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ADMINISTRATION 105.3.1.1 If a state university, state community college or office has a single 3 -ton package air conditioning heat public school district elects to use a local government's code pump. The six heat pumps are connected to a single enforcement offices, fees charged by counties and munici- water cooling tower. The cost of the entire heating, venti- palities for enforcement of the Florida Building Code on lation and air - conditioning work is $47,000 and the buildings, structures, and facilities of state universities, office building accommodates fewer than 100 persons. state colleges and public school districts shall not be more Because the six mechanical units are connected to a com- than the actual labor and administrative costs incurred for mon water tower this is considered to be an 18 -ton sys- plans review and inspections to ensure compliance with the tem. It therefore could not be designed by a mechanical code. or air conditioning contractor. 1053.1.2 No permit may be issued for any building con NOTE: It was further clarified by the Commission struction, erection, alteration, modification, repair or addi- that the limiting criteria of 100 persons and $50,000 tion unless the applicant for such permit provides to the apply to the building occupancy load and the cost for enforcing agency which issues the permit any of the follow- the total air - conditioning system of the building. ing documents which apply to the construction for which the permit is to be issued and which shall be prepared by or 4 Any specialized mechanical, electrical, or plumbing under the direction of an engineer registered under Chapter document for any new building or addition which 471, Florida Statutes: includes a medical gas, oxygen, steam, vacuum, toxic air filtration, halon, or fire detection and alarm sys- 1 Plumbing documents for any new building or addi- tem which costs more than $5,000. tion which requires a plumbing system with more than 250 fixture units or which costs more than Documents requiring an engineer seal by this part q S, $50,000. shall not be valid unless a professional engineer who or possesses a valid certificate of registration has signed, V 2. Fire sprinkler documents for any new building addition which includes a fire sprinkler system which Section 471.025, Florida Statutes. contains 50 or more sprinkler heads. A Contractor 1, dated, and stamped such document as provided in Contractor II or Contractor IV, certified under Sec- 1053.2 Time limitation of application. An application for tion 633.521, Florida Statutes, may design a fire a permit for any proposed work shall be deemed to have l sprinkler system of 49 or fewer heads and may design been abandoned 180 days after the date of filing, unless such application has been pursued in good faith or a permit the alteration of an existing fire sprinkler system if the alteration consists of the relocation, addition or dele- has been issued; except that the building official is autho- tion of not more than 49 heads, notwithstanding the rized to grant one or more extensions of time for additional size of the existing fire sprinkler system. periods not exceeding 90 days each. The extension shall be 3. Heating, ventilation and air - conditioning documents requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated. for any new building or addition which requires more 105.33 An enforcing authority may not issue a building than a 15- ton -per- system capacity which is designed permit for any building construction, erection, alteration, to accommodate 100 or more persons or for which the modification, repair or addition unless the permit either system costs more than $50,000. This paragraph does includes on its face or there is attached to the permit the fol- not include any document for the replacement or lowing statement: "NOTICE: In addition to the require - repair of an existing system in which the work does ments of this permit, there may be additional restrictions not require altering a structural part of the building or applicable to this property that may be found in the public for work on a residential one -, two -, three or records of this county, and there may be additional permits four - family structure. required from other governmental entities such as water / management districts, state agencies or federal agencies." An air- conditioning system may be designed by an installing air - conditioning contractor certified under it ! 5.3.4 A building permit for a single - family residential Chapter 489, Florida Statutes, to serve any building or /% IF dwelling must be issued within 30 working days of applica- addition which is designed to accommodate fewer tha r 7 tion therefor unless unusual circumstances require a longer 100 persons and requires an air - conditioning system time for processing the application or unless the permit with a value of $50,000 or less; and when a 15- ton -per application fails to satisfy the Florida Building Code or the system or less is designed for a singular space of a build- enforcing agency's laws or ordinances. ing and each 15 -ton system or less has an independent duct system. Systems not complying with the above 105.3.5 Identification of minimum premium policy. Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 440, Florida Stat- require design documents that are to be sealed by a pro- utes, Workers' Compensation, every employer shall, as a fessional engineer. condition to receiving a building g permit, show proof that it Example 1: When a space has two 10 -ton systems with has secured compensation for its employees as provided in each having an independent duct system, the contractor Section 440.10 and 440.38, Florida Statutes. may design these two systems since each unit (system) is g 105.3.6 Asbestos removal. Moving, removal or disposal of less than 15 tons. asbestos - containing materials on a residential building Example 2: Consider a small single -story office build- where the owner occupies the building, the building is not ing which consists of six individual offices where each for sale or lease, and the work is performed according to the 2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE — BUILDING 5 +, 5 t4 f i e sic3. 7'1 1 * )