James Stolz.; Petitioner seeks clarification of whether a student apartment complex on a single parcel is exempt from the Florida Building Code fire separation requirements and whether issuing a certificate of occupancy without correcting code ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Florida Building Commission

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61G20-1.001Florida Building Code Adopted

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Florida Building Commission has received the petition for declaratory statement from James Stolz. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Section 7 & 310, Florida Building Code, Building and Section R302, Florida Building Code, Residential (2010) as it applies to the petitioner.

Petitioner seeks clarification of whether a student apartment complex on a single parcel is exempt from the Florida Building Code fire separation requirements and whether issuing a certificate of occupancy without correcting code violations is a material violation of Florida law.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk's Office, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Suite 92, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2203, [phone], [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Mo Madani, Planning Manager, Building Codes and Standards Office, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Suite 90A, 1940 North Monroe, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone], [e-mail].

April L. Hammonds, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1000, [phone], [e-mail]. Responses, motions to intervene, or requests for an agency hearing, §120.57(2), Fla. Stat., must be filed within 21 days of this notice.