Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 04111073
Permit Number 04111073
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2005-03-11 00:00:001. THE EXISTING ROTUNDA BUILDING IS
 NOT EQUIPPED WITH A SMOKE MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM AND CONTAINS AN ATRIUM. A MEETING
 WAS HELD RECENTLY TO DISCUSS THE CODE
 ISSUES AND A CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF
 ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS CASE IS
 SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17, 2005.
  
 2. THE PLANTING PLAN, PAGE L1.01
 MAKES REFERENCE TO A TWENTY FOOT
 WIDE FIRE CORRIDOR TO THE WEST OF
 THE PROPOSED LIBRARY. WHAT LIVE LOADS
 OF FIRE APPARATUS IS IT EXPECTED TO
 SUPPORT.
  
 3. PLEASE EXPLAIN PIVOT GATE DETAIL
 ON PAGE A1.03. WHAT PURPOSE DO THEY
 SERVE AND DO THEY CREATE ANY PROBLEMS.
  
 4. THE TWO STUDIES SUBMITTED TO THE
 CITY MAKE REFERENCE TO THE GRAND
 STAIR. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT
 THE GRAND STAIR WOULD BE USED FOR
 EXITING OR SHOULD ALL INTERESTED
 PARTIES AGREE THAT IT WILL NOT BE
 USED FOR ANY EXITING.
  
 5. PLEASE INDICATE THAT PROPOSED
 CARD READERS WHEN INSTALLED WILL
 NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY EXIT ACCESS,
 OR EXITING.
  
 6. THE REFLECTED CEILING PLAN
 LEVEL THREE, AREA A, EAST SIDE
 APPEARS TO NEED ANOTHER EXIT SIGN.
 EXIT SIGN PLACEMENT SHALL NOT
 EXCEED 100 FEET.
  
 7. THE REQUIRED SMOKE EXHAUST SYSTEM
 SHALL BE CONNECTED TO THE GENERATOR
 SYSTEM. ALSO THE SMOKE EXHAUST SYSTEM
 FOR THE ATRIUM MUST BE PRE-TESTED AND
 WHEN TESTED WITH CITY OFFICIALS THE
 SYSTEM IS TO BE TESTED ON NORMAL AND
 ALSO ON EMERGENCY POWER.
  
 8. EXIT DOORS ARE ALSO TO BE FISH
 SCALED WHEN THE SMOKE EXHAUST SYSTEM
 IS ACTIVATED TO ENSURE THAT ALL EXIT
 DOORS CAN BE OPENED EASILY.
  
 9. PLEASE EXPLAIN FACTORY MOUNTED
 DISCONNECT SWITCH IN EXIT ACCESS AREA
 OF ROTUNDA STAIR AREA. PAGES E2.01 AND
 E2.03.
  
 10. EMERGENCY GENERATOR ROOM SHALL
 BE AT LEAST TWO HOUR FIRE RATED DUE TO
 FUEL STORAGE BELOW THE GENERATOR.
  
 11. SEPARATE PLANS AND PERMITS REQUIRED
 FOR FIRE ALARM AND FIRE SPRINKLER
 SYSTEM.
  
 MIKE CARSILLO, ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL
 835-2910


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