Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19040448
Permit Number 19040448
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2019-04-25 15:22:21 
 THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
 1) LIFE SAFETY SHEETS - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF
 OCCUPANCY LOADS ON EACH FLOOR.
  
 PER NFPA 101 CH 38
  
 38.1.7 OCCUPANT LOAD. THE OCCUPANT LOAD, IN NUMBER OF
 PERSONS FOR
 WHOM MEANS OF EGRESS AND OTHER PROVISIONS ARE REQUIRED,
 SHALL BE
 DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTORS
 THAT ARE
 CHARACTERISTIC OF THE USE OF THE SPACE OR SHALL BE
 DETERMINED AS THE
 MAXIMUM PROBABLE POPULATION OF THE SPACE UNDER
 CONSIDERATION,
 WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
  
 PLEASE CORRECT AND PROVIDE.
  
  
  
 2) SHEET G 101 - THERE IS ONLY ONE EXIT INDICATED FROM
 THE 2ND FLOOR.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 38 NEW BUSINESS: SEE (3) (A). THERE
 ARE TWO DOOR OPENINGS INDICATED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
 BUILDING; PARTS WAREHOUSE & ELEVATOR LOBBY.
  
 38.2.4 NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 38.2.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING, EXCEPT
 AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 38.2.4.2 THROUGH 38.2.4.6:
 (1) THE NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 7.4.
 (2) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 ON EVERY STORY.
 (3) NOT LESS THAN TWO SEPARATE EXITS SHALL BE
 ACCESSIBLE FROM EVERY
 PART OF EVERY STORY.
 38.2.4.2 EXIT ACCESS, AS REQUIRED BY 38.2.4.1(3), SHALL
 BE PERMITTED TO
 INCLUDE A SINGLE EXIT ACCESS PATH FOR THE DISTANCES
 PERMITTED AS COMMON
 PATHS OF TRAVEL BY 38.2.5.3.
 38.2.4.3 A SINGLE EXIT SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR A ROOM OR
 AREA WITH A TOTAL
 OCCUPANT LOAD OF LESS THAN 100 PERSONS, PROVIDED THAT
 ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (1) THE EXIT SHALL DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE AT
 THE LEVEL OF EXIT
 DISCHARGE FOR THE BUILDING.
 (2) THE TOTAL DISTANCE OF TRAVEL FROM ANY POINT,
 INCLUDING TRAVEL WITHIN
 THE EXIT, SHALL NOT EXCEED 100 FT (30 M).
 (3) THE TOTAL DISTANCE OF TRAVEL SPECIFIED IN
 38.2.4.3(2) SHALL BE ON THE
 SAME STORY, OR, IF TRAVERSING OF STAIRS IS NECESSARY,
 SUCH STAIRS SHALL
 NOT EXCEED 15 FT (4570 MM) IN HEIGHT, AND BOTH OF THE
 FOLLOWING
 ALSO SHALL APPLY:
 (A) INTERIOR STAIRS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH COMPLETE
 ENCLOSURES TO
 SEPARATE THEM FROM ANY OTHER PART OF THE BUILDING, WITH
 NO
 DOOR OPENINGS THEREIN.
 (B) A SINGLE OUTSIDE STAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.2
 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO SERVE ALL STORIES PERMITTED WITHIN THE 15
 FT (4570
 MM) VERTICAL TRAVEL LIMITATION.
  
 **********************OR**********************
  
 38.2.4.4 ANY BUSINESS OCCUPANCY THREE OR FEWER STORIES
 IN HEIGHT, AND
 NOT EXCEEDING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 30 PEOPLE PER STORY,
 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED A SINGLE SEPARATE EXIT TO EACH STORY,
 PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA ARE MET:
 (1) THE EXIT SHALL DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE.
 (2) THE TOTAL TRAVEL DISTANCE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE
 BUILDING SHALL NOT
 EXCEED 100 FT (30 M).
 (3) THE EXIT SHALL BE ENCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 7.1.3.2, AND BOTH OF
 THE FOLLOWING ALSO SHALL APPLY:
 (A) THE STAIR SHALL SERVE AS AN EXIT FROM NO OTHER
 STORIES.
 (B) A SINGLE OUTSIDE STAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7.2.2
 SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO SERVICE ALL STORIES.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERENCES AND NARRATIVE.
  
  
  
  
 3) SHEET A 602 - DOOR 117A IS NOT INDICATED AS HAVING A
 FIRE RATING. THIS DOOR IS REQUIRED TO BE RATED TO
 MAINTAIN THE 2 HR OCCUPANCY SEPARATION.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERENCES AND NARRATIVE.
  
  
  
 4) SHEETS A 101, 102 & 501 - THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS
 OF ANY FIRE RATINGSOF LISTINGS ON ANY OF THE WALLS OR
 CALL OUTS WHERE FIRE RATING IS REQUIRED.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERENCES AND NARRATIVE.
  
  
  
 5) SHEET A 101 & 602 - DOOR 118 IS NOT INDICATED AS
 HAVING A FIRE RATING. THIS DOOR IS REQUIRED TO BE RATED
 TO MAINTAIN THE 2 HR OCCUPANCY SEPARATION.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CORRECT OR JUSTIFY WITH SPECIFIC CODE
 REFERENCES AND NARRATIVE.
  
  
  
  
 6) SHEET A 101 - THE IS AN AREA/ROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF
 THE 1ST FLOOR INDICATED AS ELEVATOR LOBBY & HALL.
  
 THIS AREA DOES NOT APPEAR EITHER A ELEVATOR LOBBY NOR
 HALL AND IS LABLED DIFFERENTLY THAN ON SHEET G 101.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND CLARIFY/CORRECT.
  
  
  
 7) SHEET A 101 & 602 - WINDOW DIAMOND 9 IS INDICATED AS
 A ROLL DOWN FIRE CURTAIN.
  
  
  
  
 8) SHEET A 102 - THE 2ND FLOOR WALL ALONG THE OPEN
 SHOWROOM IS NOT INDICATED AS HAVING A FIRE RATING.
  
 IS THIS A RATED WALL? IT HAS FIRE DROP DOWN DOORS
 INDICATED.
  
 PLEASE CLARIFY AND PROVIDE A APPLICABLE LISTED WALL
 CALLOUT.
  
  
  
 9) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
  
 10) 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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