Fla. Stat. 553.86
Public restrooms; ratio of facilities for men and women; application; incorporation into the Florida Building Code

The Florida Building Commission shall incorporate into the Florida Building Code, to be adopted by rule pursuant to s. 553.73(1), a ratio of public restroom facilities for men and women which must be provided in all buildings that are newly constructed after September 30, 1992, and that have restrooms open to the public. This section does not apply to establishments licensed under chapter 509 if the establishment does not provide meeting or banquet rooms which accommodate more than 150 persons and the establishment has at least the same number of water closets for women as the combined total of water closets and urinals for men.

Source: Section 553.86 — Public restrooms; ratio of facilities for men and women; application; incorporation into the Florida Building Code, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0553.­86 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

553.70
Short title 553.71
Definitions 553.72
Intent 553.73
Florida Building Code 553.74
Florida Building Commission 553.75
Organization of commission 553.76
General powers of the commission 553.77
Specific powers of the commission 553.79
Permits 553.80
Enforcement 553.83
Injunctive relief 553.84
Statutory civil action 553.85
Liquefied petroleum gases 553.86
Public restrooms 553.88
Adoption of electrical and alarm standards 553.721
Surcharge 553.775
Interpretations 553.781
Licensee accountability 553.791
Alternative plans review and inspection 553.792
Building permit application to local government 553.793
Streamlined low-voltage alarm system installation permitting 553.794
Local government residential master building permit program 553.835
Implied warranties 553.837
Mandatory builder warranty 553.841
Building code compliance and mitigation program 553.842
Product evaluation and approval 553.844
Windstorm loss mitigation 553.865
Private spaces 553.883
Smoke alarms in one-family and two-family dwellings and townhomes 553.885
Carbon monoxide alarm required 553.886
Energy efficiency technologies 553.895
Firesafety 553.896
Mitigation grant program guideline 553.898
Preemption 553.899
Mandatory structural inspections for condominium and cooperative buildings 553.7921
Fire alarm permit application to local enforcement agency 553.7922
Local government-expedited approval of certain permits 553.7931
Alarm system registrations 553.7932
Simplified permitting processes 553.8425
Local product approval 553.8991
Resiliency and Safe Structures Act

Current through Fall 2025

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