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| | 1) SHEET TS - THERE ARE INCORRECT REFERNCES TO CURRENT |
| | FIRE CODES. |
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| | THE PROPOSED PROJECT SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE |
| | 6TH EDITION OF FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE WHICH |
| | INCLUDES THE 2015 EDITION OF NFPA 1 AND NFPA 101. |
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| | ELECTRIC WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 70, NATIONAL |
| | ELECTRICAL CODE? 2014 EDITION. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND CORRECT. |
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| | 2) SHEET A 4 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF AN EXISITNG |
| | RAMP. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS. |
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| | TABLE 7.2.5.3(B) EXISTING RAMPS DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA - |
| | FEATURE FT/IN. MM MINIMUM WIDTH MAXIMUM SLOPE MAXIMUM |
| | HEIGHT BETWEEN LANDINGS |
| | 30 INC. (760) 1 IN 8 (3660) 12 FT |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLIANCE. |
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| | 3) SHEET A 4 - THE ARE INDICATIONS OF NEW AND EXISTING |
| | HANDRAILS AND GUARDS WITH LIMITED DETAILS |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS. |
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| | 7.2.2.4 GUARDS AND HANDRAILS. |
| | 7.2.2.4.1 HANDRAILS. |
| | 7.2.2.4.1.1 STAIRS AND RAMPS SHALL HAVE HANDRAILS ON |
| | BOTH SIDES, |
| | UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED IN 7.2.2.4.1.5 OR |
| | 7.2.2.4.1.6. |
| | 7.2.2.4.1.2 IN ADDITION TO THE HANDRAILS REQUIRED AT |
| | THE SIDES OF |
| | STAIRS BY 7.2.2.4.1.1, BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS |
| | SHALL APPLY: |
| | (1) FOR NEW STAIRS, HANDRAILS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN |
| | 30 IN. (760 |
| | MM) OF ALL PORTIONS OF THE REQUIRED EGRESS WIDTH. |
| | (2) FOR EXISTING STAIRS, HANDRAILS SHALL MEET THE |
| | FOLLOWING CRITERIA: |
| | (A) THEY SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN 44 IN. (1120 MM) OF |
| | ALL |
| | PORTIONS OF THE REQUIRED EGRESS WIDTH. |
| | (B) SUCH STAIRS SHALL NOT HAVE THEIR EGRESS CAPACITY |
| | ADJUSTED |
| | TO A HIGHER OCCUPANT LOAD THAN PERMITTED BY THE |
| | CAPACITY |
| | FACTOR IN TABLE 7.3.3.1 IF THE STAIR?S CLEAR WIDTH |
| | BETWEEN |
| | HANDRAILS EXCEEDS 60 IN. (1525 MM). |
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| | 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. |
| | 7.2.2.4.5.2 EXISTING REQUIRED HANDRAILS SHALL BE NOT |
| | LESS THAN 30 IN. |
| | (760 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. |
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| | 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). |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLIANCE. |
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| | 4) THERE IS NO INDICATIONS OF A DOOR SCHEDULE AND/OR |
| | EXIT DOOR HARDWARE/LOCKS. |
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| | PER NFPA 101, CH 38 NEW BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES AND CH 7 |
| | MEANS OF EGRESS |
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| | 38.2.2 MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS. |
| | 38.2.2.1 GENERAL. MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS SHALL BE |
| | LIMITED |
| | TO THE TYPES DESCRIBED IN 38.2.2.2 THROUGH 38.2.2.12. |
| | 38.2.2.2 DOORS. |
| | 38.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED. |
| | 38.2.2.2.2* LOCKS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.5.5 SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED |
| | ONLY ON PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE/EXIT DOORS. |
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| | 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. |
| | 7.2.1.1.3 OCCUPIED BUILDING. |
| | 7.2.1.1.3.1 FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 7.2, A BUILDING |
| | SHALL BE |
| | CONSIDERED TO BE OCCUPIED AT ANY TIME IT MEETS ANY OF |
| | THE |
| | FOLLOWING CRITERIA: |
| | (1) IT IS OPEN FOR GENERAL OCCUPANCY. |
| | (2) IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. |
| | (3) IT IS OCCUPIED BY MORE THAN 10 PERSONS. |
| | 7.2.1.1.3.2 WHERE MEANS OF EGRESS DOORS ARE LOCKED IN A |
| | BUILDING |
| | THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED OCCUPIED, OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT BE |
| | LOCKED |
| | BEYOND THEIR CONTROL IN BUILDINGS OR BUILDING SPACES, |
| | EXCEPT FOR |
| | LOCKUPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 22.4.5 AND 23.4.5, DETENTION |
| | AND |
| | CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES, AND HEALTH CARE OCCUPANCIES. |
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| | 7.2.1.2.3 MINIMUM DOOR LEAF WIDTH. |
| | 7.2.1.2.3.1 FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING MINIMUM DOOR |
| | OPENING |
| | WIDTH, THE CLEAR WIDTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.1.2.1 |
| | SHALL BE USED, |
| | UNLESS DOOR LEAF WIDTH IS SPECIFIED. |
| | 7.2.1.2.3.2 DOOR OPENINGS IN MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| | NOT LESS |
| | THAN 32 IN. (810 MM) IN CLEAR WIDTH, EXCEPT UNDER ANY |
| | OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| | (1) WHERE A PAIR OF DOOR LEAVES IS PROVIDED, ONE DOOR |
| | LEAF SHALL |
| | PROVIDE NOT LESS THAN A 32 IN. (810 MM) CLEAR WIDTH |
| | OPENING. |
| | (2)* EXIT ACCESS DOOR ASSEMBLIES SERVING A ROOM NOT |
| | EXCEEDING 70 |
| | FT2 (6.5 M2) AND NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO |
| | PERSONS WITH |
| | SEVERE MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 24 |
| | IN. |
| | (610 MM) IN DOOR LEAF WIDTH. |
| | (3)* DOOR OPENINGS SERVING A BUILDING OR PORTION |
| | THEREOF NOT |
| | REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO PERSONS WITH SEVERE |
| | MOBILITY |
| | IMPAIRMENTS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE 28 IN. (710 MM) IN |
| | DOOR |
| | LEAF WIDTH. |
| | (4) IN EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE EXISTING DOOR LEAF WIDTH |
| | SHALL BE NOT |
| | LESS THAN 28 IN. (710 MM). |
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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. |
| | 7.2.1.5.2* THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.5.1 SHALL NOT APPLY |
| | TO DOOR |
| | LEAVES OF LISTED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AFTER EXPOSURE TO |
| | ELEVATED |
| | TEMPERATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LISTING, BASED ON |
| | LABORATORY |
| | FIRE TEST PROCEDURES. |
| | 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. |
| | 7.2.1.5.4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.5.1 AND 7.2.1.5.3 |
| | SHALL NOT |
| | APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 18 THROUGH |
| | 23. |
| | 7.2.1.5.5 KEY-OPERATED LOCKS. |
| | 7.2.1.5.5.1* EXTERIOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO HAVE |
| | KEY-OPERATED LOCKS FROM THE EGRESS SIDE, PROVIDED THAT |
| | ALL OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET: |
| | (1) THIS ALTERNATIVE IS PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 |
| | THROUGH 43 FOR |
| | THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY. |
| | (2) A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT LESS |
| | THAN 1 IN. |
| | (25 MM) HIGH ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND THAT READS AS |
| | FOLLOWS IS LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO THE DOOR LEAF: |
| | THIS |
| | DOOR TO REMAIN UNLOCKED WHEN THE |
| | BUILDING IS OCCUPIED. |
| | (3) THE LOCKING DEVICE IS OF A TYPE THAT IS READILY |
| | DISTINGUISHABLE |
| | AS LOCKED. |
| | (4) A KEY IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO ANY OCCUPANT |
| | INSIDE THE |
| | BUILDING WHEN IT IS LOCKED. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE DETAILS WITHIN A DOOR |
| | SCHEDULE IN COMPLIANCE. |
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| | 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| | REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| | ABOVE. |
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| | 6) 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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