Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16090832
Permit Number 16090832
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2016-12-09 06:30:01****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL
 BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 [email protected]
 561-805-6724
  
 1. LS100, EGRESS WIDTH TABULATIONS, HAS A TYPO (BOTH
 FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR), 15SF PER PERSON FOR STORAGE,
 FBC TABLE 1004.1.2.
  
 THIS WAS REVISED, BUT RATIONALE FOR S2 RATHER THAN S1
 OCCUPANCY IS NOT CLEAR. S2 IS FOR NON COMBUSTIBLE
 STORAGE. REVISE PLAN TO STATE TYPE OF MATERIALS STORED
 IN EACH STORAGE AREA (OR ONE NOTE IF ALL ARE THE SAME),
 OR REVISE TO S1 WHICH INCLUDES COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE.
  
 2. COMMENT FROM FIRST REVIEW: LS100, REVISE TO SHOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH FBC TABLE 503, FBC 506. COMPLIANCE FOR
 THE ENTIRE BUILDING, ALL OCCUPANCIES, SHOULD BE SHOWN.
 INCREASES PER FBC 506 ARE TO BE SHOWN.
  
 FOR EXAMPLE, A101 SHOWS BUILDING AREA AS 82,003, LS100
 SHOWS BUILDING AREA AS 71,055. LS100 PROJECT SUMMARY
 DOES NOT INCLUDE S1 OCCUPANCY.
  
 2ND REVIEW, IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THIS HAS BEEN
 ADDRESSED. THE SPRINKLER INCREASE FOR BUSINESS WAS
 SHOWN, BUT THIS IS A MIXED USE BUILDING AND BUSINESS IS
 NOT THE MOST STRINGENT CONDITION. A3 (WITH SPRINKLER
 INCREASE) HAS A LIMIT OF 28,500 AND S1 ALLOWS 52,500.
 AS BUILDING AREA DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE MOST
 STRINGENT, EITHER OCCUPANCIES ARE TO BE SEPARATED OR
 FRONTAGE INCREASE IS NEEDED, FBC 506.2.
  
 THE SQUARE FOOT AREAS FOR ASSEMBLY AND S1 ARE NOT ON
 THE PLAN, SO COMPLIANCE WITH FBC 508.2.1 (ACCESSORY
 OCCUPANCIES) CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
  
 THE GENERATOR BUILDING WAS NOT INCLUDED, SEE FBC 703.5.
 IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THIS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE
 BUILDING AREA CALCULATIONS OR IF COMPLIANCE WITH
 DISTANCE TO AN ASSUMED PROPERTY LINE IS REQUIRED TO BE
 SHOWN.
  
 3-6. AS DISCUSSED, THE USE OF 100 SF PER PERSON FOR AN
 OVERALL OCCUPANT LOAD IS ACCEPTABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION
 OF ASSEMBLY AREAS SUCH AS THE PRESS ROOM WHICH WILL
 SERVE OCCUPANTS FROM OUTIDE OF THE BUILDING. LS201,
 THIS AREA IS SHOWN AS 100 SF PER PERSON. AS DISCUSSED,
 THE ASSEMBLY AREAS SUCH AS THE SMALL CONFERENCE ROOMS
 CAN BE CALCULATED AT 100 SF PER PERSON IF THE OCCUPANTS
 ARE FROM THE ADJACENT OFFICE AREAS. REVISE THE MEDIA
 ROOM TO 15 SF PER PERSON AS WELL AS ANY OTHER AREAS
 INTENDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL OCCUPANTS.
  
 5. OK
  
 6. CLARIFY WHICH ROOMS WERE CONSIDERED ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPANCY WHEN CALCULATING THE TOTAL SF AREA AND
 OCCUPANT LOAD IN EGRESS WIDTH TABULATIONS ON LS100,
 FBC107, FS553.
 2ND REVIEW, ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL OCCUPANT LOAD IS
 CALCULATED AT 100 SF PER PERSON GROSS, INCLUDING
 ASSEMBLY AREAS, A TOTAL ASSEMBLY OCCUPANT LOAD IS
 REQUIRED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A
 THRESHOLD BUILDING. PLEASE SEND THE TOTAL SQUARE FEET
 OF ASSEMBLY AREA VIA EMAIL SO THIS CAN BE DETERMINED.
  
 7-8. OK
  
 9. LS201, NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED REGARDING THE
 EXISTING COMMAND CENTER AND HOW EXITING WILL BE
 AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED NEW COMMAND CENTER. PROVIDE
 INFORMATION REGARDING THE DOORS WHICH PREVIOUSLY LED
 DIRECTLY TO THE OUTDOORS WHICH WILL NOW LEAD TO THE NEW
 COMMAND CENTER. IF THESE DOORS ARE EXIT DOORS, HOW WILL
 TRAVEL DISTANCE BE AFFECTED? WHAT OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATIONS DO THESE DOORS SERVE?
  
 2ND REVIEW, THE RESPONSE LETTER INFORMATION ADDRESSES
 THIS ISSUE. AS THE RESPONSE LETTER IS NOT A PART OF THE
 PERMIT RECORD (AND IS NOT SIGNED AND SEALED), REVISE
 THE PLAN TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION. THE PLAN
 CURRENTLY SHOWS THAT THE EXIT DOOR IS STILL BEING USED
 AS AN EXIT DOOR, SHOWS ONLY A PARTIAL TRAVEL DISTANCE,
 AND DOES NOT REFERENCE THE OTHER EXITS. REVISE TO
 INCORPORATE THE INFORMATION IN THE RESPONSE LETTER INTO
 THE PLAN.
  
 10-11. OK
  
 12. OCCUPANT LOAD TOTALS DO NOT APPEAR CORRECT. FOR
 INSTANCE, LS202 SHOWS OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THE BUSINESS
 AREA WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO ROOMS CALCULATED ON THE
 TOTAL RATHER THAN BY ROOM. FBC 107 AND FBC CHAPTER 10,
 AN ACCURATE OCCUPANT LOAD IS REQUIRED FOR C.O., TO
 CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, AND
 FOR THRESHOLD BUILDING DETERMINATION. REVISE PLAN.
  
 13. FBC 1014.2, CLARIFY THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS
 CALCULATED TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE BREAK ROOM TO REACH
 THE REQUIRED EXIT. HOW WILL THE EGRESS PATH BE KEPT
 CLEAR OF TABLES AND CHAIRS? ASSEMBLY IS CONSIDERED A
 HIGHER RISK THAN BUSINESS. REVISE PLAN TO CLARIFY HOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT A DISCERNIBLE PATH
 OF EGRESS TRAVEL TO AN EXIT WILL BE MET. FEEL FREE TO
 CONTACT ME TO DISCUSS.
  
 2ND REVIEW, THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN IS NOT CLEAR ON THE
 NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS IN EACH AREA AND THE NUMBER OF
 OCCUPANTS WHICH EACH EXIT IS TO SERVE.
  
 THIS AREA WAS REVISED TO SHOW 46 OCCUPANTS, BUT IT
 APPEARS THAT THE 98 FROM THE CONTROL THEATER WILL ALSO
 EXIT THROUGH THIS AREA. THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THE
 THEATER WAS NOT PROVIDED. IS IT 98 TOTAL, OR 98 TIMES
 3? IF 98 TOTAL, A THIRD SHOULD BE SHOWN AT EACH EXIT
 RATHER THAN 98.
  
 ADDING UP ALL OF THE DOOR EXIT REQUIRED NUMBERS GIVES A
 TOTAL OF 341, BUT THE TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THE FLOOR
 IS 467 PLUS THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS FROM THE EXISTING
 BUILDING AND THE SECOND FLOOR, APPEARS TO BE A TOTAL OF
 APPROXIMATELY 500 FOR FIRST FLOOR OCCUPANTS. THE
 THEATER SHOWS TWO CORRIDORS AS EXITS, APPEARS TO SHOW
 98 EACH CORRIDOR, BUT IS NOT CLEAR WHERE THESE PEOPLE
 EXIT.
  
 THE TWO STAIRS ARE SHOWN AS SERVING 48 EACH, BUT THEY
 ARE BOTH USED AS EXITS FOR THE FIRST FLOOR AND THE
 SECOND FLOOR WHICH HAS AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 244.
  
 IF EACH STAIR DOOR SERVES 48 OCCUPANTS FROM THE FIRST
 FLOOR AND 122 FROM THE SECOND, 34 INCHES OF DOOR WIDTH
 IS REQUIRED, 33 IS PROVIDED.
  
 14-18. OK
  
 19. THREE SETS OF PLANS REQUIRED; SEE THRESHOLD REVIEW.
  
 THREE SETS OF ALL PERMIT DOCUMENTS REQUIRED.
  
 20. A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER IS SHOWN ON SHEET M104. THIS
 REQUIRES A SEPARATE PERMIT AND HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED AT
 THIS TIME.
  
 21. OK
  
 22. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL HAS REVIEWED THE LETTER
 REGARDING THE LACK OF ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS ON THE FIRST
 FLOOR ADJACENT TO THE THEATER. AS THESE BATHROOMS ARE
 NOT NEAR THE OTHERS ON THE FLOOR, IT IS NOT CONSIDERED
 A CLUSTER. DUE TO THE DISTANCE, PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE
 BATHROOMS IN ANOTHER AREA IS NOT CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT
 FACILITATION.
  
 NOTE THAT ALL COMMENTS REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY ARE
 APPLICABLE FOR BUILDING REVIEW AND MUST BE ADDRESSED.
  
 23. THE LIFE SAFETY PAGES ARE ILLEGIBLE, FBC 107. THEY
 HAVE HATCHING OVER ALL OF THE AREAS, MAKING IT VERY
 DIFFICULT TO READ, AND NOW HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 (CIRCLES) OVER THE FLOOR PLAN. PLEASE PROVIDE LEGIBLE
 LIFE SAFETY PLANS. FOR BUILDING REVIEW, NEITHER THE
 HATCHING NOR THE CIRCLES ARE NECESSARY. IF REQUIRED FOR
 ANOTHER TRADE, PLEASE PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION AS
 SEPARATE SHEETS.
  
 24. AS DISCUSSED, AS THE 2ND FLOOR "STAGE" IS NOT AN
 OCCUPIABLE SPACE, REVISE THE DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA
 (ELEVATED PROTECTIVE BARRIER).
  
 25. WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE CHANGE ONLY SHEETS WHICH
 HAVE CHANGED.
  
 26. THIS PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED WITH PROVISO:
  
 ALL REQUIRED PRODUCT APPROVALS NOT SUBMITTED AND
 REVIEWED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE ARE TO BE SUBMITTED FOR
 REVIEW PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO
 THE BUILDING DIVISION THEY ARE TO BE REVIEWED BY
 DESIGNER OF RECORD, FBC 107.
  
 SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR SIGNS, PARKING LOT, SITE
 LIGHTING, ETC. (ALL ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING
 ENVELOPE).
  
 A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH KEN CONRAD, CHIEF
 BUILDING INSPECTOR, THE CONTRACTOR, AND THE RESIDENT OR
 SPECIAL INSPECTOR IS REQUIRED. PLEASE CONTACT KEN
 CONRAD, 561-805-6666 TO SCHEDULE.
  
  


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