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Weston Receives Top Ratings for Building Code Effectiveness By Stacey Bomser
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ood news for Weston residents and business owners .
After an extensive review process, the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has given Weston top ratings for Building Code Effectiveness. Weston Building Official Cosmo Tornese was notified that Weston has received a Class 2 rating for commercial and industrial property and Class 3 rating for 1 & 2 family residential property. Classifications range from 1 to 10, with 1 representing the absolute highest class rating possible. “Being reviewed by a nationally recognized independent agency, and earning the high ratings that the City of Weston’s Building Department staff has received, should give Weston’s residents and businesses confidence that the plan reviews, inspections, and record keeping performed by the Building Department staff meet some of the highest standards,” said Weston City Manager John Flint. “By being reviewed periodically and maintaining high standards, Weston’s residents and businesses can be assured that building and fire codes are being properly interpreted and enforced, resulting in compliant and safe work.” Many insurance carriers use the ISO rating system as a basis for providing credits to individual property insurance policies in recognition of community efforts to mitigate property damage due to natural disasters. The ISO program will
apply credits to new construction within the City that has been issued a Certificate of Occupancy in the year 2013 and forward. ISO is a leading source of information about risk. It is an independent statistical, rating, and advisory organization that serves the property/casualty insurance industry. ISO collects information on a community’s building code adoption and enforcement services, analyzes the data, and then assigns a Business Code Effectiveness Classification from 1 to 10. The concept behind the classifications is that municipalities with well-enforced, upto-date codes demonstrate better loss experience, and their citizens’ insurance rates can reflect that. The prospect of minimizing catastrophic-related damage and ultimately lowering insurance costs gives communities an incentive to enforce building codes rigorously. Weston takes pride in having up-to-date building codes and vigilantly enforcing them. This ensures that our community is safe, it mitigates the impact of storms for less destruction, and lowers the cost of insurance. To learn more about Weston’s Building Code Services, visit www.westonfl.org/Departments/ BuildingCodeServices/BuildingCodeServicesHome.aspx.
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