Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17020981
Permit Number 17020981
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-02-28 17:26:30 
  
  
 1)
 SHEET A.1 - A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY IS INDICATED AS THE
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. THE PLAN SHEETS INDICATE
 STORAGE AREAS.
 PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU ARE PROPOSING A MIXED OR
 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
  
 PER NFPA 101
  
 6.1.14 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES.
 6.1.14.1 GENERAL.
 6.1.14.1.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF 6.1.14.1 AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) MIXED OCCUPANCIES ? 6.1.14.3
 (2) SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ? 6.1.14.4
 6.1.14.1.2 WHERE EXIT ACCESS FROM AN OCCUPANCY
 TRAVERSES ANOTHER OCCUPANCY, THE MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY
 SHALL BE TREATED AS A MIXED OCCUPANCY.
  
 6.1.14.3 MIXED OCCUPANCIES.
 6.1.14.3.1 EACH PORTION OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE
 CLASSIFIED AS TO ITS USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.1
 6.1.14.3.2* THE BUILDING SHALL COMPLY WITH THE MOST
 RESTRICTIVE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OCCUPANCIES INVOLVED,
 UNLESS SEPARATE SAFEGUARDS ARE APPROVED.
  
 38.1.3 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES.
 38.1.3.1 GENERAL.
 38.1.3.1.1 ALL MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 6.1.14 AND 38.1.3.
 38.1.3.1.2 WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE SPECIFIC
 REQUIREMENTS IN THIS CHAPTER AND PROVISIONS FOR MIXED
 OCCUPANCIES OR SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES AS SPECIFIED IN
 6.1.14.3 AND 6.1.14.4, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER
 SHALL APPLY.
  
  
  
 2)
 ONE EXIT IS INDICATED, FROM EACH AREA. A NOTE IS
 INDICATED OF ONE EXIT PER THE FL BLDG CODE. HOWEVER,
 TWO EXITS ARE REQUIRED PER NFPA 101.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS, THE PROPOSED
 ONE EXIT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND TWO
 EXITS ARE REQUIRED AND SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
  
 7.4* NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 7.4.1 GENERAL.
 7.4.1.1 THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS FROM ANY BALCONY,
 MEZZANINE, STORY, OR PORTION THEREOF SHALL BE NOT LESS
 THAN TWO, EXCEPT UNDER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
 (1) A SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED WHERE
 PERMITTED IN CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43.
 (2) A SINGLE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR A
 MEZZANINE OR BALCONY WHERE THE COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL
 LIMITATIONS OF CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43 ARE MET.
  
 38.2.4 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 38.2.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 38.2.4.2
 THROUGH 38.2.4.6:
 (1) THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.4.
 (2) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 ON EVERY STORY.
 (3) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE
 ACCESSIBLE FROM EVERY PART OF EVERY STORY.
 38.2.4.2 EXIT ACCESS, AS REQUIRED BY 38.2.4.1(3), SHALL
 BE PERMITTED TO INCLUDE A SINGLE EXIT ACCESS PATH FOR
 THE DISTANCES PERMITTED AS COMMON PATHS OF TRAVEL BY
 38.2.5.3.
 38.2.4.3 A SINGLE EXIT SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR A ROOM OR
 AREA WITH A TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD OF LESS THAN 100
 PERSONS, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 ARE MET:
 (1) THE EXIT SHALL DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE AT
 THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE FOR THE BUILDING.
 (2) THE TOTAL DISTANCE OF TRAVEL FROM ANY POINT,
 INCLUDING TRAVEL WITHIN THE EXIT, SHALL NOT EXCEED 100
 FT (30 M).
 (3) THE TOTAL DISTANCE OF TRAVEL SPECIFIED IN
 38.2.4.3(2) SHALL BE ON THE SAME STORY, OR, IF
 TRAVERSING OF STAIRS IS NECESSARY, SUCH STAIRS SHALL
 NOT EXCEED 15 FT (4570 MM) IN HEIGHT, AND BOTH OF THE
 FOLLOWING ALSO SHALL APPLY:
 (A) INTERIOR STAIRS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH COMPLETE
 ENCLOSURES TO SEPARATE THEM FROM ANY OTHER PART OF THE
 BUILDING, WITH NO DOOR OPENINGS THEREIN.
 (B) A SINGLE OUTSIDE STAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.2
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO SERVE ALL STORIES PERMITTED
 WITHIN THE 15 FT (4570 MM) VERTICAL TRAVEL LIMITATION.
  
 3.3.83 EXIT DISCHARGE. THAT PORTION OF A MEANS OF
 EGRESS BETWEEN THE TERMINATION OF AN EXIT AND A PUBLIC
 WAY.
 3.3.83.1* LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE. THE STORY THAT IS
 EITHER (1) THE LOWEST STORY FROM WHICH NOT LESS THAN 50
 PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF EXITS AND NOT LESS
 THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED EGRESS CAPACITY FROM
 SUCH A STORY DISCHARGE DIRECTLY OUTSIDE AT THE FINISHED
 GROUND LEVEL; OR (2) WHERE NO STORY MEETS THE
 CONDITIONS OF ITEM (1), THE STORY THAT IS PROVIDED WITH
 ONE OR MORE EXITS THAT DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE
 OUTSIDE TO THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL VIA THE SMALLEST
 ELEVATION CHANGE.
  
 38.2.5 ARRANGEMENT OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 38.2.5.3.1 COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL SHALL NOT EXCEED 100
 FT (30 M) IN A BUILDING PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 9.7.1.1(1).
 38.2.5.3.2 COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL SHALL NOT EXCEED 100
 FT (30 M) WITHIN A SINGLE TENANT SPACE HAVING AN
 OCCUPANT LOAD NOT EXCEEDING 30 PERSONS.
 38.2.5.3.3 IN BUILDINGS OTHER THAN THOSE COMPLYING WITH
 38.2.5.3.1 OR 38.2.5.3.2, COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL SHALL
 NOT EXCEED 75 FT (23 M).
  
 THE EXIT DISCHARGE LEADS TO A SET OF STAIRS LEADING
 DOWN TO THE PUBLIC WAY AND THE COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL
 INDICATED EXCEEDS 75'.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE REQUIRED TWO EXITS AND
 SEPARATION DISTANCES.
  
  
  
 3)
 THERE IS AN INCORRECT REFERENCE TO THE CURRENT FLORIDA
 FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 THE PROPOSED PROJECT SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 5TH EDITION OF FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE INCLUDING
 THE 2012 EDITION OF NFPA 1 AND NFPA 101 AND ALL OTHER
 APPLICABLE CODES OR STANDARDS.
  
 PLEASE CORRECT,
  
  
 4)
 TWO STORAGE AREAS ARE INDICATED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE TYPE AND HAZARD CLASSIFICATION FOR
 EACH AREA. BE SURE TO INCLUDE ANDY RACKING, RACK
 HEIGHT, SHELVE TYPE AND PALLET TYPE.
  
  
 5)
 CAR WASH, FRONT AND REAR CANOPIES ARE INDICATED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE MANUFACTURES SPECS INDICATING FIRE
 RETARDENT AND/OR FIRE RESISTANCE INFORMATION.
  
  
 6)
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET REVISION
 CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE ABOVE.
  
  
 7)
 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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