Florida Building Commission

CODE ADMINISTRATION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

MINUTES

October 9, 2013

Meeting was held via teleconference/webinar:

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public point of access: Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Northwood Centre, Suite 90A, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399

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TAC Objectives

Code Administration TAC Members Present: Chairman; Herminio Gonzalez, Dick Browdy, John Scherer, Tim Tolbert, Hamid Bahadori, Bob Boyer

Code Administration TAC Members Absent: John O’Connor, Bill Dumbaugh

Guests Present: Michael Goolsby, Jaime Gascon

Staff Present: Ken Cureton, Mo Madani, Marlita Peters, Jim Hammers, April Hammonds

Objective – To consider and discuss DS 2013-068 by Michael Goolsby of Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources and provide recommendations for consideration by the Commission.

Meeting Agenda
Objective	Review of objectives will include the following: Description of issue, discussion by TAC, public comment, TAC action.
1)	Welcome and Opening Remarks. Meeting began at 10:00am.
2)	Roll Call was taken and a quorum was present.
3)	Review and Approval of Meeting Agenda Motion by Bob Boyer, seconded by Hamid Bahadori to accept Agenda as presented. Vote: unanimous approval.
4)	Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes of August 1 , 2013 Motion by Dick Browdy, seconded by Bob Boyer to accept minutes of August 1, 2013 meeting with no changes. Vote: unanimous approval.
5)	Review and provide recommendation on request for Declaratory Statement DS2013-068 by Michael Goolsby, Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources. Staff Analysis Requester provided overview of current situation regarding permitting. After discussion, Hamid Bahadori made a motion to accept staff analysis, seconded by Tim Tolbert. TAC unanimously voted to accept staff analysis as follows: TAC Action: To Question 1: Does the practice of establishing the building code which governs construction of a building based upon the permit application date, as contained in Section 105.3 of the Florida Building Code and Florida Statute 553.73(6), only apply to permit applications made prior to March 1, 2002? The answer is “No”. The practice of establishing the building code which governs construction of a building based upon the permit application date is applicable to all permits and editions of the Florida Building Code implemented to date. To Question 2: If a permit application was made prior to March 15, 2012, but after March 1, 2009, is the 2007 edition of the Florida Building Code the building code which governs the permitted work for the life of the permit and any extension granted to the permit? The answer is “Yes”. As per Section 105.3 of the 2010 FBC, Building, the project in question is subject to the construction requirements of the 2007 Florida Building Code.
6)	Other Commission business: No other Commission business was presented.
7)	Public Comment: No further public comment was provided.
8)	Member Comment: No further Member comment was provided.
9)	Schedule next meeting: to be determined.
10)	Adjournment. 10:35am

Staff Contacts: Marlita Peters, Marlita.peters@myfloridalicense.com, (850) 922-6864; Mo Madani, mo.madani@myfloridalicense.com

Note: This document is available to any person requiring materials in alternate format upon request. Contact the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Office of Codes and Standards, 1940 N. Monroe Street, Suite 90A, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0772 or call 850-487-1824.