HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-27AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, UPDATING THE STANDARD TECHNICAL
CODES TO REFLECT THE LATEST EDITIONS.
WHEREAS, Indian River County has adopted standard technical codes
for its building codes; and
WHEREAS, these technical codes are updated and new additions issued
from time to time pursuant to Section 553.73, F.S.; and
WHEREAS, the current required updated codes are set forth herein,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, that:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT SECTION 401.01.
Section 401.01 is hereby partially amended to reflect deletion of the 1994
editions and the addition of the new editions of the standard technical codes as
follows:
Standard Building Code (SBC), 1997 Edition'
Standard Mechanical Code (SMC), 1997 Edition
Standard Gas Code (SGC), 1997 Edition
1 Including the engineering design criteria contained in Section 1606 and excluding
Chapter 11, "Accessibility for People with Physical Disabilities" and Appendix E, "Energy
Conservation".
Section 1606 of the Standard Building Code and Section 2313 of the 1996 Revisions of
the Standard Building Code for wood frame construction shall be the minimum wind
load criteria used for the design of all one and two family dwellings. Compliance with
the engineering design criteria contained in Section 1606 may be achieved by using the
Southern Building Code Congress International Inc., Standard SSDT 10-96 for
Hurricane Resistant Residential Construction, the Wood Products Promotion Council -
High Wind Project, Guide to Wood Construction in High Wind Areas "the Builder's
Guide", or the Wood Frame Construction Manual for One and Two Family Dwellings,
1995 High Wind Edition. The Builders' Guide implementation shall be limited to the
construction and design of wood frame single story buildings with wind speed design
parameters of 100 and 110 miles per hour. The manual is limited to residential
buildings of three stories or less, a mean roof height not exceeding 33 feet and wind
speed design parameters between 90 and 120 miles per hour.
SECTION 2. REPEAL.
Those portions of the Indian River County Code superseded or in
conflict with the provisions herein adopted, in particular Chapter 401,
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, or any sentence, paragraph, phrase, or word of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or
void, such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and it shall be construed to have been the legislative intent to
pass the ordinance without such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
A certified copy of this ordinance, as enacted, shall be filed by the
Clerk with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida
within ten days after enactment, and this ordinance shall take effect
upon filing with the Secretary of State.
Approved and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida, on this 2 day of December 1997.
This ordinance was advertised in the Vero Beach Press -Journal
on the 21 day of November 1997, for a public hearing to be held on
the 2 day of December 1997, at which time it was moved for
adoption by Commissioner Adams seconded by Commissioner
Macht , and adopted by the following vote:
Chairman Carolyn K. Eggert Aye
Vice Chairman John W. Tippin Aye
Commissioner Kenneth R. Macht Aye
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The Chairman thereupon declared the ordinance duly passed and
adopted this 112 day of December , 1997,
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Attest:
T r.
Y By
Jeffrey<K..Barton%.Cler. Carol Egger , *airman
Effective date:�..r „ This ordinance became effective upon filing with the
Department .of State which took place on 11 t hday of December, 1997.
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Commissioner
Fran B.
Adams
Aye
Commissioner
Caroline
Ginn Aye
The Chairman thereupon declared the ordinance duly passed and
adopted this 112 day of December , 1997,
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Attest:
T r.
Y By
Jeffrey<K..Barton%.Cler. Carol Egger , *airman
Effective date:�..r „ This ordinance became effective upon filing with the
Department .of State which took place on 11 t hday of December, 1997.
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