Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16100953
Permit Number 16100953
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-11-03 12:17:15THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET C - THE OCCUPANCY TYPE IS INDICATED AS B
 BUSINESS. IT APPEARS THAT THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS WAS A
 SALON.
  
 YOU ARE PROPOSING A RESTAURANT FOR LESS THAN 50
 PERSONS. ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE,
 NFPA 101, THIS PROPOSED OCCUPANCY IS MERCANTILE AND
 SHALL COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 36, NEW
 MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES.
  
 THIS PERMIT SHALL REFLECT THE APPLICABLE OCCUPANCY
 CHANGE. PLEASE PROVIDE A INDICATING NOTE.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET 1.0A - AN OCCUPANCY LOAD NOTE CALCULATION
 INDICATES A BUSINESS OCCUPANY TOTAL OF 11 PERSON.
  
 FOR NARRATIVE PURPOSES WITH THE PROPOSED 10 SEATS,
 THERE IS ONLY 1 PERSON LEFT TO WORK THE KITCHEN AND NO
 PERSONS AVAILABLE TO STAND AND ORDER. THE PROPOSED
 BUSINESS, IN MOST LIKELIHOOD, WOULD BE IN CONSTANT
 VIOLATION OF THE OCCUPANCY LOAD.
 ACCORDING TO THE MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY FACTOR OF NFPA
 101, CHAPTER 7, 7.3.1.2, ALLOWS FOR 30/SQ FT. AS A
 MIXED USE, THE KITCHEN COULD BE CALCULATED SEPARATELY
 AT 100/SQ. FT. THE REVISED OCCUPANCY LOAD CLACULATION
 MAY PROVIDE A MORE ACCURATE COUNT AND ALLOW FOR MORE IN
 THE KITCHEN AND MORE FOR ORDERING. THERE APPEARS TO
 AMPLE EXITS TO SUPPORT THIS CHANGE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A REVISED LOAD CALCULATION AS
 APPLIICABLE.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET 1.0A - THE PROPOSED BATHROOM DOOR OPENS INTO
 THE EXIT PASSAGE WAY TO THE REAR EXIT.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
 7.2.1.4.3 DOOR LEAF ENCROACHMENT
 7.2.1.4.3.1 DURING ITS SWING, ANY DOOR LEAF IN A MEANS
 OF EGRESS SHALL LEAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE
 REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A CORRIDOR, A PASSAGEWAY,
 OR A LANDING UNOBSTRUCTED AND SHALL NOT PROJECT NOT
 MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF AN AISLE, A
 CORRIDOR, A PASSAGE WAY, OR A LANDING, WHEN FULLY OPEN,
 UNLESS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
 (1) THE DOOR OPENING PROVIDES ACCESS TO A STAIR IN AN
 EXISTING BUILDING.
 (2) THE DOOR OPENING MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT LIMITS
 PROJECTION TO NOT MORE THAN 7 IN. INTO THE REQUIRED
 WIDTH OF THE STAIR LANDING WHEN THE DOOR LEAF IS FULLY
 OPEN.
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE CORRECTION PER THE
 REQUIREMENT.
  
  
  
 4) SHEET 1.1A - A PANNI GRILL AND CROCK POT ARE
 INDICATED ON THE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT PLAN.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 36,
  
 36.3.2.3 COOKING EQUIPMENT. COOKING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE
 PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 9.2.3, UNLESS THE COOKING
 EQUIPMENT IS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES:
 (1) OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT
 (2) PORTABLE EQUIPMENT NOT FLUE-CONNECTED
 (3) EQUIPMENT USED ONLY FOR FOOD WARMING
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF REVIEW INDICATING THE TYPE OF
 MENU THAT IS PROPOSED.
  
 ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE PROVIDE A NOTE INDICATING
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE ABOVE AND NO ADDITIONAL DEVICES
 WILL BE ADDED WITHOUT REVIEW, INSPECTION AND CONSENT OF
 THE FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET 1.1A - A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS NOT INDICATED
 WITHIN THE KITCHEN AREA.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 36
  
 36.3.5.3 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 IN ALL MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 9.7.4.1.
  
 9.7.4 MANUAL EXTINGUISHING EQUIPMENT.
 9.7.4.1* WHERE REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF ANOTHER
 SECTION OF THIS CODE, PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL
 BE SELECTED, INSTALLED, INSPECTED, AND MAINTAINED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 10, STANDARD FOR PORTABLE FIRE
 EXTINGUISHERS.
  
 NFPA 10
  
 6.1.3 PLACEMENT.
 6.1.3.1 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY
 LOCATED WHERE THEY ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE AND
 IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF FIRE.
 6.1.3.2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL BE LOCATED ALONG
 NORMAL PATHS OF TRAVEL, INCLUDING EXITS FROM AREAS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FIRE EXTINGUSIHER WITHIN
 THE KITCHEN AREA.
  
  
  
 6) SHEET 1.1A - A 2A, 10BC FIRE EXTIGUISHER IS
 INDICATED BY THE ENTRY EXIT DOORWAY.
  
 PER NFPA 10, TABLE 6.3.1.1 INDICATES THE TRAVEL
 DISTANCE TO A 10B FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IS 50 FT.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW THE DIMENSIONS TO THE EXTINGUISHERS TO
 VERIFY PROPER TRAVEL DISTANCE COMPLIANCE. THE
 EXTINGUISHERS MAY NEED TO BE RELOCATED TOWARDS THE
 CENTER OF THE SPACE.
  
  
 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
 8) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE
 RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE.
  
  
 PETER LEDUC
 FIRE MARSHAL
 561-804-4709
 [email protected]
  
  


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