Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19100519
Permit Number 19100519
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2019-12-17 11:39:38THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET 319A - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF DRY STORAGE
 UNDER THE SOUTH STAIR. THGERE IS NO STAIR DETAIL
 INDICATING THE REQUIRED SEPARATION OF THE STARIWELL.
  
 PER NFPA 101.
  
 7.2.2 STAIRS.
 7.2.2.1 GENERAL.
 7.2.2.1.1 STAIRS USED AS A COMPONENT IN THE MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL
 CONFORM TO THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1 AND
 TO THE
 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.2, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 SPECIFIED IN
 7.2.2.1.2.
  
 7.2.2.5 ENCLOSURE AND PROTECTION OF STAIRS.
 7.2.2.5.1 ENCLOSURES.
 7.2.2.5.1.1 ALL INSIDE STAIRS SERVING AS AN EXIT OR
 EXIT COMPONENT
 SHALL BE ENCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.1.3.2.
  
 7.2.2.5.3* USABLE SPACE. ENCLOSED, USABLE SPACES WITHIN
 EXIT
 ENCLOSURES SHALL BE PROHIBITED, INCLUDING UNDER STAIRS,
 UNLESS
 OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 7.2.2.5.3.2.
  
 7.2.2.5.3.2 ENCLOSED, USABLE SPACE SHALL BE PERMITTED
 UNDER STAIRS,
 PROVIDED THAT BOTH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE
 MET:
 (1) THE SPACE SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE STAIR
 ENCLOSURE BY THE
 SAME FIRE RESISTANCE AS THE EXIT ENCLOSURE.
 (2) ENTRANCE TO THE ENCLOSED, USABLE SPACE SHALL NOT BE
 FROM
 WITHIN THE STAIR ENCLOSURE. (SEE ALSO 7.1.3.2.3.)
 (3) THE SPACE IS NOT USED FOR THE STORAGE OF
 COMBUSTIBLE OR
 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, OR OTHERWISE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE APPLICABLE DETAILS OF
 CONSTRUCTION.
  
  
 2) SHEET 319 A - THE NORTH STAIR DOES NOT INDICATE THE
 REQUIRED SEPARATION DETAIL AS NOTED IN # 1 ABOVE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE APPLICABLE DETAILS OF
 CONSTRUCTION.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET 319 A - THE IS A STAGE INDICATED.
  
 THERE ARE NO INDICATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION FEATURES OF
 THE STAGE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE APPLICABLE DETAILS OF
 CONSTRUCTION.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET 320 A - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF DOOR
 HARDWARE WITHIN THE DOOR SCHEDULE.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE PER THE APPLICABLE OCCUPANCY
 CODE.
  
  
 5) SHEET 308 A - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF AN ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPNACY; HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO RESIDENTIAL
 OCCUPANCIES.
  
 IS THIS A MIXED OR SEPARATED OCCUPANCY?
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE PER NFPA 101 CH 6, OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION.
  
 6.1.14.2 DEFINITIONS.
 6.1.14.2.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY. A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
 IN WHICH TWO
 OR MORE CLASSES OF OCCUPANCY EXIST.
 6.1.14.2.2 MIXED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY WHERE
 THE
 OCCUPANCIES ARE INTERMINGLED.
 6.1.14.2.3 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY
 WHERE THE
 OCCUPANCIES ARE SEPARATED BY FIRE RESISTANCE?RATED
 ASSEMBLIES.
 6.1.14.3 MIXED OCCUPANCIES.
 6.1.14.3.1 EACH PORTION OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE
 CLASSIFIED AS TO ITS USE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.1.
 6.1.14.3.2* THE BUILDING SHALL COMPLY WITH THE MOST
 RESTRICTIVE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE OCCUPANCIES INVOLVED, UNLESS
 SEPARATE SAFEGUARDS
 ARE APPROVED.
 6.1.14.4 SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES. (SEE ALSO 6.1.14.1.2.)
 6.1.14.4.1 WHERE SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ARE PROVIDED,
 EACH PART OF THE
 BUILDING COMPRISING A DISTINCT OCCUPANCY, AS DESCRIBED
 IN THIS CHAPTER,
 SHALL BE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM OTHER OCCUPANCIES BY
 FIRE-RESISTIVE
 ASSEMBLIES, AS SPECIFIED IN 6.1.14.4.2, 6.1.14.4.3,
 TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(A),
 AND TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(B), UNLESS SEPARATION IS PROVIDED
 BY APPROVED
 EXISTING SEPARATIONS OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY
 6.1.14.4.6.
  
 6.1.14.4.4 OCCUPANCY SEPARATIONS SHALL BE VERTICAL,
 HORIZONTAL, OR
 BOTH OR, WHEN NECESSARY, OF SUCH OTHER FORM AS REQUIRED
 TO PROVIDE
 COMPLETE SEPARATION BETWEEN OCCUPANCY DIVISIONS IN THE
 BUILDING.
 6.1.14.4.5* EACH SEPARATED PORTION OF THE BUILDING
 SHALL COMPLY
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OCCUPANCY THEREIN.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE APPLICABLE DETAILS OF
 CONSTRUCTION.
  
  
 6) SHEET 336 A - THE THREE MAIN EXIT DOORS TO THE
 ASSEMBLY AREA SHOW HARDWARE SET # 6. RIM CYLINDER,
 MORTISE DEVICE AND FLOOR STOP.
  
 THESE MAY NOT BE COMPLIANT WITH THE REQUIRED EXIT
 HARDWARE, PER NFPA 101, CH 12 & CH 7.
  
 12.2.2.2.3 ANY DOOR IN A REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FROM
 AN AREA HAVING
 AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR MORE PERSONS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE
 PROVIDED WITH A LATCH OR LOCK ONLY IF THE LATCH OR LOCK
 IS PANIC
 HARDWARE OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.7,
 UNLESS
 OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  
 (1) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO DELAYED-EGRESS
 LOCKS AS
 PERMITTED IN 12.2.2.2.5.
 (2) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOORS
 AS PERMITTED IN 12.2.2.2.6.
 12.2.2.2.4 LOCKING DEVICES COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.5.5
 SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO BE USED ON A SINGLE DOOR OR A SINGLE PAIR OF DOORS
 IF BOTH OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY:
 (1) THE DOOR OR PAIR OF DOORS SERVE AS THE MAIN EXIT
 AND THE ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPANCY HAS AN OCCUPANT LOAD NOT GREATER THAN 500.
 (2) ANY LATCHING DEVICES ON SUCH A DOOR(S) FROM AN
 ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPANCY HAVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR MORE ARE
 RELEASED
 BY PANIC HARDWARE OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE.
  
 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.
  
 7.2.1.7 PANIC HARDWARE AND FIRE EXIT HARDWARE.
 7.2.1.7.1 WHERE A DOOR ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED TO BE
 EQUIPPED WITH
 PANIC OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE, SUCH HARDWARE SHALL MEET
 ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
 (1) IT SHALL CONSIST OF A CROSS BAR OR A PUSH PAD, THE
 ACTUATING
 PORTION OF WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF
 OF THE
 WIDTH OF THE DOOR LEAF.
 (2) IT SHALL BE MOUNTED AS FOLLOWS:
 (A) NEW INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 34 IN.
 (865 MM),
 AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE THE FLOOR.
 (B) EXISTING INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 30
 IN. (760 MM),
 AND NOT MORE THAN 48 IN. (1220 MM), ABOVE THE FLOOR.
 (3) IT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED SO THAT A HORIZONTAL FORCE
 NOT TO EXCEED
 15 LBF (66 N) ACTUATES THE CROSS BAR OR PUSH PAD AND
 LATCHES.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OF PROVIDE CODE COMPLIANT
 JUSTIFICATION.
  
  
 7) SHEET 319 A - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A STAGE AND
 BAR IN THIS ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY AND COULD BE CONSIDERED
 A NIGHCLUB
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 12
  
 12.3.5 EXTINGUISHMENT REQUIREMENTS.
 12.3.5.1 THE WHERE THE OCCUPANT LOAD EXCEEDS 100, THE
 FOLLOWING
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY
 AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH 9.7.1.1(1):
 (1) DANCE HALLS
 (2) DISCOTHEQUES
 (3) NIGHTCLUBS
 (4) ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES WITH FESTIVAL SEATING
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION OF JUSTIFY
 WITH DETAILED NARRATIVE AND CODE REFERNCES.
  
  
  
 8) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 9) 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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