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| 2017-08-30 10:30:58 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) THIS APPEARS TO BE A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY, |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 16, NEW DAY-CARE OCCUPANCIES |
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| | 4.6.11 CHANGE OF USE OR OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. IN |
| | ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, WHETHER OR NOT A PHYSICAL |
| | ALTERATION IS NEEDED, A CHANGE FROM ONE USE OR |
| | OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION TO ANOTHER SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | 4.6.7. |
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| | 4.6.7 BUILDING REHABILITATION. |
| | 4.6.7.1 REHABILITATION WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL |
| | BE CLASSIFIED AS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WORK CATEGORIES |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH 43.2.2.1: |
| | (1) REPAIR |
| | (2) RENOVATION |
| | (3) MODIFICATION |
| | (4) RECONSTRUCTION |
| | (5) CHANGE OF USE OR OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
| | (6) ADDITION |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE THE PREVIOUS OCCUPANCY AND THE PROPOSED |
| | NEW ONE PER (5). |
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| | 2) WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THIS DAY-CARE, PLEASE PROVIDE |
| | THE CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY |
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| | 16.1.2 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY. SEE 6.1.4. |
| | 16.1.2.1 GENERAL. OCCUPANCIES THAT INCLUDE PART-DAY |
| | PRESCHOOLS, KINDERGARTENS, AND OTHER SCHOOLS WHOSE |
| | PURPOSE IS PRIMARILY EDUCATIONAL, EVEN THOUGH THE |
| | CHILDREN WHO ATTEND SUCH SCHOOLS ARE OF PRESCHOOL AGE, |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 14. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF SCOPE OF THE FUNCTION OF THIS |
| | DAYCARE. |
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| | 3) A FIRE ALARM IS NOT INDICATED ANYWHERE ON THIS PLAN, |
| | EXISTING OR PROPOSED. |
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| | 16.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. |
| | 16.3.4.1 GENERAL. DAY-CARE OCCUPANCIES, OTHER THAN |
| | DAY-CARE OCCUPANCIES HOUSED IN ONE ROOM HAVING AT LEAST |
| | ONE DOOR OPENING DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE AT GRADE PLANE |
| | OR TO AN EXTERIOR EXIT ACCESS BALCONY IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH 7.5.3, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.6. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE TO INSTALL A FIRE |
| | ALARM |
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| | 4) THERE IS NO DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATING EXISTING DOOR |
| | SIZE OR HARDWARE TO THE BATHROOM. |
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| | 16.2.2.2.5 BATHROOM DOORS. EVERY BATHROOM DOOR LOCK |
| | SHALL BE DESIGNED TO ALLOW OPENING OF THE LOCKED DOOR |
| | FROM THE OUTSIDE BY AN OPENING DEVICE THAT SHALL BE |
| | READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE STAFF. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE A DOOR SCHEDULE AND/OR THE TYPE OF |
| | HARDWARE. |
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| | 5) THERE IS NO DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATING EXISTING DOOR |
| | SIZES OR EXIT HARDWARE TO THE TWO EXIT DOORS OF THE NEW |
| | SPACE. |
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| | 16.2.2.2 DOORS. |
| | 16.2.2.2.1 GENERAL. DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED. |
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| | 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. |
| | 7.2.1.5.5 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. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE A DOOR SCHEDULE AND/OR THE TYPE OF |
| | HARDWARE |
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| | 6) THERE IS NO EXIT SIGN OVER THE REAR DOOR. THIS DOOR |
| | IS A REQUIRED EXIT THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE MARKED. |
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| | 16.2.4.2 NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: |
| | (1) THEY SHALL BE PROVIDED ON EVERY STORY. |
| | (2) THEY SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM EVERY PART OF EVERY |
| | STORY AND MEZZANINE; HOWEVER, EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL SHALL |
| | BE PERMITTED TO BE COMMON FOR THE DISTANCE PERMITTED AS |
| | COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL BY 16.2.5.3. |
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| | 16.2.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | SHALL HAVE SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE EXIT SIGNAGE |
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| | 7) THERE ARE NO EMERGENCY LIGHTS INDICATED IN THE |
| | COMMON AREAS. |
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| | 16.2.9 EMERGENCY LIGHTING. EMERGENCY LIGHTING SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.9 IN THE |
| | FOLLOWING AREAS: |
| | (1) INTERIOR STAIRS AND CORRIDORS |
| | (2) ASSEMBLY USE SPACES |
| | (3) FLEXIBLE AND OPEN PLAN BUILDINGS |
| | (4) INTERIOR OR LIMITED ACCESS PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS |
| | (5) SHOPS AND LABORATORIES |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE REQUIRED EMERGENCY LIGHTING. |
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| | 8) THERE IS AN ASSEMBLY SPACE INDICATED NEXT TO THE |
| | PROPOSED DAYCARE EXPANSION AREA. THERE IS NO FIRE RATED |
| | SEPARATION INDICATED FOR THIS ESIXTING WALL. |
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| | 6.1.14.4 SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES. |
| | 6.1.14.4.1 WHERE SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ARE PROVIDED, |
| | EACH PART OF THE BUILDING COMPRISING A DISTINCT |
| | OCCUPANCY, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE |
| | COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM OTHER OCCUPANCIES |
| | BY FIRE-RESISTIVE ASSEMBLIES, AS SPECIFIED IN |
| | 6.1.14.4.2, 6.1.14.4.3, TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(A), AND TABLE |
| | 6.1.14.4.1(B), UNLESS SEPARATION IS PROVIDED BY |
| | APPROVED EXISTING SEPARATIONS. |
| | 6.1.14.4.2 OCCUPANCY SEPARATIONS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS |
| | 3-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE?RATED, 2-HOUR FIRE |
| | RESISTANCE?RATED, OR 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE?RATED AND |
| | SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 8. |
| | 6.1.14.4.3 THE MINIMUM FIRE RESISTANCE RATING SPECIFIED |
| | IN TABLE |
| | 6.1.14.4.1(A) AND TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(B) SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO BE REDUCED BY 1 HOUR, BUT IN NO CASE SHALL |
| | IT BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 HOUR, WHERE THE BUILDING |
| | IS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC |
| | SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.7.1.1(1) AND |
| | SUPERVISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.7.2, UNLESS PROHIBITED |
| | BY THE DOUBLE-DAGGER FOOTNOTE IN THE TABLE. |
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| | 6.1.14.4.4 OCCUPANCY SEPARATION SHALL BE VERTICAL, |
| | HORIZONTAL, OR BOTH OR, WHEN NECESSARY, OF SUCH OTHER |
| | FORM AS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE COMPLETE SEPARATION BETWEEN |
| | OCCUPANCY DIVISIONS IN THE BUILDING. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SEPARATION AND WALL |
| | DETAILS. |
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| | 9) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | 10) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| | RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| | PETER LEDUC |
| | FIRE MARSHAL |
| | 561-804-4709 |
| | [email protected] |
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