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Cape Coral staff recommends local code change to require 2-hour firewalls in new commercial flex buildings; council signals support
Summary
City staff proposed a local code amendment to require two-hour firewall assemblies in new commercial multi-tenant buildings to reduce repeated tenant upgrades and speed occupancy. After a presentation of costs, council members generally favored pursuing the change and asked staff to pursue the state-local path and a local amendment if needed.
City staff on Oct. 15 recommended that the city adopt a local amendment requiring two-hour firewall assemblies for new multi-tenant commercial construction after reporting repeated conflicts between building designs and downstream tenant build-outs.
Deputy Development Services Director Matthew Grama and Fire Marshal Dale Dela Cass told the Committee of the Whole that many multi-tenant commercial structures are currently built to a minimal firewall rating under the Florida Fire Code and later require expensive tenant upgrades when new occupants with different occupancies move in. Fire Department staff presented a crosswalk showing that roughly 94% of typical occupancy combinations in Cape Coral would require a two-hour…
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