| Date |
Text |
| 2018-09-04 11:05:11 | PLAN |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS |
| | |
| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC SIXTH EDITION (2017) |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | DENIED BY BUILDING |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
| | |
| | 1) THERE IS A NOTE ON SHEET LS-1 THAT STATES AREA OF |
| | WORK TO REMAIN UNSPRINKLERED. THE CODE ANALYSIS |
| | INDICATES THAT THIS IS A TYPE LL A SPRINKLER BUILDING |
| | AND ALL OF THE EXIT REQUIREMENTS ARE BASED ON A FULLY |
| | SPRINKLERED BUILDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC 903.3.1.1. |
| | THIS ENTIRE BUILDING INCLUDING THIS UNIT IS REQUIRED TO |
| | BE FIRE SPRINKLERED. |
| | |
| | 2) ON SHEET LS-1 THE TRAVEL DISTANCE TO AN EXIT IS |
| | LISTED AS 400 FEET. FBC 1017.3 AND TABLE 1017.2 |
| | SPECIFIES THE TRAVEL DISTANCE FOR A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY |
| | IN A FULLY SPRINKLED BUILDING AS 300 FEET. EXPLAIN HOW |
| | THE 400 FEET OF TRAVEL WAS DETERMINED. |
| | |
| | 3) SPECIFY THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THIS PROJECT AREA ON |
| | THE LIFE SAFETY PLANS. FBC 1004.1 |
| | |
| | 4) THE COMMON PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL IS NOT SHOWN ON |
| | LS-1. FBC 1006.2.1 & FBC CHAPTER 2, COMMON PATH OF |
| | EGRESS TRAVEL. THAT PORTION OF THE EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL |
| | DISTANCE MEASURED FROM THE MOST REMOTE POINT WITHIN A |
| | STORY TO THAT POINT WHERE THE OCCUPANTS HAVE SEPARATE |
| | AND DISTINCT ACCESS TO TWO EXITS OR EXIT ACCESS |
| | DOORWAYS. |
| | |
| | 5) THE EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL DISTANCE IS NOT SHOWN |
| | CORRECTLY ON LS-1. FBC 1017 & FBC CHAPTER 2, EXIT |
| | ACCESS. THAT PORTION OF A MEANS OF EGRESS SYSTEM THAT |
| | LEADS FROM ANY OCCUPIED PORTION OF A BUILDING OR |
| | STRUCTURE TO AN EXIT. 1017.3 MEASUREMENT. EXIT ACCESS |
| | TRAVEL DISTANCE SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE MOST REMOTE |
| | POINT WITHIN A STORY ALONG THE NATURAL AND UNOBSTRUCTED |
| | PATH OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL EGRESS TRAVEL TO THE |
| | ENTRANCE TO AN EXIT. FOR THIS PROJECT THE EXIT ACCESS |
| | TRAVEL DISTANCE IS MEASURED FROM THE MOST REMOTE POINT |
| | IN THE UNIT TO THE DOOR OF THE NEAREST INTERIOR EXIT |
| | STAIRWAY. |
| | |
| | 6) SHOW THAT THE DOUBLE DOOR 300 THAT SWINGS OUT INTO |
| | THE EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR COMPLIES WITH FBC 1005.7. |
| | ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS WIDTH |
| | SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS |
| | SECTION. 1005.7.1 DOORS, WHEN FULLY OPENED, SHALL NOT |
| | REDUCE THE REQUIRED WIDTH BY MORE THAN 7 INCHES (178 |
| | MM). DOORS IN ANY POSITION SHALL NOT REDUCE THE |
| | REQUIRED WIDTH BY MORE THAN ONE-HALF. |
| | |
| | 7) THE DOUBLE DOOR 300 IS SHOWN ON SHEET A-2 WITH LEVER |
| | OPERATING DEVICES ON EACH LEAF. EXPLAIN HOW THE DOORS |
| | WILL COMPLY WITH FBC 1010.1.9.3 & 1010.1.9.4. |
| | 1010.1.9 DOOR OPERATIONS. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY |
| | PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION, EGRESS DOORS SHALL BE |
| | READILY OPENABLE FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WITHOUT THE USE |
| | OF A KEY OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT. |
| | 1010.1.9.3 LOCKS AND LATCHES. LOCKS AND LATCHES SHALL |
| | BE PERMITTED TO PREVENT OPERATION OF DOORS WHERE ANY OF |
| | THE FOLLOWING EXIST: |
| | - 3.WHERE EGRESS DOORS ARE USED IN PAIRS, APPROVED |
| | AUTOMATIC FLUSH BOLTS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE USED, |
| | PROVIDED THAT THE DOOR LEAF HAVING THE AUTOMATIC FLUSH |
| | BOLTS DOES NOT HAVE A DOORKNOB OR SURFACE-MOUNTED |
| | HARDWARE. |
| | |
| | FBC 1010.1.9.4 BOLT LOCKS. MANUALLY OPERATED FLUSH |
| | BOLTS OR SURFACE BOLTS ARE NOT PERMITTED. |
| | EXCEPTIONS: |
| | - 3.WHERE A PAIR OF DOORS SERVES AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF |
| | LESS THAN 50 PERSONS IN A GROUP B, F OR S OCCUPANCY, |
| | MANUALLY OPERATED EDGE- OR SURFACE-MOUNTED BOLTS ARE |
| | PERMITTED ON THE INACTIVE LEAF. THE INACTIVE LEAF SHALL |
| | NOT CONTAIN DOORKNOBS, PANIC BARS OR SIMILAR OPERATING |
| | HARDWARE. |
| | |
| | - 4.WHERE A PAIR OF DOORS SERVES A GROUP B, F OR S |
| | OCCUPANCY, MANUALLY OPERATED EDGE- OR SURFACE-MOUNTED |
| | BOLTS ARE PERMITTED ON THE INACTIVE LEAF PROVIDED SUCH |
| | INACTIVE LEAF IS NOT NEEDED TO MEET EGRESS CAPACITY |
| | REQUIREMENTS AND THE BUILDING IS EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT |
| | WITH AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | SECTION 903.3.1.1. THE INACTIVE LEAF SHALL NOT CONTAIN |
| | DOORKNOBS, PANIC BARS OR SIMILAR OPERATING HARDWARE. |
| | |
| | 8) THE EXISTING DOOR TO THE STAIR ADJACENT TO ROOM 319 |
| | DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE 18" ON THE PULL SIDE AS |
| | REQUIRED BY FBC ACCESSIBILITY SEC. 404.2.4.1. |
| | |
| | 9) THE ADA SHOWER ON SHEET A-2 IS NOT SHOWN WITH THE |
| | 36" WIDE ENTRY THAT IS REQUIRED BY FBC ACCESSIBILITY |
| | SEC. 608.2.3. |
| | |
| | 10) SHOW THE REQUIRED CLEAR FLOOR SPACE AT THE BREAK |
| | ROOM SINK FOR EITHER A PARALLEL OR FORWARD APPROACH |
| | THAT IS REQUIRED BY FBC ACCESSIBILITY SEC. 606.2, 305 |
| | AND 305.6. |
| | |
| | 11) WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A |
| | RESPONSE LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE |
| | CITY RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE INSERT |
| | CORRECTED PLAN SHEETS INTO THE SETS, REMOVE THE |
| | PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS AND MARK VOID ON THEM, AND |
| | KEEP THEM WITH THE SUBMITTALS. |
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