DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community DevelopmentNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Department of Community Affairs, Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from Ed Riley, Fire Code Official, on behalf of Fire Districts of Collier County, regarding:
1. Whether a person certified pursuant to Section 633.081, F.S., and authorized to enforce the laws and rules of the State Fire Marshal under Section 633.121, F.S., qualifies as the appropriate fire safety inspector as referred to in Section 553.79(2), F.S., and whether the building official must obtain approval of the appropriate fire safety inspector prior to issuing a phased permit pursuant to section 105.13, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2004 as amended 12/05 and 12/06).
2. Whether, when work is allowed to start prior to the issuance of a permit, in accordance with section 105.12, Florida Building Code, Building Volume (2004 as amended 12/05 and 12/06), the building official must monitor the site to verify that the construction does not proceed beyond the first required inspection, and if so, whether this obligation extends to projects that are submitted as permit by affidavit, and if so, whether the Building Official must issue a stop work order for a project that was allowed to start work prior to the issuance of a permit and was allowed to proceed past the first required inspection without issuance of a permit. It has been assigned the number DCA07-DEC-020.
A copy of the request may be obtained by writing: Paula P. Ford, Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, Florida Building Commission, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.
