Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 10080589
Permit Number 10080589
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2010-09-23 10:10:481000 45TH STREET
 HOMELESS SHELTER
 PERMIT #10080589
  
 SHEET LSP-2:
  
 -PROVIDE VISUAL FIRE ALARM NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES IN
 ALL RESTROOMS.
  
 -PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DETEX DOOR HARDWARE.
  
 -SINGLE STATION SMOKE ALARMS ARE REQUIRED IN EVERY
 GUEST ROOM, LIVING AREA AND SLEEPING ROOM WITHIN A
 GUEST SUITE PER 28.3.4.5 (FFPC).
  
 -BUILDING #3: TRAVEL DISTANCE WITHIN A GUEST SUITE TO A
 CORRIDOR SHALL NOT EXCEED 75 FEET IN BUILDINGS
 PROTECTED BY AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM PER 28.2.6.2
 (FFPC).
  
 -PERMANENTLY LOCKED DOORS SHALL BE LABELED WITH ???NO
 EXIT??? SIGNS.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 FIRE & LIFE SAFETY PLAN REVIEW
 561-805-6730
  
  
2010-09-13 12:04:39HOMELESS RESOURCE CENTER
 PERMIT NUMBER 10080589
 1000 BLOCK OF 45TH STREET
  
 1. THE BUILDINGS PRIOR TO THE SUBMITTAL OF THESE PLANS
 WERE BEING USED AS A GROUP "B" OR BUSINESS USE. THE
 PROPOSED BUILDINGS AND DESIGNS ARE DIFFERENT FROM
 PREVIOUSLY USES WHICH SEEMS TO SUGGEST A CHANGE OF USE
 OF SOME OF THESE FACILITIES.
  
 2. KNOX-BOXES WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE BUILDINGS. PLEASE
 GO TO WWW.KNOXBOX.COM TO ORDER THE BOXES.
  
 3. DEBRIS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE DAILY OR AS
 OFTEN AS NECESSARY.
  
 4. TACTILE SIGNAGE REQUIRED AT EXIT DOOR LOCATIONS.
  
 5. ALL CONSTRUCTION, DEMOLITION, AND RENOVATION TO
 COMPLY WITH NFPA 241.
  
 6. SMOKE DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHALL BE INSTALLED A
 MINIMUM OF AT LEAST THREE FEET FROM AIR CONDITIONER
 DIFFUSERS.
  
 7. ELEVATOR WARNING SIGNS ARE NEEDED.
  
 8. SEPARATE PLANS AND PERMITS REQUIRED FOR FIRE ALARM
 AND FIRE SPRINKLER INSTALLATIONS.
  
 9. AN EMERGENCY PLAN IS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THIS OFFICE.
 THIS EMERGENCY PLAN SHALL BE DEVELOPED USING AN "ALL
 HAZARDS" APPROACH AND SHOULD INCLUDE PLANNING AND
 TRAINING FOR FIRES, INCLEMENT WEATHER, MEDICAL
 EMERGENCIES, ETC.
  
 10. CARD READERS SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY EXITING
 FROM THE BUILDINGS.
  
 11. ON PAGE E-4 AN ADDITIONAL EXIT SIGN APPEARS TO BE
 NEEDED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ADULT INTAKE AREA 1-136.
  
 12. ON PAGE E-7 NO ILLUMINATED EXIT SIGNS OR EMERGENCY
 LIGHTING SHOWN FOR THE BUSINESS AREA.
  
 13. ON SHEET LSP-1 DOORS "THAT ARE TO REMAIN LOCKED AT
 ALL TIMES" ARE PROVIDED WITH EGRESS CAPACITIES BUT ARE
 NOT EQUIPPED WITH EXIT SIGNS. IF THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED
 EXITS, THEN EGRESS CAPACITIES SHOULD NOT BE CALLED OUT.
  
 14. AN EGRESS DOOR APPEARS TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
 AN UNPROTECTED WINDOW OPENING FROM AN ADJACENT BUILDING
 ON PAGE LSP-1.
  
 15. PLEASE INDICATE THE COMBUSTIBILITY FACTOR FOR THE
 PROPOSED MATTRESSES.
  
 16. ALL RATED FIRE DOORS ARE TO BE PROPERLY LABELED AND
 BE EQUIPPED WITH SELF-CLOSING DEVICES TO CAUSE THE
 DOORS TO POSITIVELY LATCH WHEN OPENED.
  
 17. PLEASE INDICATE THE LOCATIONS OF "NO SMOKING" SIGNS
 AND AREAS AND THE LOCATIONS OF DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS
 AND SIGNAGE.
  
 18. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE TERM "LANDING KITCHEN" AS
 ILLUSTRATED ON THE PLANS.
  
 19. GAS SERVICES SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 54, 2006
 EDITION.
  
 20. PLEASE INDICATE CONTENTS AND AMOUNT OF MATERIALS IN
 THE BUFFER TANK ON SHEET M-12.
  
 21. ON LSP-1 "FAMILY ROOMS" ARE NOTED. PLEASE INDICATE
 PURPOSE AND FURNISHINGS PLANNED FOR THESE ROOMS. ARE
 ANY SLEEPING PURPOSES PLANNED FOR THESE ROOMS.
  
 22. FAMILY ROOM # 3 HAS TRAVEL DISTANCE GOING THROUGH A
 DOOR THAT IS NOT IDENTIFIED AS AN EXIT.
  
 23. ON THE LIFE SAFETY SHEETS, SOME SLEEPING ROOMS ARE
 RATED AND EQUIPPED WITH FIRE DOORS AND OTHERS ARE NOT.
 PLEASE EXPLAIN RATIONALE.
  
 24. PLEASE EXPLAIN CHILDREN'S/RECREATION (2-220) AREA.
  
 25. ON THE FIRE SPRINKLER DRAWINGS CHECK VALVES FOR THE
 FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS COULD NOT BE LOCATED. ALSO
 THE NEW FIRE HYDRANT IS TO BE LOCATED NO FARTHER THAN
 150 FEET FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS. PLEASE
 EXPLAIN PURPOSE OF DRY FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION
 LINES.
  
 26. TAMPER SWITCHES, CHAIN AND LOCKS ARE REQUIRED ON
 FIRE LINE BACKFLOW DEVICE.
  
 27. HOW WILL FURNITURE AND CLOTHING BE ARRANGED AND
 MAINTAINED AND PLEASE DOCUMENT STORAGE HEIGHTS IN THE
 STORAGE OR GROUP "S" BUILDING.
  
 28. PLEASE INDICATE PURPOSE AND DURATION OF EXPECTED
 OCCUPANCY OF THE INTAKE AREAS.
  
 29. THE PLANS SEEM TO SUGGEST SMOKE DETECTOR
 INSTALLATIONS WITH NO MENTION OF SMOKE ALARM
 INSTALLATIONS. SMOKE DETECTORS ARE USUALLY CONNECTED TO
 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS AND SMOKE ALARMS ARE CONNECTED ONLY
 TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PLEASE CLARIFY ALL SMOKE
 DETECTION EQUIPMENT.
  
 30. SHEET FP-2 IS NOT VERY CLEAR. IT APPEARS THAT MORE
 THAN TWELVE FIRE SPRINKLER HEADS WILL BE NEEDED.
  
 31. THE PLANS DO NOT SEEM TO CALL OR IDENTIFY
 PROTECTION FROM HAZARDS. ROOMS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED
 MORE HAZARDOUS SUCH AS BOILER, FURNACE, ELECTRICAL
 ROOMS, ETC. NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM OTHER PORTIONS OF
 THE BUILDINGS. PLEASE INDICATE HOW THIS IS BEING
 ACCOMPLISHED.
  
 32. PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 310 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE FOR EXPLANATIONS OF R-1 AND R-2 OCCUPANCY TYPES.
 R-1 OCCUPANCIES ARE TRANSIENT AND R-2 OCCUPANCIES ARE
 PERMANENT. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED IN MEETINGS THAT
 OCCUPANCY AT THIS FACILITY IS MORE TRANSIENT IN NATURE
 (90) DAYS.


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