Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19021070
Permit Number 19021070
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
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2019-03-06 10:11:17THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) SHEET LS 1.1 - IS THIS ADDITION PROPOSED CLASSIFIED
 AS A MIXED OCCUPANCY, SEPARATED, OR NON-SEPARATED?
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 6
  
 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 CLARIFY.
  
  
 2) SHEET A 1.1.1- THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A 1 HOUR
 WALL BETWEEN THE TWO SPACES WITH A DOOR, 101A. THE DOOR
 SCHEDULE DOES NOT INDICATE ANY FIRE RATEING
  
 PLEASE CLARIFY THE SEPARATION FEATURES OR CORRECT AND
 PROVIDE A 1 HOUR FIRE RATED DOOR WITH APPLICABLE
 HARDWARE.
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 1.1.1 - THERE IS A SHADED AREA INDICATED
 EAST OF THE PROPOSED ADDTION WITH A DOOR FROM THE
 ADDITION. WHAT IS THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS
 SPACE?
  
 WHAT IS THE SEPARATION RATING REQUIRED FROM THIS SPACE
 PER NFPA 101, CH 6?
  
 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 REVIEW AND CORRECT AND PROVIDE FOR THE
 REQUIREMENT.
  
  
  
  
 4) SHEET A 1.1.1 - DOOR 101 IS INDICATED AS HAVING A
 PASSAGE HANDLE AND DEAD BOLT.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 12
  
 12.2.2.2.3 ANY DOOR IN A REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FROM
 AN AREA HAVING
 AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR MORE PERSONS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE
 PROVIDED WITH A LATCH OR LOCK ONLY IF THE LATCH OR LOCK
 IS PANIC
 HARDWARE OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.7,
 UNLESS
 OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO DELAYED-EGRESS
 LOCKS AS
 PERMITTED IN 12.2.2.2.5.
 (2) THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 ACCESS-CONTROLLED EGRESS DOORS
 AS PERMITTED IN 12.2.2.2.6.
 12.2.2.2.4 LOCKING DEVICES COMPLYING WITH 7.2.1.5.5
 SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO BE USED ON A SINGLE DOOR OR A SINGLE PAIR OF DOORS
 IF BOTH OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY:
 (1) THE DOOR OR PAIR OF DOORS SERVE AS THE MAIN EXIT
 AND THE ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPANCY HAS AN OCCUPANT LOAD NOT GREATER THAN 500.
 (2) ANY LATCHING DEVICES ON SUCH A DOOR(S) FROM AN
 ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPANCY HAVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR MORE ARE
 RELEASED
 BY PANIC HARDWARE OR FIRE EXIT HARDWARE.
  
 PER # 1 ABOVE WHAT IS THE COMBINED OCCUPANCY LOAD
 SERVED BY THIS EXIT?
  
 PLEASE CLARIFY OR CORRECT.
  
  
  
  
 5) SHEET A LS 1.1 - THERE IS AN OCCUPANCY LOAD
 INDICATED AS 62. IS THIS NUMBER REFLECTIVE OF JUST THIS
 PROPOSED ADDITION OR TOTAL FOR BOTH SPACES?
  
 PLEASE CLARIFY.
  
  
  
 6) SHEET A LS 1.1 - PER THE ABOVE, THE OCCUPANCY COUNT
 DOES NOT INDICATE/INCLUDE THE BAR SEATING, BAR AREA,
 FIXED SEATING, THE PIANO AREA, ETC. DOES THE SQ FT
 CALCULATION REFLECT THE REDUCTION OF THESE
 AREAS/INCLUDE THESE AREAS?
  
 PLEASE CLARIFY AS THE TOTAL OCCUPANCY LOAD COULD BE
 REDUCED/INCREASED AS APPLICABEL.
  
  
  
  
 7) SHEET A 1.1 & S 2.0 - AT DOOR 101A THERE IS AN
 INDICATION OF A RAMP AND A POSSIBLE STEP DOWN INTO THE
 PROPOSED SPACE. THERE ARE NO INDICATION OF HOW HIGH
 THIS POSSIBLE STEP IS?
  
 PLEASE CLARIFY AND CORRECT/SO DRAWING.
  
  
  
 8) SHEET S 2.0 - THERE ARE TWO RAMPS INDICATED, ONE
 INTERIOR & ONE EXTERIOR. THERE AR RAILINGS/GUARDS
 INDICATED; HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO DETAILS.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS FOR THE HANDRAILS AND GUARDS PER
 NFPA 101, CH 7.
  
 7.2.2.4.5* HANDRAIL DETAILS.
 7.2.2.4.5.1 NEW HANDRAILS ON STAIRS SHALL BE NOT LESS
 THAN 34 IN.
 (865 MM), AND NOT MORE THAN 38 IN. (965 MM), ABOVE THE
 SURFACE
 OF THE TREAD, MEASURED VERTICALLY TO THE TOP OF THE
 RAIL FROM THE
 LEADING EDGE OF THE TREAD.
  
 7.2.2.4.6 GUARD DETAILS. SEE 7.1.8 FOR GUARD
 REQUIREMENTS.
 7.1.8* GUARDS. GUARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.2.4 SHALL
 BE
 PROVIDED AT THE OPEN SIDES OF MEANS OF EGRESS THAT
 EXCEED 30 IN.
 (760 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR OR THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL
 BELOW
 EXCEPT WHERE GUARDS ARE SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED BY
 PROVISIONS OF
 CHAPTERS 11 THROUGH 43.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE APPLICABLE DRAWING DETAILS IN
 COMPLIANCE.
  
  
  
 9) PER # 1 AND NFPA 101, CH 12 THIS IS AN ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPANCY WITH A POSSIBLE TOTAL OCCUPANCY LOAD OVER
 100.
  
 ADDITIONALLY, IT CAN BE CONSIDERED A NIGHTCLUB.
  
 12.3.5 EXTINGUISHMENT REQUIREMENTS.
 12.3.5.1 THE WHERE THE OCCUPANT LOAD EXCEEDS 100, THE
 FOLLOWING
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY
 AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH 9.7.1.1(1):
 (1) DANCE HALLS
 (2) DISCOTHEQUES
 (3) NIGHTCLUBS
 (4) ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES WITH FESTIVAL SEATING
  
 HOWEVER, THERE IS NO DEFINITION OF NIGHTCLUB IN NFPA
 101.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 3
  
 3.1.1 WHERE TERMS ARE NOT DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER,
 WITHIN ANOTHER
 CHAPTER, OR THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, THEY SHALL BE
 DEFINED USING
 THEIR ORDINARILY ACCEPTED MEANINGS WITHIN THE CONTEXT
 IN WHICH
 THEY ARE USED. WEBSTER?S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL
 DICTIONARY OF
 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, UNABRIDGED, SHALL BE A SOURCE FOR
 ORDINARILY ACCEPTED MEANING.
  
 PER WEBSTERS
  
  
 DEFINITION OF NIGHTCLUB : A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT OPEN
 AT NIGHT USUALLY SERVING FOOD AND LIQUOR
 AND PROVIDING MUSIC AND SPACE FOR DANCING AND OFTEN
 HAVING A FLOOR SHOW
  
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CLARIFY, HOW THE PROPOSED WILL BE
 USED, SEPARATED, AND PROTECTED PER THE REQUIRMENTS OF
 THE CODE.
  
  
  
 10) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 11) 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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