Landmark Development Corp.; Petitioner seeks clarification as to whether multifamily residential buildings covered by the Rehabilitation Act and/or ADA required by the Florida Accessibility Code to provide elevators when the building would not ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Florida Building Commission

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61G20-1.001Florida Building Code Adopted

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from Landmark Development Corp. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of the Florida Accessibility Code (2012) as it applies to the petitioner.

Petitioner seeks clarification as to whether multifamily residential buildings covered by the Rehabilitation Act and/or ADA required by the Florida Accessibility Code to provide elevators when the building would not otherwise be required to provide them.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk’s Office, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Suite 92, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2203, [phone], [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Mo Madani, Building Codes and Standards Office, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Suite 90A, 1940 North Monroe, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone], [e-mail] or April L. Hammonds, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1000, [phone], [e-mail]. Responses, motions to intervene, or requests for a hearing, §120.57(2), Fla. Stat., must be filed within 21 days of this notice.