Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 09050371
Permit Number 09050371
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Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2009-05-28 17:43:181. SHEET LS-1:YOU MAY NOT SUBSTITUTE WATER COOLERS OR
 BOTTLED WATER DISPENSERS FOR MORE THAN 50% OF THE
 REQUIRED DRINKING FOUNTAINS. 410.1 APPROVAL. DRINKING
 FOUNTAINS SHALL CONFORM TO ASME A112.19.1M, ASME
 A112.19.2M OR ASME A112.19.9M AND WATER COOLERS SHALL
 CONFORM TO ARI 1010. DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND WATER
 COOLERS SHALL CONFORM TO NSF 61, SECTION 9. WHERE WATER
 IS SERVED IN RESTAURANTS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS SHALL NOT
 BE REQUIRED. IN OTHER OCCUPANCIES, WHERE DRINKING
 FOUNTAINS ARE REQUIRED, WATER COOLERS OR BOTTLED WATER
 DISPENSERS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR NOT
 MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED DRINKING
 FOUNTAINS.
  
 2. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ABOVE IN ITEM
 1 BOTH OF THESE REQUIRED FACILITIES MUST COMPLY WITH
 SECTION 11-4.15:
 11-4.15.1 MINIMUM NUMBER. DRINKING FOUNTAINS OR WATER
 COOLERS REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY SECTION 11-4.1
 SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 11-4.15.
 11-4.15.2 SPOUT HEIGHT. SPOUTS SHALL BE NO HIGHER THAN
 36 INCHES (915 MM), MEASURED FROM THE FLOOR OR GROUND
 SURFACES TO THE SPOUT OUTLET [SEE FIGURE 27(A)].
 11-4.15.3 SPOUT LOCATION. THE SPOUTS OF DRINKING
 FOUNTAINS AND WATER COOLERS SHALL BE AT THE FRONT OF
 THE UNIT AND SHALL DIRECT THE WATER FLOW IN A
 TRAJECTORY THAT IS PARALLEL OR NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE
 FRONT OF THE UNIT. THE SPOUT SHALL PROVIDE A FLOW OF
 WATER AT LEAST 4 INCHES (102 MM) HIGH SO AS TO ALLOW
 THE INSERTION OF A CUP OR GLASS UNDER THE FLOW OF
 WATER. ON AN ACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN WITH A ROUND
 OR OVAL BOWL, THE SPOUT MUST BE POSITIONED SO THE FLOW
 OF WATER IS WITHIN 3 INCHES (76 MM) OF THE FRONT EDGE
 OF THE FOUNTAIN.
 11-4.15.4 CONTROLS. CONTROLS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION
 11-4.27.4. UNIT CONTROLS SHALL BE FRONT MOUNTED OR SIDE
 MOUNTED NEAR THE FRONT EDGE.
 11-4.15.5 CLEARANCES.
 (1) WALL- AND POST-MOUNTED CANTILEVERED UNITS SHALL
 HAVE A CLEAR KNEE SPACE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE APRON
 AND THE FLOOR OR GROUND AT LEAST 27 INCHES (685 MM)
 HIGH, 30 INCHES (760 MM) WIDE, AND 17 INCHES TO 19
 INCHES (430 MM TO 485 MM) DEEP [SEE FIGURE 27(A) AND
 FIGURE 27(B)]. SUCH UNITS SHALL ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM
 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE 30 INCHES BY 48 INCHES (760 MM BY
 1219 MM) TO ALLOW A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR TO APPROACH
 THE UNIT FACING FORWARD.
 (2) FREE-STANDING OR BUILT-IN UNITS NOT HAVING A CLEAR
 SPACE UNDER THEM SHALL HAVE A CLEAR FLOOR SPACE AT
 LEAST 30 INCHES BY 48 INCHES (760 MM BY 1219 MM) THAT
 ALLOWS A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR TO MAKE A PARALLEL
 APPROACH TO THE UNIT [SEE FIGURE 27(C) AND FIGURE
 27(D)]. THIS CLEAR FLOOR SPACE SHALL COMPLY WITH
 SECTION 11-4.2.4.
  
 3. SHEET LS-1 THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF FIXTURES HAS BEEN
 INCORRECTLY STATED IN THE FIXTURE TABULATION. 403.3
 NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS OF EACH SEX. THE REQUIRED WATER
 CLOSETS, LAVATORIES, AND SHOWERS OR BATHTUBS SHALL BE
 DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE SEXES BASED ON THE
 PERCENTAGE OF EACH SEX ANTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPANT
 LOAD. THE OCCUPANT LOAD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF 50 PERCENT
 OF EACH SEX, UNLESS STATISTICAL DATA APPROVED BY THE
 CODE OFFICIAL INDICATE A DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE
 SEXES (SEE ALSO SECTION 403.1.1).THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
 OCCUPANTS IS 167. THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR EACH SEX IS
 THEREFORE 84. UTILIZING TABLE 403.1 THIS REQUIRES:
 WATER CLOSETS 3 MALE, 3 FEMALE; LAVATORIES 3 MALE, 3
 FEMALE. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTATE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF
 FIXTURES EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT
 MORE THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED.
  
 4. SHEET LS-1 THERE IS A CITED A CODE REFERENCE WHICH
 DOES NOT EXIST OR DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PROJECT (403.2
 01 FPC EXCEPTION 2), AND CLAIMED AN ALTERNATE EXEMPTION
 (FBC 104.11) TO THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF DRINKING
 FOUNTAINS WHICH DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS SECTION 410.1 OF
 THE PLUMBING CODE.
  
 5. SHEET A-6 DETAIL 1. A FOLDING DOOR IS SHOWN WHICH
 ENCROACHES ON THE REQUIRED CLEAR FLOOR SPACE FOR THE
 WATER CLOSET IN VIOLATION OF 11-4.22.2(1). ALTHOUGH YOU
 HAVE PROVIDED AN ???EXTRA??? TOILET ROOM IN THE
 FACILITY, YOU HAVE CALLED THIS ONE OUT AS AN
 ???EMPLOYEE RESTROOM???. AS, SUCH IT MUST COMPLY WITH
 THE REFERENCED SECTION.
  
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