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| 2019-11-20 12:55:13 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| | MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1) SHEET A 1 - THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A MIXED OR |
| | SEPARATED OCCUPANCY; MERCANTILE IS INDICATED. |
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| | THERE IS A STORAGE AREA, A THEATRE & CONFERENCE ROOM |
| | (ASSEMBLY), OFFICE (BUSINESS) AND MERCANTILE. |
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| | PER NFPA 101 CH 6, OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
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| | 6.1 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY. |
| | 6.1.1 GENERAL. |
| | 6.1.1.1 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. THE OCCUPANCY OF A |
| | BUILDING OR |
| | STRUCTURE, OR PORTION OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, SHALL |
| | BE CLASSIFIED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH 6.1.2 THROUGH 6.1.13. OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION SHALL BE |
| | SUBJECT TO THE RULING OF THE AUTHORITY HAVING |
| | JURISDICTION WHERE THERE IS A |
| | QUESTION OF PROPER CLASSIFICATION IN ANY INDIVIDUAL |
| | CASE. |
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| | 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. |
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| | THE SEPARATION REQUIRED WOULD NOT JUST BE OCCUPANCY IT |
| | WOULD BE HAZARD AS WELL. |
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| | 6.2 HAZARD OF CONTENTS. |
| | 6.2.1 GENERAL. |
| | 6.2.1.1 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE, THE HAZARD OF |
| | CONTENTS SHALL |
| | BE THE RELATIVE DANGER OF THE START AND SPREAD OF FIRE, |
| | THE DANGER OF |
| | SMOKE OR GASES GENERATED, AND THE DANGER OF EXPLOSION |
| | OR OTHER |
| | OCCURRENCE POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE LIVES AND SAFETY |
| | OF THE |
| | OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. |
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| | A MIXED OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WOULD STILL NEED TO |
| | PROVIDE SEPARATION OF THE STORAGE HAZARD. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE CLARIFICATIONS |
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| | 2) SHEET A 1 - PER # 1 ABOVE, THERE IS NO FIRE RATED |
| | SEPARATION BETWEEN THE STORAGE & THEATRE AND BUSINESS |
| | PER CH 6. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT. |
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| | 3) SHEET A 4-- THE DOOR SCHEDULE DOES NOT INDICATED A |
| | RATING FOR THE DOOR TO THE STORAGE PER 1 & 2 ABOVE. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT. |
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| | 4) SHEET A 4 - THE DOOR SCHEDULE DOES NOT INDICATED THE |
| | DOOR LOCKING/LATCHING HARDWARE FPR THE APPLICABLE CODE. |
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| | PER NFPA , CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS |
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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. |
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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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