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I understand that BOs are routinely pressed right to the bleeding edge
of code application. I can just see somebody coming in for a permit
whose house has been completely blown away by a tornado, foundation and
all, and asking to build the same house back as a repair. What could you
say? They say they want to build the same house back again.

 

In my opinion, neither the intuitive nor the code definition of 'repair'
covers a scenario where entire systems are missing so that their
original configuration cannot be deduced. Repair speaks more toward
replacement of damaged elements. At some point the BO has to make a
decision as to whether there is enough of the damaged structure
remaining to determine what the pre-existing condition actually was. If
an entire roof system and walls are missing and the applicant cannot
demonstrate what was there previously by photos or plans then calling it
a repair is just an invitation for wholesale alteration. 

 

Christopher Banbury, PE

President

 

Ark Engineering, Inc.

PO Box 10129, Brooksville, FL 34603

22 North Broad ST, Brooksville, FL 34601

Phone: (352) 754-2424

Fax: (352) 754-2412

www.arkengineering.net <http://www.arkengineering.net> 

 

 
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