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ITEM 103 Informational X
Public Hearings
Regular
February 8, 2010 Mgr. /Dept.
Meeting Aut orization
REQUEST: The Building Division is advising the City Commission of the status of
Insurance Services Offices, Inc. (ISO) Building Code Enforcement
Evaluation Report of January 10, 2009.
SYNOPSIS: The Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule was performed by
June Zepp during a series of surveys and the evaluation report was
completed and reported to the City Manager on January 21, 2010. The
resulting Building Code Effectiveness Grading Classification is four (4)
for one and two family residential property and four (4) for commercial
and industrial property. Despite a reduction in available services, Winter
Springs has been able to maintain the same ISO rating as it has for the
previous review period.
While there are no requirements for insurers to use the effectiveness
report, ISO's mission is to provide advisory insurance underwriting and
rating information to the insurers. This Building Code Effective Grading
System is an insurance underwriting and information tool and is not
intended to analyze all aspects of building code enforcement programs nor
is it for the purpose of determining compliance with state and local laws or
for making recommendations for the prevention of property and casualty
loss or life safety
The ISO collects information from communities in the
United States on their adoption and enforcement of building codes and
analyzes the data using BCEGS and then assigns a BCEGS classification
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number to the community. The classification number ranges from 1 to 10
with Class 1 being the most favorable classification.
The (BCEGS) Building Code Effectiveness Grading
Systems is designed to re evaluate and report on each community at
approximately 5 -year intervals and the purpose is as follows:
1. To summarize a community's rating using the criterion contained in
the BCESG program.
2. To identify opportunities for those cities desiring to improve their
BCESG classification number or score.
3. To assist the community in understanding how other jurisdictions with
similar needs address building code adoption and enforcement.
4. To provide hazard mapping information important in planning and
developing a sustainable community.
CONSIDERATIONS:
1. The previous cycle of Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule
resulted in a classification four (4) for one and two family residential
properties and four (4) for commercial and industrial properties and
these results were reported to the City Manager on January 20, 2005.
In light of the present economic status and the major slowdown that
adversely affected growth, limited staffing and the effects that would
negate the performance threshold, the Building Department did not
lose any points and the report resulted in the same classification
rating as the last grading schedule.
2. Examples of the Grading:
Code Adoption: (BCEGS) Building Code Effectiveness Grading
System Benchmark Information:
Table B3 -4 Activity - Adopted Building Codes
W.S. Points County State National
Points Possible Average Average Average
Awarded
Commercial 8 8.00 7.32 7.42 5.11
Residential 8 8.00 7.32 7.41 5.04
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Table B- 3- 8- Avtivity Sub Codes
Sub Codes W.S. Points County State National
Points Possible Average Average Average
Awarded
C- Electrical 0.67 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.41
R- Electrical 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.65 0.42
C- Plumbing 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.38
R- Plumbing 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.38
C -Gas 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.36
R -Gas 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.36
C -Mech. 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.42
R -Mech. 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.42
C- Energy 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.34
R- Energy 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.35
FISCAL IMPACT:
The City's rating has an impact on the property insurance rates paid city
wide.
COMMUNICATION EFFORTS:
No communication efforts beyond the advertising of the commission
agenda are necessary in conjunction with this agenda.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The City Commission is being asked to review and accept the information
in this agenda item.
ATTACHMENTS:
ISO notification letter
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4 B EVES DRIVE SUITE 200 MARLTON, NJ 08053 (856) 985 -5600 FAX: (856) 985 -6464
January 21, 2010
Mr. Kevin Smith, City Manager
Winter Springs
1126 East State Road 434
Winter Springs, FL 32708
RE: Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule
Winter Springs, Seminole County, FL
Dear Mr. Smith:
We wish to thank you and David Alamina for the cooperation given to our representative, June
Zepp, during our recent survey. We have completed our analysis of the building codes adopted by
your community and the efforts put forth to properly enforce those codes. The resulting Building
Code Effectiveness Grading Classification is 4 for 1 and 2 family residential property and 4 for
commercial and industrial property.
The Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) is an insurer - supported organization with the primary
mission of providing advisory insurance underwriting and rating information to insurers. There is
no requirement that insurers use our advisory material. Insurers may have adopted, or may be in the
process of adopting, an ISO insurance rating program that will provide rating credits to individual
property insurance policies in recognition of community efforts to mitigate property damage due to
natural disasters. These insurers may use the Building Code Effectiveness Grading Classification
we have recently developed for your community as a basis for the credits used. While individual
insurers may use different credits or different effective dates, the ISO program will apply credits to
new construction within Winter Springs that has been issued a Certificate of Occupancy in the year
2009 and forward.
We have attached a copy of our report which provides additional information about our
classification process and how we have graded various aspects of your community's building codes
and their enforcement.
We want to highlight the fact that the Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule is an
insurance underwriting and information tool; it is not intended to analyze all aspects of a
comprehensive building code enforcement program nor is it for purposes of determining compliance
with any state or local law or for making property /casualty loss prevention and life safety
recommendations.
If you have any questions about the Classification that was developed, please let us know.
Additionally, if you are planning on any future changes in your building codes or their enforcement,
please advise us as these changes may affect our analysis and your community's grading
classification.
Sincerely,
BCEGS Building Codes Department
(856) 985 -5600 FAX (800) 955 -2422
Enclosure
cc: David Alamina w /enclosure