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Plan Review Notes

Notes

Date	Text
2019-12-02 10:59:58	PROVISO: IT APPEARS THAT BASED ON THE PROPOSED LOCATION
	AND SITE DRAWINGS OF THE DUMPSTERS, THAT DOORS COULD
	POSSIBLY IMPEDE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS. PLEASE REVIEW
	THE FOLLOWING CODES IN REFERENCE TO FIRE DEPARTMENT
	ACCESS, AND CLEARANCE:

	18.2.3.1 REQUIRED ACCESS.
	18.2.3.1.1 APPROVED FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS SHALL
	BE PROVIDED FOR EVERY FACILITY, BUILDING, OR PORTION OF
	A BUILDING HEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED OR RELOCATED.
	18.2.3.1.2 FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS SHALL CONSIST
	OF ROADWAYS, FIRE LANES, PARKING LOT LANES, OR A
	COMBINATION THEREOF.
	18.2.3.2.1 A FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROAD SHALL EXTEND
	TO WITHIN 50 FT (15 M) OF AT LEAST ONE EXTERIOR DOOR
	THAT CAN BE
	OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE
	INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
	18.2.3.3 MULTIPLE ACCESS ROADS. MORE THAN ONE FIRE
	DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROAD SHALL BE PROVIDED WHEN IT IS
	DETERMINED BY
	THE AHJ THAT ACCESS BY A SINGLE ROAD COULD BE IMPAIRED
	BY VEHICLE CONGESTION, CONDITION OF TERRAIN, CLIMATIC
	CONDITIONS, OR OTHER FACTORS THAT COULD LIMIT ACCESS.
	18.2.3.4.1.1 FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS SHALL HAVE AN
	UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF NOT LESS THAN 20 FT (6.1 M).

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