Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19061385
Permit Number 19061385
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2019-07-23 11:55:49THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) THE LIFE SAFETY SHEETS INDICATES A GREATER THAN 200'
 TRAVEL DISTANCE FROM THE STAIRWELL ON THE WEST SIDE
 APARTMENT CORRIDORS.
  
 PER NFPA 14 -
  
 7.3.2.2* WHERE THE MOST REMOTE PORTION OF A
 NONSPRINKLERED
 FLOOR OR STORY IS LOCATED IN EXCESS OF 150 FT (45.7 M)
 OF TRAVEL
 DISTANCE FROM A HOSE CONNECTION IN OR ADJACENT TO A
 REQUIRED
 EXIT OR THE MOST REMOTE PORTION OF A SPRINKLERED FLOOR
 OR STORY
 IS LOCATED IN EXCESS OF 200 FT (61 M) OF TRAVEL
 DISTANCE FROM A
 HOSE CONNECTION IN OR ADJACENT TO A REQUIRED EXIT,
 ADDITIONAL
 HOSE CONNECTIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED, IN APPROVED
 LOCATIONS,
 WHERE REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE AHJ.
  
 ADDITIONAL FD HOSE CONNECTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO REDUCE
 THIS DISTANCE FOR FIREGROUND OPERATIONS.
  
 PLEASE COORDINATE THOSE LOCATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF
 THE FIRE MARSHAL.
  
  
  
  
 2) LIFE SAFETY SHEETS & STAIRWELL SHEETS - THERE ARE NO
 INDICATIONS OF EXIT TACTILE MARKINGS
  
 PER NFPA 101 , CH 30 NEW APARTMENT OCCUPANCIES & CH 7,
 MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 31.2.10 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.
  
 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.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE DETAILS
  
  
  
  
 3) SHEET FS 2.3B - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE
 SPRINKLER PROTECTION ON THE 3RD LEVEL OF THE PARKING
 GARAGE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFYCLARIFICATION OR
 WITH SPECIFIC CODE REFERENCES.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET LS 1 - THE R-100 RETAIL/RESTAURANT SPACE
 INDICATES TWO EXITS THAT DO NOT APPEAR TO MEET THE
 SEPARATION REQUIREMENT.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7
  
 7.5.1.3.3 IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION
 9.7, THE MINIMUM SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO EXITS,
 EXIT
 ACCESSES, OR EXIT DISCHARGES, MEASURED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 7.5.1.3.2,
 SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN ONE-THIRD THE LENGTH OF THE
 MAXIMUM OVERALL
 DIAGONAL DIMENSION OF THE BUILDING OR AREA TO BE
 SERVED.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS OR
 CORRECT.
  
  
 5) SHEET LS 1 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A DOUBLE DOOR
 EXIT FROM THE EXTERIOR TERRACE A-122, TO THE CLUBROOM A
 120 WHICH INDICATES FUNRNITURE IN THE TRAVEL PATH.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7
  
 7.1.10 MEANS OF EGRESS RELIABILITY.
 7.1.10.1* MAINTENANCE. MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE
 CONTINUOUSLY
 MAINTAINED FREE OF ALL OBSTRUCTIONS OR IMPEDIMENTS TO
 FULL INSTANT
 USE IN THE CASE OF FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY.
 7.1.10.2 FURNISHINGS AND DECORATIONS IN MEANS OF
 EGRESS.
 7.1.10.2.1 NO FURNISHINGS, DECORATIONS, OR OTHER
 OBJECTS SHALL
 OBSTRUCT EXITS OR THEIR ACCESS THERETO, EGRESS THERE
 FROM, OR
 VISIBILITY THEREOF.
  
 7.5 ARRANGEMENT OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.5.1 GENERAL.
 7.5.1.1 EXITS SHALL BE LOCATED, AND EXIT ACCESS SHALL
 BE ARRANGED, SO
 THAT EXITS ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 6) SHEET LS 1 - IN CORRIDOR 105 THERE ARE THREE EXITS
 CONVERGING TO ONE; (1) THE EXTERIOR TERRACE EXIT DOUBLE
 DOOR; (2) THE PARKING GARAGE EXIT DOUBLE DOOR AND (3)
 CORRIDOR 104 SINGLE EXIT DOOR.
  
 IT APPEARS THAT THE OCCUPANCY LOAD TOTALS FROM THOSE
 EXITS ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE SINGLE EXIT DISCHARGE
 DOOR AT THE END OF THE CORRIDOR 105.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7
  
 7.3.3* EGRESS CAPACITY.
 7.3.3.1 EGRESS CAPACITY FOR APPROVED COMPONENTS OF
 MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL BE BASED ON THE CAPACITY FACTORS SHOWN IN
 TABLE
 7.3.3.1, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.3.3.2.
 7.3.3.3 THE REQUIRED CAPACITY OF A CORRIDOR SHALL BE
 THE OCCUPANT
 LOAD THAT UTILIZES THE CORRIDOR FOR EXIT ACCESS DIVIDED
 BY THE
 REQUIRED NUMBER OF EXITS TO WHICH THE CORRIDOR
 CONNECTS, BUT THE
 CORRIDOR CAPACITY SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE REQUIRED
 CAPACITY OF THE
 EXIT TO WHICH THE CORRIDOR LEADS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANY LOAD TOTALS COMING
 IN FROM THOSE EXITS AND THAT THE EXIT DISCHARGE DOOR
 CAN HANDLE THIS OCCUPANCY LOAD TOTAL OR CORRECT.
  
  
  
 7) SHEET LS 1 - IN CORRIDOR 111 THERE ARE THREE EXITS
 CONVERGING TO ONE; (1) THE COURTYARD EXIT DOUBLE DOOR;
 (2) THE PARKING GARAGE EXIT DOOR AND (3) CORRIDOR 110
 SINGLE EXIT DOOR.
  
 IT APPEARS THAT THE OCCUPANCY LOAD TOTALS FROM THOSE
 EXITS ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE SINGLE EXIT DISCHARGE
 DOOR AT THE END OF THE CORRIDOR 111.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7
  
 7.3.3* EGRESS CAPACITY.
 7.3.3.1 EGRESS CAPACITY FOR APPROVED COMPONENTS OF
 MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL BE BASED ON THE CAPACITY FACTORS SHOWN IN
 TABLE
 7.3.3.1, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.3.3.2.
 7.3.3.3 THE REQUIRED CAPACITY OF A CORRIDOR SHALL BE
 THE OCCUPANT
 LOAD THAT UTILIZES THE CORRIDOR FOR EXIT ACCESS DIVIDED
 BY THE
 REQUIRED NUMBER OF EXITS TO WHICH THE CORRIDOR
 CONNECTS, BUT THE
 CORRIDOR CAPACITY SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE REQUIRED
 CAPACITY OF THE
 EXIT TO WHICH THE CORRIDOR LEADS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANY LOAD TOTALS COMING
 IN FROM THOSE EXITS AND THAT THE EXIT DISCHARGE DOOR
 CAN HANDLE THIS OCCUPANCY LOAD TOTAL OR CORRECT.
  
  
  
 8) SHEET LS 1 - IN CORRIDOR 106.1 THERE ARE THREE EXITS
 CONVERGING TO ONE; (1) THE EXTERIOR TERRACE EXIT DOOR
 (2) THE PARKING GARAGE EXIT DOUBLE DOOR AND THE 2ND
 FLOOR STAIRWELL EXIT .
  
 IT APPEARS THAT THE OCCUPANCY LOAD TOTALS FROM THOSE
 EXITS ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE SINGLE EXIT DISCHARGE
 DOOR AT THE END OF THE STAIRWELL EXIT DOOR..
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7
  
 7.3.3* EGRESS CAPACITY.
 7.3.3.1 EGRESS CAPACITY FOR APPROVED COMPONENTS OF
 MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL BE BASED ON THE CAPACITY FACTORS SHOWN IN
 TABLE
 7.3.3.1, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.3.3.2.
 7.3.3.3 THE REQUIRED CAPACITY OF A CORRIDOR SHALL BE
 THE OCCUPANT
 LOAD THAT UTILIZES THE CORRIDOR FOR EXIT ACCESS DIVIDED
 BY THE
 REQUIRED NUMBER OF EXITS TO WHICH THE CORRIDOR
 CONNECTS, BUT THE
 CORRIDOR CAPACITY SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE REQUIRED
 CAPACITY OF THE
 EXIT TO WHICH THE CORRIDOR LEADS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANY LOAD TOTALS COMING
 IN FROM THOSE EXITS AND THAT THE EXIT DISCHARGE DOOR
 CAN HANDLE THIS OCCUPANCY LOAD TOTAL OR CORRECT.
  
  
  
 9) SHEET LS 5 - THE EAST APARTMENT ROOF DOES NOT APPEAR
 TO HAVE AN ACCESS/EXIT.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CLARIFY ACCESS/EXIT FROM THAT ROOF
 SECTION.
  
  
  
  
 10) FIRE ALARM SHEETS - THE FACP COULD NOT BE LOCATED.
 THOUGH THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS THE FACP LOCATION
 NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
  
 AS THIS BUILDING IS DIVIDED, MULTIPLE FACP(SISTER
 PANELS) MAY BE REQUIRED TO EXPRDITE FD RESPONSE AND
 LOCATION.
  
 CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
 IS ESSENTIAL.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE PROPOSED LOCATION(S) (ONE IN
 EACH ELECTRICAL ROOM?), THAT IS EASILIY IDENTIFIABLE
 FOR REVIEW PURPOSES.
  
  
  
  
 11) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
  
 12) 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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