Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18080413
Permit Number 18080413
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-09-04 11:05:11PLAN
 REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 1ST REVIEW: FBC SIXTH EDITION (2017)
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) THERE IS A NOTE ON SHEET LS-1 THAT STATES AREA OF
 WORK TO REMAIN UNSPRINKLERED. THE CODE ANALYSIS
 INDICATES THAT THIS IS A TYPE LL A SPRINKLER BUILDING
 AND ALL OF THE EXIT REQUIREMENTS ARE BASED ON A FULLY
 SPRINKLERED BUILDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH FBC 903.3.1.1.
 THIS ENTIRE BUILDING INCLUDING THIS UNIT IS REQUIRED TO
 BE FIRE SPRINKLERED.
  
 2) ON SHEET LS-1 THE TRAVEL DISTANCE TO AN EXIT IS
 LISTED AS 400 FEET. FBC 1017.3 AND TABLE 1017.2
 SPECIFIES THE TRAVEL DISTANCE FOR A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY
 IN A FULLY SPRINKLED BUILDING AS 300 FEET. EXPLAIN HOW
 THE 400 FEET OF TRAVEL WAS DETERMINED.
  
 3) SPECIFY THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THIS PROJECT AREA ON
 THE LIFE SAFETY PLANS. FBC 1004.1
  
 4) THE COMMON PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL IS NOT SHOWN ON
 LS-1. FBC 1006.2.1 & FBC CHAPTER 2, COMMON PATH OF
 EGRESS TRAVEL. THAT PORTION OF THE EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL
 DISTANCE MEASURED FROM THE MOST REMOTE POINT WITHIN A
 STORY TO THAT POINT WHERE THE OCCUPANTS HAVE SEPARATE
 AND DISTINCT ACCESS TO TWO EXITS OR EXIT ACCESS
 DOORWAYS.
  
 5) THE EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL DISTANCE IS NOT SHOWN
 CORRECTLY ON LS-1. FBC 1017 & FBC CHAPTER 2, EXIT
 ACCESS. THAT PORTION OF A MEANS OF EGRESS SYSTEM THAT
 LEADS FROM ANY OCCUPIED PORTION OF A BUILDING OR
 STRUCTURE TO AN EXIT. 1017.3 MEASUREMENT. EXIT ACCESS
 TRAVEL DISTANCE SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE MOST REMOTE
 POINT WITHIN A STORY ALONG THE NATURAL AND UNOBSTRUCTED
 PATH OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL EGRESS TRAVEL TO THE
 ENTRANCE TO AN EXIT. FOR THIS PROJECT THE EXIT ACCESS
 TRAVEL DISTANCE IS MEASURED FROM THE MOST REMOTE POINT
 IN THE UNIT TO THE DOOR OF THE NEAREST INTERIOR EXIT
 STAIRWAY.
  
 6) SHOW THAT THE DOUBLE DOOR 300 THAT SWINGS OUT INTO
 THE EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR COMPLIES WITH FBC 1005.7.
 ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS WIDTH
 SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION. 1005.7.1 DOORS, WHEN FULLY OPENED, SHALL NOT
 REDUCE THE REQUIRED WIDTH BY MORE THAN 7 INCHES (178
 MM). DOORS IN ANY POSITION SHALL NOT REDUCE THE
 REQUIRED WIDTH BY MORE THAN ONE-HALF.
  
 7) THE DOUBLE DOOR 300 IS SHOWN ON SHEET A-2 WITH LEVER
 OPERATING DEVICES ON EACH LEAF. EXPLAIN HOW THE DOORS
 WILL COMPLY WITH FBC 1010.1.9.3 & 1010.1.9.4.
 1010.1.9 DOOR OPERATIONS. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY
 PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION, EGRESS DOORS SHALL BE
 READILY OPENABLE FROM THE EGRESS SIDE WITHOUT THE USE
 OF A KEY OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT.
 1010.1.9.3 LOCKS AND LATCHES. LOCKS AND LATCHES SHALL
 BE PERMITTED TO PREVENT OPERATION OF DOORS WHERE ANY OF
 THE FOLLOWING EXIST:
 - 3.WHERE EGRESS DOORS ARE USED IN PAIRS, APPROVED
 AUTOMATIC FLUSH BOLTS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE USED,
 PROVIDED THAT THE DOOR LEAF HAVING THE AUTOMATIC FLUSH
 BOLTS DOES NOT HAVE A DOORKNOB OR SURFACE-MOUNTED
 HARDWARE.
  
 FBC 1010.1.9.4 BOLT LOCKS. MANUALLY OPERATED FLUSH
 BOLTS OR SURFACE BOLTS ARE NOT PERMITTED.
 EXCEPTIONS:
 - 3.WHERE A PAIR OF DOORS SERVES AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF
 LESS THAN 50 PERSONS IN A GROUP B, F OR S OCCUPANCY,
 MANUALLY OPERATED EDGE- OR SURFACE-MOUNTED BOLTS ARE
 PERMITTED ON THE INACTIVE LEAF. THE INACTIVE LEAF SHALL
 NOT CONTAIN DOORKNOBS, PANIC BARS OR SIMILAR OPERATING
 HARDWARE.
  
 - 4.WHERE A PAIR OF DOORS SERVES A GROUP B, F OR S
 OCCUPANCY, MANUALLY OPERATED EDGE- OR SURFACE-MOUNTED
 BOLTS ARE PERMITTED ON THE INACTIVE LEAF PROVIDED SUCH
 INACTIVE LEAF IS NOT NEEDED TO MEET EGRESS CAPACITY
 REQUIREMENTS AND THE BUILDING IS EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT
 WITH AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 903.3.1.1. THE INACTIVE LEAF SHALL NOT CONTAIN
 DOORKNOBS, PANIC BARS OR SIMILAR OPERATING HARDWARE.
  
 8) THE EXISTING DOOR TO THE STAIR ADJACENT TO ROOM 319
 DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE 18" ON THE PULL SIDE AS
 REQUIRED BY FBC ACCESSIBILITY SEC. 404.2.4.1.
  
 9) THE ADA SHOWER ON SHEET A-2 IS NOT SHOWN WITH THE
 36" WIDE ENTRY THAT IS REQUIRED BY FBC ACCESSIBILITY
 SEC. 608.2.3.
  
 10) SHOW THE REQUIRED CLEAR FLOOR SPACE AT THE BREAK
 ROOM SINK FOR EITHER A PARALLEL OR FORWARD APPROACH
 THAT IS REQUIRED BY FBC ACCESSIBILITY SEC. 606.2, 305
 AND 305.6.
  
 11) WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A
 RESPONSE LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE
 CITY RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE INSERT
 CORRECTED PLAN SHEETS INTO THE SETS, REMOVE THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS AND MARK VOID ON THEM, AND
 KEEP THEM WITH THE SUBMITTALS.
  
  


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