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| 2018-06-25 16:24:17 | 2ND REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) COMPLIED |
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| | 2) SHEET A 1 - THE DOOR INDICATED AT THE COVERED ENTRY |
| | , # 10, IS AN EGRESS DOOR AND SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA |
| | 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS, AND SHALL HAVE |
| | COMPLIANT EGRESS LOCKS AND/OR HARDWARE. |
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| | PER NFPA 101 |
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| | 7.2 MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS. |
| | 7.2.1 DOOR OPENINGS. |
| | 7.2.1.1 GENERAL. |
| | 7.2.1.1.1 A DOOR ASSEMBLY IN A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL |
| | CONFORM TO THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1 AND |
| | TO THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1. |
| | 7.2.1.1.2 EVERY DOOR OPENING AND EVERY PRINCIPAL |
| | ENTRANCE THAT IS REQUIRED TO SERVE AS AN EXIT SHALL BE |
| | DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE PATH OF EGRESS |
| | TRAVEL IS OBVIOUS AND DIRECT. WINDOWS THAT, BECAUSE OF |
| | THEIR PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OR DESIGN AND THE |
| | MATERIALS USED IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION, HAVE THE |
| | POTENTIAL TO BE MISTAKEN FOR DOOR OPENINGS SHALL BE |
| | MADE INACCESSIBLE TO THE OCCUPANTS BY BARRIERS OR |
| | RAILINGS. |
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| | 7.2.1.5 LOCKS, LATCHES, AND ALARM DEVICES. |
| | 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED |
| | READILY FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS |
| | OCCUPIED. |
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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. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. |
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| | 3) SHEET A 1 - TWO UNIT B DOORS ARE INDICATING AS |
| | OPENING INTO THE EGRESS TRAVEL PATH. |
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| | PER NFPA 101 |
| | 7.2.1.4.3 DOOR LEAF ENCROACHMENT |
| | 7.2.1.4.3.1 DURING ITS SWING, ANY DOOR LEAF IN A MEANS |
| | OF EGRESS SHALL LEAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE |
| | REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY, |
| | OR A LANDING UNOBSTRUCTED AND SHALL NOT PROJECT NOT |
| | MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A |
| | CORRIDOR, A PASSAGE WAY, OR A LANDING, WHEN FULLY OPEN, |
| | UNLESS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET: |
| | (1) THE DOOR OPENING PROVIDES ACCESS TO A STAIR IN AN |
| | EXISTING BUILDING. |
| | (2) THE DOOR OPENING MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT LIMITS |
| | PROJECTION TO NOT MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED |
| | WIDTH OF THE STAIR LANDING WHEN THE DOOR |
| | LEAF IS FULLY OPEN |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY. |
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| | 4) THERE IS NO LIFE SAFETY PLAN INDICATING ALL PATHS OF |
| | EGRESS LEADING TO A PUBLIC WAY, INCLUDING BUT NO |
| | LIMITED TO, EGRESS TRAVEL PATHS, EXIT LIGHTING AND |
| | EMERGENCY LIGHTING, ETC. |
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| | PER NFPA 1 |
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| | 1.7.11 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. |
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| | 1.7.11.1 THE AHJ SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE |
| | PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS. |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE A LIFE SAFETY PLAN FOR THESE APARTMENTS. |
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| | 5) SHEET E 2 - THERE IS NO EXIT SIGN OR EXIT |
| | ILLUMINATION AT THE FRONT COVERED ENTRY LEADING TO THE |
| | DOOR # 10, THE LAUDRY ROOM OR OFFICE. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 30, NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS |
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| | 30.2.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | SHALL BE ILLUMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.8. |
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| | 30.2.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | SHALL HAVE SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10 IN ALL |
| | BUILDINGS REQUIRING MORE THAN ONE EXIT. |
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| | 7.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS. |
| | 7.8.1 GENERAL. |
| | 7.8.1.1* ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.8 FOR EVERY |
| | BUILDING AND STRUCTURE WHERE REQUIRED IN CHAPTERS 11 |
| | THROUGH 43. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REQUIREMENT, EXIT |
| | ACCESS SHALL INCLUDE ONLY DESIGNATED STAIRS, AISLES, |
| | CORRIDORS, RAMPS, ESCALATORS, AND PASSAGEWAYS LEADING |
| | TO AN EXIT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REQUIREMENT, EXIT |
| | DISCHARGE SHALL INCLUDE ONLY DESIGNATED STAIRS, AISLES, |
| | CORRIDORS, RAMPS, ESCALATORS, WALKWAYS, AND EXIT |
| | PASSAGEWAYS LEADING TO A PUBLIC WAY. |
| | 7.8.1.2 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| | CONTINUOUS DURING THE TIME THAT THE CONDITIONS OF |
| | OCCUPANCY REQUIRE THAT THE MEANS OF EGRESS BE AVAILABLE |
| | FOR USE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN7.8.1.2.2. |
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| | 7.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS. |
| | 7.10.1 GENERAL. |
| | 7.10.1.1 WHERE REQUIRED. MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| | MARKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10 WHERE REQUIRED |
| | IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43. |
| | 7.10.1.2 EXITS. |
| | 7.10.1.2.1* EXITS, OTHER THAN MAIN EXTERIOR EXIT DOORS |
| | THAT OBVIOUSLY AND CLEARLY ARE IDENTIFIABLE AS EXITS, |
| | SHALL BE MARKED BY AN APPROVED SIGN THAT IS READILY |
| | VISIBLE FROM ANY DIRECTION OF EXIT ACCESS. |
| | 7.10.1.2.2* HORIZONTAL COMPONENTS OF THE EGRESS PATH |
| | WITHIN AN EXIT ENCLOSURE SHALL BE MARKED BY APPROVED |
| | EXIT OR DIRECTIONAL EXIT SIGNS WHERE THE CONTINUATION |
| | OF THE EGRESS PATH IS NOT OBVIOUS. |
| | 7.10.1.3 EXIT DOOR TACTILE SIGNAGE. TACTILE SIGNAGE |
| | SHALL BE PROVIDED TO MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING |
| | CRITERIA, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.10.1.4: |
| | (1) TACTILE SIGNAGE SHALL BE LOCATED AT EACH EXIT DOOR |
| | REQUIRING AN EXIT SIGN. |
| | (2) TACTILE SIGNAGE SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: EXIT. |
| | (3) TACTILE SIGNAGE SHALL COMPLY WITH ICC/ANSI A117.1, |
| | AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE |
| | BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES |
| | 7.10.1.5 EXIT ACCESS. |
| | 7.10.1.5.1 ACCESS TO EXITS SHALL BE MARKED BY APPROVED, |
| | READILY VISIBLE SIGNS IN ALL CASES WHERE THE EXIT OR |
| | WAY TO REACH THE EXIT IS NOT READILY APPARENT TO THE |
| | OCCUPANTS. |
| | 7.10.1.5.2* NEW SIGN PLACEMENT SHALL BE SUCH THAT NO |
| | POINT IN AN EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR IS IN EXCESS OF THE |
| | RATED VIEWING DISTANCE OR 100 FT (30 M), WHICHEVER IS |
| | LESS, FROM THE NEAREST SIGN. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE APPLICABLE SIGNAGE. |
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| | 6) COMPLIED |
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| | 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | 8) 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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