Florida Hurricane Recovery update from FEMA.
Hurricane Recovery
Notice to Contractors
Subject: Binding Interpretation No. 318
Applicability (DS 2026-025 & DS 2026-026)
All Contractors
This notice addresses the issuance of Declaratory Statements DS 2026-025 and DS 2026-026 and clarifies their relationship to Binding Interpretation No. 318, particularly with respect to threshold buildings, inspection requirements, and permit applicability.
These Declaratory Statements provide clarification relevant to the application of Binding Interpretation No. 318, particularly in distinguishing between:
- Work that constitutes structural modification versus like-for-like replacement;
- Projects that trigger structural special inspection requirements under Section 110.8.1; and
- New threshold building construction versus alteration or replacement work under Section 110.8.5.
To provide additional clarity:
- Like-for-like/ size-for-size window, door, or shutter replacements do NOT require a General Contractor (CGC) to obtain the permit, a structural inspection plan prepared by a licensed engineer or architect, or inspection by a threshold (special) inspector. Inspections will be completed by a city inspector or if applicable, the private provider inspector for the permit.
- Work involving alterations to structural members requires a CGC permit holder, a structural inspection plan prepared by a licensed engineer or architect, and inspection by a threshold (special) inspector.
- Lanai enclosures in threshold buildings that are not like-for-like or size-for-size are considered structural modifications and therefore trigger threshold inspection requirements.
- Installation of new shutters in threshold buildings that are not like-for-like or size-for-size are considered structural modifications and therefore trigger threshold inspection requirements.
- Threshold inspection plan requirements shall apply to all new plumbing penetrations, electrical conduit trenches, and slab cuts within threshold buildings.
For permits currently in Active status that include the Threshold Letter inspection, please contact us at gpcommercial@mygulfport.us to request removal of this inspection. The Window/Door Final inspection will be added in its place and will be performed by a City inspector or, where applicable, a private provider inspector.
- This guidance applies only to projects involving like-for-like, size-for-size replacements where no structural alterations are proposed or performed.
For questions related to this notice, please contact the permit counter at gpcommercial@mygulfport.us or
727.893.1024.
Thank you for your attention and cooperation.
Community Development Department, City of Gulfport, Florida
Threshold Buildings in Gulfport
- 6060 Shore Blvd S -12 Stories -Buckingham
- 6250 Kipps Colony Ct -4 Stories
- 6075 Shore Blvd S -6 Stories -Nottingham
- 6240 Kipps Colony Ct -4 Stories
- 6025 Shore Blvd S -6 Stories -Manchester
- 2795 Kipps Colony Dr -4 Stories
- 6020 Shore Blvd S -11 Stories -Windsor
- 2785 Kipps Colony Dr -4 Stories
- 5980 Shore Blvd S -10 stories -Diplomat
- 2775 Kipps Colony Dr -4 Stories
- 5925 Shore Blvd S -6 Stories -Lancaster
- 5900 Shore Blvd S -8 Stories -Embassy 3128 59th St S-4 Stories -Eton
- 3114 59th St S -4 Stories -Dover
- 3018 59th St S -4 Stories -Chatham
- 2960 59th St S -6 Stories -Jamison
- 2850 59th St S -6 Stories -Kenmore
- 5960 30th Ave S -5 Stories -Hampton
- 5955 30th Ave S -4 Stories -Ivanhoe
- 5950 Pelican Bay Plz -13 Stories
- 5940 Pelican Bay Plz -13 Stories
- 6260 Kipps Colony Ct -4 Stories