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FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION

April 7, 2010 MEETING

SUMMARY REPORT 

 

The detailed “Facilitator’s Report” is located at:

 <http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fbc/commission/1_commission_meetings.htm>
http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fbc/commission/1_commission_meetings.htm

or

 <http://consensus.fsu.edu/FBC/fbc_reports.html>
http://consensus.fsu.edu/FBC/fbc_reports.html

 

 

Next Meeting of the Commission:

 

            June 7, 8 & 9, 2010, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida

 

Major Business and Actions

 

The Commission reviewed the 2010 Florida Building Code development and
adoption plan and was advised 900 proposed code modifications were
submitted and will be considered by the TACs at the Commission’s August
meeting. A rule development workshop was conducted on Rule 9B-72,
Education. Routine business was conducted as follows.

 

Workplan:     See the “Facilitator’s Report”

 

Product Approvals: See the “Facilitator’s Report”

 

Accessibility Code Waivers:     See the “Facilitator’s Report” for
waiver analysis.

 

1.	Pine Creek Sporting Club

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to the upper levels of a tree house
structure.

Action:  Deferred at the request of the applicant.

 

2.	The Pink House

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to the second floor and insufficient door
width.

Action:  Dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.



3.	Xixon Café Restaurant

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to raised and sunken dining areas in a
restaurant.

Action:  Deny for lack of sufficient information. 

 

4.	K-8 School EE

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in an auditorium and
teaching theater.

Action:  Grant, based on technical infeasibility.

 

5.	Hernando High School EEE

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seating in a retractable
bleacher system and bleachers at football, baseball and softball fields.

Action:  Grant, provided revised drawing is submitted to reflect
required companion seats at the football stadium; grant for baseball
field provided revised drawings are submitted reflecting the required
additional accessible seating location and companion seat; and, grant
for the gymnasium, provided revised drawing is submitted to reflect
required companion seats. 

 

6.	City of Miami College of Policing

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in a stadium style
auditorium.

Action:  Grant.

 

7.	Ruby Diamond Auditorium Renovation and Expansion

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in a tiered
auditorium and the upper level parterres.

Action:  Grant as unnecessary.

 

8.	FIU PG5 Classroom

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in two tiered
classrooms.

Action:  Grant, as technically infeasible.

 

9.	USF Baseball/Softball Complex

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of a spectator stadium.

Action:  Grant, as unnecessary.

 

10.	Clearwater Beach Life Guard Station.

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to the second and third floors of a life
guard station.

Action:  Deny, and direct that toilet facilities on second floor are
accessible. 

 

11.	Ivy Hill Academy

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to the second floor of a day care center.

Action:  Grant, as unnecessary.

 

12.	Waldorf Towers Hotel

Issue:  Providing an accessible route to t a public entrance. 

Action:  Grant, provided documentation of the historic character of the
building is submitted.

 

13.	The Woods Laser Tag

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to a mezzanine in a laser tag facility.

Action:  Grant, based on extreme hardship.

 

14.	Epic Theaters Deltona

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in a movie theater
complex. 

Action:  Grant, as technically infeasible. 

 

15.	USF Interdisciplinary Science Facility

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in tiered
classrooms.

Action:  Grant, as unnecessary.

 

16.	Clear Track Productions

Issue:  Providing accessible high/low water fountain in a recording
studio

Action:  Deny for lack of jurisdiction.

 

17.	Phillard Apartment Hotel

Issue:  Interior dimensions of an existing elevator.

Action:  Grant for vertical accessibility, as technically infeasible and
historic. 

 

 

Declaratory Statements/Interpretations:     See the “Facilitator’s
Report” and the Commission and TAC/POC meeting Agendas online for
additional information:
http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fbc/commission/1_commission_meetings.htm

 

Second Hearings – Final

 

DCA09-DEC-259 by Robert S. Fine Counsel for Malibu Lodging Investments,
LLC. – 

Q: Does attachment of lightweight mural materials to existing building
facades require a permit.   

Action:  Defer

 

 
<http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fbc/commission/FBC_1209/Commission/First_Hea
ring/DEC-351.pdf> DCA09-DEC-351 by Joseph Belcher, Code Consultant – 

Q:       Does standard NFPA 72 or AMMA 2100, (both adopted by the FBC),
govern electrical

           receptacles in sunrooms.

Answer: AMMA 2100

Action:   Approved

 

DCA09-DEC-375 by Tim Johnson of SnappBatt

Q1:     Does the product in question fall out side the scope of Rule
9B-72?

Answer: Yes.  

Action:   Approved

Q2:         Are there requirements for product approval as related to
the use of the product. 

Answer: Yes.  

Action:   Approved

 

DCA09-DEC-419 by Kenneth Gregory of Holland Pools

Q1:    Does the FBC require panic hardware on gates for outdoor public
swimming pools?

Answer: Yes

Action:   Approved

Q2:    Does the FBC require sanitary facilities for public swimming
pools in addition to those

          required by DOH rule 64E-9 “Table 403.8 of the FBC, Plumbing”?

Answer:  No

Action:   Approved

Q3:     Regarding necessity of providing sanitary facilities required
for club house and pool area to

           at one location.

Answer:  No.  

Action:    Approved

 

First Hearings

 

DCA09-DEC-411 by Manny Sanchez of Fenestration Testing Laboratory, Inc.

Q1:    When test “TAS 202” is used, is a window manufacturer required to
test three samples in

           size, configuration and glazing?

Answer:  Yes

Action:    Approved

Q2:     Can a State approved test laboratory make the determination of
what test sample

           configurations are sufficient to comply with the test
standard?

Answer:  Yes

Action:    Approved

 

DCA10-DEC-002 by Derrek Runion of GreenBuilt, Inc.

 

Q:      Is a pre-engineered system that is constructed to specific
construction documents

          “custom/one of a kind” and designed in accordance with
specification standards referenced

          in the FBC, outside the scope of the optional Rule 9B-72,
Florida Product Approval?   

Answer:  Yes, providing the system is approved locally through building
plans review and

                inspection and manufactured under quality assurance
procedures as specified in the code.

Action: Approved

 

DCA10-DEC-034 by C.W. (Ben) Bentley 

Q:        Is it the intent of 2007 Florida Building Code [Residential]
to allow installation of a PRV

            [pressurerelief] valve in the “solar loop” portion of an
active direct solar water heating system?”,

Answer:  Yes, as long as the installation is in accordance with the
system’s listing/certification and

                the manufacturer’s installation instructions and there
is a temperature and pressure valve

                provided at the storage tank to protect the system.  

Action: Approved

 

DCA10-DEC-038 by Ray Habic of Gillette Generators

Q: Are generator housings subject to the minimum requirements of the
Code?

Answer:  Defer for additional information

Action: Deferred

 

DCA10-DEC-045 by George Merlin of George Merlin Associates, Inc.

Action:  Withdrawn

 

 

 

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