Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16040755
Permit Number 16040755
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-05-26 12:56:35THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 1) SHEET AS 203 - THE SUBMITTAL IS INDICATING 4
 SEPARATE TCO'S. THE SHEET INDICATES A BOUNDARY LINE
 BETWEEN TCO # 3 AND TCO # 1; HOWEVER, THE TRAVEL
 DISTANCES APEAR TO REPRESENT DISTANCES FOR COMPLETE
 BUILDING TCO AND NOT IN PHASES. STAIR # 1 IS NOT
 FUNCTIONAL IN TCO # 1 BUT THE TRAVEL DISTNACES CAN NOT
 BE CONFIRMED DUE TO NO BUILKDING OR SPCE DIMENSIONS ARE
 INDICATED ON THE PLAN.
  
 THE TRAVEL DISTANCES CHANGE ON SHEET 208 THRUU 211,
 PLEASE EXPLAIN OR CLARIFY.
  
 PLEASE CONFIRM ALL TRAVEL DISTANCES FOR EACH TCO PHASE.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET AS 203-208 - A GREEN LINE INDICATED AS PATH OF
 TRAVEL TO EXIT APPEARS IN THE AREA OF THE EAST STAIR #
 1 WHICH IS PART OF TCO # ! AND # 2. THE GREEN LINE IS
 INDICATING AN EGRESS DIRECTION ARROW FROM THE EST
 APARTMENTS THROUGH THE GARAGE AREA.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS, 7.1.1.6 DOES
 NOT PROVIDE EXITING THROUGH A AREA OF HIGHER HAZARD.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET AS 202-208 - THE EXIT STAIR SEPARATION ALONG
 THE PARKING GARAGE WALL INDICATES A PROPOSED CURTAIN
 WALL. THIS IS A NON-COMPLIANT SEPARATION INSTALLATION.
 A WATER CURTAIN IS ALLOWED PER NFPA 13, 8.15.4*
 VERTICAL OPENINGS.
 8.15.4.1* GENERAL. UNLESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF 8.15.4.4
 ARE MET, WHERE MOVING STAIRWAYS, STAIRCASES, OR SIMILAR
 FLOOR OPENINGS ARE UNENCLOSED AND WHERE SPRINKLER
 PROTECTION IS SERVING AS THE ALTERNATIVE TO ENCLOSURE
 OF THE VERTICAL OPENING, THE
 FLOOR OPENINGS INVOLVED SHALL BE PROTECTED BY CLOSELY
 SPACED SPRINKLERS IN COMBINATION WITH DRAFT STOPS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 8.15.4.2 AND 8.15.4.3.
  
 THE PROPOSED APPLICATION IS NOT AN UNENCLOSED FLOOR
 OPENING.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET AS212 & 212A - THESE PLAN INDICATED TWO
 DIFFERENT OCCUPANCY LOADS.ONE FROM THE FBC AND ONE FOR
 FFPC. WHICH ONE IS BEING SUBMITTED?
  
 ACCORDING TO NFPA 101, 1.8, 1.8 FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION
 CODE AND FLORIDA BUILDING CODE INTERRELATION. THE
 FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE CONTAINS SEVERAL
 PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY INTERRELATE WITH
 THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. IT IS NOT THE INTENT OF THIS
 CODE THAT SUCH INTERRELATION RESULT IN DUPLICATE
 REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS BY EITHER THE FIRESAFETY
 AUTHORITY OR THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE AUTHORITY
 HAVING JURISDICTION OVER FIRESAFETY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
 ENFORCEMENT OF THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE HEREOF,
 AND, IN THE EVENT THAT A DISPUTE ARISES REGARDING THE
 ENFORCEMENT OF THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE AS
 RELATED TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION OVER FIRESAFETY
 SHALL RESOLVE THE DISPUTE BY THE PROCEDURE SET FORTH IN
 CHAPTER 633 AND CHAPTER 553, FLORIDA STATUTES, AS
 REQUIRED BY SECTION 633.104(5), FLORIDA STATUTES.
  
 F.S 533.73(D) STATES CONFLICTING REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN
 THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND THE FLORIDA FIRE
 PREVENTION CODE AND LIFE SAFETY CODE OF THE STATE SHALL
 BE RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT OFFERS THE
 GREATEST DEGREE OF LIFESAFETY OR ALTERNATIVES THAT
 WOULD PROVIDE AN EQUIVALENT DEGREE OF LIFESAFETY AND AN
 EQUIVALENT METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION.
  
 THE FBC OCCUPANY LOAD SHALL APPLY. WITH THE OCCUPANCY
 LAOD 655 + 38 FOR THE POOL, THRE (3) EXITS ARE REQUIRED
 FOR THE DECK AREA. ONLY TWO(2) ARE PROVIDED.
  
 7.4* NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.4.1 GENERAL.
 7.4.1.2 THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS FROM ANY STORY OR
 PORTION
 THEREOF, OTHER THAN FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS AS PERMITTED
 IN CHAPTERS
 11 THROUGH 43, SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
 (1) OCCUPANT LOAD MORE THAN 500 BUT NOT MORE THAN 1000
 ?
 NOT LESS THAN 3
 (2) OCCUPANT LOAD MORE THAN 1000 ? NOT LESS THAN 4
  
 WITH THE OCCUPANCY LAOD 655 + 38 FOR THE POOL, THRE (3)
 EXITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE DECK AREA. ONLY TWO(2) ARE
 PROVIDED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THREE (3) CODE COMPLAINT EXITS.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET AS 801 - THERE IS NO STAIR DETAIL IN THE
 SUBMITTAL; HOWEVER, ON THIS SHEET TYPICAL RAILINGS ARE
 INDICATED ON THE OPEN EXIT STAIRWELL.
  
 7.2.2.6.2* VISUAL PROTECTION. OUTSIDE STAIRS SHALL BE
 ARRANGED TO AVOID ANY IMPEDIMENTS TO THEIR USE BY
 PERSONS HAVING A FEAR OF HIGH PLACES. OUTSIDE STAIRS
 MORE THAN 36 FT (11 M) ABOVE THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL,
 OTHER THAN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EXISTING STAIRS, SHALL
 BE PROVIDED WITH AN OPAQUE VISUAL OBSTRUCTION NOT LESS
 THAN 48. IN. (1220 MM) IN HEIGHT.
  
 7.2.2.6.6 OPENNESS. OUTSIDE STAIRS, OTHER THAN EXISTING
 OUTSIDE STAIRS, SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OPEN
 ON ONE SIDE. OUTSIDE STAIRS SHALL BE ARRANGED TO
 RESTRICT THE ACCUMULATION OF SMOKE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE INDICATIONS AND DRAWNINGS THAT COMPLY
 WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS.
  
 6) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED WITH THE
 RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE BAOVE.
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  


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