Modify, enhance and clarify cost effective means to incorporate mitigation related elements in existing buildings that are subject to permitted work.

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
9B-3.0475: Mitigation Retrofits Required.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Modify, enhance and clarify cost effective means to incorporate mitigation related elements in existing buildings that are subject to permitted work.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Requirements for integration of mitigation elements in existing buildings when subject to permitted work.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 553.844(3) FS., as created by CS for House Bill 7057, First Enrolled (2007).
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 553.72, 553.73(2), (3), (7), (9), 553.844(3) FS., as created by CS for House Bill 7057, First Enrolled (2007)
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL NOT BE HELD BASED ON THE IMMEDIATE PUBLIC NEED FOR THE RELIEF AFFORDED BY THE CLARIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS, THE NATURE OF THE ACTION AS BEING ONE PRIMARILY CLARIFYING THE COMMISSION’S INTENT WITH REGARD TO THE INITIAL ADOPTION OF THE RULE, AND THE FACT THAT THE ACTION HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT TWO NOTICED PUBLIC MEETINGS, THE COMMISSION’S TELEPHONIC MEETING OF JANUARY 8, 2008, AND THE MEETING OF THE HURRICANE MITIGATION WORK GROUP ON DECEMBER 12, 2007.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 7 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Mo Madani, Planning Manager, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Sadowski Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Mo Madani, Planning Manager, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Sadowski Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, [phone]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

9B-3.0475 Mitigation Retrofits Required.

The 2007 Manual of Hurricane Mitigation Retrofits for Existing Site-Built Single Family Residential Structures, Version 2, as approved by the Commission on January 8, 2008, is hereby adopted by reference. The manual provides requirements for construction in addition to those contained in the Florida Building Code as adopted by Rule 9B-3.047, F.A.C., that shall be enforced as provided in the manual and as required by Section 553.844, F.S. A copy of the manual may be obtained from the Florida Building Commission’s website, www.floridabuilding.org. If any person encounters any difficulty utilizing the website, assistance is available by calling the Codes and Standards Unit at (850)4871824.

Specific Authority 553.844(3) FS. Law Implemented 553.72 FS. 553.73(2), (3), (7), (9), 553.844(3) FS. History–New 11-14-07, Amended________.