George Merlin, President, George Merlin Associates, Inc. It has been assigned the number DCA10-DEC-091.; The petitioner asks if two proposed modifications to single family dwellings located seaward of the FDEP/FBC coastal construction control line (...

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from George Merlin, President, George Merlin Associates, Inc. It has been assigned the number DCA10-DEC-091.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of ection 3109, Florida Building Code, Special Construction Volume (2007, with 2009 supplement) as it applies to the petitioner, involves the same proposed modifications to single family dwellings as DCA10-DEC-085, and is a request for clarification of a previously issued declaratory statement, DCA09-DEC-347, as it applies to the petitioner.
The petitioner asks if two proposed modifications to single family dwellings located seaward of the FDEP/FBC coastal construction control line (the CCCL zone) is exempt, without limit on cost, from the requirements of section 3109, F.B.C., as to design standards for new construction. The first proposed modification involves the construction of new walls and a second story floor and roof, but stays within the footprint/perimeter of the existing foundation, which has been determined adequate to support the proposed modifications. The cost of the modification will exceed 50% of the market value of the existing building. The second proposed modification is similar, but involves horizontal additions outside the perimeter of the existing foundation.
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, Florida 32399-2100.