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Subject: Thumbnail Overall Report - 2010.02.02


To All Interested Parties:
 
Please find attached a Thumbnail Overall Report of the most recent
Florida Building Commission Meeting, held February 2, 2010 in Tampa,
Florida.
 

For further information regarding each of these meetings, please contact
Ms. Jennifer Drake, Building Codes and Standards Office, Division of
Housing and Community Development, Department of Community Affairs, 2555
Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.  Telephone: (850)
487-1824.  

 

Thank you,

 
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FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION

February 2, 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

 

 

Major Business and Actions

 

The Commission modified and approved additional recommendations to the
Legislature regarding flood standards incorporation into the building
code, reviewed workplan prioritization exercise results and conducted
routine business as follows.

 

Next Meeting of the Commission:

            April 6 & 7, 2010, Hilton Hotel, Gainesville, Florida

 

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 all levels of a tree house structure
at a private club.

Action:  Action deferred to allow the applicant to provide additional
information. 

 

2.	The Pink House

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to guest rooms on the second floor of a
building undergoing a change of use from private residence to a bed and
breakfast with no construction work being done.

Action:  Deferred at the request of the applicant. 

 

3.	Adventist Health Systems Headquarters

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in a new 111 seat
stadium style auditorium in new corporate facility.  

Action:  Granted with conditions for accessible seating dispersion. 

 

4.	Latitude 30 Degrees

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in a 60 seat movie
theater.  

Action:  Granted with conditions.

 

5.	Xixon Café Restaurant

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to a 502 square foot sunken dining area
and a 707 square foot elevated dining area in a restaurant that also has
936 square feet of accessible dining at grade. 

Action:  Deferred to allow the applicant to clarify additional
information. 

 

6.	K-8 School EE

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to all rows of seats in an auditorium
with a seating capacity of 500.   

Action:  Deferred to further information regarding access to the stage. 

 

7.	Hernando High School EEE

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to seating in several campus locations.

1.	Gymnasium:  Retractable bleacher system. 

2.	Baseball and softball field bleachers. 

3.	Football field seating. 

Action:  Deferred to allow the applicant to provide further information.


 

8.	City of Miami College of Policing

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to a new, 200 seat auditorium.  

Action:  Deferred to allow the applicant to clarify further information.


 

9.	Park Lido Hotel

Issue:  Vertical accessibility to the first floor guest rooms accessed
from lobby area by stairs of an existing 36 room hotel located in a
historic district.  

Action:  Approved. Accessible rooms are on the second floor accessible
by an elevator. 

 

 

Declaratory Statements/Interpretations:     See the Commission meeting
“Agenda” online for declaratory statement analysis:
http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fbc/commission/1_commission_meetings.htm

 

Second Hearings – Final

 
<http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fbc/commission/FBC_1209/Commission/Second_He
aring/DEC-309-%20Amendment%201.pdf> DCA09-DEC-309 by Alan Plante of
Orange County Division of Building Safety  - 

Q: Does the Florida Building Code, Existing Buildings apply to Swimming
Pools?

A: Yes

Action:  Approved

 

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/DCA09-DEC-347_with_Amendments.pdf> DCA09-DEC-347 by George Merlin
of George Merlin Associates Inc. – 

Q: Clarification of FBC requirements for construction on existing
foundations within the Coastal Construction Control Line zone.

A: Yes

Action:  Approved 

 

First Hearings

 
<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.

A: 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-410 by Frank Bennardo, P.E., of Engineering Express

Action: Dismissed

 

DCA09-DEC-419 by Kenneth Gregory of Holland Pools

Q1:  Regarding panic hardware on required gates for public swimming
pools.

Answer:  Yes

Action:  Approved

Q2:  Regarding sanitary facilities required based on pool area
additional to DOH rule 64E-9.

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

 

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

Q1:  Is a window manufacturer required to test three samples in size,
configuration and glazing?

Answer:  Yes

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:  Defer on both questions

 

DCA10-DEC-001 by George Merlin of George Merlin Associates, Inc.

Action:  Dismissed

 

 

 

 
 
 
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