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

Name:

Street:

City:

Zip Code:






Local Building Department Contact Information

















Applicant Information:


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


First Name:

Last Name:

Street:

City:



Zip code:

Phone:

Fax:

Email:

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:

Street:

City:



Zip code:

Phone:

Fax:

Email:





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:

The existing building was previously a dance studio (Business Occupancy). The new renovation will convert the building to a Duckpin Bowling facility that will be an A-2 Assembly Occupancy. The new program will perform in an "entertainment" capacity with 4 new bowling lanes at ground floor. The establishment will also provide a bar and seating downstairs and a bar and seating upstairs. The facility will not prepare or serve food.


Construction Cost:



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

Summary:
$251,400. See uploaded "Detailed Construction Costs" document.




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


Cost of Construction:

Comments:
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.

During a meeting at the project site between the owner and the local building official the owner indicated that we intended to make a case for not having to install an elevator based on Florida Accessibility Code section 202.4.1 Disproportionate Cost. During that meeting the Building Official advised the owner that he would not accept the "Disproportionate Cost" argument and the only way to evade installation of a lift or elevator would be to obtain a waiver from the State of Florida. As a result of that encounter we (owner and architect) did not pursue preparation of documentation to support "Disproportionate Cost" any further, as the Building Official made it clear those efforts would be a waste of time. Instead, we now seek a waiver through this application.


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
ADA Title III, Part 36 NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY BY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND IN COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, Section 36.404 Alterations: Elevator Exemption, par.(a) states....."This section does not require the installation of an elevator in an altered facility that is less than three stories or has less than 3/000 square feet per story, except with respect to any facility that houses a shopping center, a shopping mall, the professional office of a health care provider, a terminal, depot, or other station used for specified public transportation, or an airport passenger terminal." This application's subject facility is BOTH less than three stories AND has less than 3,000 square feet per story, and none of the subsequent stated exceptions apply to this subject facility.


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:**



See attached separate document "Grounds for Waiver".



Need Additional Space
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:
See attached separate document "Grounds for Waiver".


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.