Florida Building Commission 

Roofing Technical Advisory Committee

Minutes

May 7, 2007

1:00 P.M.– 5:00 P.M.

Embassy Suites Hotel
3705 Spectrum Boulevard
Tampa , Florida 33612

 

 

 

(1) Members in attendance:

1 Chris Schulte, Chair, Karen Warseck, Nan Dean, Billy Cone, Jimmy Buckner, Mark Zehnal, Morris Swope
   
2 December 4, 2006 minutes were approved with an amendment to add Chris Schulte as an attendee.

 

(2) Declaratory Statement Request:

Discuss and provide recommendation on the following request for Declaratory Statement: DCA07-DEC-017 by Robert S. Fine for TRG Block One, Ltd.

 

Question - Does section 1519.16 of the Florida Building Code (FBC) apply to balconies or parking garage decks when such balconies and decks are not part of the top surface of a building and are not the weather-exposed surface immediately above habitable space?

 

Answer. - No, with the exception of the balconies and parking garage decks in question are not part of the building roof assembly and thus section 1519.16 does not apply to this case. However, the project in question is subject to comply with Section 1926.5.5 of the Florida Building Code, Building.

 

(3) Review and comment on Florida specific requirements incorporated into the 2007 Florida Building Code .

  The Committee reviewed the incorporations of the Florida specific requirements into the 2006 I Codes base documents for specific chapters in the Building Volume, Existing Building Volume, and Residential Volume of the Florida Building Code and provided staff with comments for consideration. Staff will analysis the comments and provide the TAC members and the Commentors feedback on whether the comments can be incorporated into the proposed 2007 draft or that such comment is a code change that needs to be addressed by the Commission.

 

 

 

Adjourned at 2:15 PM