The Florida Building Commission, “the Commission” NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Building Officials Association of Florida has issued a binding interpretation pursuant to Section 553.775, Florida Statutes, filed by James DiPietro on July 21, 2009. The following is a summary of the interpretation:

According to Section R310.4, Florida Building Code, Residential Volume (2007), installation of temporary hurricane protection devices over the required exit door is allowed as long as one “Mean of Escape” is provided.

A copy of the Interpretation may be obtained from: http://www.floridabuilding.org/bi/bi_bind_interp_srch.aspx.