Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17120517
Permit Number 17120517
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
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2017-12-18 14:18:48THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET A 1 - TWO EXITS ARE INDICATED AS BEING
 PROVIDED; HOWEVER, THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN SHEET INDICATES
 ONLY ONE EXIT FROM THE LARGE MERCANTILE AREA THAT ALL
 POINTS LEAD TWO.
  
 NEW MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 101,
 CHAPTER 36.
  
 PER CHAPTER 36 THIS IS A CLASS B OCCUPANCY
  
 (2) CLASS B, AS FOLLOWS: (A) ALL MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES
 OF MORE THAN 3000 FT2 (280 M2), BUT NOT MORE THAN
 30,000 FT2 (2800 M2), AGGREGATE GROSS AREA AND
 OCCUPYING NOT MORE THAN THREE STORIES FOR SALES
 PURPOSES
 (B) ALL MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES OF NOT MORE THAN 3000
 FT2 (280 M3) GROSS AREA AND OCCUPYING TWO OR THREE
 STORIES FOR SALES PURPOSES
  
 36.2.5 ARRANGEMENT OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 36.2.5.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE ARRANGED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.5.
  
 7.5.1.3.1 WHERE MORE THAN ONE EXIT, EXIT ACCESS, OR
 EXIT DISCHARGEIS REQUIRED FROM A BUILDING OR PORTION
 THEREOF, SUCH EXITS, EXIT ACCESSES, OR EXIT DISCHARGES
 SHALL BE REMOTELY LOCATED FROM EACH OTHER AND BE
 ARRANGED TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY THAT MORE THAN ONE
 HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE BLOCKED BY ANY ONE FIRE OR
 OTHER EMERGENCY CONDITION.7.5.1.3.2* WHERE TWO EXITS,
 EXIT ACCESSES, OR EXIT DISCHARGES ARE REQUIRED, THEY
 SHALL BE LOCATED AT A DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER NOT
 LESS THAN ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF THE MAXIMUM OVERALL
 DIAGONAL DIMENSION OF THE BUILDING OR AREA TO BE
 SERVED, MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE NEAREST
 EDGE OF THE EXITS, EXIT ACCESSES, OR EXIT DISCHARGES,
 UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.5.1.3.3 THROUGH
 7.5.1.3.5.
  
 36.2.4 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 36.2.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 36.2.4.2
 THROUGH 36.2.4.5:
 (1) THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.4.
 (2) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 ON EVERY STORY.
 (3) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE
 ACCESSIBLE FROM EVERY PART OF EVERY STORY.
  
 PLEASE INDICATE THE 2ND EXIT FROM THE LARGE MERCANTILE
 AREA.
  
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A 1 - TRAVEL DISTANCE IN PATH A INDICATES A
 DISTANCE OVER 150 FT.
  
 PER CHAPTER 36:
  
 36.2.6 TRAVEL DISTANCE TO EXITS. TRAVEL DISTANCE SHALL
 BE AS SPECIFIED IN 36.2.6.1, 36.2.6.2, AND 36.2.6.3 AND
 SHALL BE MEASURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.6.
 36.2.6.1 IN MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES CLASSIFIED AS
 ORDINARY HAZARD, TRAVEL DISTANCE SHALL NOT EXCEED 150
 FT (46 M).
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 REQUIREMENT.
  
  
  
 3) A DEAD-END CORRIDOR IS INDICATED THAT EXCEEDS 20 FT.
  
 36.2.5.2 DEAD-END CORRIDORS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 36.2.5.2.1 OR 36.2.5.2.2.
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 REQUIREMENT.
  
  
  
  
 4) SHEET A 2 - THERE ARE DOORS IN THE EXITS THAT ARE
 INDICATED AS EXISTING; HOWEVER, THERE IS NO DOOR
 SCHEDULE INDICATING DOOR TYPE AND HARDWARE.
  
 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.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A DOOR SCHEDULE INDICATING COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
  
  
 5) SHEET C 1 - THERE IS A NOTE INDICATING THAT THE
 BUILDING IS NOT SPRINKLED; HOWEVER, SHEET A 1 HAS A
 DIAMOND SHAPED NOTE , # 1, FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION -
 SEE FIRE PROTECTION PLAN. THERE IS NO FIRE PROTECTION
 PLAN.
  
 IS THERE A FDC?
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
  
  
 6) SHEET A 1 - IN REFERENCE TO # 1 ABOVE, THE DOUBLE
 DOORS AT THE OFFICE AREA SWING OUT INTO THE MERCANTILE
 OCCUPANCY. IF THIS DOOR REPRESENTS YOUR 2ND EXIT, THE
 DOORS WILL NEED TO SWING INTO THE OFFICE AREA.
  
 7.2.1.4.2 DOOR LEAF SWING DIRECTION. DOOR LEAVES
 REQUIRED TO BE OF THE SIDE-HINGED OR PIVOTED-SWINGING
 TYPE SHALL SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL
 UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (1) WHERE SERVING A ROOM OR AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD
 OF 50 OR MORE, EXCEPT UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS:
 (A) DOOR LEAVES IN HORIZONTAL EXITS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL
 WHERE PERMITTED BY 7.2.4.3.8.1 OR 7.2.4.3.8.2.
 (B) DOOR LEAVES IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL IN EXISTING
 HEALTH CARE OCCUPANCIES, AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 19.
 (2) WHERE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS USED IN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE, UNLESS THE DOOR OPENING SERVES AN INDIVIDUAL
 LIVING UNIT THAT OPENS DIRECTLY INTO AN EXIT ENCLOSURE
 (3) WHERE THE DOOR OPENING SERVES A HIGH HAZARD
 CONTENTS AREA
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
  
 7) SHEET A 1 & E 2 - IF THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE AREA
 REPRESENTS THE 2ND EXIT, IT SHALL HAVE AN ILLUMINATED
 EXIT SIGN.
  
 36.2.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS
 SHALL BE ILLUMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.8.
 36.2.9 EMERGENCY LIGHTING. CLASS A AND CLASS B
 MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES AND MALL BUILDINGS SHALL HAVE
 EMERGENCY LIGHTINGFACILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 7.9.
 36.2.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS. WHERE AN EXIT IS
 NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT FROM ALL PORTIONS OF THE SALES
 AREA, MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL HAVE SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 7.10.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
  
 8) SHEET C 1 - IN THE GENERAL NOTES SECTION, # 12,
 THERE ARE CODE REFERENCES INDICATING COMPLIANCE WITH
 NFPA 101, 30.1.1.1 & 30.1.3.1.
  
 CHAPTER 30 OF NFPA IS THE CODE FOR NEW APARTMENT
 BUILIDNGS AND IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS BUILDING.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 9) SHEET A 1 - THERE ARE TWO (2) NEW ADA LIFTS
 INDICATED; HOWEVER, THESE LIFTS ARE NOT INDICATED AS A
 MEANS OF EGRESS. THERE ARE NO AREAS OF REFUGE
 INDICATED.
  
 HOW ARE THESE LIFTS POWERED? IF BY ELECTRIC, WHAT
 HAPPENS IF THE POWER GOES OUT? HOW WILL SOMEONE IN A
 WHEELCHAIR OR A DISABLED PERSON USE IT FOR EXITING?
  
 36.2.2.12 AREAS OF REFUGE.
 36.2.2.12.1 AREAS OF REFUGE COMPLYING WITH 7.2.12 SHALL
 BE PERMITTED.
  
 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.
  
 7.5.4 ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.5.4.1* AREAS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH SEVERE
 MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT, OTHER THAN IN EXISTING BUILDINGS,
 SHALL HAVE NOT LESS THAN TWO ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF
 EGRESS, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
 7.5.4.1.2 THROUGH 7.5.4.1.4.
 7.5.4.1.1 ACCESS WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE TRAVEL DISTANCE
 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO NOT LESS THAN ONE ACCESSIBLE AREA
 OF REFUGE OR ONE ACCESSIBLE EXIT PROVIDING AN
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO AN EXIT DISCHARGE.
  
 PLEAS REVIEW AND PROVIDE FOR EXITING REQUIRERMENTS FROM
 THESE AREAS.
  
  
  
 10) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
  
 11) 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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