Res. No. 112-99-10736RESOLUTION NO.112-99-10736
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA,RELATING TO
SOUTH FLORIDA BUILDING CODE;URGING THE FLORIDA
BUILDING COMMISSION AND THE FLORIDA
LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE SOUTH
FLORIDA BUILDING CODE;PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS,the Florida Building Commission is preparing
recommendations tothe Florida Legislature fora unified building code to replace
county code by the year 2001;and,
WHEREAS,the recommendations of the Florida Building Commission
will be submitted tothe Florida Legislature for consideration atits year 2000
session;and,
WHEREAS,state-wide building code standards may eliminate or weaken
the tougher standards thatwereadoptedaspart of theSouth Florida Building Code
followingthe devastation of Hurricane Andrew;and,
WHEREAS,based on property loss experience,dueto hurricane-related
damage,theState of Florida isrankedasone of the 10 costliest states,andthe
South Florida Building Code,whichwas strengthened to increase protection to
propertyfromwindandwavedamage,isone of themoststringentcodesinthe
country;and,
WHEREAS,anyactiontakenbytheFlorida Legislature to weaken the
South Florida Building Code,ortocreateaperiodic "sunset"provision,which
wouldrequireperiodicre-adoption of thecode,wouldbecontrarytoSouth
Florida's substantial hurricane experiencewith inadequate building design,
materials and methods of construction;and,
WHEREAS,theMayorandCityCommissionurgetheFloridaBuilding
Commission andthe Florida Legislaturetotakenoactionto weaken the provisions
of theSouth Florida Building Code,buttoaffirmatively support the requirements
of the code.
Additionsshownbyunderlininganddeletionsshownbyoverstriking.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA;
Section 1.The Mayor and City Commission urge the Florida Building
Commission and the Florida Legislature to take no action to weaken the provisions
of the South Florida Building Code,butto affirmatively support the requirements
of the code.
Section 2.This resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this lsl dayofJune,1999.
ATTEST:APPROVED:
CITY CLERK f MAYOR
COMMISSION VOTE:4-0
READ AND APPROVED ASTOFORM:Mayor Robaina:Yea
Vice Mayor Oliveros:Yea
/c?-&&./I0/L Commissioner Feliu:Yea
CITY ATTORNEY Commissioner Bethel:Out of room
Commissioner Russell:yea
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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
To:Mayor and Commission Date:June 1,1999
From:Charles Scurr /l/J fl I Agenda Item #|
City Manager ///jCt^1 South Florida Building Code
Theattachedresolutionwaspreparedattherequest of MayorRobaina.