Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16110180
Permit Number 16110180
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2016-12-30 10:32:48THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) PREVIOUS COMMNET 1) - NOT COMPLIED - SHEET A 4 -
 EXIT SIGNS ARE INDICATED AT DOORS LEADING TO THE
 OUTSIDE PLAY AREA; HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL GATES AND
 PLAY AREAS THAT MUST BE NAVIGATED UNTIL THE EXIT
 DISCHAGE IS REACHED. THE EXIT IS NOT REACHED UNTIL THE
 POINT OF PUBLIC WAY.
  
 8.1.2.4* EXIT TRAVEL DISTANCES.
 8.1.2.4.1 IN ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITIES NOT SPRINKLERED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.2, EXIT TRAVEL DISTANCE
 SHALL NOT EXCEED 75 FT (23 M) FROM ANY POINT IN THE
 FACILITY.
  
 8.1.2.1 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 8.1.2.1.1 TWO MEANS OF EGRESS FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL
 OCCUPANTS, AS A MINIMUM, SHALL BE PROVIDED IN EVERY
 FACILITY, SECTION,AND AREA WHERE SIZE, OCCUPANCY, AND
 ARRANGEMENT ENDANGER OCCUPANTS ATTEMPTING TO USE A
 SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS
 THAT IS BLOCKED BY FIRE OR SMOKE.
 8.1.2.1.2 WHERE TWO MEANS OF EGRESS ARE REQUIRED, THEY
 SHALL BE ARRANGED TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY THAT BOTH
 MIGHT BE RENDERED IMPASSABLE BY THE SAME EMERGENCY
 CONDITION.
  
 11.2 MEANS OF EGRESS REQUIREMENTS.
 11.2.1 GENERAL. EACH REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PORTIONS OF CHAPTER
 8.
 11.2.2 MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS.
 11.2.2.1 GENERAL. COMPONENTS OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL
 BE LIMITED TO THE TYPES DESCRIBED IN NFPA 101, LIFE
 SAFETY CODE, CHAPTER 7; OR NFPA 5000, BUILDING
 CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY CODE, CHAPTER 11; CHAPTER 8 OF
 THIS STANDARD; AND AS MODIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION.
  
 NFPA 101, CHAPTER 3, DEFINITIONS.
 3.3.81* EXIT. THAT PORTION OF A MEANS OF EGRESS THAT IS
 SEPARATED FROM ALL OTHER SPACES OF A BUILDING OR
 STRUCTURE BY CONSTRUCTION OR EQUIPMENT AS REQUIRED TO
 PROVIDE A PROTECTED WAY OF TRAVEL TO THE EXIT
 DISCHARGE.
  
 3.3.82 EXIT ACCESS. THAT PORTION OF A MEANS OF EGRESS
 THAT LEADS TO AN EXIT.
 3.3.83 EXIT DISCHARGE. THAT PORTION OF A MEANS OF
 EGRESS BETWEEN THE TERMINATION OF AN EXIT AND A PUBLIC
 WAY.
  
 3.3.218 PUBLIC WAY. A STREET, ALLEY, OR OTHER SIMILAR
 PARCEL OF LAND ESSENTIALLY OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE AIR
 DEEDED, DEDICATED, OR OTHERWISE PERMANENTLY
 APPROPRIATED TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC USE AND HAVING A
 CLEAR WIDTH AND HEIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 10 FT (3050
 MM).
  
  
 THE PROPOSED TRAVEL DISTANCES INDICATED ON A 4 ARE
 NONCOMPLIANT AND NOT APPROVED. YOUR PROPOSED EXITS ARE
 EXIT ACCESSES WITH YOUR EXIT ACTUALLY BEING AT THE END
 OF YOUR OCUTDOOR PALY AREA. PLEASE CORRECT.
  
  
 2) PREVIOUS COMMENT 2) - COMPLIED.
  
  
 3) PREVIOUS COMMENT 3) - COMPLIED.
  
  
 4) PREVIOUS COMMENT 4) - NOT COMPLIED - SHEET A 4 -
 THERE IS ONE EXIT INDICATED FROM THE MERCANTILE AREA;
 HOWEVER, PER NFPA 150, 8.1.2.1 NUMBER OF MEANS OF
 EGRESS.
 8.1.2.1.1 TWO MEANS OF EGRESS FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL
 OCCUPANTS, AS A MINIMUM, SHALL BE PROVIDED IN EVERY
 FACILITY, SECTION, AND AREA WHERE SIZE, OCCUPANCY, AND
 ARRANGEMENT ENDANGER OCCUPANTS ATTEMPTING TO USE A
 SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS
 THAT IS BLOCKED BY FIRE OR SMOKE.
  
 SHOULD A FIRE OCCUR IN THE AREA OF THE GROOMING THE
 MAIN EXIT COULD BE INACCESSIBLE. A SECOND EXIT SHALL BE
 IDENTIFIED AND PROVIDED FROM THIS AREA.
  
  
  
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 5) SHEET A 2 & A 4 - AN EXIT ACCESS IS INDICATED
 PASSING THROUGH A DOOR LEADING INTO INDOOR INDOOR PLAY
 AREA # 1 THAT THEN LEADS TO THE EXIT IN THE CORNER.
  
 THE DOOR LEADING TO INDOOR PLAY AREA # 1 IS NOT
 INDICATED ON THE DOOR SCHEDULE AND DOES NOT SHOW
 COMPLIANT EXIT HARDWARE.
  
 PLEASE CORRECT.
  
  
  
 6) SHEET A 2 - DOORS INDICATED AS E ARE EXIT DOORS AND
 ARE NOT SHOWING COMPLIANT EXIT HARDWARE ON THE DOOR
 SCHEDULE, INCLUDING LOCKING AND LATCHING DEVICES.
  
 PLEASE CORRECT.
  
  
  
 7) SHEET A 4 - ONE EXIT IS INDICATED FROM THE OVERNIGHT
 DOG PLAY AREA.
  
 8.1.2.1.1 TWO MEANS OF EGRESS FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL
 OCCUPANTS, AS A MINIMUM, SHALL BE PROVIDED IN EVERY
 FACILITY, SECTION, AND AREA WHERE SIZE, OCCUPANCY, AND
 ARRANGEMENT ENDANGER OCCUPANTS ATTEMPTING TO USE A
 SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS
 THAT IS BLOCKED BY FIRE OR SMOKE.
  
 PLEASE CORRECT.
  
  
  
 8) SHEET A 2 & A 4 - EXIT ACCESS IS BEING SHOWN FROM 2
 DOORS LEADING TO THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA AND GATE
 SYSTEMS. THESE ARE EXIT ACCESS AND NOT EXITS. ONCE INTO
 THE AREA THERE IS NO INDICATIONS SHOWING THE WAY
 LEADING TO AN EXIT. HOW WILL SOMEONE KNOW WHERE TO GO
 ONCE THEY LEAVE THE DOORS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE CODE COMPLIANT EXIT SIGNAGE.
  
  
  
 9) SHEET A 2 & A 4 - THE GATES WITHIN THE OUTDOOR PLAY
 AREA ARE NOT INDICATED BY DETAIL ON THE DOOR SCHEDULE
 OR ANY PLAN SHEET. THESE GATES ARE PART OF THE EXIT
 ACCESS AND SHALL COMPLY WITH CODE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE SEPCIFIC DETAIL REGARDING THE GATES,
 INCLUDING LOCKING AND LATCHING DEVICES.
  
  
  
 10) SHEET E 1 - THERE ARE NO EXIT PATH ILLUMINATION AT
 THE OUTDOOR AREAS.
  
 NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
 7.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.8.1 GENERAL.
 7.8.1.1* ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.8 FOR EVERY
 BUILDING AND STRUCTURE WHERE REQUIRED IN CHAPTERS 11
 THROUGH 43. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REQUIREMENT, EXIT
 ACCESS SHALL INCLUDE ONLY DESIGNATED STAIRS, AISLES,
 CORRIDORS, RAMPS, ESCALATORS, AND PASSAGEWAYS LEADING
 TO AN EXIT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REQUIREMENT, EXIT
 DISCHARGE SHALL INCLUDE ONLY DESIGNATED STAIRS, AISLES,
 CORRIDORS, RAMPS, ESCALATORS, WALKWAYS, AND EXIT
 PASSAGEWAYS LEADING TO A PUBLIC WAY.
 7.8.1.2 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 CONTINUOUS DURING THE TIME THAT THE CONDITIONS OF
 OCCUPANCY REQUIRE THAT THE MEANS OF EGRESS BE AVAILABLE
 FOR USE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.8.1.2.2.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE ILLUMINATION AS REQUIRED.
  
  
  
 11) SHEET CVR - A BUNESS & MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY CLASS
 IS INDICATED. ON SHEET A 4 AN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY IS
 INDICATED.FOR THE MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
 THIS IS CONFUSING AND SHALL BE EXPLAINED AND/OR
 CORRECTED.
  
  
  
 12) SHEET CVR - UNDER THE SCOPE OF WORK # 2. - FENCE
 NEW PLAY AREA WITH 6' CHAIN LINK AND WOOD FENCE AS
 INDICATED ON PLAN. THERE IS NO INDICATION AND/OR DETAIL
 REGARDING THIS NOTE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAIL FOR THIS COMMENT
 INCLUDING EITHER AT EACH LOCATION. ENSURE THAT
 CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE WALL FINISH RATING ALONG
 THE EXIT PATH OF TRAVEL.
  
  
  
 13) THIS COMMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
  
 SHEET A 4 - A FIRE ALARM IS INDICATED WITH 24/7
 MONOTORING. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT MONITORING IS NOT
 REQURED PER NFPA 105 REQUIRMENTS FOR THE SIZE OF THIS
 OCCUPANCY
  
 CHAPTER 11, CLASS 1 ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITIES
  
 11.3.1 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
 11.3.1.1 GENERAL. A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 9.3 SHALL BE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THIS SUBSECTION.
 11.3.1.1.1 IN ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITIES GREATER THAN
 3000 FT2 (280 M2) BUT NO MORE THAN 20,000 FT2 (1860
 M2), A LOCAL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED.
 11.3.1.1.2 IN ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITIES GREATER THAN
 20,000 FT2 (1860 M2), A MONITORED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 9.3 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS.
 9.3.1 WHERE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS ARE REQUIRED BY THIS
 STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITY, ALARM
 SYSTEMS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72, NATIONAL
 FIRE ALARM CODE, AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
 9.3.2 THE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL SOUND AN AUDIBLE AND
 VISUAL EXTERIOR ALARM FOR PURPOSES OF INITIATING
 EMERGENCY ACTION.
 9.3.2.1 MODIFICATIONS TO 9.3.2 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
 ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE ANIMAL OCCUPANTS WITH
 APPROVAL OF THE AHJ.
  
 YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF PROVIDING A LOCAL FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM.
  
  
  
 14) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 15) 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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