Broward BSIP
Hallandale Beach’s Building Division sends the notices and the report goes in through the city’s Self-Service Portal; one team delivers the complete BSIP inspection and report.
- Engineer
- Juan Tercero, PE., M.Sc. · Florida PE 105256
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How the Building Safety Inspection Program runs in Hallandale Beach
In Hallandale Beach the Building Safety Inspection Program (BSIP) runs through the City of Hallandale Beach Building Division. Each year the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals gives each jurisdiction its list of buildings that are due; the Building Official then writes to the owner or association, and the report goes back through the city’s online portal.
- The notice
- The program page says the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals gives each jurisdiction, every year, the list of buildings due for inspection. The Building Official then notifies the owner or the association by certified mail, return receipt. An e-mail notice linked from that page says the Building Division sends out the notifications to the properties on its list.
- Filing the report
- The program page has a button to submit the Building Safety Inspection report. It opens the Hallandale Beach Self-Service Portal, whose home page has a step to log in to an existing account or create a new one. The program page names no other way to hand the report in.
- The city’s forms
- Hallandale Beach’s Inspections page says the written report includes the structural and electrical report forms of the Board of Rules and Appeals. The Building Division’s forms page posts the program’s two inspection forms, its guidelines and the Board’s policy. It adds a general rule, not one written for the BSIP: third-party verification is required for all digitally signed and sealed documents.
- After filing
- Once the report is reviewed and any repairs are made, the program page says, the building is certified safe for continued occupancy. The city’s FAQ points to a list on the city’s website of the properties that have had inspections and whether or not each passed. Hallandale Beach’s pages do not say how the owner is told the result.
- Repairs
- The program page says the report identifies any deficiencies, and that these call for a repair permit. The notice template posted on that page adds that repairs follow the Florida Existing Building Code and the National Electrical Code, and that incidental, non-life-threatening ones are finished within a time frame specified by the inspecting professional and approved by the Building Official.
- Extensions
- The city’s FAQ says a property that did not meet the deadline must request an extension, which the Building Official grants depending on the situation and complexity of the work. For repairs, the notice template says the time may be extended when the inspecting professional specifies a time frame, the Building Official approves it and a building permit stays active. Neither says how to ask.
- If it is late
- The city’s FAQ says that when a report finds critical safety concerns, or a property is non-compliant — no effort to apply for permits — the Building Official can recommend to the Unsafe Structures Board that the structure be deemed unsafe. The notice template says a building that is not certified faces unsafe structure proceedings under the Florida Building Code.
- Who is exempt
- The program page lists as exempt one- and two-family dwellings, United States Government and State of Florida buildings, schools under the Broward County School Board and buildings on Indian reservations, and it leaves out buildings under a floor area it states. The city’s FAQ adds that the inspection is not waived unless the entire building was demolished.
Building office City of Hallandale Beach Building Division 400 South Federal Highway Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 Phone: (954) 457-2220
Read on the website of the City of Hallandale Beach Building Division:
When it applies
The deadlines that apply in Hallandale Beach
The schedule is the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals’, printed here for a building in Hallandale Beach; the date on your own notice is the one that counts.
- First due in Hallandale Beach: At 25 years, counted from the certificate of occupancy.
- Then in Hallandale Beach: Every 10 years.
- Time to file in Hallandale Beach: 180 days from receiving the Notice of Required Inspection. Older guides still say 90 days; the policy in force since August 9, 2024 gives 180. Your city’s letter states its own date.
- If repairs are needed in Hallandale Beach: 180 days from the date of the report, under permit, unless the Building Official sets a different time.
- Condominiums & co-ops in Hallandale Beach: The BSIP report serves as phase one and phase two of the state milestone inspection.
Broward County’s rows, for Hallandale Beach. Source: Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals, Policy #05-05 · Florida Building Code, Broward County Amendments, Section 110.15 · Last verified:
Questions & answers
Questions boards in Hallandale Beach ask
Can we hand in the BSIP report in person or by e-mail in Hallandale Beach?
The program page names one route: its submit button, which opens the Hallandale Beach Self-Service Portal. The Building Division’s page says permit-related documents must go through its online portal, and that those e-mailed to its support address are not processed. For visits it welcomes walk-ins but prefers appointments, made by phone. We confirm with Hallandale Beach’s Building Division how it wants your report before anything is submitted.
Will a City of Hallandale Beach inspector come to inspect our building?
No, the city’s FAQ says: its review is based totally on the report, and repairs are required as the architect or engineer states them. The same FAQ says the inspecting professional uses their discretion to decide how many units are inspected, and that the inspection addresses structural and electrical life, health and safety issues, not aesthetic changes.
What if our building in Hallandale Beach is on the BSIP list by mistake, or is missing from it?
The notice template on the program page tells owners who think their building was misclassified, and falls within the exemptions, to notify the city in writing. For a building that has not been certified, is not listed or shows signs of severe damage, the city’s FAQ asks people to report it on the MyHB App or by e-mail. Send us your Hallandale Beach letter and we read it against the building’s history.
What does Hallandale Beach’s condominium registration have to do with the BSIP?
Hallandale Beach’s program page points owners to their building’s condominium registration documents. The city requires condominium, multi-family homeowner and cooperative apartment associations to register every year. The registration page asks for the status of recertification — the city’s word there — and a copy of any engineer’s or architect’s report, issued within the previous year, on the building’s structural, electrical or life-safety conditions.
Is Hallandale Beach’s BSIP the same as the 40-year inspection?
Yes. That older name is still on several Hallandale Beach documents: the e-mail notice linked from the program page speaks of a 40-year certification, and the notice template posted there dates from an earlier year. Some pages also print the earlier schedule, so go by the letter you receive. The ages and days in force in Hallandale Beach are the county’s, in the rows above.
One team
The complete BSIP inspection and report for a building in Hallandale Beach
Next step
Send the Building Official’s certified letter — a phone photo is enough — or, with no letter yet, the address and the year of the certificate of occupancy. We confirm what Hallandale Beach’s Building Division asks for and by when, and reply with a proposal for the complete BSIP inspection and report.
Next step
A county notice in your hand, a building that worries you or a new project — describe it and attach what you have. A phone photo of the letter is enough. You hear back from the engineer, with questions or with a written proposal.
The proposal is free. We usually reply within two hours.