11-82 ORDINANCE NO. 11-82
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 9, "BUILDINGS
AND CONSTRUCTION", ARTICLE II, "BUILDING CODE", OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, BY AMENDING SECTION 9=17) "AMENDMENTS AND
ADDITIONS TO CODE", TO REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF THE STEM
WALL SURVEY PRIOR TO ANY WALL BEING CONSTRUCTED
WHICH WOULD EXCEED BY OVER ONE FOOT THE ELEVATION OF
THE FLOOR SLAB; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 9-17, "Amendments and additions to code", Subsection 105.#(b),
"Plot Diagram", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
(b) Before slab inspection or prior to framing, the building department shall be
supplied a certified sketch by a Florida registered land surveyor or a Florida
registered engineer showing setback distances from each property line to the stem
walls or sills of the building or structure under construction. The building
department shall be furnished by a Florida registered engineer or land surveyor, a
certificate stating the fact that the floor slab is seven (7) feet above mean sea
level measured to the top of the concrete slab which will be a minimum of eighteen
(18) inches above the crown of the road or measured to the bottom of the wood
joists which will be a minimum of eighteen (18) inches above the crown of the road.
No wall~ howeverl shall be constructed which would exceed by over one toot the
elevation of the floor slab before the stem wall survey has been submitted to the
Building Department.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion thereof,
any paragraph, sentence, or work be declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity ot the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other
than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective ten days after passage on second
and ~inal reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this the
23rd day of February ,198.2.
MAYOR
LEON M. WEEKES
ATTEST:
~/C{ty Clerk
First Reading February 9t 1952
Second Reading February 23 t 1952