The basis for the request is that: (1) The complex met the code requirements at the time it was built, and has not undergone any change of use or significant renovation since that time; (2) there is no record of a fire ever having occurring at the ...

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Division of State Fire Marshal

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
69A-60.004: Standards of the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, Florida 2006 Edition, Adopted

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 02, 2010, the Department of Financial Services, Division of State Fire Marshal has issued an order.
The basis for the request is that: (1) The complex met the code requirements at the time it was built, and has not undergone any change of use or significant renovation since that time; (2) there is no record of a fire ever having occurring at the complex; (3) each apartment unit is directly accessible to an exterior corridor leading to vertical access by way of stairs located at both ends of each exterior corridor, and (4) the installation of a fire alarm system in all buildings located at the apartment complex would cost an estimated $225,000. The basis for denying the petition is that it does not meet the statutory conditions for waiver in Section 120.542, Florida Statutes, which requires that the status quo meet the level of fire protection intended by the underlying statute, and that the application of the Department’s rule would either create a substantial hardship on the Petitioner, or would affect Petitioner in a manner significantly different from the way it affects other similarly situated persons who are subject to the rule.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Lesley Mendelson, Assistant General Counsel, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0340, [phone] or [phone], Fax: [phone] or [phone] (please advise if you would like it mailed or faxed to you and please include your phone number on your request in case any question arises), or by e-mailing your request to: [e-mail].