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County adopts building‑code updates; adds tiny‑home appendix and new form‑board survey requirement
Summary
The commission adopted administrative changes to chapter 3.31 of the county code to align with the Florida Building Code, including adoption of Appendix Q to facilitate site‑built tiny homes, electronic submittal requirements, a new form‑board survey for new houses, and deletion of outdated unsafe‑structure language.
Alachua County adopted administrative amendments to its building‑code chapter (3.31) at the Feb. 22 meeting, a package intended to mirror recent state code updates and to add locally requested requirements.
Holly Banner of Growth Management summarized the key changes: adoption of Appendix Q to make it easier for site‑built tiny homes to meet state code, adding an electronic‑document submittal requirement (with limited exceptions at the building official's…
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