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2009-05-28 17:43:18 | 1. 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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