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Plan Review Notes For Permit 19120386
Permit Number	19120386
Review Stop	FIRE
Sequence Number	1

Notes

Date	Text
2019-12-18 12:46:02	THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
	MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:



	1) SHEET TS 1 - UNDER PROJECT INFORMATION THERE IS AN
	INDICATION OF CITY OF DELRAY BEACH.

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.


	2) SHEET TS 1 - UNDER PROJECT INFORMATION/OCCUPANCY
	CLASSIFICATION THERE IS AN INDICATION OF ASSEMBY -
	RESTURAUNT.

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.


	3) SHEET A 1.3 - THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF CLASSROOMS
	WHICH IS EDUCATIONAL PER THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION
	CODE.

	IS THIS A MIXED OR SEPARATED OCCUPANCY?

	ARE THE CLASSROOMS JUST FOR SUNDAY ATTENDANCE?

	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.

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CLARIFY AND PROVIDE APPLICABLE
	CONSTRUCTION SEPARATION DETAILS. OR JUSTIFY WITH
	SEPECIFIC CODE REFERENCES AND DETAILED NARRATIVE.


	3A) ARE THE CLASSROOMS JUST FOR SUNDAY ATTENDANCE?

	PER NFPA 101, CH 6 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION

	6.1.3 EDUCATIONAL. FOR REQUIREMENTS, SEE CHAPTERS 14
	AND 15.
	6.1.3.1* DEFINITION ? EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCY. AN
	OCCUPANCY USED
	FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES THROUGH THE TWELFTH GRADE BY
	SIX OR MORE
	PERSONS FOR 4 OR MORE HOURS PER DAY OR MORE THAN 12
	HOURS PER WEEK.
	6.1.3.2 OTHER OCCUPANCIES. OTHER OCCUPANCIES ASSOCIATED
	WITH
	EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
	THE APPROPRIATE PARTS
	OF THIS CODE.
	6.1.3.3 INCIDENTAL INSTRUCTION. IN CASES WHERE
	INSTRUCTION IS INCIDENTAL
	TO SOME OTHER OCCUPANCY, THE SECTION OF THIS CODE
	GOVERNING SUCH OTHER
	OCCUPANCY SHALL APPLY.

	PLEASE A DETAILED NARRATIVE OF CLASSROMM FUNCTION.


	4) SHEET A 2.1 - TWO DOORS, 105 & 106 OPEN INTO THE
	EXIT CORRIDOR.

	PER NFPA 101, CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS.

	PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
	7.2.1.4.3 DOOR LEAF ENCROACHMENT
	7.2.1.4.3.1 DURING ITS SWING, ANY DOOR LEAF IN A MEANS
	OF EGRESS SHALL LEAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE
	REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY,
	OR A LANDING UNOBSTRUCTED AND SHALL NOT PROJECT NOT
	MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A
	CORRIDOR, A PASSAGE WAY, OR A LANDING, WHEN FULLY OPEN,
	UNLESS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
	(1) THE DOOR OPENING PROVIDES ACCESS TO A STAIR IN AN
	EXISTING BUILDING.
	(2) THE DOOR OPENING MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT LIMITS
	PROJECTION TO NOT MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED
	WIDTH OF THE STAIR LANDING WHEN THE DOOR
	LEAF IS FULLY OPEN.

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.


	5) SHEET A 2.1 & S 2.0 - THE SMALL CORRIDOR SHOWS
	DIFFERENT MEASURMENTS, 3'11" AND 4'1" RESPECTIVELY AND
	5'11" & 6'1".

	WHICH SET OF MEASURMENTS IS CORRECT?

	PLEASE CORRECT OR JUSTIFY.


	6) SHEET A 2.1 - THE DOOR SCHEDULE DOES NOT INDICATE
	HARDWARE, EXIT HARDWARE(PANIC), LOCKS/LATCHES, ETC.

	PER NFPA 101, CH 12 & 7

	12.2.2 MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS.
	12.2.2.1 COMPONENTS PERMITTED. COMPONENTS OF MEANS OF
	EGRESS
	SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TYPES DESCRIBED IN 12.2.2.2
	THROUGH 12.2.2.12.
	12.2.2.2 DOORS.
	12.2.2.2.1 DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1 SHALL BE
	PERMITTED.
	12.2.2.2.2 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES WITH OCCUPANT LOADS OF
	300 OR LESS IN
	MALLS (SEE 36.4.4.4.2(4) SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE
	HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL
	SECURITY GRILLES OR DOORS COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.4.1(3)
	ON THE MAIN
	ENTRANCE/EXITS.
	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.
	7.2.1.5.5 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.

	PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE.


	7) SHEET S 3.0 - THE ROOF TRUSS DESIGN IS UNCLEAR.

	PLEASE CLARIFY AND IF APPLICABLE PROVIDE A LIGHTWEIGHT
	FRAME SIGN PER STATE LAW.

	PER FLORIDA 69A-60.0081; NOTICE SIGNAGE IS REQUIRED FOR
	STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE CONSTRUCTION.
	ANY COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR ANY MULTIUNIT
	RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE OF THREE UNITS OR MORE WHICH USES
	HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS-TYPE
	CONSTRUCTION IN ANY PORTION SHALL BE MARKED WITH A
	MALTESE CROSS SIGN MEASURING 8 INCHES HORIZONTALLY AND
	8 INCHES VERTICALLY, OF A BRIGHT RED REFLECTIVE COLOR.
	THE APPROVED SYMBOL SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN 24 INCHES TO
	THE LEFT OF THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR.
	1. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS ROOFS SHALL BE
	MARKED WITH THE LETTER "R".
	2. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS FLOOR SYSTEMS
	SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE LETTER "F".
	3. STRUCTURES WITH LIGHT-FRAME TRUSS FLOOR AND ROOF
	SYSTEMS SHALL BE MARKED WITH THE LETTERS "R/F".



	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]