NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Department of Community Affairs has received the petition for declaratory statement from Jeffrey C. Friant and Jeff Bedard on behalf of Sunesta Products, LLC, on September 10, 2010. It has been assigned the number DCA10-DEC-182. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of section 3105.4.1, Florida Building Code, Construction Volume (2007, with 2009 supplement) as it applies to the petitioner.
The petitioner asks for clarification of how section 3105.4.1, which states: “Design of the framing members shall not be based on removal or repositioning of parts, or the whole, during periods of 75 mph wind velocity,” applies to the petitioner’s product. The petitioner manufactures retractable awnings.
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 Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.