New Hurricane Protections for Condo Residents
This past summer, Florida’s HB 1021 took effect, impacting condo associations and residents in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties, as well as all other areas throughout the state. This sweeping bill affects multiple aspects of condo management, including requirements about hurricane protection.
The aim of the hurricane protection portion of the bill is to improve the safety of condo residents during these powerful storms. The bill defines hurricane protection as “hurricane shutters, impact glass, code-compliant windows or doors, and other code-compliant hurricane protection products used to preserve and protect the condominium property or association property.[1]” Prior to this bill, Florida lacked a consistent definition of “hurricane protection” in its laws and between different condo associations.
The bill requires that each condo association specify whether the unit owner or the association will be responsible for the “installation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of hurricane protection[2]” in the condo units. If the condo association votes that the unit owners are responsible for this cost, and a unit owner does not comply with the required hurricane protection, the association can install or repair the hurricane protection for them and then issue the unit owner a special assessment to cover the cost that the association incurred.
The bill further states that if the condo association must remove and reinstall hurricane protections to perform building maintenance, the association is responsible for the costs incurred for the removal and reinstallation.
CitiQuiet Windows and Doors is one of South Florida’s premier hurricane protection providers. We are the hurricane impact window and door provider of choice for numerous coveted condo buildings in Boca Raton, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and other cities throughout South Florida. The wide variety of hurricane windows and doors that we offer meet South Florida’s stringent High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) requirements. We have longstanding relationships with leading hurricane window and door manufacturers to provide condo associations with world-class protection and quality at an affordable price. To ensure you have a positive experience working with us, we offer white-glove service, taking care of everything for you, from design, permitting, and installation, to clean-up. We can even repair your hurricane impact windows or doors if needed.
If your condo association is looking to upgrade its hurricane protection, contact CitiQuiet Windows and Doors today to set up a consultation with one of our knowledgeable associates to create a customized plan to meet your condo association’s hurricane protection needs.
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[1] The Florida Senate. _h1021er.docx (flsenate.gov). Accessed August 27, 2024.
[2] The Florida Senate. _h1021er.docx (flsenate.gov). Accessed August 27, 2024.