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Local daycare license bid highlights sprinkler requirement after change of occupancy, city fire official says
Summary
A Cocoa resident trying to open a daycare told the council a fire inspection required a sprinkler system after a change of occupancy; the city's fire official said NFPA/building-code standards trigger sprinklers when occupancy changes and the requirement is not negotiable.
Tiffany Smith, a lifelong Cocoa resident who has worked in early childhood education for 26 years, told the City Council on Sept. 9 she has been working since January to open a daycare in a church building but was told at the fire-inspection stage that a sprinkler system would be required.
"As an upcoming starting business, I do not have those funds to start up the sprinkler system," Smith said during the delegation…
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