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Plan Review Notes For Permit 19110659
Permit Number	19110659
Review Stop	FIRE
Sequence Number	1

Notes

Date	Text
2019-12-03 16:27:50	THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
	MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:


	1) SHEET LS 1.1 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF AN EXIT
	LEADING THRU THE KITCHEN TO A FENCED IN AREA THAT IS
	NOT A PUBLIC WAY.

	THERE IS A SLIDING GATE; HOWEVER, THERE IS NO EXIT SIGN
	AT THE GATE OF EXIT HARDWARE MEETING THE REQUIRMENT OF
	NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS.

	7.2.1 DOOR OPENINGS.
	7.2.1.1 GENERAL.
	7.2.1.1.1 A DOOR ASSEMBLY IN A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL
	CONFORM TO
	THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1 AND TO THE
	SPECIAL
	REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.

	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.

	7.2.1.14 SPECIAL-PURPOSE HORIZONTALLY SLIDING ACCORDION
	OR
	FOLDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES. SPECIAL-PURPOSE HORIZONTALLY
	SLIDING
	ACCORDION OR FOLDING DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE PERMITTED
	IN MEANS
	OF EGRESS, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
	ARE MET:
	(1) THE DOOR LEAF IS READILY OPERABLE FROM EITHER SIDE
	WITHOUT
	SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT.
	(2) THE FORCE THAT, WHEN APPLIED TO THE OPERATING
	DEVICE IN THE
	DIRECTION OF EGRESS, IS REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE DOOR
	LEAF IS NOT
	MORE THAN 15 LBF (67 N).
	(3) THE FORCE REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE DOOR LEAF IN THE
	DIRECTION OF
	TRAVEL IS NOT MORE THAN 30 LBF (133 N) TO SET THE LEAF
	IN
	MOTION AND IS NOT MORE THAN 15 LBF (67 N) TO CLOSE THE
	LEAF OR
	OPEN IT TO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED WIDTH.
	(4) THE DOOR LEAF IS OPERABLE USING A FORCE OF NOT MORE
	THAN 50
	LBF (222 N) WHEN A FORCE OF 250 LBF (1100 N) IS APPLIED
	PERPENDICULARLY TO THE LEAF ADJACENT TO THE OPERATING
	DEVICE,
	UNLESS THE DOOR OPENING IS AN EXISTING SPECIAL-PURPOSE
	HORIZONTAL-SLIDING ACCORDION OR FOLDING EXIT ACCESS
	DOOR
	ASSEMBLY SERVING AN AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF FEWER
	THAN 50.
	(5) THE DOOR ASSEMBLY COMPLIES WITH THE FIRE PROTECTION
	RATING,
	IF REQUIRED, AND, WHERE RATED, IS SELF-CLOSING OR
	AUTOMATIC CLOSING
	BY MEANS OF SMOKE DETECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
	7.2.1.8 AND IS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 80,
	STANDARD FOR FIRE DOORS AND OTHER OPENING PROTECTIVES.
	(6) THE DOOR, IF POWER OPERATED, SHALL BE CAPABLE OF
	BEING
	OPERATED MANUALLY IN THE EVENT OF POWER FAILURE.

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC
	CODE.


	2) SHEET LS 1.1 - THERE ARE INDICATION OF A OUTDOOR
	SEATING PLAN; HOWEVER, THERE APPEARS TO BE ENCROACHMENT
	INTO THE EGRESS PATH LEADING TO EXITS.

	PER NFPA 101, CH 12, NEW ASSEMLY OCCUOPANCIES

	12.2.5.7* AISLE ACCESSWAYS SERVING SEATING AT TABLES.
	12.2.5.7.1 THE REQUIRED CLEAR WIDTH OF AN AISLE
	ACCESSWAY SHALL BE
	NOT LESS THAN 12 IN. (305 MM) WHERE MEASURED IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH
	12.2.5.7.3 AND SHALL BE INCREASED AS A FUNCTION OF
	LENGTH IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH 12.2.5.7.4, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED
	BY
	12.2.5.7.2.
	12.2.5.7.2* IF USED BY NOT MORE THAN FOUR PERSONS, NO
	MINIMUM
	CLEAR WIDTH SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR THE PORTION OF AN
	AISLE ACCESSWAY
	HAVING A LENGTH NOT EXCEEDING 6 FT (1830 MM) AND
	LOCATED FARTHEST
	FROM AN AISLE.
	12.2.5.7.3* WHERE NONFIXED SEATING IS LOCATED BETWEEN A
	TABLE AND
	AN AISLE ACCESSWAY OR AISLE, THE MEASUREMENT OF
	REQUIRED CLEAR
	WIDTH OF THE AISLE ACCESSWAY OR AISLE SHALL BE MADE TO
	A LINE 19 IN.
	(485 MM), MEASURED PERPENDICULARLY TO THE EDGE OF THE
	TABLE,
	AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF SAID TABLE.
	12.2.5.7.4* THE MINIMUM REQUIRED CLEAR WIDTH OF AN
	AISLE
	ACCESSWAY, MEASURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 12.2.5.4.8 AND
	12.2.5.7.3,
	SHALL BE INCREASED BEYOND THE 12 IN. (305 MM)
	REQUIREMENT OF
	12.2.5.7.1 BY ? IN. (13 MM) FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 12 IN.
	(305 MM)
	OR FRACTION THEREOF BEYOND 12 FT (3660 MM) OF AISLE
	ACCESSWAY
	LENGTH, WHERE MEASURED FROM THE CENTER OF THE SEAT
	FARTHEST FROM
	AN AISLE.
	12.2.5.7.5 THE PATH OF TRAVEL ALONG THE AISLE ACCESSWAY
	SHALL NOT
	EXCEED 36 FT (11 M) FROM ANY SEAT TO THE CLOSEST AISLE
	OR EGRESS
	DOORWAY.
	12.2.5.8 AISLES SERVING SEATING AT TABLES.
	12.2.5.8.1* AISLES THAT CONTAIN STEPS OR THAT ARE
	RAMPED, SUCH AS
	AISLES SERVING DINNER THEATER?STYLE CONFIGURATIONS,
	SHALL COMPLY
	WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 12.2.5.6.
	12.2.5.8.2* THE WIDTH OF AISLES SERVING SEATING AT
	TABLES SHALL BE
	NOT LESS THAN 44 IN. (1120 MM) WHERE SERVING AN
	OCCUPANT LOAD
	EXCEEDING 50, AND 36 IN. (915 MM) WHERE SERVING AN
	OCCUPANT
	LOAD OF 50 OR FEWER.
	12.2.5.8.3* WHERE NONFIXED SEATING IS LOCATED BETWEEN A
	TABLE AND
	AN AISLE, THE MEASUREMENT OF REQUIRED CLEAR WIDTH OF
	THE AISLE SHALL
	BE MADE TO A LINE 19 IN. (485 MM), MEASURED
	PERPENDICULARLY TO
	THE EDGE OF THE TABLE, AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF SAID
	TABLE.
	12.2.5.9 APPROVAL OF LAYOUTS.
	12.2.5.9.1 WHERE REQUIRED BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING
	JURISDICTION,
	PLANS DRAWN TO SCALE SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF
	FURNISHINGS OR
	EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE AUTHORITY BY THE
	BUILDING
	OWNER, MANAGER, OR AUTHORIZED AGENT TO SUBSTANTIATE
	CONFORMANCE
	WITH THE PROVISIONS OF 12.2.5.
	12.2.5.9.2 THE LAYOUT PLANS SHALL CONSTITUTE THE ONLY
	ACCEPTABLE
	ARRANGEMENT, UNLESS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA IS
	MET:
	(1) THE PLANS ARE REVISED.
	(2) ADDITIONAL PLANS ARE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED.
	(3) TEMPORARY DEVIATIONS FROM THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE
	APPROVED PLANS ARE USED, PROVIDED THAT THE OCCUPANT
	LOAD IS
	NOT INCREASED AND THE INTENT OF 12.2.5.9 IS MAINTAINED.

	PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILED DIEMSIONS OF ALONG THE EGRESS
	PATH.


	3)

	PETER LEDUC
	FIRE MARSHAL
	561-804-4709
	[email protected]