Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16120779
Permit Number 16120779
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Sequence Number 1
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2016-12-28 10:29:54THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) THIS APPEARS TO BE A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY. THERE IS
 NO REFERENCE TO THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE FLORIDA FIRE
 PREVENTION CODE.
  
 THE PROPOSED PROJECT SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 5TH EDITION OF FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE INCLUDING
 THE 2012 EDITION OF NFPA 1 AND NFPA 101 AND ALL OTHER
 APPLICABLE CODES OR STANDARDS.
  
 PER THE FFPC THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A
 MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY. PLEASE PROVIDE THE APPLICABLE
 NOTE AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
  
 6.1.10.1* DEFINITION ? MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY. AN
 OCCUPANCY USED FOR THE DISPLAY AND SALE OF MERCHANDISE.
  
 A.6.1.10.1 MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY. MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) AUCTION ROOMS
 (2) DEPARTMENT STORES
 (3) DRUGSTORES
 (4) RESTAURANTS WITH FEWER THAN 50 PERSONS
 (5) SHOPPING CENTERS
 (6) SUPERMARKETS
  
  
  
  
 2) BASED ON THE NAME, THIS APPEARS TO BE RESTAURANT;
 HOWEVER, THERE IS INDICATIONS OF THE LOCATION OF
 EQUIPMENT OR TYPE OF COOKING. THE NAME INCLUDES THE
 WORD "GRIL".
  
 FOOD PRODUCTION CREATING GREASE LADEN VAPORS SHALL HAVE
 A HOOD SYSTEM INSTALLED PER NFPA 96.
  
 NFPA 101, CHAPTER 36, NEW MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES.
 36.3.2.3 COOKING EQUIPMENT. COOKING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE
 PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.2.3, UNLESS THE COOKING
 EQUIPMENTIS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES:
 (1) OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT
 (2) PORTABLE EQUIPMENT NOT FLUE-CONNECTED
 (3) EQUIPMENT USED ONLY FOR FOOD WARMING
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND THE TYPE AND
 METHOD OF FOOD PRODUCTION.
  
  
  
 3) THERE IS NO INDICATIONS OF SEATING.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE SEATING PLAN IF APPLICABLE.
  
  
  
 4) THERE IS NO INDICATIONS OF THE TYPE OF EXIT HARDWARE
 ON THE EXIT DOORS.
  
 36.2.2.2 DOORS.
 36.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED.
 36.2.2.2.2* LOCKS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.5.5 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED ONLY ON PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE/EXIT DOORS.
  
 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.
 7.2.1.5.5 KEY-OPERATED LOCKS.
 7.2.1.5.5.1 EXTERIOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO HAVE KEYOPERATED LOCKS FROM THE EGRESS SIDE,
 PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (1) THIS ALTERNATIVE IS PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11
 THROUGH 43 FOR THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY.
 (2) A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT LESS
 THAN 1 IN. (25 MM) HIGH ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND
 THAT READS AS FOLLOWS IS LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO THE
 DOOR LEAF: THIS DOOR TO REMAIN UNLOCKED WHEN THE
 BUILDING IS OCCUPIED.
 (3) THE LOCKING DEVICE IS OF A TYPE THAT IS READILY
 DISTINGUISHABLE AS LOCKED.
 (4) A KEY IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO ANY OCCUPANT
 INSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN IT IS LOCKED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE APPLICABLE INFORMATION
  
  
  
 5) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
 PROTECTION. THE SPECIFIC TYPE AND SIZE WOULD BE
 DETERMINED FOR THE KITCHEN AREA (TYPE OF COOKING)
 AND/OR THE REMAINIG OCCUPANCY AREA.
  
 36.3.5.3 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 IN ALL MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 9.7.4.1.
  
 PLEASSE PROVIDE THE TYPE AND LOCATION.
  
  
  
  
 6) THIS PROJECT APPEARS TO BE LOCATED IN A STRIP MALL
 TYPE OCCUPANCY. PLEASE PROVIDE THE WALL FIRE RATING
 SEPARATION OF THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES.
  
 PER TABLE 6.1.14.4.1, THE SEPARATION OF
 MERCANTILE/BUSINESS IS 2 HOURS; HOWEVER, *WHERE THE
 BUILDING IS TWO STORIES OR LESS IN HEIGHT AND THE TOTAL
 BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE IS LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE
 FEET, NO SEPARATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE APPLICABLE INFORAMTION.
  
  
  
 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 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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