Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20090083
Permit Number 20090083
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
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2020-09-21 13:19:09THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET A 1.5 - A BASEMENT WITH STORAGE ROOMS IS
 INDICATED.
  
 THERE ARE NO DIMENSIONS NOR SQ FT INDICATED.
  
 PER NFPA 1, CH 13
  
 13.3.2.2 BASEMENTS EXCEEDING 2500 FT2 (232 M2) IN NEW
 BUILDINGS
 SHALL BE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER
 SYSTEM.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE
  
  
 2) SHEET A 1.5 - THERE IS ONLY ONE EXIT INDICATED FROM
 THE BASEMENT.
  
 A TRAVEL DISTANCE IS INDICATED AS 89'6"
  
 PER NFPA 101 CH 7
  
 36.2.4 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 36.2.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING,
 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 36.2.4.2 THROUGH
 36.2.4.5:
 (1) THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 7.4.
 (2) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 ON EVERY
 STORY.
 (3) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE
 ACCESSIBLE FROM
 EVERY PART OF EVERY STORY.
  
 36.2.4.3 A SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN
 A CLASS C
 MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY, PROVIDED THAT THE TRAVEL DISTANCE
 TO THE EXIT
 OR TO A MALL PEDESTRIAN WAY (SEE 36.4.4.2) DOES NOT
 EXCEED 75 FT
 (23 M).
  
 36.2.4 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 36.2.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING,
 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 36.2.4.2 THROUGH
 36.2.4.5:
 (1) THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 7.4.
 (2) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 ON EVERY
 STORY.
 (3) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE
 ACCESSIBLE FROM
 EVERY PART OF EVERY STORY.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 1.5 - THE STORAGE OCCUPANCY DOES NOT APPEAR
 TO BE SEPARATED BY ANY FIRE RATING.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 6
  
 6.1.14 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES.
 6.1.14.1 GENERAL.
 6.1.14.1.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF
 6.1.14.1 AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) MIXED OCCUPANCIES ? 6.1.14.3
 (2) SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ? 6.1.14.4
  
 THE CODE REQUIRES A 2 HOUR FIRE RATED SEPARATION.
  
 IS THIS A MIXED OR SEPARATED OCCUPANCY?
  
 PLEASE ALSO BE AWARE OF THE HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND
 PROTECTION
  
 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.
 6.2.1.2 HAZARD OF CONTENTS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED BY THE
 REGISTERED
 DESIGN PROFESSIONAL (RDP) OR OWNER AND SUBMITTED TO THE
 AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL
 ON THE BASIS
 OF THE CHARACTER OF THE CONTENTS AND THE PROCESSES OR
 OPERATIONS
 CONDUCTED IN THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.
 6.2.1.3* FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE, WHERE DIFFERENT
 DEGREES OF
 HAZARD OF CONTENTS EXIST IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF A
 BUILDING OR STRUCTURE,
 THE MOST HAZARDOUS SHALL GOVERN THE CLASSIFICATION,
 UNLESS
 HAZARDOUS AREAS ARE SEPARATED OR PROTECTED AS SPECIFIED
 IN SECTION
 8.7 AND THE APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH
 43.
  
 CH 8
  
 8.7 SPECIAL HAZARD PROTECTION.
 8.7.1 GENERAL.
 8.7.1.1* PROTECTION FROM ANY AREA HAVING A DEGREE OF
 HAZARD
 GREATER THAN THAT NORMAL TO THE GENERAL OCCUPANCY OF
 THE
 BUILDING OR STRUCTURE SHALL BE PROVIDED BY ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING
 MEANS:
 (1) ENCLOSING THE AREA WITH A FIRE BARRIER WITHOUT
 WINDOWS THAT
 HAS A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 8.3
 (2) PROTECTING THE AREA WITH AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING
 SYSTEMS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7
 (3) APPLYING BOTH 8.7.1.1(1) AND (2) WHERE THE HAZARD
 IS SEVERE
 OR WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43
  
 8.7.1.3 DOORS IN BARRIERS REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING
 SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM ?-HOUR FIRE PROTECTION RATING AND
 SHALL BE
 SELF-CLOSING OR AUTOMATIC-CLOSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 7.2.1.8.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
 4) PER #3 ABOVE WHAT IS THE TYPE AND CLASSIFICATION OF
 THE STORGE CONTENTS.
  
 PER CH 6
  
 6.2.2 CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD OF CONTENTS.
 6.2.2.1* GENERAL. THE HAZARD OF CONTENTS OF ANY
 BUILDING OR
 STRUCTURE SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS LOW, ORDINARY, OR HIGH
 IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 6.2.2.2, 6.2.2.3, AND 6.2.2.4.
 6.2.2.2* LOW HAZARD CONTENTS. LOW HAZARD CONTENTS SHALL
 BE
 CLASSIFIED AS THOSE OF SUCH LOW COMBUSTIBILITY THAT NO
 SELFPROPAGATING
 FIRE THEREIN CAN OCCUR.
 6.2.2.3* ORDINARY HAZARD CONTENTS. ORDINARY HAZARD
 CONTENTS SHALL
 BE CLASSIFIED AS THOSE THAT ARE LIKELY TO BURN WITH
 MODERATE RAPIDITY OR
 TO GIVE OFF A CONSIDERABLE VOLUME OF SMOKE.
 6.2.2.4* HIGH HAZARD CONTENTS. HIGH HAZARD CONTENTS
 SHALL BE
 CLASSIFIED AS THOSE THAT ARE LIKELY TO BURN WITH
 EXTREME RAPIDITY OR FROM
 WHICH EXPLOSIONS ARE LIKELY. (FOR MEANS OF EGRESS
 REQUIREMENTS, SEE
 SECTION 7. 11.)
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.
  
  
 5) SHEET A 1.5 - THERE IS A DOUBLE DIRECTION SWING DOOR
 # 104 THAT SWINGS IN BOTH DIRECTION.
  
 A REQUIRED EXIT DOOR SHALL SWWING IN THE DIRECTION OF
 EXIT TRAVEL.
  
 CH 7
  
 7.2.1.4.2 DOOR LEAF SWING DIRECTION. DOOR LEAVES
 REQUIRED TO BE
 OF THE SIDE-HINGED OR PIVOTED-SWINGING TYPE SHALL SWING
 IN THE
 DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS:
 (1) WHERE SERVING A ROOM OR AREA WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD
 OF 50 OR
 MORE, EXCEPT UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (A) DOOR LEAVES IN HORIZONTAL EXITS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED TO
 SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL WHERE PERMITTED
 BY 7.2.4.3.8.1 OR 7.2.4.3.8.2.
 (B) DOOR LEAVES IN SMOKE BARRIERS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 TO
 SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL IN EXISTING
 HEALTH
 CARE OCCUPANCIES, AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 19.
 (2) WHERE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS USED IN AN EXIT
 ENCLOSURE, UNLESS
 THE DOOR OPENING SERVES AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING UNIT THAT
 OPENS
 DIRECTLY INTO AN EXIT ENCLOSURE
 (3) WHERE THE DOOR OPENING SERVES A HIGH HAZARD
 CONTENTS AREA
  
 THE INTENT OF THE ABOVE CODE IS THAT A DOOR MUST SWING
 IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL BUT CAN SWING IN THE
 OPPISITE DIRECTION IF LESS THAN 50; IT CAN NOT SWING
 BOTH WAYS. ONE OR THE OTHER.
  
 PLEASE REIVIEW AND CORRECT.
  
  
  
 6) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 7) 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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