Orlando, FL Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

The City of Orlando amended Section 705 of the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, which it adopted as the City of Orlando Property Maintenance Code, to add a carbon monoxide mandate: any dwelling unit containing fuel-burning appliances, fuel-burning fireplaces, and/or fuel-burning forced air furnaces must have carbon monoxide detection installed in accordance with NFPA 720, the national fire-alarm and signaling code that governs CO alarm placement, spacing, and interconnection. This sits inside Chapter 14, the Property Maintenance Code, whose stated purpose (Sec. 01) is to protect public health, safety and welfare by setting minimum maintenance requirements for residential, rental and commercial premises.

Enforcement runs through the code official for the City of Orlando or a designee, with inspections and violations processed under the procedures in Chapter 5 of the Orlando City Code. 10(G). Owners of gas ranges, gas water heaters, gas fireplaces, or gas or oil furnaces fall squarely within the rule; all-electric units without any fuel-burning equipment are not covered by this specific amendment. Because the City adopted the IPMC's general definitions and enforcement scheme by reference, violations are handled the same way as other Property Maintenance Code infractions, with the Code Enforcement Board available for contested cases.