To implement § 10 of Chapter 2007-1, Laws of Florida, repealing the alternative wind borne protection provisions, allowing design for internal pressure and the specific provisions applying to areas of the state from Franklin County west.

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
9B-3.047: State Building Code Adopted
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement § 10 of Chapter 2007-1, Laws of Florida, repealing the alternative wind borne protection provisions, allowing design for internal pressure and the specific provisions applying to areas of the state from Franklin County west.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Wind borne debris protection for construction in the State outside of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 553.73(1), (2), (7) FS., Sections 21, 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 46, 48, Chapter 2005-147, Laws of Florida, Section 1, Chapter 2006-65, Laws of Florida, Section 10, Chapter 2007-1, Laws of Florida.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 553.72, 553.73(2), (3), (7), (9) FS., Sections 21, 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 46, 48, Chapter 2005-147, Laws of Florida, Section 1, Chapter 2006-65, Laws of Florida, Section 10, Chapter 2007-1, Laws of Florida.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL NOT BE HELD. THE FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION FOUND, BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AT ITS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 7, 2007, THAT A WORKSHOP WAS UNNECESSARY BASED UPON THE EXPLICIT DIRECTION OF THE LEGISLATURE IN SECTION 10, CHAPTER 2007-1, LAWS OF FLORIDA AND THE RESULTING LIMITATION UPON COMMISSION ACTION. THAT ACTION IS MEMORIALIZED, IN WRITING, IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING.

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 NOT AVAILABLE.