Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 14120431
Permit Number 14120431
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2015-03-06 10:32:11312 23RD STREET
 PERMIT #14120431
 REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT
 NOTE: UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, ALL FIRE/LIFE SAFETY
 REVIEW COMMENTS REFERENCE NFPA 101-THE LIFE SAFETY CODE
 (2009 EDITION WITH FLORIDA AMENDMENTS.)
  
  
 CIVIL: PROVIDE PROJECT FIRE FLOW CALCULATIONS PER NFPA
 1 SECTION 18.4.
  
 CIVIL: ARE THE EXISTING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, STREET
 PARKING AREAS, ETC, BEING MODIFIED?
  
 SHEET C2: PROVIDE DRAWING NOTE INDICATING (PER NFPA 241
 SECTION 8.7.2.3) WHERE UNDERGROUND WATER MAINS AND
 HYDRANTS ARE TO BE PROVIDED, THEY SHALL BE INSTALLED,
 COMPLETED, AND IN SERVICE PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION WORK.
  
 SHEET C2: NO NEW OR EXISTING FIRE HYDRANTS SHOWN ON
 PONCE DELEON AVENUE.
  
 SHEET C2: FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION LOCATED MORE THAN
 100 FEET FROM A FIRE HYDRANT.
  
 SHEET C2: PER NFPA 24 SECTION 6.2.1, ALL CONNECTIONS TO
 PRIVATE FIRE SERVICE MAINS FOR FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
 SHALL BE ARRANGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING SO THAT THEY CAN BE ISOLATED:
 (1)A POST INDICATOR VALVE INSTALLED NOT LESS THAN 40
 FEET FROM THE BUILDING.
 (A) FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 40 FEET IN HEIGHT, A POST
 INDICATOR VALVE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED
 CLOSER THAN 40 FEET BUT AT LEAST AS FAR FROM THE
 BUILDING AS THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL FACING THE POST
 INDICATOR VALVE.
 (2) A WALL POST INDICATOR VALVE
 (3) AN INDICATING VALVE IN A PIT, INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.4
 (4) A BACKFLOW PREVENTER WITH AT LEAST ONE INDICATING
 VALVE NOT LESS THAN 40 FEET FROM THE BUILDING.
 (A) FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 40 FEET IN HEIGHT, A
 BACKFLOW PREVENTER WITH AT LEAST ONE INDICATING VALVE
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE INSTALLED CLOSER THAN 40 FEET
 BUT AT LEAST AS FAR FROM THE BUILDING AS THE HEIGHT OF
 THE WALL FACING THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER.
 (5) CONTROL VALVES INSTALLED IN A FIRE-RATED ROOM
 ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR
 (6) CONTROL VALVES IN A FIRE-RATED STAIR ENCLOSURE
 ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR AS PERMITTED BY THE
 AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION
  
 SHEET C2: PROVIDE SEPARATE TAP AND WATER MAIN FOR FIRE
 PROTECTION SERVICES. THE CURRENT LAYOUT SHOWS A
 COMBINATION DOMESTIC/FIRE WATER LINE.
  
 ARCHITECTURAL: PROVIDE ROOM NUMBERS FOR FIRST FLOOR
 ROOMS.
  
 ARCHITECTURAL: THE PLANS SEEM TO INDICATED SEPARATED
 MIXED USE OCCUPANCIES; HOWEVER, PER SECTION 6.1.14.1.2,
 WHERE EXIT ACCESS FROM AN OCCUPANCY TRAVERSES ANOTHER
 OCCUPANCY, THE MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY SHALL BE TREATED AS A
 MIXED OCCUPANCY (NON-SEPARATED USE).
  
  
  
  
 REPEAT COMMENT - SHEET A1.00: REMOVE CODE REFERENCE
 "INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE 2006 EDITION."
  
 SHEET A1.00: THE ASSEMBLY MULTIPURPOSE ROOM DOES NOT
 APPEAR TO BE FIGURED INTO THE OCCUPANT LOAD.
  
 SHEET A1.02: SHOW THE EXIT DISCHARGE PUBLIC WAY
 LOCATIONS.
  
 SHEET A1.02: RETAIL SPACES ARE USING AN OCCUPANT LOAD
 OF 200 SQ.FT. PER PERSON. MERCANTILE SHALL USE AN
 OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR OF 30 SQ.FT. PER PERSON.
  
 SHEET A1.02 CLUBHOUSE EGRESS PLAN: ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY
 DEAD END CORRIDOR GREATER THAN 20 FEET IN LENGTH
 CREATED ADJACENT TO CAFE.
  
 SHEET A1.02: SOME OF THE ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY AREAS SUCH
 AS THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM ARE NOT OCCUPIED WITH TABLES
 AND CHAIRS. THESE AREAS SHALL USE AN OCCUPANT LOAD
 FACTOR OTHER THAN 15 SQ.FT. PER PERSON.
  
 SHEET A1.02: POOL OCCUPANTS ARE BEING ROUTED BEHIND THE
 PARKING GARAGE. SHEET A2.00 INDICATES THERE ARE
 LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AND TRANSFORMERS AT THESE LOCATIONS.
  
 SHEET A1.02: SOME ASSEMBLY OCCUPANTS AND BUSINESS/MAIL
 CENTER OCCUPANTS SHOW EXIT ACCESS TRAVERSING THROUGH A
 STORAGE OCCUPANCY (PARKING GARAGE).
  
 SHEET A1.02: FIRE RATED WALLS DESIGNATIONS ARE NOT
 COORDINATED. SHEET A3.41 SHOWS STAIR ENCLOSURES WITH
 3-HOUR RATINGS.
  
 SHEET A1.02: SOUTH GARAGE DOOR SWINGS AGAINST THE FLOW
 OF TRAFFIC.
  
 SHEET A1.02: COULD NOT LOCATE A DRAWING SCALE.
  
 SHEET A2.00: STAIR 2 EXIT DOOR DANGEROUSLY SWINGS OVER
 THE SIDEWALK FOR OCCUPANTS EGRESSING FROM THE POOL
 AREA.
  
 SHEET A2.00: STAIR 1 DISCHARGES INTO A CORRIDOR;
 HOWEVER, THIS SPACE INDICATES BIKE STORAGE. STORAGE IN
 THIS CORRIDOR WILL ALWAYS BE AN ISSUE THAT WILL NOT BE
 MANAGEABLE WITH JUST SIGNAGE OR SUPERVISION. ALSO
 7.2.4.3.3 INDICATES ALL REQUIRED EXITS, OTHER THAN
 HORIZONTAL EXITS, SHALL DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE
 OUTSIDE.
  
 SHEET A4.11: MAINTENANCE SHOP TO BE SEPARATED FROM
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES UTILIZING A 1-HOUR FIRE RATED
 BARRIER PER SECTION 12.3.2.1.2.
  
 GROUND FLOOR EXIT SIGNAGE: THE EXIT STRATEGY AND EXIT
 SIGN LOCATIONS NEED TO BE COORDINATED BETWEEN ARCH &
 ELEC. ROUTING INTERIOR OCCUPANTS TO THE EXTERIOR POOL
 DECK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE.
  
 FIRE ALARM: THE OCCUPANT LOAD ON THE GROUND FLOOR
 ASSEMBLY AREA IS APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING 300 PERSONS.
 A THRESHOLD OF 300 PERSONS WILL REQUIRE VOICE
 EVACUATION FOR THIS LEVEL.
  
 FIRE SPRINKLER 1ST FLOOR: NO SPRINKLER PROTECTION
 PROVIDED IN MAINTENANCE SHOP AND ADJACENT CLOSET.
  
 FIRE SPRINKLER: NO SPRINKLER PROTECTION PROVIDED IN
 UPPER FLOOR TRASH ROOMS OR TRASH CHUTE.
  
 FIRE SPRINKLER: DISTANCES BETWEEN FIRE DEPARTMENT HOSE
 VALVES EXCEEDS 200 FEET PER NFPA 14. NO STANPIPE OR
 FIRE HOSE VALVES PROVIDED AT HORIZONTAL EXITS.
  
 DISCLAIMER: FBC SECTION 105.4.1 PERMIT INTENT: A PERMIT
 ISSUED SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO BE A LICENSE TO PROCEED
 WITH THE WORK AND NOT AS AUTHORITY TO VIOLATE, CANCEL,
 ALTER OR SET ASIDE ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE
 TECHNICAL CODES, NOR SHALL ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT PREVENT
 THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FROM THEREAFTER REQUIRING A
 CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN PLANS, CONSTRUCTION OR
 VIOLATIONS OF THIS CODE.
  
 WESLEY JOLIN
 ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL
 WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE
 [email protected]
 (561) 805-6730


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