Senate Bill sb1232
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Florida Senate - 2005 SB 1232
By Senator Lynn
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to wind-protection provisions
3 of the Florida Building Code; amending ch.
4 2000-141, Laws of Florida; providing for
5 removal of outdated wind-protection standards
6 from the Florida Building Code; providing for
7 an update of the code's wind-protection
8 standards; eliminating the exemption from
9 windborne-debris requirements currently
10 applicable in certain areas of Franklin, Gulf,
11 Bay, Walton, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Escambia
12 Counties; providing for removal of code
13 provisions that allow certain buildings to be
14 designed for internal pressures; directing the
15 Florida Building Commission to consider various
16 issues in the code-development process;
17 amending s. 553.71, F.S.; deleting the
18 definition of the term "exposure category C"
19 for purposes of the code; directing the Florida
20 Building Commission to consider addressing
21 exposure category C areas in the Florida
22 Building Code; defining the term "exposure
23 category C"; providing an effective date.
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25 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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27 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 109 of chapter
28 2000-141, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
29 Section 109. The Legislature has reviewed the Florida
30 Building Code that was adopted by action of the Florida
31 Building Commission on February 15, 2000, and that was noticed
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1 for rule adoption by reference in Rule 9B-3.047, F.A.C., on
2 February 18, 2000, in the Florida Administrative Weekly on
3 page 731. The Florida Building Commission is directed to
4 continue the process to adopt the code, pursuant to section
5 120.54(3), Florida Statutes, and to incorporate the following
6 provisions or standards for the State of Florida:
7 (3) For areas of the state not within the high
8 velocity hurricane zone, the commission shall adopt, pursuant
9 to s. 553.73, Florida Statutes, the wind protection
10 requirements of the American Society of Civil Engineers,
11 Standard 7, 2002 1998 edition as implemented by the
12 International Building Code, 2003 2000 edition. The commission
13 shall consider, through the code-development process, any
14 updates to Standard 7 which the society may adopt, and as
15 modified by the commission in its February 15, 2000, adoption
16 of the Florida Building Code for rule adoption by reference in
17 Rule 9B-3.047, Florida Administrative Code. The commission
18 shall consider the issue of windborne-debris requirements
19 applicable to land beyond 1 mile of the coast However, from
20 the eastern border of Franklin County to the Florida-Alabama
21 line through the code-development process, only land within 1
22 mile of the coast shall be subject to the windborne-debris
23 requirements adopted by the commission. The exact location of
24 wind speed lines shall be established by local ordinance,
25 using recognized physical landmarks such as major roads,
26 canals, rivers, and lake shores, wherever possible. Buildings
27 constructed in the windborne debris region must be either
28 designed for internal pressures that may result inside a
29 building when a window or door is broken or a hole is created
30 in its walls or roof by large debris, or be designed with
31 protected openings. The commission shall consider the issue of
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1 Except in the high velocity hurricane zone, local governments
2 may not prohibit the option of designing buildings to resist
3 internal pressures through the code-development process.
4 Section 2. Subsections (10) and (11) of section
5 553.71, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
6 553.71 Definitions.--As used in this part, the term:
7 (10) "Exposure category C" means, except in the high
8 velocity hurricane zone, that area which lies within 1,500
9 feet of the coastal construction control line, or within 1,500
10 feet of the mean high tide line, whichever is less. On
11 barrier islands, exposure category C shall be applicable in
12 the coastal building zone set forth in s. 161.55(5).
13 (10)(11) "Prototype building" means a building
14 constructed in accordance with architectural or engineering
15 plans intended for replication on various sites and which will
16 be updated to comply with the Florida Building Code and
17 applicable laws relating to firesafety, health and sanitation,
18 casualty safety, and requirements for persons with
19 disabilities which are in effect at the time a construction
20 contract is to be awarded.
21 Section 3. The Florida Building Commission shall
22 consider how to address exposure category C in the building
23 code. As used in this section, the term "exposure category C"
24 means, except in the high velocity hurricane zone, that area
25 which lies within 1,500 feet of the coastal construction
26 control line, or within 1,500 feet of the mean high tide line,
27 whichever is less. On barrier islands, exposure category C is
28 applicable in the coastal building zone set forth in section
29 161.55(5), Florida Statutes.
30 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Removes an outdated wind-protection standards from the
Florida Building Code and updates those standards.
4 Eliminates an exemption from windborne-debris
requirements which currently applies in certain areas of
5 Franklin, Gulf, Bay, Walton, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and
Escambia Counties. Removes code provisions that allow
6 certain buildings to be designed for internal pressures.
Directs the Florida Building Commission to consider
7 various issues in the code-development process. Directs
the Florida Building Commission to consider addressing
8 exposure category C areas in the building code. Defines
the term "exposure category C."
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