Mr. Vincent Vaulman, on behalf of the Madison, Kneppers & Associates, Inc., DCA08-DEC-216,; The Commission determined that the Commission is not authorized to provide, by declaratory statement, a general delineation of the alteration levels defined ...

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Florida Building Commission has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Mr. Vincent Vaulman, on behalf of the Madison, Kneppers & Associates, Inc., DCA08-DEC-216, on July 28, 2008. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The Commission determined that the Commission is not authorized to provide, by declaratory statement, a general delineation of the alteration levels defined within the Florida Building Code, Existing Building Volume, the law restricts this authority to an interpretation of the Code in the context of Petitioner’s particular facts and circumstances; that the percentage of area within a building subject to work such as that described in the Petition bears no relation to the Code’s delineation of that work as repair or alteration; that the existence of conditions in a building prior to that building sustaining hurricane damage bears no relation to the classification of the work to be performed as repair or alteration; and that the nature of the work described in the petition appears to fall under the classification of Alteration, Level 1.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Paula P. Ford, Commission Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.