Identify and develop cost effective means to incorporate mitigation related elements in existing buildings that are subject to permitted work.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
9B-3.0475: Mitigation Retrofits Required.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Identify and develop cost effective means to incorporate mitigation related elements in existing buildings that are subject to permitted work.
SUMMARY: The rule adopts by reference a manual that provides prescriptive means to incorporate gable end bracing and enhanced roof to wall connections in existing buildings. The manual also specifies the circumstances in which shutters, enhanced roof to wall connections, and secondary water barriers are required as an element of permitted work as directed by the Legislature.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 553.844(3) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 553.72, 553.73(2), (3), (7), (9), 553.844(3) FS.
A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: August 21, 2007, 1:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter comes before the Commission pursuant to its agenda
PLACE: Embassy Suites Tampa – USF, 3705 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33612-9412
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 7 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Mo Madani, Planning Manager, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Sadowski Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, [phone] (TDD) or [phone] (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Mo Madani, Planning Manager, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Sadowski Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, [phone]

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

9B-3.0475 Mitigation Retrofits Required.

The 2007 Manual of Hurricane Mitigation Retrofits for Existing Site-Built Single Family Residential Structures is hereby adopted by reference. The manual provides requirements for construction in addition to those contained in the Florida Building Code as adopted by Rule 9B-3.047, F.A.C., that shall be enforced as provided in the manual and as required by Section 553.844, Florida Statutes. A copy of the manual may be obtained from the Florida Building Commission’s website, www.floridabuilding.org. If any person encounters any difficulty utilizing the website, assistance is available by calling the Codes and Standards Unit at (850)4871824.

Specific Authority 553.844(3) FS. Law Implemented 553.72 FS. 553.73(2), (3), (7), (9), 553.844(3) FS. History–New ________.

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Mo Madani, Planning Manager, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Sadowski Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, [phone]
NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Janice Browning, Director, Division of Housing and Community Development
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: June 27, 2007
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: June 8, 2007