No. CS/CS/HB 803
Filed under Development & Land Use.
Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development regulation that treats an offsite-constructed residential dwelling differently or more restrictively than certain dwellings in the same district; requiring local governments to exempt certain owners and contractors from requiring a building permit for the installation of temporary residential hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to make certain decisions relating to certain building permits within a specified timeframe; prohibiting an association or certain committees from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite for a certain review, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDLocal governments must cut permit fees by at least 25% when private inspectors handle the work. Failure to reduce fees means they lose the right to collect any fees for that project.
Officials must approve or deny small residential permits within five business days. Permits are automatically approved if officials fail to flag incomplete forms within ten days, shifting the burden of proof to the government.
Local governments are barred from reviewing plans that private providers have already certified as code-compliant. This limits local oversight to administrative checks rather than technical code compliance reviews.
Local governments may not enforce zoning rules that treat offsite-constructed residential dwellings more restrictively than site-built single-family dwellings in the same district. This mandates equal treatment for factory-built homes.
AIRequires the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services.
AIPermits unlicensed individuals to act as building inspectors for one year during a state of emergency if they hold a state term contract, mutual aid qualification, or a five-year out-of-state license.
AIProhibits local governments from adopting or enforcing zoning regulations that treat offsite-constructed residential dwellings more restrictively than site-built single-family dwellings in the same district.
AIRequires local governments to exempt owners and contractors from building permit requirements for work valued at less than $7,500 on single-family dwellings, excluding electrical, plumbing, structural, mechanical, or gas work.
AILocal governments must cut permit fees by at least 25% or 50% when private providers handle inspections, or they lose the right to collect any fees for that project.
AIPermits are automatically approved if local officials fail to flag incomplete forms within 10 days, shifting the burden of proof to the government.
AILocal building officials are barred from reviewing plans that private providers have already certified as code-compliant, limiting local oversight to administrative checks.
AILocal governments must approve, approve with conditions, or deny small residential permit applications within 5 business days.