Plant City enforces Florida Building Code smoke alarm requirements. All residential dwellings must have working smoke alarms in each sleeping room, outside sleeping areas, and on every level. 10-year sealed lithium battery alarms required for replacements per FL §553.883.
FL §553.883 mandates that all replacement smoke alarms in one- and two-family dwellings be powered by non-removable, non-replaceable 10-year sealed batteries. New construction requires hardwired interconnected alarms with battery backup per FBC R314. Rental properties: landlords must provide working alarms at tenancy start under FL §83.51.
Missing/disabled alarms in rentals: habitability violation. Tampering with smoke alarm: second-degree misdemeanor under FL §633.208.
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