40 Year Recertification Miami Dade

40 Year Recertification Inspection Miami Dade, Miami, Hialeah, Kendall, Homestead, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, City of Doral and all Cities in Miami Dade County

The Miami Dade 40 Year Recertification Inspection, Ordinance was initially adopted by the Miami Dade County Commission in 1975 (Ordinance 75-34, current Ordinance 01-112). It was replaced in 2001 by the current law which adopts the Florida Building Code and continues the requirement that buildings in Miami Dade County and all Cities (Hialeah, Coral Gables, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Springs, Homestead, Kendall, etc) after 40 Years (and every 10 Years thereafter) get a Recertification by a Florida Registered Licensed Professional Engineer or Architect for Structural and Electrical safety. This Ordinance applies to all of unincorporated Miami Dade County and the incorporated Cities within the County (Miami, Hialeah, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, Miami Springs, etc). Single-family homes, duplexes, and minor structures are exempt from this Ordinance.

Under Section 8-11(f) of the Miami Dade Building Code, the owner of a building which has been in existence for 40 Years or longer is required to have an Electrical and Structural Inspection in the building for the purpose of determining the general Structural condition of the building and the general condition of its Electrical systems. In accordance with Section 8-11(f), you must submit a written 40 Year Recertification Report to the Building Official, prepared by a Florida Registered Licensed Professional Engineer or architect, certifying each building or structure is structurally and electrically safe for the specified use for continued occupancy.

Single family homes, duplexes and all other buildings with an occupant load of ten (10) or less and two thousand (2,000) square feet or less in area are exempt from Miami Dade 40 Year Recertification, Inspection requirements.

Failure to submit the required Miami Dade 40 Year Recertification, Inspection report will result in the issuance of a Civil Violation Notice or ticket without further notice to you and referral of this matter to the Unsafe Structures Unit for the initiation of condemnation proceedings. You may be liable for payment of a maximum fine of $10,510.00; and, in addition, must pay all enforcement costs incurred by the Department once Unsafe Structures enforcement proceedings are commenced. Further, upon issuance of an Unsafe Structures Notice of Violation, the building must be vacated and you may ultimately have to demolish the building.

As part of the submission for the Miami Dade 40 Year Recertification Inspection report, it is required to submit  a statement certifying compliance with the parking lot illumination standards signed and sealed by an architect or Registered Licensed Professional Engineer, as stated in Chapter 8C of the Code of Miami Dade County (8C-2 and 8C-3)

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