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

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

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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:



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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: 
Multi-tenant metal office/warehouse building with currently 4 total units. Only one unit is two floors. Permit is to separate Unit A which is currently 1st and 2nd floor office space into two separate units (1,250 sf each), Unit A-1 on the 1st floor and unit A-2 on the second floor. Interior stairwell connecting the two units would be closed off and access to Unit A-2 would be from existing exterior stairs to existing doorway.


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6. Project Construction Cost (Provide cost for new construction, the addition, or the alteration):
Summary:
Close off with drywall the interior stairwell to separate the first and second floor units. Estimated project cost $2,300.00 See permit and Contractor proposal included below.



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


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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 local plan reviewer is requesting that vertical accessibility be provided to meet Florida/ADA requirements via an elevator or lift. This is an existing building with the plan to simply separate the first from the second-floor offices creating two small 1,250 sf spaces. The total project/permit cost is $2,300. An ADA compliant elevator would cost well over $100k which would be a disproportionate cost for such a small space and project cost.


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
I am asking that the vertical accessibility requirement be waived in this instance since the space is only 1,250 sf, will only house a few workers, typically not be open to the public and the cost to provide ADA compliant vertical accessibility is disproportionate to the cost of the project - $2,300 project cost and over $100,000 to engineer and install an ADA complaint elevator.

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.
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Need Additional Space





The only way to comply with the vertical accessibility requirements would be to install an elevator. The elevator alone will cost $66,550.00 (see enclosed proposal). This is a metal warehouse building and is not structurally sound enough to "add" an elevator to the structure, so an independent elevator shaft would have to be engineered and built to house the elevator which would easily exceed $100k in total costs for a current permitted cost of $2,300 to close off the interior stairwell and separate the 2 floors. Budgetary proposals from Mowrey and ThyssenKrup Elevators included in submission.


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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:
Vertical accessibility disproportionate cost exemption should be applicable in this situation.

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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.