Broward BSIP
In Pembroke Pines the reports go to the city’s Building Department, in person or through the Development Hub, and one team delivers the complete BSIP inspection and report.
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How the Building Safety Inspection Program runs in Pembroke Pines
In Pembroke Pines the Building Safety Inspection Program (BSIP) goes through the city’s Building Department. A building that comes due is assigned a BSIP permit number; the letter cites it, and the city’s page asks for it again on the cover sheet, to link the Development Hub account and on a repair permit application. Here is what Pembroke Pines’ own pages say, step by step.
- The notice
- When a building is due under the program, a BSIP permit number is assigned to the property. The owner listed on the Broward County Property Appraiser website receives a notification letter in the mail that refers to that number. Keep it at hand: Pembroke Pines asks for the number on the cover sheet, to link the online account and on a repair permit application.
- Filing the report
- Once the inspection reports are ready they go to the Building Department, and the city’s page gives two options: an in-person submittal or an online one. The online option runs through the Development Hub, where you must have an account. The Building Department is in the Charles F. Dodge City Center.
- In person
- The page’s list of what to bring in person includes a cover sheet — it calls it a Transmittal Letter — showing the BSIP permit number, and the two report forms. It links the forms but no cover sheet. The department’s forms page lists a “Transmittal Letter Sheet” with a line for the permit number; the site never says it is the one meant for the BSIP.
- The Development Hub
- Pembroke Pines’ page lays out the online steps. With a Development Hub account in place, phone or e-mail the Building Department to have the account linked to the BSIP permit number. Once linked, log in and find the permit in the dashboard or with the search tool. Open it and upload the documents under the “Attachments” tab, each document separately.
- The city’s forms
- Pembroke Pines’ program page links two report forms: the Structural Safety Inspection Report Form and the Electrical Safety Inspection Report Form. Both files are marked “Broward County BORA”; the page links no edition under the city’s own name. The same two forms are named for the in-person submittal and for the online one.
- Repairs
- If repairs are required, Pembroke Pines’ page says you apply for the appropriate permit: structural repairs under “Structural Miscellaneous”, electrical repairs under “Electrical Miscellaneous”. The application is the most current Broward County Uniform Building Permit Application, and it shows the BSIP permit number so the repair permit is linked to it. The city’s permit page says permit applications are no longer accepted by e-mail.
- Plans for the repairs
- For a repair permit submitted in person, the page says all plans must be physically signed and sealed, and that digital signatures are not accepted for in-person submissions. For an online submittal the construction plans are digitally signed and sealed. Online, every required document must be uploaded at the time of submission; nothing more can be uploaded until the review cycle is complete.
- After filing
- Pembroke Pines’ page says follow-up inspections may be required. After a repair, an updated Safety Inspection Report Form goes to the BSIP permit number once the repair permit is complete; the page requires it to satisfy the program. It does not say who reviews a report, how the owner hears back or how more time is requested — the county’s deadlines are in the rows below.
Building office City of Pembroke Pines Building Department 601 City Center Way, 2nd Floor Pembroke Pines, FL 33025 Phone: (954) 435-6502
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When it applies
The deadlines that apply in Pembroke Pines
The schedule is the Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals’, printed here for a building in Pembroke Pines; the date on your own notice is the one that counts.
- First due in Pembroke Pines: At 25 years, counted from the certificate of occupancy.
- Then in Pembroke Pines: Every 10 years.
- Time to file in Pembroke Pines: 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 Pembroke Pines: 180 days from the date of the report, under permit, unless the Building Official sets a different time.
- Condominiums & co-ops in Pembroke Pines: The BSIP report serves as phase one and phase two of the state milestone inspection.
Broward County’s rows, for Pembroke Pines. 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 Pembroke Pines ask
Who receives the BSIP notice in Pembroke Pines?
The property owner listed on the Broward County Property Appraiser website, by mail. The letter is about the Building Safety Inspection Program and refers to the BSIP permit number assigned to the property, which the city’s page asks for again when the report is filed. Send us that letter — a phone photo is enough — and we confirm what Pembroke Pines’ Building Department is asking for and by when.
How do we file the BSIP report in Pembroke Pines?
With the Building Department, in one of the two ways the city’s page lists. In person, with a cover sheet that shows the BSIP permit number. Or online, through a Development Hub account that the department has linked to that permit number: the documents are then uploaded under the permit’s “Attachments” tab, each one separately.
Does Pembroke Pines have its own BSIP forms?
For the reports, its program page links none of its own. The two forms it does link — the Structural Safety Inspection Report Form and the Electrical Safety Inspection Report Form — are marked “Broward County BORA”. What the city adds for an in-person submittal is a cover sheet, which its page calls a Transmittal Letter. For a Pembroke Pines building, the complete BSIP inspection and report we deliver goes on the forms that page links.
What does a condominium in Pembroke Pines need for a BSIP repair permit?
The repair permit goes in under “Structural Miscellaneous” or “Electrical Miscellaneous”, with the BSIP permit number on the application. The department’s forms page, written for permits in general, adds two documents. Where the Property Appraiser lists the property’s use as a condominium, a Condominium Approval Letter, signed and notarized by a registered agent listed with Sunbiz, must be part of the submittal. A Homeowner’s Association Affidavit of Awareness is required with every permit submittal.
What happens in Pembroke Pines if the BSIP report is late?
Pembroke Pines’ program page is silent on it: no penalty, no hearing and no number of days appear there; the time to file is the county’s, in the rows above. What the page does say is that property owners are responsible for completing inspections on time, and it gives an e-mail contact for help with the program. If you think your Pembroke Pines building is already late, send us the letter anyway.
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The complete BSIP inspection and report for a building in Pembroke Pines
Next step
Send the letter with your BSIP permit number — a phone photo is enough — or, with no letter yet, the address and the year of the certificate of occupancy. We read what Pembroke Pines’ Building Department asks for 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.