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

The City of Tamarac's vacation rental article sets minimum life/safety requirements before the Community Development Department will issue or renew a vacation rental permit. Under Sec. 12-234(1)c, a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm system must be installed and maintained on a continuing basis, and the standard the city references is Section R315, Carbon Monoxide Alarms, of the Florida Building Code-Residential. The same subsection requires a smoke alarm system and a portable 2A:10B:C dry chemical fire extinguisher on every floor, inspected under NFPA 10. Compliance is checked, not just declared: Sec.

12-235 requires an initial inspection before the city issues the vacation rental certificate of compliance, and annual re-inspections after that, with any deficiency needing correction and re-inspection within thirty calendar days or the certificate is suspended. A responsible party named on the permit must keep the CO alarm and the rest of the life/safety package functional, since Sec. 12-231 makes upkeep of the unit an affirmative duty of that person. Failure to maintain a required CO alarm is a violation of Article XIII, enforceable under Sec.

12-238 through the city's progressive enforcement program: warnings for a first-time violation, then citations, with fines set by city commission resolution for repeat violations, and possible suspension or revocation of the vacation rental permit by the city's special magistrate.