Florida Senate - 2018                              CS for SB 746
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Banking and Insurance; and Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       
       597-02380-18                                           2018746c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code;
    3         amending s. 633.202, F.S.; requiring that doorstep
    4         refuse and recycling collection containers be allowed
    5         in exit corridors of certain apartment occupancies
    6         under certain circumstances; authorizing authorities
    7         having jurisdiction to approve certain alternative
    8         containers and storage arrangements; prohibiting such
    9         authorities from enforcing specified provisions until
   10         a specified date; providing legislative intent;
   11         providing for expiration; providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Subsection (20) is added to section 633.202,
   16  Florida Statutes, to read:
   17         633.202 Florida Fire Prevention Code.—
   18         (20)(a) In apartment occupancies with enclosed corridors
   19  served by interior or exterior exit stairs, doorstep refuse and
   20  recycling collection containers must be allowed in exit
   21  corridors when all of the following conditions exist:
   22         1. The maximum waste container size does not exceed 13
   23  gallons.
   24         2. Waste is not placed in the exit access corridors for
   25  single periods exceeding 5 hours.
   26         3. Waste containers do not occupy the exit access corridors
   27  for single periods exceeding 12 hours.
   28         4. Waste containers do not reduce the means of egress width
   29  below that required under NFPA Life Safety Code 101:31, as
   30  adopted under the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
   31         5. Management staff have written policies and procedures in
   32  place and enforce them to ensure compliance with this
   33  subsection, and, upon request, provide a copy of such policies
   34  and procedures to the authority having jurisdiction.
   35         (b) In apartment occupancies with open-air corridors or
   36  balconies served by exterior exit stairs, doorstep refuse and
   37  recycling collection containers must be allowed in exit
   38  corridors when all of the following conditions exist:
   39         1. The maximum waste container size does not exceed 27
   40  gallons.
   41         2. Waste is not placed in the exit access corridors for
   42  single periods exceeding 5 hours.
   43         3. Waste containers do not reduce the means of egress width
   44  below that required under NFPA Life Safety Code 101:31, as
   45  adopted under the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
   46         4. Management staff have written policies and procedures in
   47  place and enforce them to ensure compliance with this
   48  subsection, and, upon request, provide a copy of such policies
   49  and procedures to the authority having jurisdiction.
   50         (c) The authority having jurisdiction may approve
   51  alternative containers and storage arrangements that are
   52  demonstrated to provide an equivalent level of safety to that
   53  provided under paragraphs (a) and (b).
   54         (d) The authority having jurisdiction may not enforce
   55  subparagraphs (a)1. and (b)1. until January 1, 2020.
   56         (e) It is the intent of the Legislature to allow doorstep
   57  refuse and recycling collection containers in exit corridors
   58  pursuant to this subsection until adoption of the next edition
   59  of the Florida Fire Prevention Code. The Legislature intends
   60  that this subsection does not establish precedent regarding
   61  standards for doorstep refuse and recycling collection
   62  containers in exit corridors in subsequent editions of the
   63  Florida Fire Prevention Code and that the State Fire Marshal
   64  exercise independent discretion when adopting such standards.
   65         (f) This subsection expires January 1, 2021.
   66         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.