Notice of Declaratory Statement

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from the City of Jacksonville, Department of Planning and Development, DCA09-DEC-053.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of section 105.15, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2007, 2009 Supplement), as it applies to the petitioner.
The Petitioner asks whether section 105.15, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2007, 2009 Supplement) requires windborne debris protection to be installed throughout the residence when an alteration and addition costing $750,000 is performed on a house that was appraised at $844,000 prior to alteration and addition, and the house was originally constructed under the 2001 Florida Building Code and is located within the windborne debris region.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Paula P. Ford, Commission Clerk, 2555 Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399.