Philip W. Green, Fire Marshal, Estero Fire Rescue,; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 39, No. 207, of the Florida Administrative Register on October 23, 2013. The subject of the Petition is whether the intent of ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division of State Fire Marshal

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Financial Services has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Philip W. Green, Fire Marshal, Estero Fire Rescue, on September 27, 2013. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:

The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 39, No. 207, of the Florida Administrative Register on October 23, 2013. The subject of the Petition is whether the intent of Section 633.208(8), Florida Statutes, is to prohibit a local jurisdiction or utility from requiring a standby water fee for a one- or two-family dwelling that is provided with residential fire sprinklers. The Division of State Fire Marshal determined that Section 633.208(8), Florida Statutes, prohibits a local jurisdiction or utility from charging a standby water fee for one- and two-family dwellings that are equipped with residential fire sprinklers that is not charged to non-fire sprinklered one- and two-family dwellings.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: R. Terry Butler, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Services, Room 612A, Larson Building, 200 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333.