Boca Raton, FL Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Section 7-60(6) of the Boca Raton Code of Ordinances requires carbon monoxide detection systems in new buildings, following the standards in the Florida Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 720, and NFPA 72, and in new parking structures under NFPA 88A. The ordinance sets two distinct alarm thresholds rather than a single trigger point. At 99 parts per million, the detector must send a supervisory signal to the building's fire alarm panel and to any area staffed by security or building personnel, alerting staff to a developing problem without yet sounding a full evacuation alarm.

Once carbon monoxide reaches 199 parts per million, the same detection devices must be programmed to send a full alarm signal to the fire alarm panel, activating the building's notification devices so every occupant is alerted to evacuate. The requirement is prospective for parking structures already built: an existing parking structure only has to add carbon monoxide detection if it undergoes a level 2 or level 3 alteration as defined by the Florida Building Code, meaning older garages are not automatically required to retrofit detectors absent a qualifying renovation.

The detection requirement sits inside the same section that governs fire alarm and automatic extinguishing systems generally, so a CO detection system in a covered garage or mechanical room has to tie into the building's existing NRTL-monitored fire alarm panel rather than operate as a stand-alone device.