Broward BSIP
Lauderhill’s Building Division keeps an inspection packet that lists what a BSIP filing contains. One team delivers the complete BSIP inspection and report, structural and electrical, for your building.
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How the Building Safety Inspection Program runs in Lauderhill
In Lauderhill the Building Safety Inspection Program (BSIP) runs through the City of Lauderhill Building Division, part of the Development Services Department. Among the city’s building forms is an inspection packet that opens with Lauderhill’s own instructions and then reprints the county’s program pages; a newer sheet tells condominium associations what to expect. Below is what those documents say, with the county’s current deadlines in the rows further down.
- Why the city enforces it
- The first page of Lauderhill’s packet says the inspection is mandated by the Broward County Administrative Code and the county’s Board of Rules and Appeals, and that the Lauderhill Building Department is required to enforce the County Code. The pages after it reproduce the county’s program summary and the Board’s policy.
- The notice
- Lauderhill’s packet describes a yearly sequence. The Board of Rules and Appeals draws a list of the buildings that meet the program’s requirements from the Property Appraiser’s records and provides it to the Building Officials; the city building department then administers the program, and a notification letter is sent.
- What the filing holds
- The packet’s instructions list three pieces: the Broward County program application, which the packet says also serves the later inspections, a written report on the structural elements of the property, and a written report on its electrical elements. Each report is by a Florida-registered architect or professional engineer.
- Where it goes
- Lauderhill’s packet says the application may be submitted at the City of Lauderhill Business Center, on West Oakland Park Boulevard, and it names no portal. The Development Services contact page places the department, with its Building Division, at the Ken Thurston Inverrary Community Center behind City Hall, so we confirm with the Building Division where the filing goes today.
- The review
- According to the packet, the Building Department reviews the reports to verify that the inspecting professional has found the structural and electrical systems safe. Where a deficiency is noted, the department follows the Board of Rules and Appeals’ policy, a copy of which the packet attaches.
- Repairs
- Under the policy reprinted in Lauderhill’s packet, deficiencies that threaten life safety come first. The professional then re-inspects the areas noted in the original report and gives the owner a signed and sealed letter that the corrections are complete, and the owner submits it to the Building Official. Incidental, non-life-threatening repairs follow a time frame the professional specifies and the Building Official approves.
- If it is not filed
- The same policy says that when an owner fails to submit the report, the governing authority holds a hearing on it before either a Special Magistrate or a Code Enforcement Board. A building whose required repairs are not made may be deemed unsafe and unfit for occupation, and the matter can go on to the Unsafe Structures Board.
- An older packet
- Lauderhill’s packet still calls the program by its former 40-year name, and its county pages carry an earlier edition of the policy with the deadlines of that time. The ages and days in force are the county’s current ones, in the rows further down; where the packet and your notice differ, ask the Building Division before filing.
Building office City of Lauderhill Building Division Ken Thurston Inverrary Community Center 3300 Inverrary Blvd. Lauderhill, FL 33319 Phone: (954) 730-3060
Read on the website of the City of Lauderhill Building Division:
When it applies
The deadlines that apply in Lauderhill
The schedule is the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals’, printed here for a building in Lauderhill; the date on your own notice is the one that counts.
- First due in Lauderhill: At 25 years, counted from the certificate of occupancy.
- Then in Lauderhill: Every 10 years.
- Time to file in Lauderhill: 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 Lauderhill: 180 days from the date of the report, under permit, unless the Building Official sets a different time.
- Condominiums & co-ops in Lauderhill: The BSIP report serves as phase one and phase two of the state milestone inspection.
Broward County’s rows, for Lauderhill. 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 Lauderhill ask
Who sends the BSIP notice in Lauderhill?
Lauderhill’s packet describes a notification letter that follows the yearly list of buildings the Board of Rules and Appeals provides to the Building Officials; from there the city building department administers the program. Keep that letter. A photo of it from your phone lets us read what Lauderhill wants and by when.
How do we file the BSIP report in Lauderhill?
With the Broward County program application and the two written reports, structural and electrical, by a Florida-registered architect or professional engineer — the pieces the city’s packet lists. The packet names the City of Lauderhill Business Center as the place to submit; because the department’s contact page lists another address, we check with the Building Division before anything goes in. The complete BSIP inspection and report we deliver follows that list.
Is Lauderhill’s inspection packet the same program as the BSIP?
Yes. The packet is titled with the program’s former 40-year name and a later anniversary besides, and its instructions say a single county application serves both. It is one Broward program; the ages in force are the ones in “First due” and “Then”, not those in the packet’s older pages.
What happens in Lauderhill if the BSIP report is not filed?
The policy page in Lauderhill’s packet says the governing authority holds a hearing on the failure, before a Special Magistrate or a Code Enforcement Board. A building left without its required repairs may be found unsafe and unfit for occupation. If the date on your Lauderhill letter is near or already past, send it to us now.
What does Lauderhill tell condominium associations about milestone inspections?
A Building Division sheet on the new condominium and community association requirements says architects and engineers bidding on milestone inspections must disclose in writing whether they intend to bid on the related repairs. It adds that city ordinances will be amended to include inspection and enforcement language, and that condominium milestone reports must be submitted to the City each year.
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The complete BSIP inspection and report for a building in Lauderhill
Next step
Send the notification letter from Lauderhill — a phone photo will do — or, without one, the address and the year of the certificate of occupancy. We set it against the city’s packet and the county’s current rules, then send 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.