| 2009-06-08 07:52:09 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
| | SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | 561-805-6724 [email protected] |
| | FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 |
| | FBC R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 RESIDENTIAL |
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| | 1. ADDRESSED. |
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| | 2. SHOW HOW THIS JOB WILL COMPLY WITH FBC1008.1.3.5, IF |
| | APPLICABLE. |
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| | 2ND REVIEW, CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT |
| | THESE ARE ELECTRIC DOORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ALL |
| | INFORMATION REQUIRED TO SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE. "ELECTRIC |
| | DOORS" - SWING DOORS OR SLIDING DOORS? FBC DOES NOT |
| | HAVE PROVISIONS FOR TEMPORARY INSTALLATION OR CLOSURE |
| | OF HURRICANE DEVICES FOR OCCUPANCIES OTHER THAN |
| | RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A PROVISION FOR |
| | "SECURITY GRILLS" WHICH IS IN THE CODE SECTION |
| | REFERENCED IN FIRST REVIEW. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, IT |
| | READS AS FOLLOWS: |
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| | 1008.1.3.5 SECURITY GRILLES. IN GROUPS B, F, M, R AND |
| | S, HORIZONTAL SLIDING OR VERTICAL SECURITY GRILLES ARE |
| | PERMITTED AT THE MAIN EXIT AND SHALL BE OPENABLE FROM |
| | THE INSIDE WITHOUT THE USE OF A KEY OR SPECIAL |
| | KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT DURING PERIODS THAT THE SPACE IS |
| | OCCUPIED. THE GRILLES SHALL REMAIN SECURED IN THE |
| | FULL-OPEN POSITION DURING THE PERIOD OF OCCUPANCY BY |
| | THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WHERE TWO OR MORE MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | ARE REQUIRED, NOT MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF THE EXITS OR |
| | EXIT ACCESS DOORWAYS SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH HORIZONTAL |
| | SLIDING OR VERTICAL SECURITY GRILLES. |
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| | ON THE PLAN (NOT ON COMMENT LIST, AS THE PLAN IS TO |
| | SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE) PLEASE PROVIDE ALL INFORMATION |
| | REQUIRED. RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT THE "BUILDING IS |
| | NON-OCCUPIED DURING HURRICANE CONDITIONS." PLEASE |
| | EITHER SHOW WHERE IN THE FBC THIS IS PERMITTED |
| | (HURRICANE SHUTTERS OVER REQUIRED EXITS) OR SHOW |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH FBC1008.1.3.5. |
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| | SEE ALSO FBC1003.6: |
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| | 1003.6 MEANS OF EGRESS CONTINUITY. THE PATH OF EGRESS |
| | TRAVEL ALONG A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL NOT BE INTERRUPTED |
| | BY ANY BUILDING ELEMENT OTHER THAN A MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | COMPONENT AS SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. OBSTRUCTIONS |
| | SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF A MEANS OF |
| | EGRESS EXCEPT PROJECTIONS PERMITTED BY THIS CHAPTER. |
| | THE REQUIRED CAPACITY OF A MEANS OF EGRESS SYSTEM SHALL |
| | NOT BE DIMINISHED ALONG THE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL. |
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| | 3. ADDRESSED. |
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| | 4. REGARDING ITEMS 1 AND 2, OTHER INFORMATION MAY BE |
| | REQUIRED SUCH AS OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND OCCUPANT |
| | LOAD. AS PAPA IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE, PLEASE PROVIDE |
| | THIS INFORMATION. |
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| | IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS BUSINESS OCCUPANCY; PLANS SHOW |
| | THAT FOUR OF SIX EXITS ARE PROPOSED AS BLOCKED. NUMBER |
| | OF REQUIRED EXITS NOT CLEAR, MAIN ENTRANCES NOT CLEAR. |
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| | ***PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS*** |
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