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Plan Review Notes For Permit 19020031
Permit Number 19020031
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2019-02-05 12:17:13THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
  
 1) SHEET A000 - THERE IS AN INDICATION OF BUSINESS
 OCCUPANCY FROM THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. WHAT IS THE
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION PER THE FLORIDA FIRE
 PREVENTION CODE, 6TH ED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE WHAT THIS OCCUPANCY FUNCTIONS AS, WHAT
 TYPE OF BUSINESS AND ACTIVITIES OCCUR WITHIN THE
 OCCUPANCY, HOURS OF OPERATION, WILL IT BE A MIXED OR
 SEPARATED OCCUPANCY?
  
 CHAPTER 6 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY AND HAZARD OF
 CONTENTS
 6.1 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY.
 6.1.1 GENERAL.
 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.
  
 6.1.2.1* DEFINITION ? ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY. AN OCCUPANCY
 (1) USED
 FOR A GATHERING OF 50 OR MORE PERSONS FOR DELIBERATION,
 WORSHIP,
 ENTERTAINMENT, EATING, DRINKING, AMUSEMENT, AWAITING
 TRANSPORTATION, OR
 SIMILAR USES; OR (2) USED AS A SPECIAL AMUSEMENT
 BUILDING, REGARDLESS OF
 OCCUPANT LOAD.
  
 6.1.14.2 DEFINITIONS.
 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 BE SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE AND INCLUDE SEPCIFIC
 CODE REFERENCES.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET LS100 - A BILLARD ROOM, LOUNGE AND BAR AREAS
 ARE INDICATED ON THE FLOOR PLAN. THESE AREAS ARE
 ASSEMBLY AREAS THAT APPEAR TO BE MORE THAN INCIDENTAL
 USE FOR THE BUSINESS OFFICE OCCUPANCY AS INDICATED PER
 # 1 ABOVE.
  
 IT APPEARS THA THE BUSINESS OFFICE IS INCIDENTAL TO THE
 ASSEMBLY USE.
  
 6.1.14.1.3* WHERE INCIDENTAL TO ANOTHER OCCUPANCY,
 AREAS USED AS
 FOLLOWS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE
 PREDOMINANT
 OCCUPANCY AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
 CODE THAT APPLY
 TO THE PREDOMINANT OCCUPANCY:
 (1) MERCANTILE, BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL, OR STORAGE USE
 (2) *NONRESIDENTIAL USE WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD FEWER
 THAN THAT
 ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 6.1 FOR THE OCCUPANCY THRESHOLD
 (3) PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS USED AS ACCESSORY OFFICES OR
 FOR CUSTOMARY
 NON-HAZARDOUS USES NECESSARY FOR TRANSACTING THE
 PRINCIPAL
 BUSINESS IN STORAGE AND INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES NEED NOT
 BE
 SEPARATED FROM THE PRINCIPAL USE.
 (4) INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES PRODUCING, USING, OR STORING
 LOW HAZARD
 PRODUCTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION 6.2.2 NEED NOT
 BE
 SEPARATED BY FIRE-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION FROM THE
 OCCUPANCIES TO
 WHICH THEY ARE ACCESSORY.
 6.1.14.1.3.1 INCIDENTAL USE AREAS SHALL BE SEPARATED AS
 REQUIRED BY TABLE
 508.2.5 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE WHERE TABLE
 508.2.5 PERMITS AN
 AUTOMATIC FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM WITHOUT A FIRE
 BARRIER, THE INCIDENTAL
 USE AREA SHALL BE SEPARATED BY CONSTRUCTION CAPABLE OF
 RESISTING THE
 PASSAGE OF SMOKE.
 6.1.14.1.4 THE FOLLOWING ACCESSORY OCCUPANCIES SHALL
 NOT BE REQUIRED TO
 BE SEPARATED FROM THE PRIMARY OCCUPANCY AS REQUIRED IN
 6.1.14.4:
 (1) A KITCHEN IN AN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY DOES NOT
 CONSTITUTE A MIXED
 OCCUPANCY.
 (2) ACCESSORY USES IN INDUSTRIAL AND STORAGE
 OCCUPANCIES AS OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED IN 6.1.14.1.3(1)
 (3) ROOMS OR SPACES USED FOR CUSTOMARY STORAGE OF
 NON-HAZARDOUS
 MATERIALS IN ASSEMBLY, BUSINESS, EDUCATIONAL,
 INDUSTRIAL,
 MERCANTILE, HOTEL AND DORMITORY, AND APARTMENT
 OCCUPANCIES WHICH
 IN AGGREGATE DO NOT EXCEED 10% OF THE MAJOR FLOOR AREA
 IN WHICH
 THEY ARE LOCATED. PROTECTION FROM HAZARDS SHALL BE AS
 OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED IN THE SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY CHAPTER.
  
 BASED ON WHAT IS RECEIVED ON # 1 ABOVE, NEITHER
 ASSEMBLEY NOR BUSINESS APPLY.
  
 PLEASE ADDRESS # 1 ABOVE AND CORRECT THE OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION AS APPICABLE PER THE FLORIDA FIRE
 PREVENTION CODE, 6TH ED.
  
  
  
 3) ALL SHEETS A - BASED ON # 1 ABOVE THERE MAY BE
 REVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE CODES.
  
 I.E. DOOR HARDWARE, LOCKS (PER THE APPLICABLE
 OCCUPANCY), FIRE SPRINKLER AND FIRE ALARM (PER THE
 APPLICABLE OCCUPANCY), FLOOR AND CEILING FINISHES, ETC.
  
  
  
 4) A SHEETS - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF COMPLAINCE
 WITH THE STAIRS AND/OR RAILINGS INDICATED.
  
 THE STAIRS AND RAILINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 101,
 CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
 7.1 GENERAL.
 7.1.1* APPLICATION. MEANS OF EGRESS FOR BOTH NEW AND
 EXISTING
 BUILDINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH THIS CHAPTER. (SEE ALSO
 4.5.3.)
  
 7.2 MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS.
  
 7.2.2 STAIRS.
 7.2.2.1 GENERAL.
 7.2.2.1.1 STAIRS USED AS A COMPONENT IN THE MEANS OF
 EGRESS SHALL
 CONFORM TO THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 7.1 AND
 TO THE
 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.2, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 SPECIFIED IN
 7.2.2.1.2.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE APPLICABLE DETAILS IN COMPLIANCE.
  
  
  
  
 5) SHEET LS100 - IS DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE REAR EXIT
 LEADS TO A PUBLIC WAY.
  
  
 7.7 DISCHARGE FROM EXITS.
 7.7.1* EXIT TERMINATION. EXITS SHALL TERMINATE
 DIRECTLY, AT A PUBLIC
 WAY OR AT AN EXTERIOR EXIT DISCHARGE, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED IN
 7.7.1.2 THROUGH 7.7.1.4.
 7.7.1.1 YARDS, COURTS, OPEN SPACES, OR OTHER PORTIONS
 OF THE EXIT
 DISCHARGE SHALL BE OF THE REQUIRED WIDTH AND SIZE TO
 PROVIDE ALL
 OCCUPANTS WITH A SAFE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC WAY.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A SITE PLAN SHOWING COMPLAINCE WITH NFPA
 101, CHAPTER 7 MEANS OF EGRESS.
  
  
  
 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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