Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 01040436
Permit Number 01040436
Review Stop R
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2001-05-10 00:00:00RESPONSE TO ARCHITECT REGARDING THE NEED
 FOR SECONDARY EGRESS FROM THE LIBRARY
 ROOM:
  
 THIS IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE AND EVEN
 THOUGH THE ROOM IS CALLED "LIBRARY" WE
 ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE USAGE OF THIS
 ROOM AS A BEDROOM AS WELL.
 BEDROOM,ACCORDING TO WEBSTER'S NINTH NEW
 COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY (SECTION 201.3 OF
 SBC 1997) IS "A ROOM FURNISHED WITH A
 BED AND INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR SLEEPING"
  
 THIS ROOM MAY BE VERY WELL FURNISHED W/
 A BED AND BECOME A "BEDROOM".
  
 IN ADDITION, CHAPTER 22 OF LIFE SAFETY
 CODE (1985) REGARDING ONE AND TWO FAMILY
 DWELLINGS REQUIRES THAT "EVERY BEDROOM
 AND LIVING AREA SHALL HAVE AT LEAST TWO
 MEANS OF ESCAPE OR ALTERNATE PROTECTION"
 (SEC 22-2.1.1)
  
 THIS ISSUE WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO THE
 ATTENTION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND
 HIS INTERPRETATION IS THAT THE ROOM
 NEEDS TO PROVIDE A SECONDARY MEANS OF
 EGRESS FOR LIFE SAFETY.
  
 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL
 FREE TO CONTACT JULIO GOMEZ AT 659-8096
 EXT. 8232.


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