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How high does your seawall have to be?

Pick your city. If we have verified its rule you get the figure, the datum, the code section and the date we checked it. If we have not, we tell you that instead of guessing. 39 of 52 cities verified so far.

The guide for your county

Which agencies are involved, what each one wants, and the order they want it in.

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Every city we cover

The same answers as plain links. A city we have not verified links to its county page, which says what applies county-wide.

Broward County

Miami-Dade County

Monroe County

Palm Beach County

Reading the answer

The datum mattersA height is only meaningful with the datum it is measured from. Most cities state NAVD88; some do not. See NAVD88 and datum.
Confirm before you designRules change. Confirm the current requirement with your building department; the date beside each answer is when we last read the code.
Got a notice?Our response letter asks the city for the section and the deadlines in writing.