Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19080187
Permit Number 19080187
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
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2019-08-07 15:28:13THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
  
 THE PROPOSED PROJECT SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 6TH EDITION OF FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE WHICH
 INCLUDES THE 2015 EDITION OF NFPA 1 AND NFPA 101.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE AN APPLICABLE NOTE OF REVIEW AND
 COMPLIANCE.
  
  
  
 2) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF HANDRAILS AT THE
 PROPOSED STAIRS.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 7.2.2.4 GUARDS AND HANDRAILS.
 7.2.2.4.1 HANDRAILS.
 7.2.2.4.1.1 STAIRS AND RAMPS SHALL HAVE HANDRAILS ON
 BOTH SIDES,
 UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED IN 7.2.2.4.1.5 OR
 7.2.2.4.1.6.
 7.2.2.4.1.2 IN ADDITION TO THE HANDRAILS REQUIRED AT
 THE SIDES OF
 STAIRS BY 7.2.2.4.1.1, BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS
 SHALL APPLY:
 (1) FOR NEW STAIRS, HANDRAILS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN
 30 IN. (760
 MM) OF ALL PORTIONS OF THE REQUIRED EGRESS WIDTH.
 (2) FOR EXISTING STAIRS, HANDRAILS SHALL MEET THE
 FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
 (A) THEY SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN 44 IN. (1120 MM) OF
 ALL
 PORTIONS OF THE REQUIRED EGRESS WIDTH.
 (B) SUCH STAIRS SHALL NOT HAVE THEIR EGRESS CAPACITY
 ADJUSTED
 TO A HIGHER OCCUPANT LOAD THAN PERMITTED BY THE
 CAPACITY
 FACTOR IN TABLE 7.3.3.1 IF THE STAIR?S CLEAR WIDTH
 BETWEEN
 HANDRAILS EXCEEDS 60 IN. (1525 MM).
  
 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.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLAINCE.
  
  
  
 3) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF A GUARDRAIL ALONG THE
 MEZZANINE
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 7.2.2.4.6.1 THE HEIGHT OF GUARDS REQUIRED IN 7.1.8
 SHALL BE
 MEASURED VERTICALLY TO THE TOP OF THE GUARD FROM THE
 SURFACE
 ADJACENT THERETO.
 7.2.2.4.6.2 GUARDS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 42 IN. (1065
 MM) HIGH,
 EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 (1) EXISTING GUARDS WITHIN DWELLING UNITS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO
 BE NOT LESS THAN 36 IN. (915 MM) HIGH.
 (2) THE REQUIREMENT OF 7.2.2.4.6.2 SHALL NOT APPLY IN
 ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPANCIES WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN CHAPTERS 12 AND
 13.
 (3) *EXISTING GUARDS ON EXISTING STAIRS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE
 NOT LESS THAN 30 IN. (760 MM) HIGH.
 7.2.2.4.6.3* OPEN GUARDS, OTHER THAN APPROVED EXISTING
 OPEN
 GUARDS, SHALL HAVE INTERMEDIATE RAILS OR AN ORNAMENTAL
 PATTERN SUCH
 THAT A SPHERE 4 IN. (100 MM) IN DIAMETER IS NOT ABLE TO
 PASS
 THROUGH ANY OPENING UP TO A HEIGHT OF 34 IN. (865 MM),
 AND THE
 FOLLOWING ALSO SHALL APPLY:
 (1) THE TRIANGULAR OPENINGS FORMED BY THE RISER, TREAD,
 AND
 BOTTOM ELEMENT OF A GUARDRAIL AT THE OPEN SIDE OF A
 STAIR SHALL
 BE OF SUCH SIZE THAT A SPHERE 6 IN. (150 MM) IN
 DIAMETER IS
 NOT ABLE TO PASS THROUGH THE TRIANGULAR OPENING.
 (2) IN DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES, IN
 INDUSTRIAL
 OCCUPANCIES, AND IN STORAGE OCCUPANCIES, THE CLEAR
 DISTANCE
 BETWEEN INTERMEDIATE RAILS, MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO
 THE
 RAILS, SHALL NOT EXCEED 21 IN. (535 MM).
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLAINCE.
  
  
  
  
 4) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF EXIT ILLUMINATION.
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 42 STORAGE OCCUPANCIES
  
 42.2.8 ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 42.2.8.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE ILLUMINATED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 7.8.
 42.2.8.2 IN STRUCTURES OCCUPIED ONLY DURING DAYLIGHT
 HOURS, MEANS
 OF EGRESS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE ILLUMINATED WITH
 WINDOWS
 ARRANGED TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF ILLUMINATION
 ON ALL
 PORTIONS OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS DURING SUCH HOURS, WHEN
 APPROVED
 BY THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION.
  
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLAINCE.
  
  
  
 5) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF EMERGECNY LIGHTING
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 42 STORAGE OCCUPANCIES
  
 42.2.9 EMERGENCY LIGHTING. EMERGENCY LIGHTING SHALL BE
 PROVIDED IN NORMALLY OCCUPIED STORAGE OCCUPANCIES IN
 ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 7.9, EXCEPT FOR SPACES OCCUPIED ONLY
 DURING DAYLIGHT
 HOURS WITH NATURAL ILLUMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 42.2.8.2.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS IN COMPLAINCE.
  
  
  
 6) THERE IS NO INDICATION OF AN EXIT MARKING ON THE
 MEZZANINE
  
 PER NFPA 101, CH 42 STORAGE OCCUPANCIES
  
 42.2.10 MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS. MEANS OF EGRESS
 SHALL
 HAVE SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.10.
  
  
  
 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 8) 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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