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<b>Sent</b>: Thursday, March 10, 2011 03:22 PM<br>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>We use Don Ford who is the building inspector for Neptune Beach. He is also on the First Coast Chapter of the International Code Council and Building Officials Association of Florida. He has testified
for us on numerous code issues for apt complexes. He is honest and not that expensive. His phone number is 904.235.3649.<br>
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<div>Kevin A. Schoeppel, Esquire<br>
DURANT & SCHOEPPEL, P.A.<br>
6550 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 105<br>
Jacksonville, FL 32217<br>
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<div>On Mar 10, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Richard A. Burt wrote:</div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">I have a client who has owned an apartment building which has housed college students for over 20 years. Up to this year, the state conducted an annual inspection of the building and its units; each year the building and units
passed inspection. Recently, the inspection function was transferred to the local fire department. The local fire inspector has cited the client for inadequate egress, stating that a door leading into a bedroom of a number of units must remain unlocked at
all times. This would render these apartments non-rentable costing the client hundreds of thousands of dollars in income and drastically reducing the building’s value. Despite pleas by the client and his architects and engineers, who have suggested a number
of options to achieve the objective of the egress requirement, the fire department inspector will not budge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Can anyone identify an expert in the area of fire codes in effect in 1969-1970 and currently?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Thanks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:22pt">Richard A. Burt, Esq.</span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">Richard A. Burt, Esq.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">BURT & BURT</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">220 So. Ridgewood Avenue</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">Suite 200</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">Daytona Beach, Florida 32114</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">(386) 252-2090 (office)</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt">(866) 240-7043 (facsimile)</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="mailto:dick@burt-burt.com" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">dick@burt-burt.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:windowtext"></span></div>
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