The Florida Building Commission completed development of the Florida Building Code at the April, 2004 Commission meeting. The final adopted code will be available on-line by July 1, 2004.

The draft 2004 Florida Building Code (FBC) is available for review. The following links compare I code, current FBC and 2004 building code.

Sections not identified by the documents will be 2003 I-code text which can be viewed at the following link: View I-Codes.

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Proposed 2004 FBC, Building

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"International Building Code 2003. Copyright 2002. Falls Church, Virginia: International Code Council, Inc., Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved."

Chapter 13, Florida Energy Code

2004 Florida Existing Buildings Code

2004 Florida Existing Buildings Code

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"International Existing Building Code 2003. Copyright 2002. Falls Church, Virginia: International Code Council, Inc., Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved."

Proposed 2004 FBC, Test Protocols for High Velocity Hurricane Zones

Proposed 2004 Test Protocols for HVHZ Changes Made to the 2001 Test Protocols for HVHZ for Inclusion in the 2004 FBC

Proposed 2004, FBC Fuel Gas

Proposed changes to the 2003 IFGC Chapters 1 through References

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"International Fuel Gas Code 2003. Copyright 2002. Falls Church, Virginia: International Code Council, Inc., Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved."

Proposed 2004 FBC, Mechanical

Proposed changes to the 2003 IMC. Chapters 1 through Chapter 14

References

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"International Mechanical Code 2003. Copyright 2002. Falls Church, Virginia: International Code Council, Inc., Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved."

Proposed 2004 FBC, Plumbing

Proposed changes to the 2003 IPC Chapters 1 through 13

References

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"International Plumbing Code 2003. Copyright 2002. Falls Church, Virginia: International Code Council, Inc., Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved."

2004 Florida Residential Code - Proposed changes to the 2003 IRC

2004 FRC

References

Chapter 9 (FRC)

Chapter 44 (FRC)

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"International Residential Building Code 2003. Copyright 2002. Falls Church, Virginia: International Code Council, Inc., Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved."

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Rule Adoption Hearing (see top of page for results of Hearing)

There will be a Rule Adoption Hearing on Rule 9B-3.047 at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at the Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Drive, Orlando, Florida. Persons wishing to provide testimony on the 2004 update to the Florida Building Code may do so at that time. The code update material for review can be found at the following web address:
www2.iccsafe.org/florida_building_code/.

The proposed amendment of Rule 9B-3.047 is needed to fulfill the
Commission's obligation to update the Florida Building Code every three
years. The rule as amended will establish the 2004 edition of the
Florida Building Code, which incorporates the following base documents:
the 2003 International Building Code, the 2003 International Residential
Code, the 2003 International Plumbing Code, the 2003 International
Mechanical Code, the 2003 International Fuel Gas Code, the 2003
International Existing Building Code and ASHRAE Standard 90.1-01.
Previously approved amendments to the Florida Building Code have been
integrated with the model codes and additional modifications have been
made to assure consistency with the Florida Fire Prevention Code.