Notice of Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
9B-7.0042:
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: : The Florida Building Commission’s staff has discovered a formatting glitch that impacts the rule as it appears in the Florida Administrative Code relative to the Notice of Proposed Change published on November 16, 2007, and one instance in which the width of the accessible route needs to be specifically identified. This rule amendment will address those limited issues.
SUMMARY: The revised rule is reformatted to specifically integrate text included in the Notice of Change referred to above in a new subparagraph, and a new subparagraph is included amending the Accessibility Code for Building Construction specifically referencing the 44 inch width required for an accessible route.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 553.512(1) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 553.512(1) FS.
A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: March 19, 2008, 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter comes before the Commission in accordance with its agenda
PLACE: Embassy Suites
Hotel,
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,
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Ila Jones, Community Program
Administrator,
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
9B-7.0042
(1) The 1997
Florida Accessibility Code for Building Construction (the Code) is adopted by
reference as the rule of this Commission, effective October 1, 1997. The 2001
and 2004 revisions to the Code are herein incorporated into this rule by
reference and shall take effect on the effective date of this rule. Copies of
the Code and the 2001 and 2004 revisions are available by writing to the Codes
and Standards Section, Department of Community Affairs,
(2) The Code is
amended, and such amendments shall be integrated into the
(a) A second
exception is added to section 4.3.3 providing that all spaces must be located
on an accessible route no less than 44 inches (1118 mm)wide so that users will
not be compelled to walk or wheel behind parked vehicles.
(b) The first
paragraph of Section 4.6.4 is amended to read:
“Each such parking space must be prominently outlined
with blue paint, and must be repainted when necessary, to be clearly
distinguishable as a parking space designated for persons who have disabilities
and must be posted with a permanent above-grade sign of a color and design
approved by the Department of Transportation which is placed on or at a
distance of 84 inches above the ground to the bottom of the sign and which
bears the international symbol of accessibility,ADAAG s. 4.30.7 and the caption "PARKING
BY DISABLED PERMIT ONLY". Such sign erected after October 1, 1996, must
indicate the penalty for illegal use of the space.”
There shaded text that comprises the balance of Section
4.6.4 shall remain as currently adopted.
Specific Authority 553.503 FS. Law Implemented 553.503 FS. History–New 9-14-97, Amended 10-31-99, 1-20-02, 1-20-08, __________.
NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Ila Jones, Community Program
Administrator, Department of Community Affairs,
NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Janice Browning, Director, Division of Housing and Community Development, Department of Community Affairs
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD:
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: