Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 14030096
Permit Number 14030096
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2014-08-29 07:18:42705 NORTH OLIVE AVENUE
 PERMIT #14030096
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
  
 NOTE: ALL FIRE REVIEW COMMENTS REFERENCING NFPA 101
 REFER TO NFPA 101-THE LIFE SAFETY CODE (2009 EDITION
 WITH FLORIDA AMENDMENTS.)
  
  
 ROUND #2 COMMENTS:
  
 SHEET C-06: DUE TO THE COMBINED SIZE OF THE STRUCTURES,
 PLEASE PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION
 FRONTING A STREET OTHER THAN EUCALYPTUS STREET.
  
 SHEET LP 3.0: CABANAS, UMBRELLAS, TENTS, CURTAINS,
 DRAPES AND OTHER LOOSELY HANGING FINISHINGS/DECORATIONS
 SHALL MEET THE FLAME PROPAGATION CRITERIA OF NFPA 701
 (MATERIAL WILL SELF EXTINGUISH ONCE DIRECT FIRE FLAME
 HAS BEEN REMOVED).
  
 SHEET SD-1: PER SECTION 10.12.1.2 (NFPA 1), ADDRESS
 NUMBERS SHALL BE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING AND BE AT
 LEAST SIX-INCHES IN HEIGHT WITH 1-INCH STROKE AND SHALL
 CONTRAST THE BACKGROUND.
  
 SHEET A-0.1.1: PROVIDE BOLLARD BARRIERS OUTSIDE THE
 FIRE PUMP ROOM DOORS TO ENSURE THESE DOORS ARE NOT
 BLOCKED BY STORAGE, VEHICLES, ETC.
  
 SHEET A-01.1: THE MAIN ENTRY EXTERIOR AREA ADJACENT TO
 STAIR #4 HAS 4 EXIT DOORS DISCHARGING INTO THIS AREA
 AND A SINGLE EXIT DISCHARGE DOOR LEADING TO OLIVE
 AVENUE. IS THE EXIT WIDTH OF THE SINGLE DOOR SUFFICIENT
 TO HANDLE THE OCCUPANT LOAD?
  
 SHEET A-0.1.1 & A-5.1.1: ONLY 1 EXIT SIGN PROVIDED IN
 YOGA ROOM #CH101. THE NEXT CLOSEST EXIT SIGN IS RIGHT
 OUTSIDE EXIT ACCESS DOOR #CH101B AND THIS EXIT SIGN
 LEADS TO A DISCHARGE RIGHT NEXT TO THE OTHER EXIT DOOR
 (#CH101A). NO SECOND EXIT SIGN IN THE FITNESS GYM OR
 CIRULAR ROTUNDA AREA. NO EXIT SIGN IN CONFERENCE ROOM
 #CH106 OR LEASING #107A.
  
 SHEET A-0.1.1: COULD NOT LOCATE ANY FIRE RATED GLAZING
 IN WINDOW OR DOOR SCHEDULES. FOR EXAMPLE, PARKING
 GARAGE MAIL ROOM SHOWS GLAZING, IN A FIRE RATED WALL.
 ALSO SHEET A-5.1.6 AND SHEET A-2.1.7 INDICATE A
 45-MINUTE FIRE RATED DOOR (DOOR TYPE C) WITH 1/4"
 TEMPERED GLASS.
  
 GENERAL: THE ARCHITECTURAL LIFE SAFETY PLANS EXIT
 SIGNAGE AND THE ELECTRICAL PLANS EXIT SIGNAGE NEED TO
 BE COORDINATED ALL SHEETS.
  
 SHEET A-0.1: COULD NOT LOCATE A DOOR SCHEDULE FOR THE
 AMENITY LEASING OFFICE AREAS. COULD NOT LOCATE INTERIOR
 DESIGN SHEETS (ID SERIES) IN THIS SUBMITTAL. DRAWING
 INDEX INDICATES A DOOR SCHEDULE ON SHEETS ID9.04 AND
 ID9.05 WHICH COULD NOT BE FOUND.
  
 SHEET A-0.1.2: SEVERAL AREAS IN THE AMENITIES/LEASING
 OFFICE ARE OPEN TO THE FLOOR BELOW. THE DESIGN SHALL
 CONFORM TO SECTION 8.6 VERTICAL OPENINGS AS EITHER A
 COMMUNICATING SPACE, CONVENIENCE OPENING, ATRIUM, OR
 MEZZANINE. FOR INSTANCE, EACH OCCUPANT NOT IN THE
 COMMUNICATING SPACE (SUCH AS AMENITY SECOND FLOOR REST
 ROOM) NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO AT LEAST ONE EXIT WITHOUT
 HAVING TO ENTER THE COMMUNICATING SPACE, OR AS A
 CONVENIENCE OPENING, THE OPENINGS NEED TO BE SEPARATED
 FROM CORRIDORS.
  
 SHEET A-01.4: A CALCULATED OCCUPANT LOAD OF 26 PERSONS
 GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATES THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONS TO
 UTILIZE THIS LARGE AMOUNT OF SPACE AS AN ASSEMBLY USE.
 ORIGINAL COMMENT: PROVIDE AN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY
 OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THE ROOFTOP RECREATIONAL DECK
 FEATURING THE TENNIS COURT, WALKING COURSE, AND SUN
 DECK AREAS.
  
 GENERAL: ARE ALL STAIRWAY DOORS TO REMAIN UNLOCKED AT
 ALL TIMES FROM THE STAIRWELL SIDE OR WILL THERE BE
 DESIGNATED RE-ENTRY FLOORS?
  
 SHEET A-5.1.6: ALL FIRE RATED DOORS SHALL BE AUTOMATIC
 CLOSING OR SELF CLOSING AND POSITIVE LATCHING. SEVERAL
 DOORS DO NOT INDICATE THIS SUCH AS DOOR #756.1, 756.2
 ETC.
  
 ELECTRICAL: THE COLORING AND LINE WEIGHTS IN THE
 DIGITAL PLANS MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO VERIFY
 WHICH FIXTURES ARE REPRESENTING THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING
 PARTICULARLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND IN THE PARKING
 GARAGE. PLEASE CLEARLY DISTINGUISH.
  
 SHEET E-2.1.1: WHY HAS THE EXIT SIGN BEEN REMOVED IN
 CORRIDOR FOR STAIR #4? APPEARS ARCHITECTURAL FLOOR PLAN
 IS DIFFERENT THAN THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THIS SHEET.
  
 SHEET E-2.1.1: COULD NOT LOCATE ANY ILLUMINATED EXIT
 SIGNS AND EMERGENCY LIGHTING FOR THE AREA.
  
 SHEET E-2.1.7: THIS FLOOR PLAN APPEARS TO BE DIFFERENT
 THAN THE ARCHITECTURAL FLOOR PLAN WHICH DOES NOT SHOW
 ACCESS TO THE NORTHWEST STAIRS FROM THE TENNIS COURT
 AREA.
  
 SHEET E-2.1.7 PROVIDE NORMAL AND EMERGENCY LIGHTING FOR
 ROOFTOP AREQS SUCH AS RUNNING TRACK, SUNDECK, ETC.
  
 SHEET E-4.4: THE FLOOR PLAN APPEARS TO BE THE OLD
 ARCHITECTURAL FLOOR PLAN WITH THE SPIRAL STAIR.
  
 SHEET FP-2.1.1: DO NOT ROUTE THE FDC LINE THROUGH THE
 TRASH ROOM. THESE TYPES OF ROOMS HAVE AN INCREASED FIRE
 HAZARD AND CAN HAVE CORROSIVE ATMOSPHERES. THE PIPING
 IS ALSO ROUTED OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING ADJACENT TO
 STAIR #5.
  
 SHEET FA 2.1.1.: REFER TO NFPA 101 SECTION 12.3.4.3.3
 FOR REQUIRED VOICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
 ORIGINAL COMMENT - FA: NEED VOICE EVAC FIRE ALARM
 SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY AREA AS OCCUPANT LOAD EXCEEDS 300
 PERSONS.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL
 FIRE INVESTIGATOR & INSPECTOR
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
 (561) 805-6730


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