NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from the City of Margate, Building Department on May 19, 2011. It has been assigned the number DCA11-DEC-105. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of (clarification of) Section 553.504(12), Florida Statutes, and section 11-4.17.3 Exception (1), Florida Accessibility Code (2007) as it applies to the petitioner.
The Petitioner asks whether the terms “restroom,” “toilet room” and “restroom stall” are synonymous; which should prevail in the event of an inconsistency between requirements of Florida Statute and the Florida Accessibility Code as to restrooms, and whether all accessible single user restrooms and/or toilet rooms in new construction have to comply with figure 30(e) of ADAAG.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Paula P. Ford, Clerk, Florida Building Commission, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.