Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13020602
Permit Number 13020602
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2013-05-11 15:39:041555 PALM BEACH LAKES BOULEVARD - SUITE #100
 PERMIT #13020602
 REVIEW #3 COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 SHEET FP-1: ENGINEERED FIRE SPRINKLER DRAWINGS THAT
 WERE SUBMITTED ARE NOT SIGNED/SEALED BY A PROFESSIONAL
 ENGINEER. THE DESIGN OR ALTERATION OF 50 OR MORE
 SPRINKLERS REQUIRES SIGNED/SEALED PLANS. PLANS TO BE
 SEALED BEFORE PERMIT IS ISSUED.
  
 AN ON-SITE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED SATURDAY
 (05/11/13). THE MAIN LOBBY ENTRANCE CONNECTS THE GROUND
 FLOOR WITH TWO OTHER FLOORS. NO SPRINKLER WATER CURTAIN
 (CLOSELY SPACED SPRINKLERS) WERE OBSERVED ON THE LOWER
 LEVEL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE EXISTING GLASS CURTAIN
 WALLS.THE EXISTING LOBBY AREA APPEARS TO BE A
 "COMMUNICATING SPACE" IN LIEU OF AN "ATRIUM." ARCHITECT
 TO PROVIDE LETTER INDICATING IF EXISTING SPACE IS A
 "COMMUNICATING SPACE" OR AN "ATRIUM."
  
 PER NFPA 101:
 8.6.6 COMMUNICATING SPACE. UNENCLOSED FLOOR OPENINGS
 FORMING A COMMUNICATING SPACE BETWEEN FLOOR LEVELS
 SHALL BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED THAT THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE COMMUNICATING SPACE DOES NOT CONNECT MORE THAN
 THREE CONTIGUOUS STORIES.
 (2) THE LOWEST OR NEXT-TO-LOWEST STORY WITHIN THE
 COMMUNICATING SPACE IS A STREET FLOOR.
 (3) THE ENTIRE FLOOR AREA OF THE COMMUNICATING SPACE IS
 OPEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED, SUCH THAT A FIRE IN ANY PART OF
 THE SPACE WILL BE READILY OBVIOUS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF
 THE SPACE PRIOR TO THE TIME IT BECOMES AN OCCUPANT
 HAZARD.
 (4) THE COMMUNICATING SPACE IS SEPARATED FROM THE
 REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING BY FIRE BARRIERS WITH NOT
 LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE RESISTANCE RATING, UNLESS ONE
 OF THE FOLLOWING IS MET:
 (A) IN BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED
 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 9.7, A SMOKE BARRIER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.5
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO SERVE AS THE SEPARATION REQUIRED
 BY 8.6.6(4).
 (B) THE REQUIREMENT OF 8.6.6(4) SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 FULLY SPRINKLERED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UNITS OF
 DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH 22.3.1(2) AND 23.3.1.1(2).
 (5) THE COMMUNICATING SPACE HAS ORDINARY HAZARD
 CONTENTS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7 OR HAS
 ONLY LOW HAZARD CONTENTS. (SEE 6.2.2.)
 (6) EGRESS CAPACITY IS SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW ALL THE
 OCCUPANTS OF ALL LEVELS WITHIN THE COMMUNICATING SPACE
 TO SIMULTANEOUSLY EGRESS THE COMMUNICATING SPACE BY
 CONSIDERING IT AS A SINGLE FLOOR AREA IN DETERMINING
 THE REQUIRED EGRESS CAPACITY.
 (7) EACH OCCUPANT WITHIN THE COMMUNICATING SPACE HAS
 ACCESS TO NOT LESS THAN ONE EXIT WITHOUT HAVING TO
 TRAVERSE ANOTHER STORY WITHIN THE COMMUNICATING SPACE.
 (8) EACH OCCUPANT NOT IN THE COMMUNICATING SPACE HAS
 ACCESS TO NOT LESS THAN ONE EXIT WITHOUT HAVING TO
 ENTER THE COMMUNICATING SPACE.
  
 8.6.7 ATRIUMS. AN ATRIUM SHALL BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED
 THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE ATRIUM IS SEPARATED FROM THE ADJACENT SPACES BY
 FIRE BARRIERS WITH NOT LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING WITH OPENING PROTECTIVES FOR CORRIDOR
 WALLS, UNLESS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS MET:
 (A) THE REQUIREMENT OF 8.6.7(1) SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 EXISTING, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ATRIUMS.
 (B) ANY NUMBER OF LEVELS OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO OPEN DIRECTLY TO THE ATRIUM WITHOUT
 ENCLOSURE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ENGINEERING
 ANALYSIS REQUIRED IN 8.6.7(5).
 (C)*GLASS WALLS AND INOPERABLE WINDOWS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED IN LIEU OF THE FIRE BARRIERS WHERE ALL THE
 FOLLOWING ARE MET:
 I. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS ARE SPACED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF
 THE GLASS WALL AND THE INOPERABLE WINDOWS AT INTERVALS
 NOT TO EXCEED 6 FT (1830 MM).
 II. THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS SPECIFIED IN
 8.6.7(1)(C)(I) ARE LOCATED AT A DISTANCE FROM THE GLASS
 WALL NOT TO EXCEED 12 IN. (305 MM) AND ARRANGED SO THAT
 THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE GLASS IS WET UPON OPERATION
 OF THE SPRINKLERS.
 III. THE GLASS WALL IS OF TEMPERED, WIRED, OR LAMINATED
 GLASS HELD IN PLACE BY A GASKET SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THE
 GLASS FRAMING SYSTEM TO DEFLECT WITHOUT BREAKING
 (LOADING) THE GLASS BEFORE THE SPRINKLERS OPERATE.
 IV. THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS REQUIRED BY 8.6.7(1)(C)(I)
 ARE NOT REQUIRED ON THE ATRIUM SIDE OF THE GLASS WALL
 AND THE INOPERABLE WINDOW WHERE THERE IS NO WALKWAY OR
 OTHER FLOOR AREA ON THE ATRIUM SIDE ABOVE THE MAIN
 FLOOR LEVEL.
 V. DOORS IN THE GLASS WALLS ARE OF GLASS OR OTHER
 MATERIAL THAT RESISTS THE PASSAGE OF SMOKE.
 VI. DOORS IN THE GLASS WALLS ARE SELF-CLOSING OR
 AUTOMATIC-CLOSING UPON DETECTION OF SMOKE.
 VII. THE GLASS IS CONTINUOUS VERTICALLY, WITHOUT
 HORIZONTAL MULLIONS, WINDOW TREATMENTS, OR OTHER
 OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE WETTING OF
 THE ENTIRE GLASS SURFACE.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR
 OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
 (561) 805-6730


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