Marion County.; Petitioner seeks clarification as to whether using the table in 508.4, does installing a 2-hour separation between the "U" use and the "R" use eliminate the requirement of sprinkling for residential use per 903.2.8.

Notice of Declaratory Statement

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Florida Building Commission

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61G20-1.001Florida Building Code Adopted

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from Marion County. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Sections 508.4 & 903.2.8, Florida Building Code 5th edition (2014) as it applies to the petitioner.

Petitioner seeks clarification as to whether using the table in 508.4, does installing a 2-hour separation between the “U” use and the “R” use eliminate the requirement of sprinkling for residential use per 903.2.8.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk’s Office, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Suite 92, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2203, [phone], [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Mo Madani, Building Codes and Standards Office, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Suite 90A, 1940 North Monroe, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone], [e-mail]. OR April L. Hammonds, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1000, [phone], [e-mail]. RESPONSES, MOTIONS TO INTERVENE, OR REQUESTS FOR A HEARING, §120.57(2), FLA. STAT., MUST BE FILED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THIS NOTICE.