06-71 ORDINANCE NO . 6-71
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE SOUTH-
ERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE BY REDEFINING "SUB-
STANTIAL CONSTRUCTION" AND ADDING SUCH NEW DEF-
INITION TO CHAPTER 9 CODE OF ORDINANCES.
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board has recommended to the
City Council that a new definition for "Substantial Construction"
is needed, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of
the City of Delray Beach to have a more complete definition of "Sub-
stantial Construction".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 9-1.2 Code of Amendments to the Build-
ing Code be amended by adding Section 106.3 "Substantial Construction"
of the Southern Standard Building Code to the Delray Beach Supplement
of said Southern Standard Building Code and amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 106.3. SUBSTANTIA~ CONSTRUCTION
The Building Official shall act upon an application for a per-
mit with plans as filed, or as amended, without unreasonable
or unnecessary delay. A permit issued shall be construed to
be a license to proceed with the work and shall not be constru-
ed as authority to violate, cancel, alter, or set aside any of
the provisions of this code, nor shall such issuance of a per-
mit prevent the Building Official from thereafter requiring a
correction of errors in plans or in construction, or of viola-
tions of this code. Any permit issued shall become invalid un-
less the work authorized shall have been commenced within six
months after its issuance, and unless 25% of the total cost of
the construction has been completed within one year after the
date of the first City inspection and if the work authorized
by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of six
(6) months after the time the work is commenced; grading and
such improvements as streets, sewers, and water mains are not
included in the definition of construction.
The contractor shall submit an affidavit to the Building Offi-
cial affirming that the 25% rule has been complied with no
later than twelve (12) calendar months after the date of the
first City building inspection. For cause, one or more exten-
sions of time, for periods not exceeding ninety days each, may
be allowed in writing by the Building Official."
PASSED in regular session on the second and final reading on the
8th day of March , 1971.
ATTEST:
City C~k
First Reading. February 22, 1971
Second Reading.. March 8, 1971
AME~DMENTS-.TO THE SOUTHERN STANDAR~-B~t-~DtNG ,CODE (S~ON
106.3 C~I~/NS--UF-T~E-~ERMtT) - - SUBSTAINTIAL CONSTRUCTION
The Building Official shall act upon an application for a permit
with plans as filed, or as'amended, without unreasonable or
unnecessary delay. A permit issued shall be construed to be
a license to proceed with the work and shall not be construed
as authority to violate, cancel, alter, or set aside any of
the provisions of this code, nor shall such issuance of a
permit prevent the Building Official from thereafter requiring
a correction of errors in plans or in construction, or of
violations of this code. Any permit issued shall become
invalid unless the work authorized shall have been commenced
within six months after its issuance, and unless 25% of the
total cost of the construction has been completed within one
year after the date of the first City inspection and if the
work authorized b~ such permit is suspended or abandoned for
a period of six (6) months afher the time the work is commenced;
grading and such improvements as streets, sewers, and water-~
mains are not included in the definition of construction.
The contractor shall submit an affidavit to the Building Official
affirming that the 25% rule has been complied with no later
than twelv~ .(12L) calendar months after the date of the first
City building inspection. For cause, one or more extensions
of time, for periods not exceeding ninety days each, may
be allowed in writing by the Building Official]
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1971
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