Coral Springs, FL Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Covered facilities
- Community residences, recovery communities, congregate living facilities
- Alarm type
- Electric or 10-year battery carbon monoxide alarm
- Placement
- Within 10 feet of sleeping rooms and fuel-source egress points
- Backup power
- 96-hour automatic-start generator required
- Max indoor temperature
- 81°F for 96 hours post-outage
- Base penalty
- Up to $500 per day
- Evacuation-failure penalty
- Up to $15,000 per day per violation
Summary
Coral Springs requires community residences, recovery communities, and congregate living facilities to install electric or 10-year battery carbon monoxide alarms within 10 feet of every sleeping room and near any alternate fuel source, under Code Sec. 19-5(b)(5). The rule does not extend to ordinary single-family homes.
Community residences, recovery communities and congregate living facilities, as defined in Section 250105 of the Coral Springs Land Development Code, as amended from time to time, shall comply with the Florida Administrative Code... (5)Install and maintain electric or ten (10) year battery life carbon monoxide alarms within ten (10) feet of any egress point leading to the proximity of an alternative fuel source and within ten (10) feet of each room used for sleeping purposes and inside every room used for sleeping purposes... Failure of a community residence, recovery community or congregate living facility to comply with this section shall result in a penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day for each day that the community residence, recovery community or congregate living facility fails to comply.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 1 Update 1 | Land Development Code: Supplement 76 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Section 19-5 imposes special emergency-preparedness requirements on community residences, recovery communities, and congregate living facilities as defined in Section 250105 of the Coral Springs Land Development Code, on top of whatever the Florida Administrative Code already requires for assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Alongside the carbon monoxide alarm mandate, subsection (b) requires an automatic-start backup generator sized to run the facility for 96 hours after a power loss, fuel stored safely onsite or supplied by piped natural gas, a maximum ambient temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit in occupied areas during that 96-hour window, a written evacuation plan for use if the generator or cooling fails, and an inspection log tested to NFPA 110 and NFPA 37 standards kept alongside the facility's fire drill log.
The carbon monoxide alarms themselves must be electric or carry a 10-year battery, and must be installed within 10 feet of any egress point near an alternate fuel source and within 10 feet of, and inside, every room used for sleeping. Evacuation plans and any later updates go to the fire marshal for approval, with five business days to submit an updated plan after a change. Facilities had until May 31, 2019 to comply with any requirement in this section stricter than the state's own rules.
Violations & Fines
Noncompliance carries a civil penalty of up to $500 per day for each day the facility fails to meet Sec. 19-5's requirements. Failing to execute the required evacuation plan when the backup power fails, the temperature exceeds 81 degrees, or an outage occurs without backup power is treated as irreparable harm, exposing the facility to a penalty of up to $15,000 per day per violation, with a separate violation counted for each resident not evacuated as planned. The city attorney's office may file an emergency court action to enforce the section and recover its costs and attorneys' fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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