Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1000
       
       
        
       By Senator Campbell
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01578-17                                           20171000__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to firesafety standards; amending s.
    3         633.208, F.S.; authorizing certain buildings to have
    4         specified balcony guard openings; providing
    5         construction; 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. Subsection (11) is added to section 633.208,
   10  Florida Statutes, to read:
   11         633.208 Minimum firesafety standards.—
   12         (11)(a) A building that was constructed and obtained a
   13  certificate of occupancy before 1965 may have balcony guard
   14  openings that allow passage of a sphere greater than 4 inches in
   15  diameter and less than 42 inches high if:
   16         1. The guard was approved as a part of the original
   17  building design;
   18         2. The guard is at least 40 inches high; and
   19         3. The building is designated as a historic property or as
   20  a contributing property to a historic district, or is eligible
   21  for designation as a local historic property under the local
   22  preservation ordinance.
   23         (b) This subsection supersedes any other contrary
   24  provisions in the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.