Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

perform work within the city's jurisdiction. Section 471.037, Florida Statutes, specifically provides for

...lding code or zoning law or ordinance that has been duly adopted, now or hereafter enacted, which is more restrictive, with respect to the services of registered architects or registered interior designers, than the provisions of this part. (e.s.) 7 Section 471.037 (1), Florida Statutes, contains a substantially similar provision applicable to local laws affecting the services of registered engineers. 8 This office in Attorney General Opinion 73-263 (interpreting the predecessor statutes to section 481.231 and section 471.037 , Florida Statutes) concluded that a local government's building code could be more restrictive with respect to the services provided by registered architects and registered engineers, only to the extent that the provisions thereof ar...

...bit terms of a minimum state building code that may require the seal of a licensed architect or engineer on a certain structure, even though the design of such structure does not require licensure under the architects' or engineers' practice acts. 8 Section 471.037 (1), Fla. Stat. (1993) stating: Nothing contained in ss. 471.001 - 471.037 shall be construed to repeal, amend, limit, or otherwise affect any local building code or zoning law or ordinance, now or hereafter enacted, which is more restrictive with respect to the services of registered engineers than the provisions of ss. 471.001 - 471.037 ....