§ 2-10-26. The Florida Building Code, Chapter 16; amended.

The Florida Building Code, Chapter 16, Structural Design, Section 1612, Flood Loads, Subsection 1612.2, Definitions, is hereby amended to revise the definitions of "Substantial Damage" and "Substantial Improvement" as follows with additions to text indicated by underline and deletions by strikeout.

(a)

Modify Section 1612.2, Florida Building Code, Building as follows:

Substantial Damage. Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 per cent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. The term also includes flood-related damage sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a 10-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each flood event, on average, equals or exceeds 25 per cent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

(b)

Section 1612.2, Florida Building Code, Building. Modify definition as follows:

Substantial Improvement. Any combination of repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or improvement of a building or structure taking place during a 1-year period, the cumulative cost of which equals or exceeds the market value of the building or structure before the improvement or repair is started. For each building or structure, the 1-year period begins on the date of the certificate of completion or certificate of occupancy of the first improvement or repair of that building or structure subsequent to the effective date of the first local floodplain management ordinance that adopted this provision. If substantial demolition is proposed, the structure shall be considered substantially improved. If the structure has sustained substantial damage, any repairs are considered substantial improvement regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:

1.

Any project for improvement of a building required to correct existing health, sanitary or safety code violations identified by the building official and that are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions.

2.

Any alteration of a historic structure provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure.

(Ord. No. 13-39, § 1, 1-7-14)