NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Department of Community Affairs has received the petition for declaratory statement from Warren Schaefer, DCA09-DEC-370.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Rule 9B-72 and sections 1623 and 1626, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2007 with 2009 supplement) as it applies to the petitioner.
The Petitioner seeks clarification of the requirements for product approval testing of a lift and slide door. Petitioner asks if sections 1623 and 1626, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2007 with 2009 supplement), allow a lab to issue, sign and seal a test report for an individual unit tested; and where the code states that 3 specimens of one product must be tested, whether the specimens must be alike; and whether the test lab has authority to determine which units are to be tested for the approval.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Paula P. Ford, Commission Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399.