DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community DevelopmentNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from W. Vincent, on behalf of Construction Specialists, on August 11, 2008. Petitioner seeks clarification of a previously issued Declaratory Statement, number DCA04-DEC-219, with regard to louvers. Petitioner asks whether louvers that do not require impact resistance and are installed in buildings outside the wind borne debris or high velocity hurricane zones require Florida product approval under Chapter 9B-72, Florida Administrative Code, or whether they can be custom-engineered by rational design without testing. If a Florida approval number is required, Petitioner asks whether DCA04-DEC-219 is still valid, and if so, whether local building officials must accept the louver installation if the calculations are stamped by a Florida registered engineer. It has been assigned the number DCA08-DEC-237.
A copy of the request may be obtained by writing to: Paula P. Ford, Commission Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.
