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Paul Myrick CBC
Jacksonville, FL.

   
In a message dated 7/14/2009 10:47:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Evans.John at spcollege.edu writes:

To  Anyone,
The college has purchase a two-story duplex in St. Petersburg that  we plan 
to lease to international students. The units are two bedrooms,  bathroom, 
kitchen, and living room, the college is only replacing the windows,  
updating the kitchen, replacing 
 

electrical receptacles, and painting the units. My question is are  we 
required to put in both a fire alarm system and fire sprinklers into this  
existing structure when we are not making any major modification to the  existing 
building.
Just for clarification all other life safety and  building codes are 
incompliance with the existing structure and since the  building is classified as 
an R-2 Occupancy the code is not quite clear under  the FBC for Existing 
Buildings as it just states that you need to maintain the  level of fire 
protection provided.
Any help on clarifying this for us is  appreciated.
Thanks,

John L. Evans, AIA, CBO
College Architect  & Certified Building Official
St. Petersburg College
Phone # (727)  341-3262
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