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There are more than 1.5 million condominium units in Florida operated by nearly 28,000 associations, according to a legislative analysis conducted earlier this year. Of those, more than 912,000 are older than 30 years and are the home to more than 2 million residents.
On May 26, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill SB 4-D: Building Safety. This statute states that all condominium or cooperative buildings that are 25 or 30 years of age, with three or more floors in height must conduct structural integrity assessments known as Milestone Inspections. All Phase One Milestone Inspections must be filed with the local building departments by the end of 2024.
And great news, Southeast Architects and Engineers is offering free Milestone Inspection consultations for all Condominium Associations!
The Legislature adjourned a special session on May 25 after approving property insurance reforms that target litigation costs, and a building inspection mandate prompted by the deadly June collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside.
The building safety provisions in SB 4D would require inspections for all high-rise residential structures that are 25 years or older and within three miles of the coast. Inland structures would have to be inspected at 30 years.
The inspections would have to be repeated every 10 years thereafter. Condominium associations would no longer be able to waive maintenance reserves.
Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Orange Park, sponsored the condo safety bill in the January regular session, only to see it die after lawmakers went into overtime to complete negotiations on a $112 billion state budget.
“I pledged at that time when session ended…that we would not stop trying to find a solution and trying to find a meaningful response to what was an absolute tragedy in Surfside,” Bradley said.
In a bipartisan nod, Bradley thanked Sen. Jason Pizzo, D-Miami, for his help with the bill. Read more on the Condominium Milestone Structural Inspections bill >
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