Boca Raton To Consider Strict Condo Ordinance In The Wake Of Surfside

Dozens Presumed Missing After Residential Building In Miami Area Partially Collapses

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The Boca Raton City Council will meet Tuesday evening to discuss a new recertification ordinance for buildings.

Palm Beach County has no recertification mandate after a certain period of years for any high rises or other buildings and municipalities like Boca Raton are considering adding them as a way to avoid what happened in Surfside from happening in their communities.

The proposal being introduced at the City Council meeting is for an ordinance that is stricter than ones currently in place in Miami-Dade County, where the Champlain South condo building collapsed a month ago, killing 98 people.

Under the proposed rules, buildings with at least four stories, or taller than 50 feet, or with an occupancy of more than 500 people, will have to undergo safety inspections.

Those buildings would have to be recertified at the thirty year mark and then every ten years after.

The proposal also has the owners of the buildings being required to hire their own engineers to complete repairs and they'll have 180 days to get it done.


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