No. HB 911
Filed under Development & Land Use.
Florida Building Code Construction Requirements; Requires Florida Building Commission to require, beginning with next edition of Florida Building Code, that certain buildings or structures be constructed with specified materials & meet certain impact resistance requirements.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDOnce Florida adopts the 9th edition of the Building Code, the entire building envelope of certain new construction, including exterior walls, doors, roofs, skylights, glazing, and glass blocks, must meet the code's impact-resistance rules and withstand 160 mph winds.
The requirement covers multistory apartment and hotel buildings, new residential construction within 5 miles of any tidal water, new residential construction in a high-velocity hurricane zone, and emergency shelters.
Rebuilding any of those buildings after a natural emergency leaves them uninhabitable or destroyed also triggers the same 160 mph wind and impact-resistance standard, so the requirement carries forward into reconstruction.
AIOnce the Florida Building Code's 9th edition is adopted, the entire building envelope of covered buildings, including exterior walls, doors, roofs, skylights, glazing, and glass blocks, must meet the code's impact-resistance requirements and be built to withstand winds of at least 160 miles per hour.
AIThe standard applies to R1 and R2 multistory residential occupancies with dwelling or sleeping units, to new residential construction within 5 miles of any tidal water in Florida, and to new residential construction in a high-velocity hurricane zone under the Florida Building Code.
AIBuildings designated or used as emergency shelters during a natural emergency must meet the same wind and impact standard. So must the rebuilding of any covered building that a natural emergency leaves uninhabitable or destroyed.