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Plan Review Notes For Permit 16070837
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2016-07-27 11:13:12THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET LS 1.01 - CONTRUCTION TYPE/OCCUPANCY. PLEASE
 PROVIDE INDICATIONS/ VERIFICATIONS/CLARIFICATONS AS TO
 THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF THE HOTEL AND THE THE
 PARKING GARAGE. THE PARKING GARAGE IS A PARKING
 STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE OF NFPA 88A AND APPLICABLE
 REQUIRMENTS.
  
  
 28.1.3 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES.
 28.1.3.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 6.1.14.
  
 6.1.14 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES.
 6.1.14.1 GENERAL.
 6.1.14.1.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF 6.1.14.1 AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) MIXED OCCUPANCIES ? 6.1.14.3
 (2) SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ? 6.1.14.4
  
 6.1.14.2.3 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY
 WHERE THE OCCUPANCIES ARE SEPARATED BY FIRE RESISTANCER
 RATED ASSEMBLIES.
 6.1.14.3 MIXED OCCUPANCIES.
 6.1.14.3.1 EACH PORTION OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE
 CLASSIFIED AS TO ITS USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.1
 6.1.14.3.2* THE BUILDING SHALL COMPLY WITH THE MOST
 RESTRICTIVE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OCCUPANCIES INVOLVED,
 UNLESS SEPARATE SAFEGUARDS ARE APPROVED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE VERIFICATION AND THE APPLICABLE
 REQUIRMENTS.
  
  
 2) SHEET LS 1.01 - A PARKING GARAGE IS INDICATED ON THE
 GROUND FLOOR. IS IT AN OPEN PAKING STRUCUTRE OR CLOSED
 PARKING STRUCTURE?
  
 PER NFPA 88A STANDARD FORPARKING STRUCTURES 2011
 EDITION- 3.3 GENERAL DEFINITIONS. 3.3.2* PARKING
 STRUCTURE. A BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR PORTION THEREOF
 USED FOR THE PARKING, STORAGE, OR BOTH, OF MOTOR
 VEHICLES.
 3.3.2.3 PARKING STRUCTURE, ENCLOSED. ANY PARKING
 STRUCTURE THAT IS NOT AN OPEN PARKING STRUCTURE.
 3.3.2.4 PARKING STRUCTURE, OPEN. A PARKING STRUCTURE
 THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5.5.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE INDICATIONS/JUSTIFICATION OF TYPE OF
 PARKING STRUCTURE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRMENTS.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET LS 1.01 & 2-5 FLOOR PLAN SHEETS. THE MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 101 CHAPTER 28, NEW
 HOTELS AND DORMITORIE AND ALL APPLICABLE CODES.
 EXIT FROM THE HOTEL ROOM CORRIDOR APPEARS TO BE OEPNING
 INTO AN OPEN CORRIDOR.
  
 28.2.2 MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS.
 28.2.2.1 GENERAL.
 28.2.2.1.1 COMPONENTS OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 LIMITED TO THE TYPES DESCRIBED IN 28.2.2.2 THROUGH
 28.2.2.12.
 28.2.2.1.2 IN BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN HIGH-RISE
 BUILDINGS, THAT ARE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 28.3.5, EXIT ENCLOSURES SHALL HAVE A
 MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING, AND DOORS SHALL
 HAVE A MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE PROTECTION RATING.
  
 28.2.5 ARRANGEMENT OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 28.2.5.1 ACCESS TO ALL REQUIRED EXITS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.5, AS MODIFIED BY 28.2.5.2.
  
 7.5 ARRANGEMENT OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.5.1 GENERAL.
 7.5.1.1 EXITS SHALL BE LOCATED, AND EXIT ACCESS SHALL
 BE ARRANGED, SO THAT EXITS ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE AT
 ALL TIMES.
 7.5.1.1.1* WHERE EXITS ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE
 FROM AN OPEN FLOOR AREA, CONTINUOUS PASSAGEWAYS,
 AISLES, OR CORRIDORS LEADING DIRECTLY TO EVERY EXIT
 SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND SHALL BE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE
 ACCESS FOR EACH OCCUPANT TO NOT LESS THAN TWO EXITS BY
 SEPARATE WAYS OF TRAVEL, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
 7.5.1.1.3 AND 7.5.1.1.4.
  
 28.3.6 CORRIDORS.
 28.3.6.1 WALLS.
 28.3.6.1.1 EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR WALLS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 28.3.6.1.2 OR 28.3.6.1.3.
 28.3.6.1.2 IN BUILDINGS NOT COMPLYING WITH 28.3.6.1.3,
 EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR WALLS SHALL CONSIST OF FIRE
 BARRIERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3 THAT HAVE NOT
 LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING.
 28.3.6.1.3 IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 28.3.5, CORRIDOR WALLS SHALL HAVE A
 MINIMUM?-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING.
  
 THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE EXITS ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY
 ACCESSIBLE AND DO NOT MEET THE PROVISIONS INDICATED.
  
 A PROTECTED CORRIDOR IS REQUIRED OR EACH FLOOR LEVEL.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET LS 1.01 & A 2.01B - A BASEMENT IS INDICATED
 WITH ONLY ONE (1) EXIT.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 28,
  
 28.2.4 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 28.2.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 28.2.4.2
 AND 28.2.4.3:
 (1) THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.4.
 (2) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 ON EVERY STORY.
 (3) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE
 ACCESSIBLE FROM EVERY PART OF EVERY STORY.
  
 7.4* NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.4.1 GENERAL.
 7.4.1.1 THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS FROM ANY BALCONY,
 MEZZANINE, STORY, OR PORTION THEREOF SHALL BE NOT LESS
 THAN TWO, EXCEPT UNDER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (1) A SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED WHERE
 PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43.
 (2) A SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR A
 MEZZANINE OR BALCONY WHERE THE COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL
 LIMITATIONS OF CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43 ARE MET.
 7.4.1.2 THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS FROM ANY STORY OR
 PORTION THEREOF, OTHER THAN FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS AS
 PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43, SHALL BE AS
 FOLLOWS:
 (1) OCCUPANT LOAD MORE THAN 500 BUT NOT MORE THAN 1000
 ? NOT LESS THAN 3
 (2) OCCUPANT LOAD MORE THAN 1000 ? NOT LESS THAN 4
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A SECOND (2ND) EXIT FORM THE BASEMENT.
  
  
 5) SHEET LS 1.01 & M 1.00 - THERE IS NO INDICATIONS OF
 SMOKE VENTING IN/FROM THE BASEMENT AREA.
  
 NFPA 101 CHAPTER 11 SPECIAL STRUCTURES AND HIGH-RISE
 BUILDINGS
 11.7 UNDERGROUND AND LIMITED ACCESS STRUCTURES.
 11.7.4 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR UNDERGROUND
 STRUCTURES.
 11.7.4.1 A STRUCTURE OR PORTION OF A STRUCTURE SHALL
 NOT BE CONSIDERED AN UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE IF THE STORY
 IS PROVIDED, ON NOT LESS THAN TWO SIDES, WITH NOT LESS
 THAN 20 FT2 (1.9 M2) OF EMERGENCY ACCESS OPENING
 LOCATED ENTIRELY ABOVE THE ADJOINING FINISHED GROUND
 LEVEL IN EACH 50 LINEAL FT (15 LINEAL M) OF EXTERIOR
 ENCLOSING WALL AREA.
 11.7.4.2 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 11.7.3 SHALL APPLY.
 11.7.4.4 THE UNDERGROUND PORTIONS OF AN UNDERGROUND
 STRUCTURE,OTHER THAN AN EXISTING UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE,
 SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH APPROVED AUTOMATIC SMOKE VENTING
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.3 WHERE THE UNDERGROUND
 STRUCTURE HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
 (1) OCCUPANT LOAD OF MORE THAN 100 PERSONS IN THE
 UNDERGROUND PORTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE
 (2) FLOOR LEVEL USED FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY LOCATED MORE
 THAN 30 FT (9.1 M) BELOW THE LOWEST LEVEL OF EXIT
 DISCHARGE, OR MORE THAN ONE LEVEL LOCATED BELOW THE
 LOWEST LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE
 (3) COMBUSTIBLE CONTENTS, COMBUSTIBLE INTERIOR FINISH,
 OR COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE SMOKE VENTING FOR THE BASEMANT AREA AS
 REQUIRED PER (3).
  
  
  
 6) SHEET LS 1.01 & 2-5 FLOOR PLAN SHEETS - THERE
 APPEARS TO BE TWO(2) UNPROTECTED VERICAL OPENINGS:
  
 A.THE AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OPENING FROM THE PARKING
 GARAGE UP THROUGH THE ROOF.
 B. THE AREA LOCATED MORE NORTH INTERIOR FROM THE SECOND
 (2ND) FLOOR THROUGH THE ROOF.
  
 NFPA 101, CHAPTER 28
 28.3 PROTECTION.
 28.3.1 PROTECTION OF VERTICAL OPENINGS.
 28.3.1.1 VERTICAL OPENINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH 28.3.1.1.1
 THROUGH 28.3.1.2.
 28.3.1.1.1 VERTICAL OPENINGS SHALL BE ENCLOSED OR
 PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.6.
 28.3.1.1.2 VERTICAL OPENINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 8.6.9.1
 SHALL BE PERMITTED.
 28.3.1.1.3 IN BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN HIGH-RISE
 BUILDINGS, THAT ARE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 28.3.5, THE WALLS ENCLOSING VERTICAL
 OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE
 RATING, AND DOORS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE
 PROTECTION RATING.
  
 8.6 VERTICAL OPENINGS.
 8.6.1 FLOOR SMOKE BARRIERS. EVERY FLOOR THAT SEPARATES
 STORIES IN A BUILDING SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING
 CRITERIA:
 (1) IT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AS A SMOKE BARRIER IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.5.
 (2) IT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE OPENINGS AS DESCRIBED
 BY 8.6.6, 8.6.7, 8.6.8, 8.6.9, OR CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH
 43. 8.6.2* CONTINUITY. OPENINGS THROUGH FLOORS SHALL BE
 ENCLOSED WITH FIRE BARRIER WALLS, SHALL BE CONTINUOUS
 FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR, OR FLOOR TO ROOF, AND SHALL BE
 PROTECTED AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRE RESISTANCE RATING
 OF THE BARRIER.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE REQUIRED PROTECTION AS INDICATED.
  
  
  
 7) SHEETS A 2.02 - 2.04 - A H.K. ROOM IS INDICATED THAT
 INCLUDES A LAUNDRY CHUTE. NO DIMENSIONS ARE INDICATED
 OF THE SIZE OF ROOM.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 28
 28.5.4 RUBBISH CHUTES, INCINERATORS, AND LAUNDRY
 CHUTES. RUBBISH CHUTES, INCINERATORS, AND LAUNDRY
 CHUTES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.5.
  
 9.5 RUBBISH CHUTES, INCINERATORS, AND LAUNDRY CHUTES.
 9.5.1 ENCLOSURE.
 9.5.1.1 RUBBISH CHUTES AND LAUNDRY CHUTES SHALL BE
 SEPARATELY ENCLOSED BY WALLS OR PARTITIONS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 8.3.
  
 9.5.1.4 THE ROOM USED FOR ACCESSING THE CHUTE OPENING
 SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 8.7.
 9.5.1.5 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 9.5.1.1 THROUGH 9.5.1.4
 SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE
 FOLLOWING:
 (1) EXISTING INSTALLATIONS HAVING PROPERLY ENCLOSED
 SERVICE CHUTES AND PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
 SERVICE OPENINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE INLETS OPEN
 TO A CORRIDOR OR NORMALLY OCCUPIED SPACE.
 (2) RUBBISH CHUTES AND LAUNDRY CHUTES SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO OPEN INTO ROOMS NOT EXCEEDING 400 FT2 (37
 M2) THAT ARE USED FOR STORAGE, PROVIDED THAT THE ROOM
 IS PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS.
  
 THOUGH IT APPEARS TO COMPLY, PLEASE PROVIDE DIMENSIONS
 TO ENSURE COMPLAINCE WITH THE ABOVE (2).
  
  
  
 8) SHEETS A 2.02 - 2.04 - A H.K. ROOM IS INDICATED THAT
 INCLUDES A LAUNDRY CHUTE. THE ROOM IS NOT INDICATED AS
 BEING PROTECTED UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 FOLLOWING.
  
 9.5.1.4 THE ROOM USED FOR ACCESSING THE CHUTE OPENING
 SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 8.7.
  
 8.7.1.2 IN NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHERE PROTECTION IS
 PROVIDED WITH AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS WITHOUT
 FIRE-RESISTIVE SEPARATION, THE SPACE PROTECTED SHALL BE
 ENCLOSED WITH SMOKE PARTITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 8.4, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (1) WHERE MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY GENERAL STORAGE AREAS
 AND STOCKROOMS ARE PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7
 (2) WHERE HAZARDOUS AREAS IN INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES ARE
 PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 40.3.2
 (3) WHERE HAZARDOUS AREAS IN DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL
 OCCUPANCIES ARE PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 22.3.2
  
 NFPA 82 INCINERATORS AND WASTE AND LINEN HANDLING
 SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
  
 5.2.5 SERVICE OPENING ROOMS.
 5.2.5.1 GENERAL.
 5.2.5.1.1 EVERY SERVICE OPENING SHALL BE IN A ROOM OR
 COMPARTMENT THAT IS SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER PARTS OF
 THE BUILDING BY WALLS, PARTITIONS, FLOORS, AND
 FLOOR-CEILING ASSEMBLIES HAVING A FIRE RESISTANCE
 RATING OF NOT LESS THAN THE REQUIRED RATING OF
 THE CHUTE ENCLOSURE.
 5.2.5.1.2 WHERE SERVICE OPENING ROOMS ARE PROTECTED BY
 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS, THE ROOM SHALL BE ENCLOSED IN A
 MINIMUM OF 1-HOUR CONSTRUCTION, AND OPENINGS SHALL BE
 PROTECTED WITH 3?4-HOUR FIRE-RATED DOORS.
 5.2.5.1.3 OPENINGS INTO SUCH A ROOM OR COMPARTMENT
 SHALL BE PROTECTED BY APPROVED SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT
 ARE APPROPRIATE FOR PROTECTING THE OPENINGS OR ARE OF
 NOT LESS THAN A 1?HOUR PARTITION RATING WITH A 3?4-HOUR
 FIRE-RATED DOOR.
 5.2.5.1.4 THE SIZE OF THE SERVICE OPENING ROOM OR
 COMPARTMENT SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED TO
 MAINTAIN A MINIMUM 152.4 MM (6 IN.) CLEARANCE BETWEEN
 THE INTAKE OPENING AND THE CLOSED SERVICE OPENING ROOM
 DOOR.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE PROTECTION AS REQUIRED FOR ALL WALLS
 SURROUNDING THE LAUNDRY CHUTE ROOM, INCLUDING THE
 CORRIDOR WALL AND JANITOR/MECHANICAL ROOMS.
  
  
  
 9) SHEETS A 2.02 - 2.04 - A H.K. ROOM IS INDICATED THAT
 INCLUDES A LAUNDRY CHUTE. THE DOOR TO THE LAUNDRY CHUTE
 ROOM; 8, AND MECHANICAL ROOM; 10, ARE NOT INDICATED AS
 HAVING ANY RATING OR CLSING DEVICES PER DOOR SCHEDULE
 SHHET A 9.02.
  
 9.5.1.4 THE ROOM USED FOR ACCESSING THE CHUTE OPENING
 SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 8.7.
  
 8.7.1.3 DOORS IN BARRIERS REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM ?-HOUR FIRE
 PROTECTION RATING AND SHALL BE SELF-CLOSING OR
 AUTOMATIC-CLOSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.1.8.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE DOOR REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
  
 10) SHEET A 6.05 & A 2.02 - A 2.04 - THE LINEN CHUTE
 CHASE DOES NOT INDICATE AND FIRE RATING.
  
 NFPA 82 INCINERATORS AND WASTE AND LINEN HANDLING
 SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
  
 5.2.3 CHUTE ENCLOSURE (CHASE).
 5.2.3.1 GENERAL.
 5.2.3.1.1 VERTICAL WASTE OR LINEN CHUTES IN ALL STORIES
 ABOVE THE STORAGE OR COMPACTING ROOM SHALL BE ENCLOSED
 WITHIN A CONTINUOUS FIRE-RATED ENCLOSURE CONSISTENT
 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TYPE.
 5.2.3.1.2 THE WALLS OF THE ENCLOSURE SHALL HAVE A FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 2 HOURS IF THE
 BUILDING IS FOUR OR MORE STORIES IN HEIGHT AND NOT LESS
 THAN 1 HOUR IF THE BUILDING IS LESS THAN FOUR STORIES
 IN HEIGHT.
 5.2.3.1.3 OPENINGS IN THE FIRE-RATED ENCLOSURE SHALL BE
 AS FOLLOWS:
 (1) 11?2-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING FOR 2 HOUR?RATED
 ENCLOSURES
 (2) 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING FOR 1 HOUR?RATED
 ENCLOSURES
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE INDICATED FIRE RATED PROTECTION.
  
  
  
 11) SHEET B - THE LAUNDRY CHUTE DISCHARPE ROOM DOES NOT
 INDICATED AN FIRE RATING.
  
 NFPA 82 INCINERATORS AND WASTE AND LINEN HANDLING
 SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
  
 5.2.4 CHUTE DISCHARGE ROOMS.
 5.2.4.1 GENERAL.
 5.2.4.1.1 WASTE AND LINEN CHUTES SHALL TERMINATE OR
 DISCHARGE DIRECTLY INTO A ROOM HAVING A MINIMUM FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING NOT LESS THAN THAT SPECIFIED FOR THE
 CHUTE.
 5.2.4.1.2 OPENINGS INTO SUCH A ROOM OR COMPARTMENT
 SHALL BE PROTECTED BY APPROVED SELF-CLOSING FIRE DOORS
 HAVING A MINIMUM FIRE PROTECTION RATING NOT LESS THAN
 SPECIFIED FOR THE CHUTE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FIRE RATING AS REQUIRED.
  
  
  
 12) SHEETS A 2.02 - 2.03 - THE H.K. ROOM APPEARS TO
 HAVE A TRASH RECEPTICLE LOCATED WITHIN IT. THE ROOM CAN
 BE USED FOR STORAGE BUT IT CAN NOT BE USED AS A TRASH
 ROOM.
  
 9.5.1.4 THE ROOM USED FOR ACCESSING THE CHUTE OPENING
 SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 8.7.
 9.5.1.5 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 9.5.1.1 THROUGH 9.5.1.4
 SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE
 FOLLOWING:
 (1) EXISTING INSTALLATIONS HAVING PROPERLY ENCLOSED
 SERVICE CHUTES AND PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
 SERVICE OPENINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE INLETS OPEN
 TO A CORRIDOR OR NORMALLY OCCUPIED SPACE.
 (2) RUBBISH CHUTES AND LAUNDRY CHUTES SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO OPEN INTO ROOMS NOT EXCEEDING 400 FT2 (37
 M2) THAT ARE USED FOR STORAGE, PROVIDED THAT THE ROOM
 IS PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS.
  
 FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING STORAGE:
 3.3.188.15* STORAGE OCCUPANCY. AN OCCUPANCY USED
 PRIMARILY FOR THE STORAGE OR SHELTERING OF GOODS,
 MERCHANDISE, PRODUCTS, OR VEHICLES.
  
 PER (2), THE ROOM CAN BE USED FOR STORAGE PURPOSES.
 TRASH IS NOT CONSIDERED AS ALLOWABLE WITHIN THIS ROOM.
  
  
  
 13) SHEET A 2.04 - THE H.K. ROOM IS INDICATED AS HAVING
 A MECHANICAL ROOM; SHEET E 1.03 INDICATES IT AS A
 BOILER ROOM, WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE WATER HEATERS. THE
 H.K. ROOM IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL OTHER FLOORS LEVELS.
 PLEASE CONFIRM AND PROVIDE CLARIFYING NARRATIVE.
  
 9.5.1.4 THE ROOM USED FOR ACCESSING THE CHUTE OPENING
 SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 8.7.
 9.5.1.5 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 9.5.1.1 THROUGH 9.5.1.4
 SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE
 FOLLOWING:
 (1) EXISTING INSTALLATIONS HAVING PROPERLY ENCLOSED
 SERVICE CHUTES AND PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED
 SERVICE OPENINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE INLETS OPEN
 TO A CORRIDOR OR NORMALLY OCCUPIED SPACE.
 (2) RUBBISH CHUTES AND LAUNDRY CHUTES SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO OPEN INTO ROOMS NOT EXCEEDING 400 FT2 (37
 M2) THAT ARE USED FOR STORAGE, PROVIDED THAT THE ROOM
 IS PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS.
  
 A. PER (2), THE ROOM CAN BE USED FOR STORAGE PURPOSES.
 WATER HEATERS ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS ALLOWABLE WITHIN
 THIS ROOM.
 B. HOW WILL THE WATER HEATERS BE POWERED?
 C. WHERE IS THE TRASH RECEPTICLE LOCATED ON THIS FLOOR.
  
  
  
  
 14) SHEETS FP 2.01 - 2.03 - THE ROOMS INDICATED AS
 SUANA ARE NOT PROVIDED WITH FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION.
  
 CHAPTER 4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
 4.1 LEVEL OF PROTECTION. A BUILDING, WHERE PROTECTED BY
 AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLATION, SHALL BE
 PROVIDED WITH SPRINKLERS IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT WHERE
 SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THIS STANDARD PERMIT THE OMISSION
 OF SPRINKLERS.
  
 THERE IS NO OMISSION OF SPRINKLERS FOR THIS ROOM.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION.
  
  
  
  
 15) COMMENT # 6 RESTATED FOR SHEETS FP - THE IS NO
 INDICATIONS OF FIRE PROTECTION OF THE VERITCAL OPENINGS
 ALONG THE WEST SIDE AND FLOORS 2-5 OPENING IN THE NORTH
 INTRERIOR AREA.
  
 28.3 PROTECTION.
 28.3.1 PROTECTION OF VERTICAL OPENINGS.
 28.3.1.1 VERTICAL OPENINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH 28.3.1.1.1
 THROUGH 28.3.1.2.
 28.3.1.1.1 VERTICAL OPENINGS SHALL BE ENCLOSED OR
 PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.6.
 28.3.1.1.2 VERTICAL OPENINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 8.6.9.1
 SHALL BE PERMITTED.
 28.3.1.1.3 IN BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN HIGH-RISE
 BUILDINGS, THAT ARE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 28.3.5, THE WALLS ENCLOSING VERTICAL
 OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE
 RATING, AND DOORS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE
 PROTECTION RATING.
  
 8.6 VERTICAL OPENINGS.
 8.6.1 FLOOR SMOKE BARRIERS. EVERY FLOOR THAT SEPARATES
 STORIES IN A BUILDING SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING
 CRITERIA:
 (1) IT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AS A SMOKE BARRIER IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.5.
 (2) IT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE OPENINGS AS DESCRIBED
 BY 8.6.6, 8.6.7, 8.6.8, 8.6.9, OR CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH
 43. 8.6.2* CONTINUITY. OPENINGS THROUGH FLOORS SHALL BE
 ENCLOSED WITH FIRE BARRIER WALLS, SHALL BE CONTINUOUS
 FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR, OR FLOOR TO ROOF, AND SHALL BE
 PROTECTED AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRE RESISTANCE RATING
 OF THE BARRIER.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE REQUIRED PROTECTION AS INDICATED.
  
  
  
 16) SHEET FP 1.04 - A ROOF MANIFOLD IS INDICATED ON THE
 NORTH WEST SIDE OF THE ROOF. THE IS INSUFFICIENT AREA
 IN FRONT OF THE MANIFOLD TO ALLOW FOR FIRE OPERATIONS.
  
 13.1.3 OBSTRUCTIONS SHALL NOT BE PLACED OR KEPT NEAR
 FIRE HYDRANTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT INLET CONNECTIONS, OR
 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM CONTROL VALVES IN A MANNER THAT
 WOULD PREVENT SUCH EQUIPMENT OR FIRE HYDRANTS FROM
 BEING IMMEDIATELY VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE.
 13.1.4 A MINIMUM 36 IN. (91 MM) OF CLEAR SPACE SHALL BE
 MAINTAINED TO PERMIT ACCESS TO AND OPERATION OF FIRE
 PROTECTION EQUIPMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT INLET
 CONNECTIONS, OR FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM CONTROL VALVES.
 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT BE DETERRED OR HINDERED
 FROM GAINING IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO FIRE PROTECTION
 EQUIPMENT.
 13.1.4.1 AN APPROVED CLEAR AND UNOBSTRUCTED PATH SHALL
 BE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED FOR ACCESS TO THE FIRE
 DEPARTMENT INLET CONNECTIONS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE MINMIMUM REQUIREMENT BY
 REPOSITIONING, TURNING, RELOCATION OTHER OTHER SIMILAR
 REMEDY.
  
  
  
 17) ROOF SHEETS - THE ROOF IS INDICATED WITH A SPACE
 THAT IS OPEN TO THE 2ND FLLOR BELOW. FOR FIREFIGHTER
 FIRE OPERATIONAL SAFETY, THOUGH THIS OPENING APPEARS TO
 HAVE A PARAPET WALL, PLEASE PROVIDE REFLECTIVE SIGNAGE
 ON ALL FOUR SIDES "DANGER, OPENING THROUGH TO 2ND
 FLOOR" OR SIMILAR.
  
  
  
 18) ROOF SHEETS - THERE IS A PARAPET WALL INDICATED ON
 THE EAST AND WEST SIDES WITH OPEN TRELLIS CONSTRUCTION
 ON THE OTHER SIDE. FOR FIREFIGHTER FIRE OPERATIONAL
 SAFETY, PLEASE PROVIDE REFLECTIVE SIGNAGE, "DANGER,
 OPEN TRELLS BEAMS ON OTHER SIDE" OR SIMILAR IN MULTIPLE
 LOCATIONS.
  
  
  
 19) SHEET A 2.01A & A 9.02 - GATE DOORS AND GATES ARE
 INDICATED ON THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING SITE. THESE
 GATES ARE LOCATED IN THE EGRESS PATH OF TRAVEL. THE
 DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATES THERE ARE LOCKED. THESE GATES
 SHALL IMPEDE EGRESS AND SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA
 101,CHAPTER 28 & CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 28.2.2.2 DOORS.
 28.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED.
 28.2.2.2.2 DOOR-LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 28.2.2.2.2.1, 28.2.2.2.2.2, 28.2.2.2.2.3, OR
 28.2.2.2.2.4.
 28.2.2.2.2.1 NO DOOR IN ANY MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 LOCKED AGAINST EGRESS WHEN THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED.
  
 7.2.1.5 LOCKS, LATCHES, AND ALARM DEVICES.
 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED
 READILY FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS
 OCCUPIED.
 7.2.1.5.2* THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.5.1 SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO DOOR LEAVES OF LISTED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AFTER
 EXPOSURE TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 LISTING, BASED ON LABORATORY FIRE TEST PROCEDURES.
 7.2.1.5.3 LOCKS, IF PROVIDED, SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE
 OF A KEY, A TOOL, OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT FOR
 OPERATION FROM THE EGRESS SIDE.
 7.2.1.5.4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.5.1 AND 7.2.1.5.3
 SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 18
 THROUGH 23.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE LOCKS/LATCHES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 REQUIRMENT.
  
  
  
 20) SHEET A 8.02 - A GREEN SCREEN PANEL IS INDICATED ON
 THE WEST OUTSIDE WALL ATTACHED TO AN ALUMINUM
 STRUCTURE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE SCREEN FABRIC SPECIFICATION SHEET
 THAT INDICATES ANY FLAME AND SMOKE SPREAD RATING, FIRE
 RATINGS, FIRE PROTECTION FEATURES, ETC.
  
  
  
 21) 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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