction Joints (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . 578

1926 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Details of Reinforcement (Reserved). . . . . . . 578

1927 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Precast Concrete Units (Reserved) . . . . . . . . 578

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1928 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Prestressed Concrete (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . 578

1929 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Pneumatically Placed Concrete (Shotcrete) (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . 578

CHAPTER 20 ALUMINUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Section

2001 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

2002 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

2003 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Aluminum . . 581

CHAPTER 21 MASONRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Section

2101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

2102 Definitions and Notations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

2103 Masonry Construction Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

2104 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

2105 Quality Assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

2106 Seismic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

2107 Allowable Stress Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

2108 Strength Design of Masonry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

2109 Empirical Design of Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

2110 Glass Unit Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

2111 Masonry Fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

2112 Masonry Heaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

2113 Masonry Chimneys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

2114 Termite Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

2115 Special Wind Provisions for Masonry . . . . . . . . 596

2116 and 2117 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

2118 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Design (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

2119 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Quality, Tests and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

2120 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Allowable Unit Stresses in Unit Masonry (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

2121 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Construction Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

2122 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Reinforced Unit Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

CHAPTER 22 STEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Section

2201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

2202 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

2203 Identification and Protection of Steel for Structural Purposes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

2204 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

2205 Structural Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

2206 Composite Structural Steel and Concrete Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

2207 Steel Joists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

2208 Steel Cable Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

2209 Steel Storage Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

2210 Cold-formed Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

2211 Cold-formed Steel Light-frame Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

2212 Gable End Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

2213 Reserved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

2214 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— General—Steel Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

2215 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Material . . . . 605

2216 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Design Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

2217 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Minimum Thickness of Material . . . . . . . . . . 605

2218 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Connections (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

2219 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Tubular Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

2220 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Protection of Metal (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . 606

2221 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— General—Open Web Steel Joists. . . . . . . . . . 606

2222 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Cold-formed Steel Construction . . . . . . . . . . 606

2223 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Preengineered, Prefabricated Metal Building Systems and Components (Preengineered Structures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

2224 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Chain Link Fences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

CHAPTER 23 WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Section

2301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

2302 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

2303 Minimum Standards and Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

2304 General Construction Requirements . . . . . . . . . 615

2305 General Design Requirements for Lateral Force-resisting Systems. . . . . . . . . . . 627

2306 Allowable Stress Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

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2307 Load and Resistance Factor Design . . . . . . . . . . 635

2308 Conventional Light-frame Construction. . . . . . . 635

2309 Wood Frame Construction Manual . . . . . . . . . . 660

2310 through 2313 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660

2314 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

2315 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Quality . . . . . 681

2316 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Sizes (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

2317 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Unit Stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

2318 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Vertical Framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

2319 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Horizontal Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

2320 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Firestops (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

2321 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

2322 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Sheathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

2323 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Furring (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

2324 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

2325 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Wood Supporting Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

2326 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Protection of Wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

2327 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Fire-retardant Wood (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . 692

2328 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Wood Fences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

2329 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Fire-retardant-treated Shakes and Shingles (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . 692

2330 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Wood Blocking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

CHAPTER 24 GLASS AND GLAZING . . . . . . . . . . 695

Section

2401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

2402 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

2403 General Requirements for Glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

2404 Wind, Snow, Seismic and Dead Loads on Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

2405 Sloped Glazing and Skylights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

2406 Safety Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698

2407 Glass in Handrails and Guards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

2408 Glazing in Athletic Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

2409 Glass in Walkways, Elevator Hoistways and Elevator Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

2410 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—General . . . . 701

2411 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Windows, Doors, Glass and Glazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

2412 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Glass Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

2413 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Storm Shutters/ External Protective Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

2414 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Curtain Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

2415 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Structural Glazing Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

CHAPTER 25 GYPSUM BOARD, GYPSUM PANEL PRODUCTS AND PLASTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

Section

2501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

2502 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

2503 Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

2504 Vertical and Horizontal Assemblies . . . . . . . . . 709

2505 Shear Wall Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

2506 Gypsum Board and Gypsum Panel Product Materials. . . . . . . . . . 709

2507 Lathing and Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

2508 Gypsum Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

2509 Showers and Water Closets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

2510 Lathing and Furring for Cement Plaster (Stucco) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

2511 Interior Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

2512 Exterior Plaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

2513 Exposed Aggregate Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

2514 Reinforced Gypsum Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

2515 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Lathing (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

2516 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Plaster (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

2517 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Stucco (Reserved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

2518 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Gypsum Board Products and Accessory Items (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

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2519 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Suspended and Furred Ceilings (Reserved) . . 715

2520 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Asbestos (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

2521 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones— Tile (Reserved). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

CHAPTER 26 PLASTIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

Section

2601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

2602 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

2603 Foam Plastic Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

2604 Interior Finish and Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

2605 Plastic Veneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

2606 Light-transmitting Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

2607 Light-transmitting Plastic Wall Panels . . . . . . . 723

2608 Light-transmitting Plastic Glazing . . . . . . . . . . . 724

2609 Light-transmitting Plastic Roof Panels . . . . . . . 725

2610 Light-transmitting Plastic Skylight Glazing . . . 725

2611 Light-transmitting Plastic Interior Signs . . . . . . 726

2612 Plastic Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726

2613 Fiber-reinforced Polymer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726

2614 Reflective Plastic Core Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . 727

2615 High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—Plastics. . . . . 727

CHAPTER 27 ELECTRICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729

Section

2701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729

2702 Emergency and Standby Power Systems . . . . . . 729

CHAPTER 28 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. . . . . . . . 731

Section

2801 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731

CHAPTER 29 PLUMBING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . 733

Section

2901 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

2902 Minimum Plumbing Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

CHAPTER 30 ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . 737

Section

3001 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737

3002 Hoistway Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

3003 Emergency Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

3004 Conveying Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

3005 Machine Rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

3006 Elevator Lobbies and Hoistway Opening Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

3007 Fire Service Access Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

3008 Occupant Evacuation Elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

3009 Elevator Accessibility Requirements for the Physically Handicapped. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

3010 Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

3011 Electrolysis Protection for Underground Hydraulic Elevator Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

3012 Alterations to Electric and Hydraulic Elevators and Escalators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

3013 Clearance Requirements between Elevator Doors for Elevators Inside a Private Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

CHAPTER 31 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . 747

Section

3101 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

3102 Membrane Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

3103 Temporary Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

3104 Pedestrian Walkways and Tunnels . . . . . . . . . . 748

3105 Awnings and Canopies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750

3106 Marquees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

3107 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751

3108 Telecommunication and Broadcast Towers . . . 751

3109 Structures Seaward of a Coastal Construction Control Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752

3110 Automatic Vehicular Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754

3111 Photovoltaic Panels and Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 755

3112 Deposit of Material In Tidewater Regulated . . . 755

3113 Lighting, Mirrors, Landscaping. . . . . . . . . . . . . 756

3114 Airport Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756

CHAPTER 32 ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. . . . . . . . 757

Section

3201 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

3202 Encroachments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

CHAPTER 33 SAFEGUARDS DURING CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Section

3301 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

3302 Construction Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

3303 Demolition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

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3304 Site Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

3305 Sanitary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

3306 Protection of Pedestrians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

3307 Protection of Adjoining Property . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

3308 Temporary Use of Streets, Alleys and Public Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

3309 Fire Extinguishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

3310 Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

3311 Standpipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

3312 Automatic Sprinkler System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

3313 Water Supply for Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

CHAPTER 34 RESERVED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763

CHAPTER 35 REFERENCED STANDARDS . . . . . 765

CHAPTER 36 FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 799

APPENDIX A EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801

Section

A101 Building Official Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801

A102 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801

APPENDIX B CHAPTER 9B-52 F.A.C. FLORIDA STANDARD FOR PASSIVE RADON-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803

APPENDIX C FLORIDA STANDARD FOR MITIGATION OF RADON IN EXISTING BUILDINGS . . . . . . . . . . 811

APPENDIX D FIRE DISTRICTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819

Section

D101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819

D102 Building Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819

D103 Changes to Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820

D104 Buildings Located Partially in the Fire District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820

D105 Exceptions to Restrictions in Fire District . . . . . 820

D106 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821

APPENDIX E FLORIDA STANDARD FOR RADON-RESISTANT NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823

APPENDIX F RODENTPROOFING . . . . . . . . . . . . 835

Section

F101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835

APPENDIX G FLOOD-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION (Reserved) . . . . . 837

APPENDIX H SIGNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

Section

H101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

H102 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

H103 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

H104 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

H105 Design and Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840

H106 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840

H107 Combustible Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840

H108 Animated Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840

H109 Ground Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840

H110 Roof Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841

H111 Wall Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841

H112 Projecting Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841

H113 Marquee Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842

H114 Portable Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842

H115 Referenced Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842

APPENDIX I PATIO COVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843

Section

I101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843

I102 Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843

I103 Exterior Walls and Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843

I104 Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843

I105 Structural Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843

APPENDIX J GRADING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845

Section

J101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845

J102 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845

J103 Permits Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845

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J104 Permit Application and Submittals. . . . . . . . . . . 845

J105 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846

J106 Excavations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846

J107 Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846

J108 Setbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846

J109 Drainage and Terracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848

J110 Erosion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848

J111 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848

APPENDIX K ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849

Section

K101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849

K102 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849

K103 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849

K104 Construction Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850

K105 Alternative Engineered Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850

K106 Required Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850

K107 Prefabricated Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850

K108 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851

K109 Reconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851

K110 Condemning Electrical Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . 851

K111 Electrical Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851

APPENDIX L EARTHQUAKE RECORDING INSTRUMENTATION. . . . . . . . . . . . 853

L101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853

APPENDIX M TSUNAMI-GENERATED FLOOD HAZARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855

M101 Tsunami-generated Flood Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . 855

M102 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

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PART 1—SCOPE AND APPLICATION

SECTION 101 GENERAL

[A] 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Florida Building Code, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”

[A] 101.2 Scope. The provisions of this code shall apply to the construction, alteration, relocation, enlargement, replace- ment, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, main- tenance, 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 multi- ple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress, and their accessory struc- tures not more than three stories above grade plane in height, shall comply with the Florida Building Code, Residential.

2. Code requirements that address snow loads and earthquake protection are pervasive; they are left in place but shall not be utilized or enforced because Florida has no snow load or earthquake threat.

[A] 101.2.1 Appendices. Provisions in the appendices shall not apply unless specifically adopted.

[A] 101.3 Intent. The purpose of this code is to establish the minimum requirements to provide a reasonable level of safety, public health and general welfare through structural strength, means of egress facilities, stability, sanitation, ade- quate light and ventilation, energy conservation, and safety to life and property from fire and other hazards attributed to the built environment and to provide a reasonable level of safety to fire fighters and emergency responders during emergency operations.

[A] 101.4 Referenced codes. The other codes listed in Sec- tions 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.

[A] 101.4.1 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.

[A] 101.4.2 Mechanical. The provisions of the Florida Building Code, Mechanical shall apply to the installation, alterations, repairs and replacement of mechanical sys-

tems, including equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and/or appurtenances, including ventilating, heating, cool- ing, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems, incinera- tors and other energy-related systems.

[A] 101.4.3 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.

[A] 101.4.4 Property maintenance. Reserved.

[A] 101.4.5 Fire prevention. For provisions related to fire prevention, refer to the Florida Fire Prevention Code. The Florida Fire Prevention Code shall apply to matters affecting or relating to structures, processes and premises from the hazard of fire and explosion arising from the stor- age, handling or use of structures, materials or devices; from conditions hazardous to life, property or public wel- fare in the occupancy of structures or premises; and from the construction, extension, repair, alteration or removal of fire suppression, and alarm systems or fire hazards in the structure or on the premises from occupancy or opera- tion.

[A] 101.4.6 Energy. The provisions of the Florida Build- ing Code, Energy Conservation shall apply to all matters governing the design and construction of buildings for energy efficiency.

[A] 101.4.7 Existing buildings. The provisions of the Florida Building Code, Existing Building shall apply to matters governing the repair, alteration, change of occu- pancy, addition to and relocation of existing buildings.

101.4.8 Accessibility. For provisions related to accessibil- ity, refer to the Florida Building Code, Accessibility.

101.4.9 Manufactured buildings. For additional adminis- trative and special code requirements, see Section 458, Florida Building Code, Building, and Rule 61-41 F.A.C.

SECTION 102 APPLICABILITY

[A] 102.1 General. Where there is a conflict between a gen- eral requirement and a specific requirement, the specific requirement shall be applicable. Where, in any specific case, different sections of this code specify different materials, methods of construction or other requirements, the most restrictive shall govern.

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alteration, modification, repair or demolition of public or private buildings, structures or facilities or to program- matic requirements that do not pertain to enforcement of the Florida Building Code. Additionally, a local code enforcement agency may not administer or enforce the Florida Building Code, Building to prevent the siting of any publicly owned facility, including, but not limited to, correctional facilities, juvenile justice facilities, or state universities, community colleges, or public education facilities, as provided by law.

102.2 Building. The provisions of the Florida Building Code shall apply to the construction, erection, alteration, modifica- tion, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, mainte- nance, removal and demolition of every public and private building, structure or facility or floating residential structure, or any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings, structures or facilities. Additions, alterations, repairs and changes of use or occupancy group in all buildings and struc- tures shall comply with the provisions provided in the Flor- ida Building Code, Existing Building. The following buildings, structures and facilities are exempt from the Flor- ida Building Code as provided by law, and any further exemptions shall be as determined by the legislature and pro- vided by law:

(a) Building and structures specifically regulated and pre- empted by the federal government.

(b) Railroads and ancillary facilities associated with the railroad.

(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 II (Sections 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 commercial motion picture or television production, or any sound-recording equipment used in such pro- duction, 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.

(i) Family mausoleums not exceeding 250 square feet (23 m2) in area which are prefabricated and assembled on site or preassembled and delivered on site and have walls, roofs, and a floor constructed of granite, mar- ble, or reinforced concrete.

(j) Temporary housing provided by the Department of Corrections to any prisoner in the state correctional system.

(k) A building or structure having less than 1,000 square feet (93 m2) which is constructed and owned by a nat- ural person for hunting and which is repaired or reconstructed to the same dimension and condition as existed on January 1, 2011, if the building or struc- ture:

1. Is not rented or leased or used as a principal resi- dence;

2. Is not located within the 100-year floodplain accord- ing to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s current Flood Insurance Rate Map; and

3. Is not connected to an off-site electric power or water supply.

102.2.1 In addition to the requirements of Sections 553.79 and 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 Stat- utes, and the certification requirements of the federal gov- ernment.

102.2.2 Residential buildings or structures moved into or within 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 opera- tional 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 standard 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 building 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.

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102.2.4 This section does not apply to the jurisdiction and authority of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 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 a board, the composition of which shall be determined by the affected localities.

1. At its own option, each enforcement district or local enforcement agency may adopt rules granting to the owner of a single-family residence one or more exemptions from the Florida Building Code relating to:

a. Addition, alteration, or repairs performed by the property owner upon his or her own property, provided any addition or alteration shall not exceed 1,000 square feet (93 m2) or the square footage of the primary structure, whichever is less.

b. 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.

c. Building and inspection fees.

2. However, the exemptions under subparagraph 1 do not apply to single-family residences that are located in mapped flood hazard areas, as defined in the code, unless the enforcement district or local enforcement agency has determined that the work, which is otherwise exempt, does not constitute a substantial improvement, including the repair of substantial damage, of such single-family resi- dences.

3. Each code exemption, as defined in sub-subpara- graphs 1a, 1b, and 1c shall be certified to the local board 10 days prior to implementation and shall only be effective in the territorial jurisdiction of the enforcement district or local enforcement agency implementing it.

102.2.6 This section does not apply to swings and other playground equipment accessory to a one- or two-family dwelling.

Exception: Electrical service to such playground equipment shall be in accordance with Chapter 27 of this code.

[A] 102.3 Application of references. References to chapter or section numbers, or to provisions not specifically identi- fied by number, shall be construed to refer to such chapter, section or provision of this code.

[A] 102.4 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference and as further regulated in Sections 102.4.1 and 102.4.2.

[A] 102.4.1 Conflicts. Where conflicts occur between pro- visions of this code and referenced codes and standards, the provisions of this code shall apply.

[A] 102.4.2 Provisions in referenced codes and stan- dards. Where the extent of the reference to a referenced code or standard includes subject matter that is within the scope of this code or the Florida Codes listed in Section 101.4, the provisions of this code or the Florida Codes listed in Section 101.4, as applicable, shall take prece- dence over the provisions in the referenced code or stan- dard.

[A] 102.5 Partial invalidity. Reserved.

[A] 102.6 Existing structures. The legal occupancy of any structure existing on the date of adoption of this code shall be permitted to continue without change, except as otherwise specifically provided in this code, the Florida Building Code, Existing Building or the Florida Fire Prevention Code.

[A] 102.6.1 Buildings not previously occupied. A build- ing or portion of a building that has not been previously occupied or used for its intended purpose in accordance with the laws in existence at the time of its completion shall comply with the provisions of the Florida Building Code, Building or Florida Building Code, Residential, as applicable, for new construction or with any current per- mit for such occupancy.

[A] 102.6.2 Buildings previously occupied. The legal occupancy of any building existing on the date of adoption of this code shall be permitted to continue without change, except as otherwise specifically provided in this code, 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 appropri- ate wind speed map. If the existing building was man- ufactured 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 existing 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.

(3) A relocated building shall comply with the flood haz- ard area requirements of the new location, if applica- ble.

102.8 Existing mechanical equipment. An agency or local government may not require that existing mechanical equip- ment located on or above the surface of a roof be installed in compliance with the requirements of the Florida Building Code except during reroofing when the equipment is being replaced or moved and is not in compliance with the provi- sions of the Florida Building Code relating to roof-mounted mechanical units.

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SECTION 103 DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING SAFETY

RESERVED

SECTION 104 DUTIES AND POWERS OF BUILDING OFFICIAL

[A] 104.1 General. Reserved.

[A] 104.2 Applications and permits. Reserved.

[A] 104.2.1 Determination of substantially improved or substantially damaged existing buildings and struc- tures in flood hazard areas. Reserved.

[A] 104.3 Notices and orders. Reserved.

[A] 104.4 Inspections. Reserved.

[A] 104.5 Identification. Reserved.

[A] 104.6 Right of entry. Reserved.

[A] 104.7 Department records. Reserved.

[A] 104.8 Liability. Reserved.

[A] 104.8.1 Legal defense. Reserved.

[A] 104.9 Approved materials and equipment. Materials, equipment and devices approved by the building official shall be constructed and installed in accordance with such approval.

[A] 104.9.1 Used materials and equipment. The use of used materials that meet the requirements of this code for new materials is permitted. Used equipment and devices shall not be reused unless approved by the building offi- cial.

[A] 104.10 Modifications. Reserved.

[A] 104.10.1 Flood hazard areas. Reserved.

[A] 104.11 Alternative materials, design and methods of construction and equipment. The provisions of this code are not intended to prevent the installation of any material or to prohibit any design or method of construction not specifi- cally prescribed by this code, provided that any such alterna- tive 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, not less than the equivalent of that prescribed in this code in quality, strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, dura- bility and safety. Where the alternative material, design or method of construction is not approved, the building official shall respond in writing, stating the reasons why the alterna- tive was not approved.

[A] 104.11.1 Research reports. Supporting data, where necessary to assist in the approval of materials or assem- blies not specifically provided for in this code, shall con- sist of valid research reports from approved sources.

[A] 104.11.2 Tests. Whenever there is insufficient evi- dence of compliance with the provisions of this code, or evidence that a material or method does not conform to the requirements 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 procedures. Tests shall be performed by an approved agency. Reports of such tests shall be retained by the building official for the period required for retention of public records.

SECTION 105 PERMITS

[A] 105.1 Required. Any owner or owner’s authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demol- ish or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any 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 per- formed, shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit.

[A] 105.1.1 Annual facility permit. In lieu of an individ- ual 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 installa- tions/relocations. The building official shall be notified of major changes and shall retain the right to make inspec- tions 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 sepa- rate 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 performed during the year.

[A] 105.1.2 Annual permit records. The person to whom an annual permit is issued shall keep a detailed record of alterations 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 des- ignated.

105.1.3 Food permit. In accordance with Section 500.12, Florida Statutes, a food permit from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is required of any per- son who operates a food establishment or retail store.

105.1.4 Public swimming pool. The local enforcing agency may not issue a building permit to construct, develop, or modify a public swimming pool without proof of application, whether complete or incomplete, for an operating permit pursuant to Section 514.031, Florida Statutes. A certificate of completion or occupancy may not

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be issued until such operating permit is issued. The local enforcing agency shall conduct their review of the build- ing permit application upon filing and in accordance with Chapter 553, Florida Statutes. The local enforcing agency may confer with the Department of Health, if necessary, but may not delay the building permit application review while awaiting comment from the Department of Health.

[A] 105.2 Work exempt from permit. Exemptions from permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in viola- tion 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 heat- ing or cooling equipment regulated by this code.

5. Replacement of any part that 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 (0.75 kW) 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 pro- vided in this code.

2. The clearing of stoppages or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures and the removal and rein- stallation of water closets, provided such repairs do not involve or require the replacement or rearrange- ment of valves, pipes or fixtures.

[A] 105.2.1 Emergency repairs. Where equipment replacements and repairs must be performed in an emer- gency situation, the permit application shall be submitted within the next working business day to the building offi- cial.

[A] 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 cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support, or the removal or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the egress requirements; nor shall ordinary repairs 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 wiring systems or mechanical equipment or other work affecting public health or general safety, and such repairs shall not violate any of the provisions of the technical codes.

[A] 105.2.3 Public service agencies. Reserved.

[A] 105.3 Application for permit. To obtain a permit, the applicant 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 com- ply with the requirements of Sections 713.135(5) and (6), Florida Statutes.

Each application shall be inscribed with the date of appli- cation, 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 mini- mum building code in effect in the permitting jurisdiction on the date of the application governs the permitted work for the life of the permit and any extension granted to the permit.

Effective October 1, 2017, a local enforcement agency shall post each type of building permit application on its web- site. Completed applications must be able to be submitted electronically to the appropriate building department. Accepted methods of electronic submission include, but are not limited to, e-mail submission of applications in portable document format or submission of applications through an electronic fill-in form available on the building department’s website or through a third-party submission management software. Payments, attachments, or drawings required as part of the permit application may be submitted in person in a nonelectronic format, at the discretion of the building official.

[A] 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 filing. If the application or the construction docu- ments 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 require- ments 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 ren- ovation to, any school or educational facility.

105.3.1.1 If a state university, Florida college or public school district elects to use a local government’s code enforcement offices, fees charged by counties and municipalities for enforcement of the Florida Building Code on buildings, structures, and facilities of state uni- versities, state colleges, and public school districts shall

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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 construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, or addition unless the applicant for such permit pro- vides to the enforcing agency which issues the permit any of the following documents which apply to the con- struction for which the permit is to be issued and which shall be prepared by or under the direction of an engi- neer registered under Chapter 471, Florida Statutes:

1. Plumbing documents for any new building or addition which requires a plumbing system with more than 250 fixture units or which costs more than $125,000.

2. Fire sprinkler documents for any new building or addition which includes a fire sprinkler system which contains 50 or more sprinkler heads. Per- sonnel as authorized by chapter 633 Florida Stat- utes, may design a fire sprinkler system of 49 or fewer heads and may design the alteration of an existing fire sprinkler system if the alteration consists of the relocation, addition or deletion of not more than 49 heads, notwithstanding the size of the existing fire sprinkler system.

3. Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning docu- ments for any new building or addition which requires more than a 15-ton-per-system capacity which is designed to accommodate 100 or more persons or for which the system costs more than $125,000. This paragraph does not include any document for the replacement or repair of an existing system in which the work does not require altering a structural part of the building or for work on a residential one-, two-, three-, or four-family structure.

An air-conditioning system may be designed by an installing air-conditioning contractor certi- fied under Chapter 489, Florida Statutes, to serve any building or addition which is designed to accommodate fewer than 100 persons and requires an air-conditioning system with a value of $125,000 or less; and when a 15-ton-per sys- tem or less is designed for a singular space of a building and each 15-ton system or less has an independent duct system. Systems not complying with the above require design documents that are to be sealed by a professional engineer.

Example 1: When a space has two 10-ton sys- tems with each having an independent duct system, the contractor may design these two systems since each unit (system) is less than 15 tons.

Example 2: Consider a small single-story office building which consists of six individ- ual offices where each office has a single three-ton package air conditioning heat pump. The six heat pumps are connected to a single

water cooling tower. The cost of the entire heating, ventilation and air-conditioning work is $47,000 and the office building accommo- dates fewer than 100 persons. Because the six mechanical units are connected to a common water tower, this is considered to be an 18-ton system.

Note: It was further clarified by the Commis- sion that the limiting criteria of 100 persons and $125,000 apply to the building occupancy load and the cost for the total air-conditioning system of the building.

4. Any specialized mechanical, electrical, or plumb- ing document for any new building or addition which includes a medical gas, oxygen, steam, vacuum, toxic air filtration, halon, or fire detec- tion and alarm system which costs more than $5,000.

5. Electrical documents. See Florida Statutes 471.003(2)(h).

Documents requiring an engineer seal by this part shall not be valid unless a professional engi- neer who possesses a valid certificate of registra- tion has signed, dated, and stamped such document as provided in Section 471.025, Flor- ida Statutes.

6. All public swimming pools and public bathing places defined by and regulated under Chapter 514, Florida Statutes.

[A] 105.3.2 Time limitation of application. An applica- tion for a permit for any proposed work shall be deemed to have been abandoned 180 days after the date of filing, unless such application has been pursued in good faith or a permit has been issued; except that the building official is authorized to grant one or more extensions of time for additional periods not exceeding 90 days each. The exten- sion shall be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated.

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