Clark Stranahan, on behalf of National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and C4 Architecture, L.L.C.; It was assigned the number DCA06-DEC-162. The Commission determined that Sections 104.11, 903.2.8 and 910, Florida Building Code, ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Department of Community Affairs, Florida Building Commission has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Clark Stranahan, on behalf of National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and C4 Architecture, L.L.C. on August 1, 2006. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:

It was assigned the number DCA06-DEC-162. The Commission determined that Sections 104.11, 903.2.8 and 910, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2004 as amended 12/05), require the installation of smoke and heat venting in a 187,167 square foot industrial warehouse, a building classified as having Group S-1 Occupancy that stores 30 feet of high-piled combustibles, even if the warehouse is protected by an Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) sprinkler, unless the building official allows an alternative design or method to be used pursuant to section 104.11, Florida Building Code, Building.

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 Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.