Glen Lathers, Fire Official, on behalf of Hillsborough County Public Schools; It was assigned the number DCA08-DEC-289. The Commission determined that Sections 903.2.2, 705.1 and 702.1, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2004 as amended 5/07), ...

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Florida Building Commission has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Glen Lathers, Fire Official, on behalf of Hillsborough County Public Schools on October 10, 2008. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
It was assigned the number DCA08-DEC-289. The Commission determined that Sections 903.2.2, 705.1 and 702.1, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2004 as amended 5/07), as they apply to an E occupancy building containing areas of less than 20,000 square feet separated by a four hour fire wall with no levels below the level of exit discharge, do not require the building to be fully sprinklered. The Petition contained inadequate information for the Commission to answer the Petitioner’s questions pertaining to whether the building’s fire wall needed parapet walls and could contain any penetrations.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Paula P. Ford, Commission Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.