Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16120344
Permit Number 16120344
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
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2016-12-20 13:32:27THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET A 8.0 - A DOOR AND GATE SCHEDULE IS INDICATED;
 HOWEVER, THE EXIT DOORS, LATCHING AND LOCKING EQUIPMENT
 IS UNCLEAR. A SCHLAGE D LOCKSET IS INDICATED; HOWEVER,
 NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS INDICATED.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, 7.2.1.5.5 KEY-OPERATED LOCKS
 7.2.1.5.5.1 EXTERIOR DOOR ASSEMBLIES SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO HAVE KEY-OPERATED LOCKS FROM THE EGRESS SIDE,
 PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET.
 (1) THIS ALTERNATIVE IS PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11
 THROUGH 43 FOR THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY. ( IT IS
 PERMITTED UNDER CHAPTER 38, NEW BUSINESS OCCUPANCY)
 (2) A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT LESS
 THAN 1 IN. HIGH ON A CONTRASTING BACKGROUND THAT READS
 AS FOLLOWS IS LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO THE DOOR LEAF.
 THIS DOOR TO REMAIN UNLOCKED WHEN THE BUILDING IS
 OCCUPIED.
 (3) THE LOCKING DEVICE IS OF A TYPE THAT IS READILY
 DISTINGUISHABLE AS LOCKED.
 (4) A KEY IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO ANY OCCUPANT
 INSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN IT IS LOCKED.
  
 SHOULD ALL OF THE ABOVE NOT BE POSSIBLE:
  
 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED
 READILY FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS
 OCCUPIED.
 7.2.1.5.3 LOCKS, IF PROVIDED, SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE USE
 OF A KEY, A TOOL, OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT FOR
 OPERATION FROM THE EGRESS SIDE.
 7.2.1.5.10 A LATCH OR OTHER FASTENING DEVICE ON A DOOR
 LEAF SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A RELEASING DEVICE THAT HAS
 AN OBVIOUS METHOD OF OPERATION AND THAT IS READILY
 OPERATED UNDER ALL LIGHTING CONDITIONS.
 7.2.1.5.10.2 THE RELEASING MECHANISM SHALL OPEN THE
 DOOR LEAF WITH NOT MORE THAN ONE RELEASING OPERATION.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET A 8.0, A 5.1, & A 2.1 - A DOOR AND GATE
 SCHEDULE IS INDICATED; HOWEVER, THE EXIT GATES,
 LATCHING, LOCKING EQUIPMENT, IS UNCLEAR. THE ZOO AREA
 IS AN EXISTING ASSEMBLY AREA AND SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA
 101, CHAPTER 13, EXISTING ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES. THOUGH
 IT IS AN OPEN SPACE, THE EXITS FROM THE SPACE SHALL
 COMPLY WITH THE CODE.
  
 13.2 MEANS OF EGRESS REQUIREMENTS.
 13.2.1 GENERAL. ALL MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 7 AND THIS CHAPTER.
 13.2.2 MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS.
 13.2.2.1 COMPONENTS PERMITTED. COMPONENTS OF MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TYPES DESCRIBED IN
 13.2.2.2 THROUGH
 13.2.2.12.
 13.2.2.2 DOORS
 13.2.2.2.3 ANY DOOR IN A REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FROM
 AN AREA HAVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR MORE PERSONS
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE PROVIDED WITH A LATCH OR LOCK
 ONLY IF THE LATCH OR LOCK IS PANIC HARDWARE OR FIRE
 EXIT HARDWARE COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.7, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO DELAYED-EGRESS
 LOCKS AS PERMITTED IN 13.2.2.2.5.
 (2) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOORS AS PERMITTED IN
 13.2.2.2.6. 13.2.2.2.4 LOCKING DEVICES COMPLYING WITH
 7.2.1.5.5 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE USED ON A SINGLE
 DOOR OR A SINGLE PAIR OF DOORS IF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS APPLY:
 (1) THE DOOR OR PAIR OF DOORS SERVE AS THE MAIN EXIT
 FROM ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES HAVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD NOT
 GREATER THAN 600.
 (2) ANY LATCHING DEVICES ON SUCH A DOOR(S) FROM AN
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY HAVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR
 MORE ARE RELEASED BY PANIC HARDWARE OR FIRE EXIT
 HARDWARE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAIL OF HOW THE LOCKS AND
 LATCHES TO THE EXIT GATES OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT
 COMPLY WITH ABOVE NOTED REQUIRERMENTS.
  
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 1.0 - EXIT SIGNAGE IS NOT INDICATED.
  
 13.2.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF
 EGRESS, OTHER THAN FOR PRIVATE PARTY TENTS NOT
 EXCEEDING 1200 FT2 (112 M2), SHALL BE ILLUMINATED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.8.
 13.2.9 EMERGENCY LIGHTING.
 13.2.9.1 EMERGENCY LIGHTING, OTHER THAN THAT PERMITTED
 BY 13.2.9.3, SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 7.9.
 13.2.9.2 PRIVATE PARTY TENTS NOT EXCEEDING 1200 FT2
 (112 M2) SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE EMERGENCY
 LIGHTING.
 13.2.9.3 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD NOT
 EXCEEDING 300 AND USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR A PLACE OF
 WORSHIP SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE EMERGENCY
 LIGHTING.
 13.2.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 13.2.10.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH SIGNS
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10.
 13.2.10.2 EXIT MARKINGS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED ON THE
 SEATING SIDE OF VOMITORIES FROM SEATING AREAS WHERE
 EXIT MARKING IS PROVIDED IN THE CONCOURSE AND WHERE
 SUCH MARKING IS READILY APPARENT FROM THE VOMITORIES.
 13.2.10.3 EVACUATION DIAGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 7.10.8.5 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 PLEASE SPECIFIC DETAIL HOW YOU WILL COMPLY WITH THE
 ABOVE REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
 4) SHEET A 10.0 - A GREEN SCEEN IS INDICATED.
 INFORMATION REGARDING THE SCEEN PRODUCT WAS NOT EASILY
 INDENTIFIABLE.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING FIRE
 RETARDENT, FLAMMABILITY AND/OR SMOKE GENERATION.
  
  
  
 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 6) 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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