George Merlin Associates, Inc. (DCA10-DEC-045).; The Petitioner asks if proposed modifications to single family dwellings located seaward of the FDEP/FBC coastal construction control line (the CCCL zone) are exempt from CCCL design standards under ...  


  • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from George Merlin Associates, Inc. (DCA10-DEC-045).The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of sections 3109.1.1, 3109.3, and 3109.4, Florida Building Code, Special Construction Volume (2007, with 2009 supplement) as it applies to the petitioner.
    The Petitioner asks if proposed modifications to single family dwellings located seaward of the FDEP/FBC coastal construction control line (the CCCL zone) are exempt from CCCL design standards under section 3109.1.1, F.B.C., where the work is classified as a substantial improvement per Section 161.54(12), F.S., but is built over and within the limits of the existing foundation. The Petitioner also asks if proposed modifications to single family dwellings located seaward of the CCCL are exempt from CCCL design standards under sections 3109.3 and 3109.4, F.B.C., where the work is classified as a substantial improvement per Section 161.54(12), F.S., and is built outside the limits of the existing foundation, but doesn’t advance farther than the seaward limits of the existing structure and doesn’t cost more than 50% of the market values of the existing structure.
    A copy 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, FL 32399-2100.

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Meeting:
sections 3109.1.1, 3109.3, and 3109.4, Florida Building Code, Special Construction Volume (2007, with 2009 supplement)
Contact:
Paula P. Ford, Commission Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100.