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Plan Review Notes For Permit 17060134
Permit Number	17060134
Review Stop	FIRE
Sequence Number	1

Notes

Date	Text
2017-06-12 14:05:17	THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
	MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:


	1) SHEET LS 1 - THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IS
	INDICATED AS BUSINESS; HOWEVER, THERE APPEARS TO BE
	SEVERAL ASSEMBLY SPACES THAT APPEAR TO ME MORE THAN
	INCIDENTAL.

	PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 38, NEW BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES

	38.1.7 OCCUPANT LOAD. THE OCCUPANT LOAD, IN NUMBER OF
	PERSONS FOR WHOM MEANS OF EGRESS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
	ARE REQUIRED, SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE
	OCCUPANT LOAD FACTORS OF TABLE 7.3.1.2 THAT ARE
	CHARACTERISTIC OF THE USE OF THE SPACE, OR SHALL BE
	DETERMINED AS THE MAXIMUM PROBABLE POPULATION OF THE
	SPACE UNDER CONSIDERATION, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

	PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6, OCCUPANCY CALSSIFICATION.

	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
	6.1.14.1.2 WHERE EXIT ACCESS FROM AN OCCUPANCY
	TRAVERSES ANOTHER OCCUPANCY, THE MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY
	SHALL BE TREATED AS A MIXED OCCUPANCY.

	6.1.14.1.3.1 INCIDENTAL USE AREAS SHALL BE SEPARATED AS
	REQUIRED BY TABLE 508.2.5 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
	WHERE TABLE 508.2.5 PERMITS AN AUTOMATIC
	FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM WITHOUT A FIRE BARRIER, THE
	INCIDENTAL USE AREA SHALL BE SEPARATED BY CONSTRUCTION
	CAPABLE OF RESISTING THE PASSAGE OF SMOKE.

	6.1.14.2 DEFINITIONS.
	6.1.14.2.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY. A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
	IN WHICH TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF OCCUPANCY EXIST.
	6.1.14.2.2 MIXED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY WHERE
	THE OCCUPANCIES ARE INTERMINGLED.
	6.1.14.2.3 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY
	WHERE THE OCCUPANCIES ARE SEPARATED BY FIRE
	RESISTANCE?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 REVIEW AND CLARIFY THE OCCUPNACY CLASSIFICATION
	AND ENSURE THE CONSTRUCTION FEATURES MEET THOSE
	REQUIREMENTS.




	2) SHEET A 1 - A LULU ELEVATOR IS NOTED.

	PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 38

	38.5.3 ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS, AND CONVEYORS. ELEVATORS,
	ESCALATORS, AND CONVEYORS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
	PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9.4.

	9.4.2 CODE COMPLIANCE.
	9.4.2.1 EXCEPT AS MODIFIED HEREIN, NEW ELEVATORS,
	ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, AND MOVING WALKS SHALL BE IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ASME A17.1/CSA B44,
	SAFETY CODE FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS.

	9.4.3 FIRE FIGHTERS? EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
	9.4.3.1 ALL NEW ELEVATORS SHALL CONFORM TO THE FIRE
	FIGHTERS? EMERGENCY OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS OF ASME
	A17.1/CSA B44, SAFETY CODE FOR ELEVATORS AND
	ESCALATORS.

	THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY SPEC SHEETS FOR THE
	PROPOSED ELEVATOR AND ONE ANY INFORMATION THAT IT
	COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.

	PLEASE PROVIDE.



	3) SHEET A 1 - THERE IS AN AREA OF REFUGE INDICATED AT
	THE TOP OF THE STAIRWAY.

	PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 3, DEFINITIONS

	3.3.22* AREA OF REFUGE. AN AREA THAT IS EITHER (1) A
	STORY IN A BUILDING WHERE THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED
	THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC
	SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND HAS NOT LESS THAN TWO ACCESSIBLE
	ROOMS OR SPACES SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY
	SMOKE-RESISTING PARTITIONS; OR (2) A SPACE LOCATED IN A
	PATH OF TRAVEL LEADING TO A PUBLIC WAY THAT IS
	PROTECTED FROM THE EFFECTS OF FIRE, EITHER BY MEANS OF
	SEPARATION FROM OTHER SPACES IN THE SAME BUILDING OR BY
	VIRTUE OF LOCATION, THEREBY PERMITTING A DELAY IN
	EGRESS TRAVEL FROM ANY LEVEL.
	3.3.22.1 ACCESSIBLE AREA OF REFUGE. AN AREA OF REFUGE
	THAT COMPLIES WITH THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE REQUIREMENTS OF
	ICC/ANSI A117.1, AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR
	ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.

	PER NFPA 1

	14.10.4.4 WHERE AN EXIT STAIR IS USED IN AN ACCESSIBLE
	MEANS OF EGRESS, IT SHALL COMPLY WITH 7.2.12 OF NFPA
	101 AND EITHER SHALL INCORPORATE AN AREA OF REFUGE
	WITHIN AN ENLARGED STORY-LEVEL LANDING OR SHALL BE
	ACCESSED FROM AN AREA OF REFUGE. [101:7.5.4.4]

	7.2.12.1.2 AN AREA OF REFUGE USED AS PART OF A REQUIRED
	ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.5.4 IN
	OTHER THAN A BUILDING THAT IS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY
	AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7 SHALL MEET BOTH OF THE
	FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
	(1) THE AREA OF REFUGE SHALL MEET THE GENERAL
	REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1.
	(2) THE AREA OF REFUGE SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
	7.2.12.2 AND 7.2.12.3.

	7.2.12.2 ACCESSIBILITY.
	7.2.12.2.1 REQUIRED PORTIONS OF AN AREA OF REFUGE SHALL
	BE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SPACE THEY SERVE BY AN
	ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS.
	7.2.12.2.2 REQUIRED PORTIONS OF AN AREA OF REFUGE SHALL
	HAVE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC WAY VIA AN EXIT OR AN ELEVATOR
	WITHOUT REQUIRING RETURN TO THE BUILDING SPACES THROUGH
	WHICH TRAVEL TO THE AREA OF REFUGE OCCURRED.
	7.2.12.2.3* WHERE THE EXIT PROVIDING EGRESS FROM AN
	AREA OF REFUGE TO A PUBLIC WAY THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE
	WITH 7.2.12.2.2 INCLUDES STAIRS, THE CLEAR WIDTH OF
	LANDINGS AND STAIR FLIGHTS, MEASURED BETWEEN HANDRAILS
	AND AT ALL POINTS BELOW HANDRAIL HEIGHT, SHALL BE NOT
	LESS THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED
	BY THE FOLLOWING:
	(1) THE MINIMUM 48 IN. (1220 MM) CLEAR WIDTH SHALL NOT
	BE REQUIRED WHERE THE AREA OF REFUGE IS SEPARATED FROM
	THE REMAINDER OF THE STORY BY A HORIZONTAL EXIT MEETING
	THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.4. (SEE ALSO 7.2.12.3.4.)
	(2) EXISTING STAIRS AND LANDINGS THAT PROVIDE A CLEAR
	WIDTH OF NOT LESS THAN 37 IN. (940 MM), MEASURED AT AND
	BELOW HANDRAIL HEIGHT, SHALL BE PERMITTED.

	7.1.3.2 EXITS.
	7.1.3.2.1 WHERE THIS CODE REQUIRES AN EXIT TO BE
	SEPARATED FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING, THE
	SEPARATING CONSTRUCTION SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
	SECTION 8.2 AND THE FOLLOWING:
	(1)* THE SEPARATION SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM 1-HOUR FIRE
	RESISTANCE RATING WHERE THE EXIT CONNECTS THREE OR
	FEWER STORIES.

	7.2.2 STAIRS.
	7.2.2.1 GENERAL.
	7.2.2.1.1 STAIRS USED AS A COMPONENT IN THE MEANS OF
	EGRESS SHALL CONFORM TO THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF
	SECTION 7.1 AND TO THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.2,
	UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN 7.2.2.1.2.

	7.2.2.5 ENCLOSURE AND PROTECTION OF STAIRS.
	7.2.2.5.1 ENCLOSURES.
	7.2.2.5.1.1 ALL INSIDE STAIRS SERVING AS AN EXIT OR
	EXIT COMPONENT SHALL BE ENCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
	7.1.3.2.

	THE PROPOSED STAIRS DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE
	USED AS AN AREA OF REFUGE AND NOT TO BE USED AS AN
	EXIT.

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CLARIFY OR CORRECT.



	3) SHEET A 1 - THERE ARE WALLS INDICATED AS P2 BUT NOT
	CALL-OUT DIAGRAM.

	PLEASE PROVIDE.



	4) SHEET A 5 - PER FLORIDA 69A-60.0081; NOTICE SIGNAGE
	IS REQUIRED FOR STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE
	CONSTRUCTION. ANY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR ANY
	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 A MALTESE CROSS SIGN MEASURING 8 INCHES
	HORIZONTALLY AND 8 INCHES VERTICALLY, OF A BRIGHT RED
	REFLECTIVE COLOR. THE APPROVED SYMBOL SHALL BE PLACED
	WITHIN 24 INCHES TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR.
	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 "R/F".

	PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICABLE SIGNAGE.


	5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
	REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
	ABOVE.


	6) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE
	RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE.


	PETER LEDUC
	FIRE MARSHAL
	561-804-4709
	[email protected]