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2019-02-05 12:17:13 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| 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. |
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| 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? |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| PLEASE BE SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE AND INCLUDE SEPCIFIC |
| CODE REFERENCES. |
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| 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. |
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| IT APPEARS THA THE BUSINESS OFFICE IS INCIDENTAL TO THE |
| ASSEMBLY USE. |
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| 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. |
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| BASED ON WHAT IS RECEIVED ON # 1 ABOVE, NEITHER |
| ASSEMBLEY NOR BUSINESS APPLY. |
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| PLEASE ADDRESS # 1 ABOVE AND CORRECT THE OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION AS APPICABLE PER THE FLORIDA FIRE |
| PREVENTION CODE, 6TH ED. |
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| 3) ALL SHEETS A - BASED ON # 1 ABOVE THERE MAY BE |
| REVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE CODES. |
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| I.E. DOOR HARDWARE, LOCKS (PER THE APPLICABLE |
| OCCUPANCY), FIRE SPRINKLER AND FIRE ALARM (PER THE |
| APPLICABLE OCCUPANCY), FLOOR AND CEILING FINISHES, ETC. |
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| 4) A SHEETS - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF COMPLAINCE |
| WITH THE STAIRS AND/OR RAILINGS INDICATED. |
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| THE STAIRS AND RAILINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 101, |
| CHAPTER 7, MEANS OF EGRESS. |
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| 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.) |
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| 7.2 MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENTS. |
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| 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. |
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| PLEASE PROVIDE THE APPLICABLE DETAILS IN COMPLIANCE. |
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| 5) SHEET LS100 - IS DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE REAR EXIT |
| LEADS TO A PUBLIC WAY. |
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| 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. |
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| PLEASE PROVIDE A SITE PLAN SHOWING COMPLAINCE WITH NFPA |
| 101, CHAPTER 7 MEANS OF EGRESS. |
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| 6) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| ABOVE. |
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| 7) ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED ON THE |
| RE-SUBMITTAL OF THE ABOVE. |
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| PETER LEDUC |
| FIRE MARSHAL |
| 561-804-4709 |
| [email protected] |
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