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Original Request
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Request ID:
8472
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Date Submitted:
October 30, 2020
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Requested By: Steve Hicks
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Code:
Residential
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Edition:
2017
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Chapter:
Chapter 4 Foundations
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Section:
R403.1.1, R403.1.6, R404.1.9
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Topic:
Manufactured Building (Modular home) foundation.
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Question:
Question # 1.) When using hollow isolated masonry piers foundation for a Modular home, does the foundation have to meet the same standards/requirements of the 2017 Florida Building Code (FBC) as for a conventionally built building?
Question # 2.) Can an engineer construct and the building official approve a foundation using the standards/requirements for a HUD/FDOT manufactured building (Mobile home) foundation i.e.; Rows of dry stacked hollow masonry piers with wood cap block, with soil anchors, and ignore the standards/requirements set forth in Chapter 4 of the 2017 FBC to be utilized as a foundation for a modular home?
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Comments:
A manufactured building can't be treated any differently than a conventionally constructed (site build) building according to Florida Statutes (F.S.) Title XXXlll, Chapter 553. Section 553.38 (this statutes takes precedent over the Florida Building Code) states in part "Such local requirements and rules which may be enacted by local authorities must be reasonable and uniformly applied and enforced without any distinction as to whether a building is a conventionally constructed or manufactured building."
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