Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18010531
Permit Number 18010531
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-01-22 14:16:39THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF THE OCCUPANY
 CLASSIFICATION AND/OR THE SEPARATION OF THE VARIOUS
 OCCUPANCIES OF THIS PROJECT.
  
 THOUGH BUSINESS OCCUPANCY IS INDICATED ON THE LIFE
 SAFETY PLAN, IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED FURTHER.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A 1 02 - THE WALLS OF THE GARAGE/VEHICLE
 STORAGE AREA ARE NOT INDICATED WITH ANY FIRE RATING.
  
 THE VEHICLE GARAGE AREA IS STORAGE AND SHALL BE
 SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER OCCUPANCY.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6, OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION:
  
 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
  
 6.2 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.
 6.2.1.2 HAZARD OF CONTENTS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED BY THE
 REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL (RDP) OR OWNER AND
 SUBMITTED TO THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION FOR
 REVIEW AND APPROVAL ON THE BASIS OF THE CHARACTER OF
 THE CONTENTS AND THE PROCESSES OR OPERATIONS CONDUCTED
 IN 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.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE GARAGE AS
 REQUIRED.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A 2 01 - THE DOUBLE DOOR,110A, IS NOT IN THE
 DOOR SCHEDULE AND A FIRE RATING CONSISTENT WITH THE
 WALL RATING IS NOT INDICATED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS INCLUDING HARDWARE.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET 2 01 - DOOR 102, AN EXIT DOOR, DOES HAVE THE
 HARDWARE INDICATED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIRMENTS
 OF NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET 2 01 - DOOR 111. AN EXIT DOOR, DOES HAVE THE
 HARDWARE INDICATED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIRMENTS
 OF NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET 2 01 - DOOR 100, THE FRONT DOOR, IS NOT IN THE
 DOOR SCHEDULE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIRMENTS
 OF NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
  
  
 6) SHEET S 200 - THERE IS NO DETAILS INDICATED FOR THE
 RAILING AND/OR GUARD.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7 MEANS OF EGRESS:
 7.2.2.4 GUARDS AND HANDRAILS.
 7.2.2.4.1 HANDRAILS.
 7.2.2.4.5.1 NEW HANDRAILS ON STAIRS SHALL BE NOT LESS
 THAN 34 IN. (865 MM), AND NOT MORE THAN 38 IN. (965
 MM), ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE TREAD, MEASURED
 VERTICALLY TO THE TOP OF THE RAIL FROM THE LEADING EDGE
 OF THE TREAD.
 7.2.2.4.5.3 THE HEIGHT OF REQUIRED HANDRAILS THAT FORM
 PART OF A GUARD SHALL BE PERMITTED TO EXCEED 38 IN.
 (965 MM), BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED 42 IN. (1065 MM),
 MEASURED VERTICALLY TO THE TOP OF THE RAIL FROM THE
 LEADING EDGE OF THE TREAD.
  
 7.2.2.4.6.1 THE HEIGHT OF GUARDS REQUIRED IN 7.1.8
 SHALL BE MEASURED VERTICALLY TO THE TOP OF THE GUARD
 FROM THE SURFACE ADJACENT THERETO.
 7.2.2.4.6.2 GUARDS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 42 IN. (1065
 MM) HIGH, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) EXISTING GUARDS WITHIN DWELLING UNITS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE NOT LESS THAN 36 IN. (915 MM) HIGH.
 (2) THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.2.4.6.2 SHALL NOT APPLY IN
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
 CHAPTERS 12 AND 13.
 (3) *EXISTING GUARDS ON EXISTING STAIRS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE NOT LESS THAN 30 IN. (760 MM) HIGH.
 7.2.2.4.6.3* OPEN GUARDS, OTHER THAN APPROVED EXISTING
 OPEN GUARDS, SHALL HAVE INTERMEDIATE RAILS OR AN
 ORNAMENTAL PATTERN SUCH THAT A SPHERE 4 IN. (100 MM) IN
 DIAMETER IS NOT ABLE TO PASS THROUGH ANY OPENING UP TO
 A HEIGHT OF 34 IN. (865 MM), AND THE FOLLOWING ALSO
 SHALL APPLY:
 (1) THE TRIANGULAR OPENINGS FORMED BY THE RISER, TREAD,
 AND BOTTOM ELEMENT OF A GUARDRAIL AT THE OPEN SIDE OF A
 STAIR SHALL BE OF SUCH SIZE THAT A SPHERE 6 IN. (150
 MM) IN DIAMETER IS NOT ABLE TO PASS THROUGH THE
 TRIANGULAR OPENING.
 (2) IN DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES, IN
 INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES, AND IN STORAGE OCCUPANCIES, THE
 CLEAR DISTANCE BETWEEN INTERMEDIATE RAILS, MEASURED AT
 RIGHT ANGLES TO THE RAILS, SHALL NOT EXCEED 21 IN. (535
 MM).
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS CONSISTENT WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
  
 7) SHEET E 3 - AN EXIT LIGHT IS SHOWN AT THE DOUBLE
 DOORS TO THE GARAGE. THE EXIT CAN NOT PASS THROUGH THE
 GARAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN, 3 01, SHOWS
 THE EXIT PATH OF TRAVEL THROUGH THE OFFICE AREA.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 8) SHEET E 3 - THERE IS NOT AN EXIT SIGN INDICATED OVER
 THE DOOR LEADING TO THE LIBRARY AS SHOWN FOR THE EXIT
 TRAVEL PATH ON THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 9) SHEET E 3 - THERE IS NOT AN EXIT SIGN AT THE END OF
 THE CORRIDOR LEADING FROM THE CONFERENCE ROOM TO THE
 OPEN OFFICE AREA.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 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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