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| 2009-05-28 17:43:18 | 1. SHEET LS-1:YOU MAY NOT SUBSTITUTE WATER COOLERS OR |
| | BOTTLED WATER DISPENSERS FOR MORE THAN 50% OF THE |
| | REQUIRED DRINKING FOUNTAINS. 410.1 APPROVAL. DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAINS SHALL CONFORM TO ASME A112.19.1M, ASME |
| | A112.19.2M OR ASME A112.19.9M AND WATER COOLERS SHALL |
| | CONFORM TO ARI 1010. DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND WATER |
| | COOLERS SHALL CONFORM TO NSF 61, SECTION 9. WHERE WATER |
| | IS SERVED IN RESTAURANTS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS SHALL NOT |
| | BE REQUIRED. IN OTHER OCCUPANCIES, WHERE DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAINS ARE REQUIRED, WATER COOLERS OR BOTTLED WATER |
| | DISPENSERS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR NOT |
| | MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAINS. |
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| | 2. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ABOVE IN ITEM |
| | 1 BOTH OF THESE REQUIRED FACILITIES MUST COMPLY WITH |
| | SECTION 11-4.15: |
| | 11-4.15.1 MINIMUM NUMBER. DRINKING FOUNTAINS OR WATER |
| | COOLERS REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY SECTION 11-4.1 |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 11-4.15. |
| | 11-4.15.2 SPOUT HEIGHT. SPOUTS SHALL BE NO HIGHER THAN |
| | 36 INCHES (915 MM), MEASURED FROM THE FLOOR OR GROUND |
| | SURFACES TO THE SPOUT OUTLET [SEE FIGURE 27(A)]. |
| | 11-4.15.3 SPOUT LOCATION. THE SPOUTS OF DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAINS AND WATER COOLERS SHALL BE AT THE FRONT OF |
| | THE UNIT AND SHALL DIRECT THE WATER FLOW IN A |
| | TRAJECTORY THAT IS PARALLEL OR NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE |
| | FRONT OF THE UNIT. THE SPOUT SHALL PROVIDE A FLOW OF |
| | WATER AT LEAST 4 INCHES (102 MM) HIGH SO AS TO ALLOW |
| | THE INSERTION OF A CUP OR GLASS UNDER THE FLOW OF |
| | WATER. ON AN ACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN WITH A ROUND |
| | OR OVAL BOWL, THE SPOUT MUST BE POSITIONED SO THE FLOW |
| | OF WATER IS WITHIN 3 INCHES (76 MM) OF THE FRONT EDGE |
| | OF THE FOUNTAIN. |
| | 11-4.15.4 CONTROLS. CONTROLS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION |
| | 11-4.27.4. UNIT CONTROLS SHALL BE FRONT MOUNTED OR SIDE |
| | MOUNTED NEAR THE FRONT EDGE. |
| | 11-4.15.5 CLEARANCES. |
| | (1) WALL- AND POST-MOUNTED CANTILEVERED UNITS SHALL |
| | HAVE A CLEAR KNEE SPACE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE APRON |
| | AND THE FLOOR OR GROUND AT LEAST 27 INCHES (685 MM) |
| | HIGH, 30 INCHES (760 MM) WIDE, AND 17 INCHES TO 19 |
| | INCHES (430 MM TO 485 MM) DEEP [SEE FIGURE 27(A) AND |
| | FIGURE 27(B)]. SUCH UNITS SHALL ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM |
| | CLEAR FLOOR SPACE 30 INCHES BY 48 INCHES (760 MM BY |
| | 1219 MM) TO ALLOW A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR TO APPROACH |
| | THE UNIT FACING FORWARD. |
| | (2) FREE-STANDING OR BUILT-IN UNITS NOT HAVING A CLEAR |
| | SPACE UNDER THEM SHALL HAVE A CLEAR FLOOR SPACE AT |
| | LEAST 30 INCHES BY 48 INCHES (760 MM BY 1219 MM) THAT |
| | ALLOWS A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR TO MAKE A PARALLEL |
| | APPROACH TO THE UNIT [SEE FIGURE 27(C) AND FIGURE |
| | 27(D)]. THIS CLEAR FLOOR SPACE SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | SECTION 11-4.2.4. |
| | |
| | 3. SHEET LS-1 THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF FIXTURES HAS BEEN |
| | INCORRECTLY STATED IN THE FIXTURE TABULATION. 403.3 |
| | NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS OF EACH SEX. THE REQUIRED WATER |
| | CLOSETS, LAVATORIES, AND SHOWERS OR BATHTUBS SHALL BE |
| | DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE SEXES BASED ON THE |
| | PERCENTAGE OF EACH SEX ANTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPANT |
| | LOAD. THE OCCUPANT LOAD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF 50 PERCENT |
| | OF EACH SEX, UNLESS STATISTICAL DATA APPROVED BY THE |
| | CODE OFFICIAL INDICATE A DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE |
| | SEXES (SEE ALSO SECTION 403.1.1).THE TOTAL NUMBER OF |
| | OCCUPANTS IS 167. THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR EACH SEX IS |
| | THEREFORE 84. UTILIZING TABLE 403.1 THIS REQUIRES: |
| | WATER CLOSETS 3 MALE, 3 FEMALE; LAVATORIES 3 MALE, 3 |
| | FEMALE. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTATE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF |
| | FIXTURES EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT |
| | MORE THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | 4. SHEET LS-1 THERE IS A CITED A CODE REFERENCE WHICH |
| | DOES NOT EXIST OR DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PROJECT (403.2 |
| | 01 FPC EXCEPTION 2), AND CLAIMED AN ALTERNATE EXEMPTION |
| | (FBC 104.11) TO THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAINS WHICH DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS SECTION 410.1 OF |
| | THE PLUMBING CODE. |
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| | 5. SHEET A-6 DETAIL 1. A FOLDING DOOR IS SHOWN WHICH |
| | ENCROACHES ON THE REQUIRED CLEAR FLOOR SPACE FOR THE |
| | WATER CLOSET IN VIOLATION OF 11-4.22.2(1). ALTHOUGH YOU |
| | HAVE PROVIDED AN ???EXTRA??? TOILET ROOM IN THE |
| | FACILITY, YOU HAVE CALLED THIS ONE OUT AS AN |
| | ???EMPLOYEE RESTROOM???. AS, SUCH IT MUST COMPLY WITH |
| | THE REFERENCED SECTION. |
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