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ORDINANCE NO. 79-6 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUILDING CODE, REFERRED TO AS THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ENERGY CODE; PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATION; DEFINITIONS; DESIGN CONDITIONS; BUILDING DESIGN BY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BUILDINGS UTILIZING 'NON-DEPLETABLE ENERGY SOURCES; BUILDING DESIGN BY COMPONENT - PERFORMANCE APPROACH; BUILDING DESIGN BY ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE; COOLING DESIGN DAY METHOD; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN COUNTY FLORIDA: SECTION I This Ordinance shall be referred to in the Indian River County Code of Ordinances as Chapter 4-110. "Sec. 4-110. Energy Efficiency Building Code. (a) The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County does hereby adopt an additional building code for said County, the "Indian River County Energy Efficiency Building Code", also known as "The Code For Energy Conservation In New Building Construction With Florida Amendments", and referred to herein as the "Indian River County Energy Code", three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the County Clerk, all of which are hereby made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the County of Indian River as if herewith completely incorporated herein subject only to specific additions, deletions, and amendments as set forth in this Section 4-110. Any person, firm or corporation, vio- lating or convicted of a violation of any provision of said Code shall be punished by penalties as provided by law. (b) The introductory paragraph of Section 503.9 in the Energy Code is amended to read as follows: "All duct work shall be constructed and erected in accordance with Standards RS -15, RS -16, RS -17, RS -18, RS -19, or RS -20, as applicable, which Standards super- sede the Standards in Section 502 of the Standard Mechanical Code now or hereafter in effect as adopted by the County. The other provisions of Chapter V of the said Mechanical Code apply to the extent the specific criteria is not addressed to any appliable RS Standards. If there is a conflict between any provision of Chapter V of the said Mechanical Code as amended now or hereafter and the RS Standards, the RS Standards shall control. Sub -paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of Section 503.9 are not amended. (c) The italicized paragraph in paragraph (e) of Section 505.2 of the Energy Code is hereby deleted. Said paragraph which is deleted reads as follows: A single meter for the building can be installed to determine power company charges with sub -metering for each tenant to pro -rate the charges between tenants.