Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16061686
Permit Number 16061686
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-07-06 16:59:41THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 1) SHEET LS 1 - AN F 1 OCCUPANCY IS INDICATED; HOWEVER,
 THERE IS NO F 1 IN THE REFERENCED FLORIDA LIFE SAFETY
 CODE.
  
 THIS PROPOSED PROJECT FALLS UNDER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 40
 INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES AND SHALL COMPLY WITH THOSE
 REQUIREMENTS.
  
 PLEASE IDENTIFY THE CLASSIFICATION OF CONTENTS PER
 SECTION 40.1.2 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY.
 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 6.1.12.
 40.1.2.1 SUBCLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY. EACH
 INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCY SHALL BE SUBCLASSIFIED ACCORDING
 TO ITS USE AS DESCRIBED IN 40.1.2.1.1, 40.1.2.1.2, AND
 40.1.2.1.3. 40.1.2.1.1 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCY.
 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
 (1) INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES THAT CONDUCT ORDINARY AND
 LOW HAZARD INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS IN BUILDINGS OF
 CONVENTIONAL DESIGN THAT ARE USABLE FOR VARIOUS TYPES
 OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
 (2) INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES THAT INCLUDE MULTISTORY
 BUILDINGS WHERE FLOORS ARE OCCUPIED BY DIFFERENT
 TENANTS, OR BUILDINGS THAT ARE USABLE FOR SUCH
 OCCUPANCY AND, THEREFORE, ARE SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE USE
 FOR TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES WITH A HIGH DENSITY
 OF EMPLOYEE POPULATION
 40.1.2.1.2 SPECIAL-PURPOSE INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCY.
 SPECIALPURPOSE INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES SHALL INCLUDE ALL
 OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES THAT CONDUCT ORDINARY AND
 LOW HAZARD INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS IN BUILDINGS DESIGNED
 FOR, AND THAT ARE USABLE ONLY FOR, PARTICULAR TYPES OF
 OPERATIONS
 (2) INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES THAT ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A
 RELATIVELY LOW DENSITY OF EMPLOYEE POPULATION, WITH
 MUCH OF THE AREA OCCUPIED BY MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT
 40.1.2.1.3* HIGH HAZARD INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCY. HIGH
 HAZARD INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
 (1) INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES THAT CONDUCT INDUSTRIAL
 OPERATIONS THAT USE HIGH HAZARD MATERIALS OR PROCESSES
 OR HOUSE HIGH HAZARD CONTENTS
 (2) INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES IN WHICH INCIDENTAL HIGH
 HAZARD OPERATIONS IN LOW OR ORDINARY HAZARD OCCUPANCIES
 THAT ARE PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.7 AND
 40.3.2 ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE THE BASIS FOR OVERALL
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK OR
 PRODUCT AND WHAT SUBCLASSIFICATION IS PROPOSED TO
 COMPLY WITH.
  
  
 2) SHEET LS 1 - UNDER THE BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS
 IT'S INDCATING A 75' MAXIMUN COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 40, TABLE 40.2.5 THE MAXIMUM
 COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL IS INDCATED AS 50'
  
 PLEASE CORRECT OR CLARIFY.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET LS 1 - TRAVEL DISTANCE TO AN EXIT ON THE 1ST
 FLOOR IS INDICATED AS 52'.9". PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 40,
 TABLE 40.2.5 INDICATES IT CAN NOT EXCEED 50"
  
 PLEASE CORRECT OR CLARIFY.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET LS 1 - A VERTICAL OPENING STAIRWAY IS
 INDICATED ON THE PLAN. PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 40, 40.3.1
 PROTECTION OF VERTICAL OPENINGS. ANY VERTICAL OPENING
 SHALL BE PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.6,
 UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) IN SPECIAL-PURPOSE INDUSTRIAL AND HIGH HAZARD
 INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES WHERE UNPROTECTED VERTICAL
 OPENINGS EXIST AND ARE NECESSARY TO MANUFACTURING
 OPERATIONS, SUCH OPENINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED BEYOND THE
 SPECIFIED LIMITS, PROVIDED THAT EVERY FLOOR LEVEL HAS
 DIRECT ACCESS TO ONE OR MORE ENCLOSED STAIRS OR OTHER
 EXITS PROTECTED AGAINST OBSTRUCTION BY ANY FIRE OR
 SMOKE IN THE OPEN AREAS CONNECTED BY THE UNPROTECTED
 VERTICAL OPENINGS.
 (2) APPROVED EXISTING OPEN STAIRS, EXISTING OPEN RAMPS,
 AND EXISTING ESCALATORS SHALL BE PERMITTED WHERE
 CONNECTING ONLY TWO FLOOR LEVELS.
 (3) APPROVED, EXISTING, UNPROTECTED VERTICAL OPENINGS
 IN BUILDINGS WITH LOW OR ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS THAT
 ARE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.7.1.1(1) SHALL BE
 PERMITTED, PROVIDED THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
 EXIST:
 (A) THE VERTICAL OPENING DOES NOT SERVE AS A REQUIRED
 EXIT.
 (B) ALL REQUIRED EXITS CONSIST OF OUTSIDE STAIRS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.2, SMOKEPROOF ENCLOSURES IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.3, OR HORIZONTAL EXITS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.4.
 (4) VERTICAL OPENINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 8.6.9.1 SHALL
 BE PERMITTED
  
 THIS IS NOT AN APPROVED EXISTING STAIR. THE PROPOSED IS
 A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY.
  
 PLEASE CORRECT OR PROVIDE CLARIFICATION OR
 JUSTIFICATION.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET LS 1 - THERE ARE TWO (2) STAIRWAYS INDICATED.
  
 THERE IS NO STAIR DETAIL OR INDICATIONS THAT THEY
 COMPLY WITH THE CODE PER 40.2.2.3 STAIRS.
 40.2.2.3.1 STAIRS SHALL COMPLY WITH 7.2.2 AND SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE MODIFIED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) NONCOMBUSTIBLE GRATED STAIR TREADS AND
 NONCOMBUSTIBLE GRATED LANDING FLOORS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED.
 (2) INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT ACCESS STAIRS IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 40.2.5.2 SHALL BE PERMITTED.
  
 PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE HEADROOM.
  
 PLEASE CORRECT AND PROVIDE STAIR DETAIL.
  
  
 6) SHEET LS 1 - THE DOOR SWINGS FROM THE THE PRODUCTION
 AREA SHOW THEM SWINGING AGAINST THE DIECTION OF EGRESS.
  
 PER SECTION 40.2.2.2 DOORS.
 40.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED.
  
 7.2.1.4.2 DOOR LEAF SWING DIRECTION. DOOR LEAVES
 REQUIRED TO BE OF THE SIDE-HINGED OR PIVOTED-SWINGING
 TYPE SHALL SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL
 UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (1) WHERE SERVING A ROOM OR AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD
 OF 50 OR MORE, EXCEPT UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS:
 (A) DOOR LEAVES IN HORIZONTAL EXITS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL
 WHERE PERMITTED BY 7.2.4.3.8.1 OR 7.2.4.3.8.2.
 (B) DOOR LEAVES IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL IN EXISTING
 HEALTH CARE OCCUPANCIES, AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 19.
 (2) WHERE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS USED IN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE, UNLESS THE DOOR OPENING SERVES AN INDIVIDUAL
 LIVING UNIT THAT OPENS DIRECTLY INTO AN EXIT ENCLOSURE
 (3) WHERE THE DOOR OPENING SERVES A HIGH HAZARD
 CONTENTS AREA
  
 PLEASE CORRECT OR CLARIFY IN RELATION TO (3) AND
 COMMENT # 1 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 7) SHEET LS 1 - A KITCHENETTE IS INDICATED; HOWEVER, AN
 EQUIPMENT PLAN IS NOT.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A KITCHETTE EQUIPMENT PLAN.
  
 8) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE
 RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE.
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  
  
  


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