Florida Senate Bill 704 which will take in effect on July 1, 2012
Approved by the Governor March 23, 2012.
Filed in Office Secretary of State March 23, 2012.
553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections.—
(1) After the effective date of the Florida Building Code adopted as herein
provided, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or governmental
entity to construct, erect, alter, modify, repair, or demolish any
building within this state without first obtaining a permit therefor from the
appropriate enforcing agency or from such persons as may, by appropriate
resolution or regulation of the authorized state or local enforcing agency, be
delegated authority to issue such permits, upon the payment of such
reasonable fees adopted by the enforcing agency. The enforcing agency is
empowered to revoke any such permit upon a determination by the agency
that the construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, or demolition
of the building for which the permit was issued is in violation of, or not in
conformity with, the provisions of the Florida Building Code. Whenever a
permit required under this section is denied or revoked because the plan, or
the construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, or demolition of a
building, is found by the local enforcing agency to be not in compliance with
the Florida Building Code, the local enforcing agency shall identify the
specific plan or project features that do not comply with the applicable codes,
identify the specific code chapters and sections upon which the finding is
based, and provide this information to the permit applicant. Installation,
replacement, removal, or metering of any load management control device is
exempt from and shall not be subject to the permit process and fees otherwise
required by this section.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (6), an enforcing agency may not
issue any permit for construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair,
or demolition of any building or structure until the local building code
administrator or inspector has reviewed the plans and specifications
required by the Florida Building Code, or local amendment thereto, for
such proposal and found the plans to be in compliance with the Florida
Building Code. If the local building code administrator or inspector finds that
the plans are not in compliance with the Florida Building Code, the local
building code administrator or inspector shall identify the specific plan
features that do not comply with the applicable codes, identify the specific
code chapters and sections upon which the finding is based, and provide this
information to the local enforcing agency. The local enforcing agency shall
provide this information to the permit applicant. In addition, an enforcing
agency may not issue any permit for construction, erection, alteration,
modification, repair, or demolition of any building until the appropriate
firesafety inspector certified pursuant to s. 633.081 has reviewed the plans
and specifications required by the Florida Building Code, or local amendment
thereto, for such proposal and found that the plans comply with the
Florida Fire Prevention Code and the Life Safety Code. Any building or
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structure which is not subject to a firesafety code shall not be required to
have its plans reviewed by the firesafety inspector. Any building or structure
that is exempt from the local building permit process may not be required to
have its plans reviewed by the local building code administrator. Industrial
construction on sites where design, construction, and firesafety are supervised
by appropriate design and inspection professionals and which contain
adequate in-house fire departments and rescue squads is exempt, subject to
local government option, from review of plans and inspections, providing
owners certify that applicable codes and standards have been met and supply
appropriate approved drawings to local building and firesafety inspectors.
The enforcing agency shall issue a permit to construct, erect, alter, modify,
repair, or demolish any building or structure when the plans and specifications
for such proposal comply with the provisions of the Florida Building
Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code and the Life Safety Code as
determined by the local authority in accordance with this chapter and
chapter 633.
Oriol Torres Haage, Training and Certification Officer
Miami-Dade County Department of Permitting, Environment and Regulatory Affairs
Board and Code Administration Division
11805 SW 26 Street, 2nd Floor
Miami, Florida 33175-2474
(786) 315-2557 Office
(786) 315-2555 Fax
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