Alfonso Fernandez-Fraga, President of Initial Engineers, P.A.; The petition was granted, and in response to Petitioner's question regarding the requirement of providing hot or tempered water to all public lavatories and the exception allowing ...

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Florida Building Commission

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
61G20-1.001: Florida Building Code Adopted
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Florida Building Commission has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Alfonso Fernandez-Fraga, President of Initial Engineers, P.A. on August 23, 2012. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The petition was granted, and in response to Petitioner's question regarding the requirement of providing hot or tempered water to all public lavatories and the exception allowing leaving out hot or tempered water to hand-washing facilities in non-residential occupancy, the answer is that Section 607.1, Exception, Florida Building Code, Plumbing (2010) is more specific to nonresidential occupancies and provides for a narrower scope of application than Section 416.5, Florida Building Code, Plumbing (2010) . Therefore, the provisions of Section 607.1, Exception, Florida Building Code, Plumbing (2010) will govern with respect to the project in question and hot or tempered water is not required to be provided in a high-rise office building.
A copy of the Order Disposing 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.
Please refer all comments to: April L. Hammonds, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1000.