Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22111251
Permit Number 22111251
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2022-12-28 14:48:47THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 1) SHEET A 401 LIIFE SAFETY - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF
 AN EXIT SIGN OVER A REAR DOOR LEADING INTO THE STORAGE
 106 ROOM.
  
 THAT SINGLE EXIT DOOR SWINGS AGAINST THE PATH OF EXIT
 TRAVEL.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 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 OCCUPAN CIES, 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
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE OCCUPANCY LOAD INDICATING COMPLIANCE
 WITH (1) OR CORRECT.
  
 1A) THE REAR EXIT DOOR NOTED ABOVE LEADS INTO A STORAGE
 ROOM LEADING TO A DOUBLE DOOR EXIT DISCHARGE.
  
 7.5.1.6 EXIT ACCESS FROM ROOMS OR SPACES SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE
 THROUGH ADJOINING OR INTERVENING ROOMS OR AREAS,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH
 ROOMS OR AREAS ARE ACCESSORY TO THE AREA SERVED.
 FOYERS, LOBBIES, AND
 RECEPTION ROOMS CONSTRUCTED AS REQUIRED FOR CORRIDORS
 SHALL NOT BE CON STRUED AS INTERVENING ROOMS. EXIT
 ACCESS SHALL BE ARRANGED SO THAT IT IS
 NOT NECESSARY TO PASS THROUGH ANY AREA IDENTIFIED UNDER
 PROTECTION FROM
 HAZARDS IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43
  
 THE PROPOSED OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION APPEARS TO BE
 MERCANTILE.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CH 36
  
 36.2.5.11 EXIT ACCESS IN CLASS A AND CLASS B MERCANTILE
 OCCUPANCIES
 THAT ARE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.7.1.1(1), AND
 EXIT ACCESS IN ALL
 CLASS C MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
 PASS THROUGH
 STOREROOMS, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) NOT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF EXIT ACCESS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED THROUGH
 THE STOREROOM.
 (2) THE STOREROOM SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO LOCKING.
 (3) THE MAIN AISLE THROUGH THE STOREROOM SHALL BE NOT
 LESS THAN 44 IN.
 (1120 MM) WIDE.
 (4) THE PATH OF TRAVEL THROUGH THE STOREROOM SHALL BE
 DEFINED, DIRECT,
 AND CONTINUOUSLY MAINTAINED IN AN UNOBSTRUCTED
 CONDITION.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE PROVIDE DETAILS TO IN COMPLAINCE WITH
 THE CODE OR THAT SINGLE SWING DOOR CANNOT BE USED AS AN
 EXIT THROUGH THE STORAGE ROOM.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A 302 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A DOOR
 SCHEDULE; HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF
 LOCKS/LATCHES/DOOR CLOSURES, ETC SHOWING COMPLIANCE ON
 EIXT DOORS WITH NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
 PER NFPA 101
  
 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
  
 7.2.1.5.3 LOCKS, IF PROVIDED, SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE
 OF A KEY, A TOOL,
 OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT FOR OPERATION FROM THE
 EGRESS SIDE
  
 7.2.1.5.10* A LATCH OR OTHER FASTENING DEVICE ON A DOOR
 LEAF SHALL BE
 PROVIDED WITH A RELEASING DEVICE THAT HAS AN OBVIOUS
 METHOD OF OPERATION
 AND THAT IS READILY OPERATED UNDER ALL LIGHTING
 CONDITIONS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS AND/OR A NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
 TO COMPLY WITH NFPA 101(VERIFIED ON FIRE INSPECTION)
  
  
  
 3) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 4) 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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