Coconut Creek, FL Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Alarm type
- Interconnected, hard-wired smoke and CO alarms
- Standard
- FBC-Residential Sections R314 and R315
- Applies to
- Registered vacation rentals in Coconut Creek
- Proof
- Floor plan showing detectors, plus annual inspection
- Fire code adoption
- Section 9-2 adopts Florida Fire Prevention Code
Summary
In the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, a registered vacation rental must have an interconnected, hard-wired smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm system that meets Sections R314 and R315 of the Florida Building Code-Residential. The city Code of Ordinances spells out this alarm standard only for vacation rentals; other buildings follow the adopted fire code.
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. ... c.Detailed interior floor plan identifying all bedrooms, exits and location of fire extinguishers, smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors.
Full Breakdown
Section 13-322(d)(1)b of the Coconut Creek Code requires that if an interconnected and hard-wired smoke and carbon monoxide detection and notification system is not already in place in the vacation rental unit, an interconnected, hard-wired smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm system must be installed and maintained on a continuing basis. The benchmark is Section R314, Smoke Alarms, and Section R315, Carbon Monoxide Alarms, of the Florida Building Code-Residential. Battery-only alarms do not satisfy the wording.
The alarm rule sits in a list of minimum life and safety requirements. The same subsection requires a 2A:10B:C multi-purpose dry chemical fire extinguisher on each floor, installed and inspected under NFPA 10, hard-wired emergency lighting that stays on for at least one and one-half hours, and compliance with the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act for any pool, spa or hot tub.
The applicant proves compliance twice. The registration application under section 13-322(e)(1) must include an interior floor plan showing all bedrooms, exits, and the location of fire extinguishers and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The annual inspection under subsection (g) then checks the installed system, and uncorrected deficiencies after 30 days result in denial or suspension of the registration certificate.
For buildings outside the vacation rental rule, Chapter 9 governs. Section 9-2 adopts the Florida Fire Prevention Code, the Broward County Amendments, the Florida Building Code in effect in Broward County and F.S. Ch. 633 by reference, and section 9-3 gives enforcement to the city's fire marshal.
Violations & Fines
Failing the life and safety standards blocks or suspends the vacation rental registration certificate. Violations of section 13-322 are enforced under section 1-8 or by the code enforcement special magistrate, with each day a separate violation. Two uncured violations in twelve months revoke the certificate and bar a new one for twelve months.
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