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2016-08-18 08:41:06 | PERMIT #16070916 906 17TH STREET - 68 UNITS (BUILDING |
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| PERMIT #16071059 808 17TH STREET - 45 UNITS (BUILDING |
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| PERMIT #16071058 811 15TH STREET - 6 UNITS (BUILDING 3) |
| PERMIT #16070880 805 15TH STREET - 6 UNITS (BUILDING 4) |
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| REVIEW COMMENTS - FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| **VERY IMPORTANT** GENERAL: 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. |
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| GENERAL: INDICATE IF ANY TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION |
| TRAILERS ARE INTEDED TO OCCUPY THE SITE: PER NFPA 241 |
| SECTION 4.2.2: DETACHMENT BETWEEN TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, |
| ADEQUATE TEMPORARY FIXED FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS, AND |
| PORTABLE EQUIPMENT SHALL BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED BY THE |
| AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION. |
| PER NFPA 241- STANDARD FOR SAFEGUARDING CONSTRUCTION, |
| ALTERATION, AND DEMOLITION OPERATIONS, SECTION 4.2: |
| TEMPORARY OFFICES, TRAILERS, AND OTHER FACILITIES OF |
| COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION OR HOUSING COMBUSTIBLE |
| CONTENTS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM ADJACENT BUILDINGS, |
| TRAILERS OR STRUCTURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TABLE 4.2.1. |
| PER TABLE 4.2.1: |
| 1) 20 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 30 FEET |
| 2) 30 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 35 FEET |
| 3) 40 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 40 FEET |
| 4) 50 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 45 FEET |
| 5) 60 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM |
| ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 50 FEET |
| 6) GREATER THAN 60 FEET EXPOSED LENGTH SHALL BE |
| SEPARATED FROM ADJACENT STRUCTURES BY AT LEAST 60 FEET |
| **A 75 PERCENT REDUCTION IN SEPARATION DISTANCES SHALL |
| BE PERMITTED TO BE APPLIED, PROVIDED AUTOMATIC |
| SPRINKLER PROTECTION IS USED IN THE EXPOSING STRUCTURE. |
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| SHEET WS-1 & WS-2: PROVIDE CHAIN WITH LOCK AND TAMPER |
| SWITCHES FOR SUPERVISING THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER IN THE |
| OPEN POSITION. PROVIDE LOCKING KNOX CAPS ON FIRE |
| DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS. |
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| SHEET WS-2: NO FIRE MAINS OR FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| CONNECTIONS PROVIDED FOR BUILDING #3 OR #4. |
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| SHEET PD-2: THE SOUTH ENTRANCE OFF 15TH STREET IS ONLY |
| 12 FEET WIDE. PER SECTION 18.2.3.4.1.1 (NFPA 1), FIRE |
| DEPARTMENT ACCESS ROADS SHALL HAVE A SURFACE DESIGNED |
| TO ACCOMMODATE FIRE APPARATUS WEIGHING AT LEAST 36 |
| TONS. ACCESS ROADS SHALL HAVE AN UNOBSTRUCTED WIDTH OF |
| NOT LESS THAN 20 FEET AND AN UNOBSTRUCTED VERTICAL |
| CLEARANCE OF NOT LESS THAN 13 FEET 6 INCHES. |
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| SHEET LS1.05: THE CLUB ROOM IS AN ASSEMBLY ROOM WITH A |
| POSSIBLE OCCUPANT LOAD OF 60 TO140 PERSONS DEPENDING |
| UPON THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR USED. DOOR C WILL NEED TO |
| HAVE THE SWING REVERSED TO SWING WITH EGRESS. DOORS C |
| AND D WILL NEED PANIC HARDWARE IF NOT ALREADY EQUIPPED. |
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| SHEET LS1.05: WHEN OCCUPANTS LEAVE THE EXERCISE ROOM, |
| WHAT ROUTE IS BEING UTILIZED FOR THE SECONDARY MEANS OF |
| EGRESS? THE PRIMARY MEANS OF EGRESS IS TO THE EAST. |
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| EXIT SIGNAGE: SOME OF THE CORRIDORS HAVE AN |
| INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF EXIT SIGNS. PER NFPA 101 SECTION |
| 7.10.1.5.2 NEW SIGN PLACEMENT SHALL BE SUCH THAT NO |
| POINT IN AN EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR IS IN EXCESS OF THE |
| RATED VIEWING DISTANCE OR 100 FEET, WHICHEVER IS LESS, |
| FROM THE NEAREST SIGN. |
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| EMERGENCY LIGHTING: BUILDING 1 APPEARS TO ONLY HAVE |
| EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN THE STAIRS AND ELEVATOR LOBBY |
| AREAS. PER NFPA 101 SECTION 30.2.9 EMERGENCY LIGHTING |
| SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ALL BUILDINGS FOUR OR MORE STORIES |
| IN HEIGHT, OR WITH MORE THAN 12 DWELLING UNITS, UNLESS |
| EVERY DWELLING UNIT HAS A DIRECT EXIT TO THE OUTSIDE OF |
| THE BUILDING AT THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL. |
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| SHEET FA-1.00A: ALL OF THE CODES AND STANDARDS |
| REFERENCED IN NOTE #34 ARE OUT OF DATE. |
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| FIRE ALARM ADA: NO VISUAL DEVICES PROVIDED IN THE ADA |
| UNITS. |
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| FIRE SPRINKLERS: BUILDINGS 3 AND 4 ARE NOT PROTECTED BY |
| AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. PER NFPA 101 |
| SECTION 30.3.5.1 ALL NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS SHALL BE |
| PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED, SUPERVISED |
| AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM. |
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| 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. REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE AHJ |
| SHALL NOT RELIEVE THE OWNER, CONTRACTOR, ETC. OF THE |
| RESPONSIBILITY OF COMPLIANCE WITH CODE (NFPA 1, SECTION |
| 1.14.4). |
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| NOTE: SEPARATE PERMITS ISSUED FROM THE BUILDING DEPT. |
| ARE REQUIRED FOR THE FIRE SPRINKLER, FIRE ALARM, AND |
| PRIVATE UNDERGROUND FIRE MAINS. |
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| WESLEY JOLIN |
| ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL |
| WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE |
| [email protected] |
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