Michael Wallace; Notice of receipt of the Petition was published on December 26, 2013, in the Florida Administrative Register, Volume 39, Number 247. The subject of the Petition is whether replacement of a window that is an existing component of a ...

 

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 Michael Wallace on December 18, 2013. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:

Notice of receipt of the Petition was published on December 26, 2013, in the Florida Administrative Register, Volume 39, Number 247. The subject of the Petition is whether replacement of a window that is an existing component of a dwelling constitutes “renovation” in accordance with the Florida Fire Prevention Code, and if so, does renovation of one component of a dwelling require the entire dwelling to be renovated to comply with Code provisions applicable to new construction. The Department’s conclusion is that, although replacement of a window is a renovation, neither the window replacement nor the rest of the dwelling is required to meet all codes for new construction when an existing window is being renovated by installation of a replacement window.

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.