The hurricane season is about to begin and given the threat posed by these natural phenomena Florida is being prepared with a bill that seeks to protect the residents of the state and that it only needs the signature of Governor Ron DeSantis.
It’s about the Florida law HB-293 that seeks to require homeowners associations (HOAs) to have stricter specifications in building codes to deal with hurricanes.
The legislation includes specifications such as color and style of protective products, but also that the HOA committees or boards. deny requests for the installation of improvements or replacements in buildings to protect against natural phenomena.
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“The board of directors or any architectural committee may not deny a request for the installation, improvement or replacement of hurricane protection by a plot owner”, specifies the document in its section B of the first section and applies to all communities of owners in the state.
The amendment specifies the definition of what is meant by “hurricane protection” and lists the elements that a construction must contain to consider it resistant to the impacts of these natural phenomena.
Ron DeSantis only has to sign the promulgation of the law for it to come into force
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Hurricane protection elements guaranteed by law:
- Roofing system that meets ASCE 7-22
- Permanent Fixed Shutters
- Roller shutters
- Impact resistant windows and doors
- Reinforced garage doors
- Outdoor fixed generators
- Fuel storage tanks
- Hurricane protection products used to protect and preserve structures
This new law will go into effect as soon as Governor DeSantis prints his signature on the document and it is expected to be in the coming days, before the hurricane season scheduled for June 1 begins and will end on November 30.
The state of Florida is one of the entities that suffers the most from the onslaught of hurricanes in USA due to its location as a peninsula in en Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Florida prepares for an unusual hurricane season
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High hurricane forecast for Florida
A new hurricane season will begin in Florida on June 1 and, in the preseason, the forecast announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration It is the highest ever recorded in this state.
The prediction indicates that there would be between 17 and 25 named storms; Between eight and 13 will become hurricanes, while between four and seven will reach major hurricane status, Category 3 or higher.
The historical average until this year was 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
