Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17120050
Permit Number 17120050
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-12-06 13:54:12THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) ALS 1.1 - THERE ARE THREE (3) OCCUPANCIES INDICATED;
 BUSINESS, ASSEMBLY & STORAGE. IS THIS A MIXED OR
 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY PER NFPA 101?
  
 CHAPTER 6, OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION STATES:
  
 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.
  
 6.1.14.3 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 CLARIFY
  
  
  
  
 2) ALS 1.1 - TWO(2) EXITS ARE INDICATED; HOWEVER, ONE
 EXIT TRAVERSES A STORAGE CLASSIFICATION.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7 MEANS OF EGRESS:
  
 7.5.1.6 EXIT ACCESS FROM ROOMS OR SPACES SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE THROUGH ADJOINING OR INTERVENING ROOMS
 OR AREAS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ROOMS OR AREAS ARE
 ACCESSORY TO THE AREA SERVED. FOYERS, LOBBIES, AND
 RECEPTION ROOMS CONSTRUCTED AS REQUIRED FOR CORRIDORS
 SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS INTERVENING ROOMS. EXIT
 ACCESS SHALL BE ARRANGED SO THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO
 PASS THROUGH ANY AREA IDENTIFIED UNDER PROTECTION FROM
 HAZARDS IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43.
  
 PER # 1 ABOVE, ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY IS THE MSOT
 RESTRICTIVE OF A MIXED OCCUPANCY.
  
 PER CHAPTER 12, NEW ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES:
  
 12.2.5.2 ACCESS THROUGH HAZARDOUS AREAS. MEANS OF
 EGRESS FROM A ROOM OR SPACE FOR ASSEMBLY PURPOSES SHALL
 NOT BE PERMITTED THROUGH KITCHENS, STOREROOMS,
 RESTROOMS, CLOSETS, PLATFORMS, STAGES, PROJECTION
 ROOMS, OR HAZARDOUS AREAS AS DESCRIBED IN 12.3.2.
  
  
 PLEASE RELOCATE THE EXIT TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRMENTS
 OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE REFERENCES.
  
  
  
  
 3) ALS 1.1 & A 3.0.1 - DOOR # 117 IS INDICATED WITH A
 FOB ENTRY W/MANUAL KEY. PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 12.
  
 12.2.2.2.6 DOORS IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AN APPROVED ACCESS
 CONTROL SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.6.2, AND SUCH DOORS
 SHALL NOT BE LOCKED FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WHEN THE
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY IS OCCUPIED. (SEE 7.2.1.1.3.)
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE JSUTIFICATION MEETING THIS REQUIREMENT.
  
  
  
  
 4) SHEET ALS 1.1 - THERE IS A DOOR # 117 AND WINDOW "F"
 INDICATED IN THE WALL SEPRATING THE OFFICE AREA AND THE
 STORAGE AREA. THOUGH THIS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A
 SEPARATION OF OCCUPANCY IT IS CONSIDERED A SEPARATION
 OF HAZARD.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6:
  
 6.2 HAZARD OF CONTENTS.
 6.2.1 GENERAL.
 6.2.1.1 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE, THE HAZARD OF
 CONTENTS SHALL BE THE RELATIVE DANGER OF THE START AND
 SPREAD OF FIRE, THE DANGER OF SMOKE OR GASES GENERATED,
 AND THE DANGER OF EXPLOSION OR OTHER OCCURRENCE
 POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE LIVES AND SAFETY OF THE
 OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.
  
 6.2.1.3* FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE, WHERE DIFFERENT
 DEGREES OF HAZARD OF CONTENTS EXIST IN DIFFERENT PARTS
 OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, THE MOST HAZARDOUS SHALL
 GOVERN THE CLASSIFICATION, UNLESS HAZARDOUS AREAS ARE
 SEPARATED OR PROTECTED AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 8.7 AND
 THE APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43.
  
 8.7 SPECIAL HAZARD PROTECTION.
 8.7.1 GENERAL.
 8.7.1.1* PROTECTION FROM ANY AREA HAVING A DEGREE OF
 HAZARD GREATER THAN THAT NORMAL TO THE GENERAL
 OCCUPANCY OF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE
 PROVIDED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:
 (1) ENCLOSING THE AREA WITH A FIRE BARRIER WITHOUT
 WINDOWS THAT HAS A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3
 (2) PROTECTING THE AREA WITH AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING
 SYSTEMS INACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7
 (3) APPLYING BOTH 8.7.1.1(1) AND (2) WHERE THE HAZARD
 IS SEVERE OR WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY CHAPTERS 11
 THROUGH 43
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE CLASSIFICATION HAZARD IN DETAIL AND
 PROVIDE FOR THE REQUIRED SEPARATION PER THE REQUIRMENT.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET AD 1.1 - THERE ARE NOTE BOXES IN THE DRAWING
 INDICATED AS # 12 & # 13. THERE IS NO CORRESPONDING
 NOTE EXPLANATIONS FOR THESE NUMBERS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE.
  
  
  
 6) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 7) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE
 RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE.
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 THE STORAGE IS NOT ACCESSORY AND THE EXIT CAN NOT
 TRAVERSE IT.


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