Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17040807
Permit Number 17040807
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2018-01-30 11:16:23THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY PETER LEDUC,
 FIRE MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS PROVISO:
  
 THESE PROVISO COMMENTS WILL BE VERIFIED AND CONFIRMED
 AT THE TIME OF FIRE INSPECTION. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE
 PROVISO COMMENTS WILL RESULT IN A FAILED FIRE
 INSPECTION.
  
  
 1) LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE FLOOR AND ROOF SIGN IS
 REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE.
  
 THE TYPE OF DESIGN YOU HAVE INDICATED IS INCLUDED AS
 LIGHTWEIGHT FLOOR AND ROOF.
  
 633.222?BUILDINGS WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE
 CONSTRUCTION; NOTICE REQUIREMENTS; ENFORCEMENT.?
 (1)?THE OWNER OF ANY COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL
 STRUCTURE, OR ANY MULTIUNIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE OF
 THREE UNITS OR MORE, THAT USES LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE
 CONSTRUCTION SHALL MARK THE STRUCTURE WITH A SIGN OR
 SYMBOL APPROVED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IN A MANNER
 SUFFICIENT TO WARN PERSONS CONDUCTING FIRE CONTROL AND
 OTHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF
 LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION IN THE STRUCTURE.
  
 (2)?THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL SHALL ADOPT RULES NECESSARY
 TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
 (A)?THE DIMENSIONS AND COLOR OF SUCH SIGN OR SYMBOL.
  
 (B)?THE TIME WITHIN WHICH COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND
 MULTIUNIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THAT USE LIGHT-FRAME
 TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE MARKED AS REQUIRED BY
 THIS SECTION.
  
 (C)?THE LOCATION ON EACH COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND
 MULTIUNIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT USES LIGHT-FRAME
 TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION WHERE SUCH SIGN OR SYMBOL MUST
 BE POSTED.
  
 (3)?THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, AND LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH S. 633.118, SHALL ENFORCE THIS SECTION.
 AN OWNER WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO PENALTIES AS PROVIDED IN S.
 633.228.
  
  
 69A-60.0081 NOTICE REQUIRED FOR STRUCTURES WITH
 LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION.
 (1) PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS RULE IS TO REQUIRE THE
 PLACEMENT OF AN IDENTIFYING SYMBOL ON STRUCTURES
 CONSTRUCTED WITH A LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS COMPONENT IN A
 MANNER SUFFICIENT TO WARN PERSONS CONDUCTING FIRE
 CONTROL AND OTHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS OF THE EXISTENCE
 OF LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION IN THE
 STRUCTURE.
 (2) DEFINITIONS.
 (A) ?LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION? MEANS A TYPE
 OF CONSTRUCTION WHOSE PRIMARY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS ARE
 FORMED BY A SYSTEM OF REPETITIVE WOOD OR LIGHT GAUGE
 STEEL FRAMING MEMBERS.
 (B) ?APPROVED SYMBOL? MEANS A MALTESE CROSS MEASURING 8
 INCHES HORIZONTALLY AND 8 INCHES VERTICALLY, OF A
 BRIGHT RED REFLECTIVE COLOR, DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH FIGURE 1.
 (3) ANY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR MULTIUNIT
 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE OF THREE UNITS OR MORE, WHICH
 USES HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE
 CONSTRUCTION IN ANY PORTION SHALL BE MARKED WITH AN
 APPROVED SYMBOL. TOWNHOUSES ARE NOT MULTIUNIT
 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND THEREFORE NOT SUBJECT TO
 THIS RULE. EACH APPROVED SYMBOL SHALL INCLUDE WITHIN
 THE CENTER CIRCLE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATIONS:
 (A) STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS ROOFS SHALL BE
 MARKED WITH THE LETTER ?R?.
 (B) STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS FLOOR SYSTEMS
 SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE LETTER ?F?.
 (C) STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS FLOOR AND ROOF
 SYSTEMS SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE LETTERS ?RF.?
 (4) THE APPROVED SYMBOL SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN 24
 INCHES TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR AND:
 (A) BE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE FACE OF THE
 STRUCTURE ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND; OR
 (B) BE MOUNTED ON A CONTRASTING BASE MATERIAL WHICH IS
 THEN PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE FACE OF THE STRUCTURE.
 (5) THE DISTANCE ABOVE THE GRADE, WALKING SURFACE OR
 THE FINISHED FLOOR TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SYMBOL SHALL BE
 NOT LESS THAN 4 FEET (48 IN.).
 (6) THE DISTANCE ABOVE THE GRADE, WALKING SURFACE OR
 THE FINISHED FLOOR TO THE TOP OF THE SYMBOL SHALL BE
 NOT MORE THAN 6 FEET (72 IN.).
 (7) IN SINGLE TENANT STRUCTURES WITH MULTIPLE MAIN
 ENTRY DOORS, SUCH AS BIG BOX RETAIL STORES, DEPARTMENT
 STORES AND GROCERY STORES, THE AUTHORITY HAVING
 JURISDICTION IS AUTHORIZED TO REQUIRE THAT OTHER MAIN
 ENTRY DOORS OF THE STRUCTURE BE MARKED WITH AN APPROVED
 SYMBOL TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSE IN SUBSECTION (1)
 ABOVE.
 (8) IN MULTIPLE TENANT STRUCTURES AND COVERED MALL
 STRUCTURES WITH MULTIPLE MAIN ENTRY DOORS, THE
 AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION IS AUTHORIZED TO REQUIRE
 THAT OTHER MAIN ENTRY DOORS OF THE STRUCTURE BE MARKED
 WITH AN APPROVED SYMBOL TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSE IN
 SUBSECTION (1) ABOVE.
 (9) IN MULTIPLE TENANT STRUCTURES AND COVERED MALLS
 WITH MULTIPLE MAIN ENTRY DOORS, THE AUTHORITY HAVING
 JURISDICTION IS AUTHORIZED TO REQUIRE THAT OTHER MAIN
 ENTRY DOORS BE MARKED WITH AN APPROVED SYMBOL TO CARRY
 OUT THE PURPOSE IN SUBSECTION (1) ABOVE. IN SUCH
 STRUCTURES, APPROVED SYMBOLS SHALL BE MARKED ON ONE
 SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE ONLY AND SPACED NOT CLOSER THAN
 100 FEET OR AT EACH END OF THE STRUCTURE WHEN SUCH
 STRUCTURE IS LESS THAN 100 FEET IN LENGTH.
 (10) THE OWNER OF EACH NEW STRUCTURE REQUIRED TO COMPLY
 WITH THIS SECTION SHALL MARK THE STRUCTURE WITH THE
 APPROVED SYMBOL PRIOR TO RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF
 OCCUPANCY.
 (11) THE OWNER OF EACH EXISTING STRUCTURE REQUIRED TO
 COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION SHALL MARK THE STRUCTURE WITH
 THE APPROVED SYMBOL WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS RULE.
 (12) WHERE THE OWNER OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE AUTHORITY
 HAVING JURISDICTION DISAGREE AS TO THE USE OF
 LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE
 STRUCTURE, THE OWNER SHALL BE GRANTED NOT MORE THAN 45
 DAYS TO PROVIDE WRITTEN VERIFICATION FROM A LICENSED
 ENGINEER OR LICENSED ARCHITECT; OTHERWISE, THE OWNER
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE RULE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SIGNAGE.
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  
  


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