NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

Florida Building Commission

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Florida Building Commission's Advisory Committee has identified the referenced topics as in need of updating or correction. This rule amendment will address those limited issues and update the form adopted for submission of a waiver request, address accessible parking within the Accessibility Code for Building Construction, and make a correction pertaining to ramp width within the Code.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Glitches pertaining to ramp widths and to integrate changes in law concerning parking in Florida Accessibility Code for Building Construction, and to update the waiver form.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 553.512(1), FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 553.512(1), FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE TIME, DATE AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

TIME AND DATE: 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter comes before the Commission in accordance with its agenda, March 28, 2007

PLACE: Casa Monica, 95 Cordova Street , Saint Augustine , Florida 32084

Any person requiring special accommodations at the hearing because of a disability or physical impairment should contact Ila Jones, Community Program Administrator, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard , Sadowski Building , Tallahassee , Florida 32399-2100 , (850) 487-1824, at least seven days before the date of the workshop. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Department of Community Affairs using the Florida Dual Party Relay System, which can be reached at 1(800) 955-8770 (voice) or 1(800) 955-9771 (TDD).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Ila Jones, Community Program Administrator, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard , Tallahassee , Florida 32399-2100 , (850) 487-1824.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.