Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18020933
Permit Number 18020933
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
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2018-03-01 14:42:23THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH ANY FIRE
 CODE.
  
 THE PROPOSED PROJECT SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 6TH EDITION OF FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE INCLUDING
 THE 2015 EDITION OF NFPA 1 AND NFPA 101 AND ALL OTHER
 APPLICABLE CODES OR STANDARDS.
  
 PLEASE INDICATE COMPLAINCE WITH AN APPLICABLE NOTE.
  
  
  
 2) THE OCCUPANCY IS INDICATED AS BUSINESS; HOWEVER, THE
 ROOM IS AN ASSEMBLY. IS THE OCCUPANCY MIXED OR
 SEPRATED.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CHAPTER 6,
  
 6.1.1.1 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. THE OCCUPANCY OF A
 BUILDING OR
 STRUCTURE, OR PORTION OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, SHALL
 BE CLASSIFIED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH 6.1.2 THROUGH 6.1.13. OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO THE RULING OF THE AUTHORITY HAVING
 JURISDICTION WHERE THERE IS A
 QUESTION OF PROPER CLASSIFICATION IN ANY INDIVIDUAL
 CASE.
  
 6.1.14.2.1 MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY. A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
 IN WHICH TWO
 OR MORE CLASSES OF OCCUPANCY EXIST.
 6.1.14.2.2 MIXED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY WHERE
 THE
 OCCUPANCIES ARE INTERMINGLED.
 6.1.14.2.3 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY. A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY
 WHERE THE
 OCCUPANCIES ARE SEPARATED BY FIRE RESISTANCE?RATED
 ASSEMBLIES.
 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.
 6.1.14.4 SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES. (SEE ALSO 6.1.14.1.2.)
 6.1.14.4.1 WHERE SEPARATED OCCUPANCIES ARE PROVIDED,
 EACH PART OF THE
 BUILDING COMPRISING A DISTINCT OCCUPANCY, AS DESCRIBED
 IN THIS CHAPTER,
 SHALL BE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM OTHER OCCUPANCIES BY
 FIRE-RESISTIVE
 ASSEMBLIES, AS SPECIFIED IN 6.1.14.4.2, 6.1.14.4.3,
 TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(A),
 AND TABLE 6.1.14.4.1(B), UNLESS SEPARATION IS PROVIDED
 BY APPROVED
 EXISTING SEPARATIONS OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY
 6.1.14.4.6.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND ENSURE
 THE APPLICABLE SEPARATION OR MIXED REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
  
 3) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF DOOR HARDWARE TO THIS
 ASSEMBLY SPACE.
  
 PLEAE PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLAINCE WITH NFPA 101,
 CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS ON EACH EXIT DOOR.
  
 7.2.1.5 LOCKS, LATCHES, AND ALARM DEVICES.
 7.2.1.5.1 DOOR LEAVES SHALL BE ARRANGED TO BE OPENED
 READILY FROM
 THE EGRESS SIDE WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED.
 7.2.1.5.2* THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.1.5.1 SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO DOOR
 LEAVES OF LISTED FIRE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AFTER EXPOSURE TO
 ELEVATED
 TEMPERATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LISTING, BASED ON
 LABORATORY
 FIRE TEST PROCEDURES.
 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.
 7.2.1.5.4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.1.5.1 AND 7.2.1.5.3
 SHALL NOT
 APPLY WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 18 THROUGH
 23.
 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.
 (2) A READILY VISIBLE, DURABLE SIGN IN LETTERS NOT LESS
 THAN 1 IN.
 (25 MM) 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.
  
  
 4) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF MEASURMENT OF THE EXIT
 SEPARATION DISTANCE.
  
 7.5.1.3.2* WHERE TWO EXITS, EXIT ACCESSES, OR EXIT
 DISCHARGES ARE
 REQUIRED, THEY SHALL BE LOCATED AT A DISTANCE FROM ONE
 ANOTHER NOT
 LESS THAN ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF THE MAXIMUM OVERALL
 DIAGONAL
 DIMENSION OF THE BUILDING OR AREA TO BE SERVED,
 MEASURED IN A
 STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE NEAREST EDGE OF THE EXITS,
 EXIT ACCESSES, OR
 EXIT DISCHARGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN 7.5.1.3.3
 THROUGH
 7.5.1.3.5.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE.
  
  
 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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