Board hears that Florida building code and a state preemption limit local green-building rules
Board members asked whether Winter Park can set greener local construction standards; staff said Florida building code and recent state law (a house bill) can preempt local requirements such as plumbing for electrification, and the board will verify specifics with planning and building departments.
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A board member asked whether Winter Park has guidelines to encourage greener new construction—solar readiness, electrification and similar standards—and staff members responded that state rules constrain local options. "So that goes into, Florida building code. It supersedes, it dominates this conversation," one board member said, adding that a recently passed house bill had preempted a prior local requirement to plumb for electrification in commercial construction.
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