HB 0135 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to firesafety; amending s. 553.895, F.S.;
3	revising dates by which certain structures are required to
4	be equipped with certain automatic sprinkler systems;
5	providing an effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1. Section 553.895, Florida Statutes, is amended
10	to read:
11	553.895 Firesafety.--
12	(1) Any transient public lodging establishment, as defined
13	in chapter 509 and used primarily for transient occupancy as
14	defined in s. 83.43(10), or any timeshare unit of a timeshare
15	plan as defined in chapters 718 and 721, which is of three
16	stories or more and for which the construction contract has been
17	let after September 30,20031983, with interior corridors which
18	do not have direct access from the guest area to exterior means
19	of egress and on buildings over 75 feet in height that have
20	direct access from the guest area to exterior means of egress
21	and for which the construction contract has been let after
22	September 30,20031983, shall be equipped with an automatic
23	sprinkler system installed in compliance with the provisions
24	prescribed in the National Fire Protection Association
25	publication NFPA No. 13 (1985), "Standards for the Installation
26	of Sprinkler Systems." Each guest room and each timeshare unit
27	shall be equipped with an approved listed single-station smoke
28	detector meeting the minimum requirements of NFPA 74 (1984)
29	"Standards for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of
30	Household Fire Warning Equipment," powered from the building
31	electrical service, notwithstanding the number of stories in the
32	structure, if the contract for construction is let after
33	September 30, 1983. Single-station smoke detectors shall not be
34	required when guest rooms or timeshare units contain smoke
35	detectors connected to a central alarm system which also alarms
36	locally.
37	(2) Except for single-family and two-family dwellings, any
38	building which is of three stories or more and for which the
39	construction contract is let after January 1,20041994,
40	regardless of occupancy classification and including any
41	building which is subject to s. 509.215, shall be equipped with
42	an automatic sprinkler system installed in compliance with the
43	provisions of chapter 633 and the rules and codes adopted
44	pursuant thereto. A stand-alone parking garage constructed with
45	noncombustible materials, the design of which is such that all
46	levels of the garage are uniformly open to the atmosphere on all
47	sides with percentages of openings as prescribed in the
48	applicable building code, and which parking garage is separated
49	from other structures by at least 20 feet, is exempt from the
50	requirements of this subsection. Telecommunications spaces
51	located within telecommunications buildings, if the spaces are
52	equipped to meet an equivalent fire prevention standard approved
53	by both the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire
54	Marshal, are exempt from the requirements of this subsection. In
55	a building less than 75 feet in height which is protected
56	throughout with an approved and maintained fire sprinkler
57	system, a manual wet standpipe, as defined in the National Fire
58	Protection Association Standard 14, Standard for the
59	Installation of Standpipe, Private Hydrant, and Hose Systems,
60	shall be allowed.
61	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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