Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16080296
Permit Number 16080296
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2016-10-12 09:01:042ND ELECTRICAL REVIEW NOTES
 REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH:
 5TH EDITION FBC 2014, 2010 NFPA 72 & NFPA 70 2011 (NEC)
  
 BELOW PLEASE FIND A LIST OF REQUIRED CORRECTIONS.
 ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER REVIEW OF
 SUBMITTED CORRECTIONS.
  
 MR. PICKERING, I HAVE GONE OVER YOUR RESUBMITTAL AND
 AGREE WITH ALL YOUR RESPONSES EXCEPT NUMBER 8. IN MY
 INITIAL REVIEW I ASKED THAT THE PULL STATION BE
 RELOCATED OR THAT YOU ADD A PULL STATION TO COMPLY WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA 72, SECTION 17.14.6 WHICH
 CLEARLY STATES THAT THERE SHALL BE A MANUAL PULL
 STATION WITHIN 5? OF EVERY EXIT. THIS IS SO CRUCIAL TO
 THE INTENT OF LIFE SAFETY THAT IN THE FOLLOWING
 SECTION, NFPA 72, SECTION 17.14.7 LARGER OPENINGS ARE
 REQUIRED TO HAVE A DEVICE AT BOTH ENDS AND ALSO WITHIN
 5? OF THE OPENING.
 PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS OUR POLICY TO HAVE ALL FIRE
 ALARM WORK PERFORMED UNDER A PERMIT OF ITS OWN AND NOT
 AS A PART OF THE ELECTRICAL PERMIT SUB-PERMIT. I
 RESEARCHED THE DETAILS OF YOUR RESPONSE AND FOUND THAT
 THE INITIAL BUILDING PERMIT FOR THESE PREMISES WAS
 APPLIED FOR IN 2008 UNDER PERMIT NUMBER 08500795 WHICH
 WAS FOR SOME REASON REVOKED AND LATER IN 2010 RE-ISSUED
 AS PERMIT NUMBER 10010548. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 2013 THAT
 AN ELECTRICAL SUB PERMIT WAS ISSUED (13120581). I FAIL
 TO FIND A FIRE ALARM PERMIT.
 IN SUMMATION, I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO ALLOW YOU TO
 CIRCUMVENT THE CODE. MY POSITION IS ONLY TO MAKE
 CERTAIN THAT THE CODE IS FOLLOWED. FURTHERMORE, A PRIOR
 REVIEW APPROVED OR OTHERWISE, HAD THERE BEEN ONE IS NOT
 AN APPROVAL OR AUTHORIZATION TO VIOLATE OR CIRCUMVENT
 THE CODE.
 IN THIS CASE, WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO DESIGN OR REDESIGN
 THE SYSTEM, YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF EITHER TO RELOCATE THE
 EXISTING STATION TO A POINT MIDWAY BETWEEN BOTH EXITS
 OR SIMPLY ADD A DEVICE TO ASCERTAIN COMPLIANCE.
  
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, FOR A QUICKER RETURN ON YOUR
 RE-SUBMITTAL, PLEASE PROVIDE A RESPONSE LETTER
 (NARRATIVE) ADDRESSING EACH ITEM AND THE PAGE NUMBER
 WHERE THE CORRECTIONS APPEAR ALONG WITH THE STANDARD
 CITY RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE INSERT
 CORRECTED PAGES INTO THE SUBMITTAL PACKAGE. MARK VOID
 AND LEAVE THE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS FOR
 COMPARATIVE REVIEW. CLOUDING THE CHANGES WILL BE
 GREATLY APPRECIATED.
  
 IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON?T HESITATE TO
 CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.
  
 THANK YOU,
 MIKE ALBARRAN
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 PH: 561-805-6746
 EMAIL: [email protected]
  


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