Weston, FL Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Detector standard
- hard-wired, interconnected smoke + CO
- Referenced code
- FBC Residential R314/R315
- Inspected by
- City Fire Rescue Department
- Fire extinguisher
- NFPA 10, each floor, Sec. 81.06(B)(1)(c)
- Evacuation map
- posted at each bedroom door
Summary
In the City of Weston, Florida, every licensed Vacation Rental must have an interconnected, hard-wired smoke and carbon monoxide detection system, or hard-wired smoke and CO alarms, maintained under the Florida Building Code's residential alarm standards.
81.06(B)(1)(b) Smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detection and notification system. If an interconnected and hard-wired smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detection and notification system is not in place within the Vacation Rental unit, then an interconnected, hard-wired smoke alarm and carbon monoxide (CO) alarm system shall be required to be installed and maintained on a continuing basis consistent with the requirements of Section R314, Smoke Alarms, and Section R315, Carbon Monoxide Alarms, of the Florida Building Code – Residential.
Full Breakdown
Weston Code of Ordinances Section 81.06(B)(1)(b) sets the life-safety detection standard for Vacation Rentals. If a unit does not already have an interconnected and hard-wired smoke and carbon monoxide detection and notification system, the Owner must install and maintain an interconnected, hard-wired smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm system, consistent with Section R314 (Smoke Alarms) and Section R315 (Carbon Monoxide Alarms) of the Florida Building Code, Residential edition. This sits alongside two related life-safety requirements in the same subsection: 81.06(B)(1)(c) requires a portable, multi-purpose dry chemical fire extinguisher, approved by the City Fire Rescue Department and maintained per NFPA 10, on each floor of the unit, and 81.06(B)(1)(d) requires a building evacuation map, at least 8 and one-half by 11 inches, posted next to the interior door of every bedroom.
Compliance with all of Section 81.06(B)(1) is verified before licensing: Section 81.06(A)(7) requires an approved inspection report from the City Fire Rescue Department confirming compliance with applicable rules for a residential dwelling transient lodging use, and Section 81.06(A)(5) requires the applicant to pass a Certificate of Use Inspection covering this Chapter. The City Manager or designee conducts the annual re-inspection under Section 81.08(A).
Violations & Fines
Operating a Vacation Rental without the required interconnected smoke and CO alarm system is a Chapter 81 violation subject to Section 2.99's general penalty, up to $1,000 per day for a first offense and up to $5,000 per day for a repeat violation, heard by the Special Magistrate under Section 81.08(E)(1). Uncorrected life-safety deficiencies found at inspection can also delay or block issuance and renewal of the Certificate of Use under Section 81.08(A).
Frequently Asked Questions
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