Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18081039
Permit Number 18081039
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2018-09-14 16:58:56THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 FIRE CODE REFERENCES: SHEET G 001 - THERE ARE CONFLICTS
 WITH THE CURRENT EDTIONS OF THE FIRE CODE. THE 2017
 FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE IS CORRECT; HOWEVER, THE
 CODE EDITIONS UNDER THE FFPC ARE INCORRECT. THEY ARE
 TOO NUMEROUS TO INDICATE HERE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW THE REFERENCED NFPA EDITIOSN UNDER THE
 CURRENT FFPC AND CORRECT AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH
 THOSE NEW REFERENCES.
  
  
  
  
 1) SHEET A 001 - THERE IS A COMMENT INDICATED REGARDING
 UNPROTECTED OPENINGS IN AN 1 HOUR RATED WALL WITH A
 BUILDING CODE REFERENCE.
  
 THERE IS NO SUCH REFERENCE INDICATED FROM THE FLORIDA
 FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND JUSTIFY BY PROVIDING THE APPLICABLE
 FFPC REFERCE OR CORRECT.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A002 - THERE IS A COMMENT INDICATED REGARDING
 UNPROTECTED OPENINGS IN AN 1 HOUR RATED WALL, WITH A
 BUILDING CODE REFERENCE.
  
 THERE IS NO SUCH REFERENCE INDICATED FROM THE FLORIDA
 FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND JUSTIFY BY PROVIDING THE APPLICABLE
 FFPC REFERCE OR CORRECT.
  
  
  
 3) A SHEETS - A PARKING GARAGE IS INDICATED; HOWEVER,
 THERE ARE INDICATIONS IF IT IS OPEN OR CLOSED.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 42 AND 88A
  
 42.8 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PARKING STRUCTURES.
  
 42.8.1.3 OPEN PARKING STRUCTURES. OPEN PARKING
 STRUCTURES SHALL
 COMPLY WITH 42.8.1.3.1 THROUGH 42.8.1.3.3.
 42.8.1.3.1 EACH PARKING LEVEL SHALL HAVE WALL OPENINGS
 OPEN TO THE
 ATMOSPHERE FOR AN AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 1.4 FT2 FOR
 EACH LINEAR FOOT
 (0.4 M2 FOR EACH LINEAR METER) OF ITS EXTERIOR
 PERIMETER. [88A:5.5.1]
 42.8.1.3.2 THE OPENINGS ADDRESSED IN 42.8.1.3.1 SHALL
 BE
 DISTRIBUTED OVER 40 PERCENT OF THE BUILDING PERIMETER
 OR UNIFORMLY
 OVER TWO OPPOSING SIDES. [88A: 5.5.2]
 42.8.1.3.3 INTERIOR WALL LINES AND COLUMN LINES SHALL
 BE AT LEAST 20
 PERCENT OPEN, WITH OPENINGS DISTRIBUTED TO PROVIDE
 VENTILATION.
 [88A: 5.5.3]
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE APPLICABLE GARAGELASSIFICATION AND
 SPECIFIC MATHMATICAL DETAILS SHOWIN GCOMPLIANCE THE
 REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
  
 4) A SHEETS - STAIRWELLS IN THE GARAGE MAY BE REQUIRED
 TO BE PROTECTED IF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN GARAGE IS NOT
 MET.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET A 004 - THERE APPEARS TO BE A GLASS STRUCTURE
 WITHIN A FIRE RATED WALL IN THE AREA OF SC 1 & 2 WITH A
 COMMENT THAT IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE RATED.
  
 THERE IS NO SUCH REFERENCE INDICATED IN THE FLORIDA
 FIRE PREVENTION CODE TO ALLOW FOR THIS NON-RATED
 OPENING.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND JUSTIFY BY PROVIDING THE APPLICABLE
 FFPC REFERCE OR CORRECT.
  
  
  
 6) FP 201 - THERE ARE NO FIRE SPRINKLERS SHOWN
 THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING CODE REQUIRES A
 AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
  
 [F]903.2.11.3 BUILDINGS THREE STORIES OR MORE IN
 HEIGHT.
  
 ANY BUILDING WHICH IS OF THREE STORIES OR MORE IN
 HEIGHT SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 903.1.
  
  
  
 7) ALL STRUCTURAL SHEETS - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF
 EACH WALL ON EACH FLOOR SEPARATING THE GARAGE AND
 BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES AS BEING 1 HOUR.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 38 NEW BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES
  
 38.1.3.2 COMBINED BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES AND PARKING
 STRUCTURES.
 38.1.3.2.1 THE FIRE BARRIER SEPARATING PARKING
 STRUCTURES FROM A BUILDING
 CLASSIFIED AS A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY SHALL BE A FIRE
 BARRIER HAVING A
 MINIMUM 2-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING.
 38.1.3.2.2 OPENINGS IN THE FIRE BARRIER REQUIRED BY
 38.1.3.2.1 SHALL NOT
 BE REQUIRED TO BE PROTECTED WITH FIRE PROTECTION?RATED
 OPENING
 PROTECTIVES IN ENCLOSED PARKING STRUCTURES THAT ARE
 PROTECTED THROUGHOUT
 BY AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM
 IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 9.7.1.1(1), OR IN OPEN PARKING STRUCTURES,
 PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE OPENINGS DO NOT EXCEED 25 PERCENT OF THE AREA
 OF THE FIRE
 BARRIER IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED.
 (2) THE OPENINGS ARE USED AS A PUBLIC ENTRANCE AND FOR
 ASSOCIATED
 SIDELIGHT FUNCTIONS.
 (3) THE BUILDING CONTAINING THE BUSINESS OCCUPANCY IS
 PROTECTED
 THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER
 SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.7.1.1(1).
 (4) *MEANS ARE PROVIDED TO PREVENT SPILLED FUEL FROM
 ACCUMULATING
 ADJACENT TO THE OPENINGS AND ENTERING THE BUILDING.
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERNCES
  
 8) SHEET E 001 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS/SYMBOLS UNDER
 THE FIRE ALARM SECTION LEGEND; HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO
 SYMBOLS INDICATED ON ANY ELEVTRICAL SHEETS NOT
 INDICATIONS THAT FIRE ALARM DRAWINGS SHALL BE UNDER
 SPEARATE SHOP DRAWINGS.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPOTER 38, NEW BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES
  
 38.3.4 DETECTION, ALARM, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
 38.3.4.1 GENERAL. A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH
 SECTION 9.6 SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ALL BUSINESS
 OCCUPANCIES
 WHERE ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXISTS:
 (1) THE BUILDING IS THREE OR MORE STORIES IN HEIGHT.
 (2) THE OCCUPANCY IS SUBJECT TO 50 OR MORE OCCUPANTS
 ABOVE
 OR BELOW THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE.
 (3) THE OCCUPANCY IS SUBJECT TO 300 OR MORE TOTAL
 OCCUPANTS.
 38.3.4.2 INITIATION. INITIATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE
 ALARM SYSTEM
 SHALL BE BY ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:
 (1) MANUAL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.6.2.1(1)
 (2) APPROVED AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH 9.6.2.1(2) THAT PROVIDES PROTECTION THROUGHOUT THE
 BUILDING AND THE PROVISION OF 9.6.2.6 SHALL APPLY.
 (3) APPROVED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH
 9.6.2.1(3) THAT PROVIDES PROTECTION THROUGHOUT THE
 BUILDING AND THE PROVISION OF 9.6.2.6 SHALL APPLY.
 38.3.4.3 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION. DURING ALL TIMES THAT
 THE
 BUILDING IS OCCUPIED (SEE 7.2.1.1.3), THE REQUIRED FIRE
 ALARM
 SYSTEM, ONCE INITIATED, SHALL PERFORM ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING
 FUNCTIONS:
 (1) IT SHALL ACTIVATE A GENERAL ALARM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 9.6.3.
 (2) A POSITIVE ALARM SEQUENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 9.6.3.4
 SHALL BE PERMITTED.
 (5) PHYSICAL MEANS ARE PROVIDED TO PREVENT VEHICLES
 FROM BEING
 PARKED OR DRIVEN WITHIN 10 FT (3050 MM) OF THE
 OPENINGS.
 (6) THE OPENINGS ARE PROTECTED AS A SMOKE PARTITION IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 8.4, WITH NO MINIMUM FIRE PROTECTION
 RATING REQUIRED.
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT
  
  
  
 9) LIFE SAFETY SHEETS - THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT EXIT
 ACCESS CORRIDORS ON ANY FLOOR LEVEL ARE NOT PROTECTED
 BY 1 HOUR FIRE WALLS
  
 PER NFPA 101 -
  
 38.3.6 CORRIDORS.
 38.3.6.1* WHERE ACCESS TO EXITS IS PROVIDED BY
 CORRIDORS, SUCH
 CORRIDORS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM USE AREAS BY FIRE
 BARRIERS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.3 HAVING A MINIMUM 1-HOUR
 FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING, UNLESS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS EXISTS:
 (1) *WHERE EXITS ARE AVAILABLE FROM AN OPEN FLOOR AREA
 (2) *WITHIN A SPACE OCCUPIED BY A SINGLE TENANT
 (3) WITHIN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH
 9.7.1.1(1)
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERNECES
  
  
  
 10) LIFE SAFETY SHEETS - IN REFERNCE TO # 9 ABOVE THE
 DOOR SCHEDULE DOES NOT INDICATED FIRE DOOR RATINGS IN
 APPLICABLE CORRIDORS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERENCES.
  
  
  
 11) SHEET E 001- THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A GENERATOR
  
 THE GENERATOR INSTALLATION SHALL BE UNDER SEPARATE SHOP
 DRAWINGS AND COMPLY WITH NFPA 37 AND NFPA 110 IF
 SUPPORTING THE LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE OF COMPLIANCE.
  
  
  
 12) THERE ARE NUMEROUS INDICATION OF SMOKE BARRIERS AND
 SMOKE PARTITIONS, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO NARRATIVE
 COMPLYING WITH NFPA 1
  
 10.14.3.4.2 LIFE SAFETY NARRATIVE. A LIFE SAFETY
 NARRATIVE SHALL BE
 PROVIDED DESCRIBING THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) BUILDING OCCUPANCY, CONSTRUCTION TYPE, AND INTENDED
 USES AND EVENTS
 (2) BUILDING AREA AND POPULATION CAPACITY OF THE
 PROPOSED FACILITY
 (3) PRINCIPAL FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY FEATURES/STRATEGIES
 FOR THE BUILDING,
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
 (A) SPRINKLER PROTECTION
 (B) SMOKE CONTROL/PROTECTION
 (C) FIRE ALARM - VISUAL AND AUDIBLE
 (D) PA SYSTEM
 (E) EMERGENCY POWER AND LIGHTING
 (F) PROVISIONS FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES
 (G) FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS
 (H) FIRE/EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTER
 (4) EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PARAMETERS
 USED/APPLIED
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE
  
  
  
 13) SHEET A 003, A 104 & A 611 - THERE IS AN INDICATION
 OF AN ELEVATOR LOBBY ON THE 3RD AND 4TH FLOOR. THE
 HARDWARE SET FOR THESE LOBBY DOORS AND OTHER DOORS
 LEADDING TO AN EXIT COULD NOT BE FOUND TO ENSURE
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE BELOW CODE.
  
 7.4.1.6 ELEVATOR LANDING AND LOBBY EXIT ACCESS.
 7.4.1.6.1 EACH ELEVATOR LANDING AND LOBBY SHALL HAVE
 ACCESS TO AT
 LEAST ONE EXIT.
 7.4.1.6.2 THE ELEVATOR LANDING AND LOBBY EXIT ACCESS
 REQUIRED BY
 7.4.1.6.1 SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE OF A KEY, A TOOL,
 SPECIAL
 KNOWLEDGE, OR SPECIAL EFFORT, UNLESS PERMITTED BY
 7.4.1.6.3.
 7.4.1.6.3 DOORS SEPARATING THE ELEVATOR LOBBY FROM THE
 EXIT ACCESS
 REQUIRED BY 7.4.1.6.1 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
 ELECTRONICALLY LOCKED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.1.6.3.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE.
  
  
  
 14) SHEET 611 - THE HARDWARE SET IDENTIFICATION TABLE
 COULD NOT BE EASILY LOCATED OR FOUND.
  
 PLEASE CORRECT OR PROVIDE THE SHEET NUMBER FOR
 VERIFICATION PURPOSES.
  
  
  
 15) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 16) 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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