1. Name and address of project for which the waiver is requested:

Name:

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Applicant Information:


2. Name of Applicant. If other than the owner, please indicate relationship of applicant to owner in space provided:


First Name:

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Relationship to owner:


Owner Information:


3. Please enter the owner information below. If the owner and the applicant are not the same person, please upload a written authorization by owner in space provided:




Owner First Name:

Owner Last Name:

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Written Authorization:




Project and Facility Type:



4. Please check one of the following:



5. Type of facility. Please describe the building (square footage, number of floors). Define the use of the building (i.e., restaurant, office, retail, recreation, hotel/motel, etc.)







Description:
Existing medical office duplex, Unit A, separately owned from Unit B. Separated from adjacent unit with an 8' wide breezeway under roof and a proposed 3 hour wall. Owner wants to expand the current storage attic to a true 2-story area, occupied by 10 administrative office members for private/administrative access only.


Construction Cost:



6. Project Construction Cost (Provide cost for new construction, the addition, or the alteration):

Summary:
See attached bids from contractors. This does not include the price for future construction. Future construction scope is to add fire sprinklers and a 3-hour fire wall between office duplex units as part of a phased set of requirements for building compliance from the fire marshal's office.


7. Has there been any construction activity on this building during the past three years?


Cost of Construction:

Comments:
Work done was an emergency enforcement from the fire marshal's office to increase safety of existing building, by removing exposed spray-in insulation in roof trusses. Work was not elective construction.


Building Official Recommendation upload:




Construction Status:




8. Project Status: Please check the phase of construction that best describes your project at the time of this application. Describe status.



*Briefly explain why the request has now been referred to the Commission.

The fire marshal was displeased with the state of the building. After the building was brought up to the standards requested, the owner and fire marshal agreed that it would be best to use the upstairs as the office area and bring the building up to compliance for having more than 5 people upstairs. In order for the city variance to be processed, the fire marshal requested that the "potential" maximum use be permitted for the second floor.


Requirements to be Waived.




9. Requirements requested to be waived. Please reference the applicable section of Florida law. Only Florida-specific accessibility requirements may be waived.

Issue 1: Florida-specific hotel/motel rooms Minimum height in parking structures Accessible parking
Vertical accessibility Toilet rooms
Private Other


201.1.1 Vertical accessibility. Sections 553.501-553.513, F.S., and the ADA Standards for Accessible Design do not relieve the owner of any building, structure or facility governed by those sections from the duty to provide vertical accessibility to all levels above and below the occupiable grade level regardless of whether the Standards require an elevator to be installed in such building, structure or facility.

*Exceptions listed do not apply.*




Issue 2: Florida-specific hotel/motel rooms Minimum height in parking structures Accessible parking
Vertical accessibility Toilet rooms
Private Other Need Additional Space
Issue 3: Florida-specific hotel/motel rooms Minimum height in parking structures Accessible parking
Vertical accessibility Toilet rooms
Private Other Need Additional Space

Grounds for waiver.


10. Grounds for Waiver: The Florida Building Commission may grant waivers of Florida-specific accessibility requirements upon a determination of unnecessary, unreasonable or extreme hardship. Please describe how this project meets the following hardship criteria. Explain all that would apply for consideration of granting the waiver.


NOTE:**


Need Additional Space


The owner had to remove existing flammable insulation in the entire second floor area. Their administrative staff from this facility and another facility has been in a rented tenant space for close to a year and the cost is increasing. The owners are sprinklering this unit, along with smoke detection and a fire alarm. There is an existing stair and an existing attic access which is being replaced with a fire resistant automated attic stair for safe egress. This space will not be for public use, and any employee with conditions requiring vertical accessibility will have accommodations on the first floor of this office or at the doctor's second facility.

Cost Estimates For Compliance:










Licensed Design Professional Comments.


11. Licensed Design Professional: Where a licensed design professional has designed the project, his or her comments, including his or her signature and professional seal, MUST be uploaded.




Comments:
The work that has been done and that is being proposed is mandatory in agreement with the local AHJ in regards to bringing the structure up to current building and fire code compliance for the safety of the building and planning for the maximum capacity of the modified areas as requested by the fire marshal.

Design Professional First Name: Design Professional Last Name: Street Address: City: State:

Zip: Email Address: Phone:


Additional Documentation.


12. Upload Additional Documentation: Please upload any documentation such as plans, photographs, or anything that will assist the Council and the Commission to determine the appropriate resolution of your request.