Broward BSIP
Hollywood takes new BSIP reports only through its Accela Citizen Access portal, and its Building Division reviews them; one team delivers the complete BSIP inspection and report.
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How the Building Safety Inspection Program runs in Hollywood
In Hollywood the Building Safety Inspection Program (BSIP) runs through the City of Hollywood Building Division. The Building Official issues the notice, the report goes in through the Accela Citizen Access (ACA) portal, and the city’s Plan Reviewers review what is filed. Here is what Hollywood’s own pages say, point by point; the county’s deadlines are in the rows further down.
- The notice
- Hollywood’s page says the Building Official issues a Notice of Required Inspection to the building’s owner or association. The Board of Rules and Appeals sends the city the lists of properties that are due, and Hollywood posts them on that same page as soon as it receives them.
- Filing the report
- Hollywood’s page says all new BSIP reports must be submitted through the City of Hollywood’s Accela Citizen Access (ACA) portal. It says hard copies and mailed submissions are no longer accepted, and that every required signature must be digital and validated through ACA — handwritten or scanned signatures are not accepted.
- Before you file
- Hollywood sets a step ahead of the filing. The engineer or architect responsible for the report must be registered in ACA and approved by the city’s intake staff before the report is submitted, and must be selected in ACA as the design professional for the application. If that professional does not appear in ACA, the page says the report cannot be submitted.
- The city’s forms
- The report packet the city hosts opens with Hollywood’s own Transmittal Checklist for the BSIP report. It asks for a current Broward County Building Safety Inspection structural report and electrical report, each indicating whether repairs are required or not. The checklist adds that several stand-alone building structures cannot be combined in one report.
- What goes with it
- For each building, Hollywood’s page asks for the completed BSIP report, which includes the structural and the electrical inspections, together with photos of the existing condition. If repairs are required, it also asks for a narrative or scope of work and for color photos, as a PDF, of the area that requires them.
- After filing
- Hollywood’s Building Division reviews the reports. Under its heading for buildings where no repairs are required, the city’s page says a Certificate will be issued if, on the Plan Reviewers’ review, the submitted documents are in compliance. The page does not say how the owner is told the result; that is a question for the Building Division.
- Repairs
- If the BSIP report identifies work that requires a building permit, Hollywood’s page says the city’s Plan Reviewer requests it after the report is submitted and reviewed, and the application also goes through ACA. The city’s checklist says a permit may be required depending on the extent of the repairs, and asks for the permit number when the report is submitted after the required repairs.
- Older names
- One section of Hollywood’s page still carries the program’s former name, the 40-year program, and the earlier schedule. The sample notice letter the city posts repeats that schedule and speaks of mailing or delivering the report. The ages and days in force are the county’s, in the rows further down; for filing, the page’s submission requirements name the ACA portal.
Building office City of Hollywood Building Division Development Services Hub, Second Floor Library City Hall Circle, 2600 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, FL 33020 Phone: (954) 921-3335
Read on the website of the City of Hollywood Building Division:
When it applies
The deadlines that apply in Hollywood
The schedule is the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals’, printed here for a building in Hollywood; the date on your own notice is the one that counts.
- First due in Hollywood: At 25 years, counted from the certificate of occupancy.
- Then in Hollywood: Every 10 years.
- Time to file in Hollywood: 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 Hollywood: 180 days from the date of the report, under permit, unless the Building Official sets a different time.
- Condominiums & co-ops in Hollywood: The BSIP report serves as phase one and phase two of the state milestone inspection.
Broward County’s rows, for Hollywood. 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 Hollywood ask
How do we submit a BSIP report in Hollywood?
Through the City of Hollywood’s Accela Citizen Access (ACA) portal: the city’s page says hard copies and mailed submissions are no longer accepted. The city’s Permits page says Hollywood has moved to ACA for all new permit applications as well. Before the report goes in, the engineer or architect responsible for it has to be registered and approved in ACA.
Can we ask Hollywood for more time on the BSIP?
Hollywood’s own page sets out no procedure for it. A question-and-answer sheet from the Board of Rules and Appeals, linked from that page, says to contact the city or county building official where the property is located to postpone an inspection or to extend the period for repairs. For a building in Hollywood, that is the city’s Building Official.
What do we do with the BSIP notice if we own a unit in a Hollywood condominium?
The sample notice letter Hollywood posts carries a note addressed to individual unit owners. It says the notice is for informational purposes only, to tell them their building is due for the Building Safety Inspection Program, and asks them to contact their property manager or condominium association board about inspections of their unit and the common areas. If you sit on that board in Hollywood, send us the letter.
What happens in Hollywood if the BSIP report is not filed on time?
Hollywood’s page puts it in terms of non-compliant buildings, not late reports. In a list of steps it says the city is taking, it says such buildings could be posted with a Notice of Violation, and that an owner who fails to respond to the posted notice could be referred to the Special Magistrate. If the building is determined to be unsafe, the matter could be forwarded to the Broward County Unsafe Structures Board.
Is Hollywood’s BSIP the same as the 40-year recertification?
Yes. One section of Hollywood’s page still calls the program by its former 40-year name, while its section on submitting reports calls it the Building Safety Inspection Program, or BSIP. If your Hollywood letter uses the old name, send it to us — a phone photo is enough — and we confirm what the Building Division is asking for and by when.
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The complete BSIP inspection and report for a building in Hollywood
Next step
Send your Hollywood Notice of Required Inspection — a phone photo is enough — or, with no notice yet, the address and the year of the certificate of occupancy. We confirm what Hollywood’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.