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2019-10-23 09:57:28 | THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE |
| MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| A SITE REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING |
| WHICH IS NOT ADDRESS NOR INDICATED ON THE SUBMITTED |
| PLAN SETS: |
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| ? PER FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY CODE AND THE AMERICANS WITH |
| DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ALL FACILITIES SHALL BE |
| ACCESSIBLE TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. THE FLOOR OF |
| THE BUILDING IS UNEVEN WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF DIFFERENT |
| TYPES OF FLOORING MATERIALS. THE NORTH ROOM OF THE |
| BUILDING HAS AREAS THAT ARE FILLED IN WITH PLYWOOD, |
| SOME AREAS THAT ARE BARE CONCRETE AND OTHERS HAVE |
| REMNANTS OF MUD SET TILE FLOORING. THERE ARE NUMEROUS |
| TRIPPING HAZARDS AND THE FLOOR WILL NEED AN EXTENSIVE |
| AMOUNT OF WORK IN ORDER TO MEET FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY |
| REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. THE SOUTH PORTION |
| OF THE BUILDING APPEARS TO BE A NEWER ADDITION AND THE |
| FLOOR ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 INCHES HIGHER |
| THAN THE OLDER NORTH PART. THIS CHANGE IN ELEVATION |
| WOULD REQUIRE ACCESSIBLE RAMPS. |
| ? METAL SHORING JACKS. THE ROOF AND CEILING OF THE |
| FRONT ROOM ARE WOOD FRAME AND THE LARGE WOODEN BEAM |
| THAT RUNS DOWN THE CENTER OF THE NORTH ROOM IS SHORED |
| UP WITH METAL SHORING JACKS THIS BEAM HAS EXTENSIVE |
| TERMITE DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS. SOME OF THE CEILING |
| JOISTS ALSO HAVE VISIBLE TERMITE DAMAGE. THE PROPOSED |
| USE OF THE SPACE WITH LOW LIGHT LEVELS, STROBE LIGHTS, |
| AND DISORIENTING SOUNDS, MAY CAUSE PATRONS TO IMPACT |
| THE SHORING AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE LATERAL MOVEMENT OF |
| THE SHORING AND REMOVAL OF SUPPORT FOR THE WOODEN BEAM. |
| ? FLAME RETARDANT TREATMENT OF CURTAINS. FLAME |
| RETARDANT TREATMENT CERTIFICATE FOR THE CURTAIN FABRIC |
| MUST BE PROVIDED TO SHOW THAT THE SPREAD OF FLAME WILL |
| NOT POSE UNACCEPTABLE RISK TO OCCUPANTS AS THEY LEAVE |
| THE BUILDING IN AN EMERGENCY. THIS IS THE SAME |
| REQUIREMENT THAT APPLIES TO TENTS. |
| ? PLYWOOD PANEL WALLS ATTACHMENT TO CEILING JOISTS. WE |
| COULD NOT DETERMINE HOW THE 2X4S THAT SUPPORT THE |
| PLYWOOD PANEL WALLS ARE ATTACHED TO THE CEILING JOISTS. |
| WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE ONE OF THE WALLS BY PUSHING ON IT |
| WITH VERY LITTLE FORCE. THE PROPOSED USE OF THE SPACE |
| WITH LOW LIGHT LEVELS, STROBE LIGHTS, AND DISORIENTING |
| SOUNDS, MAY CAUSE PATRONS TO IMPACT THE PLYWOOD WALL |
| PANELS AND POTENTIALLY DETACH THEM FROM THE CEILING |
| JOISTS AND CAUSE THE WALL PANELS TO FALL. ALSO, THE |
| CEILING JOISTS WERE NOT INTENDED TO CARRY THE TORQUE |
| (TWISTING) FORCE OF A 12 FOOT LONG LEVER WITH A PERSON |
| RUNNING INTO IT. |
| ? IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY THE LIGHTING MUST TURN |
| ON AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING LEVELS FOR SAFE |
| EGRESS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO EXISTING FOUR FOOT |
| FLORESCENT LIGHTING FIXTURES IN THE NORTH ROOM. THEY DO |
| NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR THAT AREA. |
| ? EACH EXIT SHALL BE MARKED BY ILLUMINATED EXIT SIGNS. |
| THE EXIT LIGHTS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING AT THIS TIME. SOME |
| WERE JUST HANGING BY THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. |
| ? STORED MATERIALS. THERE ARE SOME MATERIALS STORED IN |
| THE SOUTH ROOM OF THE BUILDING THAT IS BLOCKING ONE OF |
| THE EXITS AND EXIT PATHS. |
| ? CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE BUILDING APPEARS TO BE A |
| CONSTRUCTION SITE RATHER THAN A SHELL BUILDING READY |
| FOR OCCUPANCY. |
| ? PLAN REVIEW. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS |
| ENTERED UNDER PERMIT APPLICATION # 19101052. |
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| 1) THIS EVENT/BUILDING IS DEFINED IN THE FLORIDA FIRE |
| PREVENTION CODE AS A SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDING AND AN |
| ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY: |
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| 3.3.29.10* SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDING. A BUILDING THAT |
| IS |
| TEMPORARY, PERMANENT, OR MOBILE AND CONTAINS A DEVICE |
| OR |
| SYSTEM THAT CONVEYS PASSENGERS OR PROVIDES A WALKWAY |
| ALONG, |
| AROUND, OR OVER A COURSE IN ANY DIRECTION AS A FORM OF |
| AMUSEMENT ARRANGED SO THAT THE EGRESS PATH IS NOT |
| READILY |
| APPARENT DUE TO VISUAL OR AUDIO DISTRACTIONS OR AN |
| INTENTIONALLY |
| CONFOUNDED EGRESS PATH, OR IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE DUE |
| TO THE |
| MODE OF CONVEYANCE THROUGH THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. |
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| 3.3.183.3* 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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| PER NFPA 1 CH 20 FIRE SPRINKLERS ARE REQUIRED. |
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| 20.1.4.2* AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS. EVERY SPECIAL AMUSEMENT |
| BUILDING, |
| OTHER THAN BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES NOT EXCEEDING 10 FT |
| (3050 MM) IN |
| HEIGHT AND NOT EXCEEDING 160 FT2 (15 M2) IN AGGREGATE |
| HORIZONTAL |
| PROJECTION, SHALL BE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN |
| APPROVED, SUPERVISED |
| AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN |
| ACCORDANCE |
| WITH SECTION 13.3. |
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| ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: |
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| 20.1.4.4 SMOKE DETECTION. WHERE THE NATURE OF THE |
| SPECIAL |
| AMUSEMENT BUILDING IS SUCH THAT IT OPERATES IN REDUCED |
| LIGHTING LEVELS, |
| THE BUILDING SHALL BE PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN |
| APPROVED AUTOMATIC |
| SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 13.7. |
| [101:12.4.8.4; 101: 13.4.8.4] |
| 20.1.4.5 ALARM INITIATION. ACTUATION OF ANY SMOKE |
| DETECTION SYSTEM |
| DEVICE SHALL SOUND AN ALARM AT A CONSTANTLY ATTENDED |
| LOCATION ON THE |
| PREMISES. [101: 12.4.8.5, 101: 13.4.8.5] |
| 20.1.4.6 ILLUMINATION. ACTUATION OF THE AUTOMATIC |
| SPRINKLER SYSTEM, |
| OR ANY OTHER SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, OR ACTUATION OF A |
| SMOKE DETECTION |
| SYSTEM HAVING AN APPROVED VERIFICATION OR CROSS-ZONING |
| OPERATION |
| CAPABILITY SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING: |
| (1) INCREASE IN ILLUMINATION IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS TO |
| THAT REQUIRED |
| BY SECTION 14.12 |
| (2) TERMINATION OF ANY CONFLICTING OR CONFUSING SOUNDS |
| AND VISUALS |
| [101: 12.4.8.6; 101: 13.4.8.6] |
| 20.1.4.7 EXIT MARKING. |
| 20.1.4.7.1 EXIT MARKING SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| SECTION 14.14. |
| [101: 12.4.8.7.1; 101: 13.4.8.7.1] |
| 20.1.4.7.2 FLOOR PROXIMITY EXIT SIGNS SHALL BE PROVIDED |
| IN ACCORDANCE |
| WITH 14.14.1.6. [101: 12.4.8.7.2; 101: 13.4.8.7.2] |
| 20.1.4.7.3* IN SPECIAL AMUSEMENT BUILDINGS WHERE MAZES, |
| MIRRORS, OR |
| OTHER DESIGNS ARE USED TO CONFOUND THE EGRESS PATH, |
| APPROVED |
| DIRECTIONAL EXIT MARKING THAT BECOMES APPARENT IN AN |
| EMERGENCY SHALL |
| BE PROVIDED. |
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| IN AN EFFORT TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES TO THE ABOVE |
| REQUIREMENTS, THE SITE FINDINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED |
| AND CORRECTED. |
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| 2) ADDITIONALLY, PER NFPA 101 CH 7 MEANS OF EGRESS, THE |
| FLOOR WALKING SERFACE SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING: |
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| 7.1.6 WALKING SURFACES IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS. |
| 7.1.6.1 GENERAL. |
| 7.1.6.1.1 WALKING SURFACES IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL |
| COMPLY |
| WITH 7.1.6.2 THROUGH 7.1.6.4. |
| 7.1.6.1.2 APPROVED EXISTING WALKING SURFACES SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED. |
| 7.1.6.2 CHANGES IN ELEVATION. ABRUPT CHANGES IN |
| ELEVATION OF |
| WALKING SURFACES SHALL NOT EXCEED ? IN. (6.3 MM). |
| CHANGES IN |
| ELEVATION EXCEEDING ? IN. (6.3 MM), BUT NOT EXCEEDING ? |
| IN. (13 |
| MM), SHALL BE BEVELED WITH A SLOPE OF 1 IN 2. CHANGES |
| IN ELEVATION |
| EXCEEDING ? IN. (13 MM) SHALL BE CONSIDERED A CHANGE IN |
| LEVEL |
| AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.1.7. |
| 7.1.6.3 LEVEL. |
| 7.1.6.3.1 WALKING SURFACES SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE |
| FOLLOWING: |
| (1) WALKING SURFACES SHALL BE NOMINALLY LEVEL. |
| (2) THE SLOPE OF A WALKING SURFACE IN THE DIRECTION OF |
| TRAVEL SHALL |
| NOT EXCEED 1 IN 20, UNLESS THE RAMP REQUIREMENTS OF |
| 7.2.5 ARE |
| MET. |
| (3) THE SLOPE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL |
| SHALL NOT |
| EXCEED 1 IN 48. |
| 7.1.7 CHANGES IN LEVEL IN MEANS OF EGRESS. |
| 7.1.7.1 CHANGES IN LEVEL IN MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| ACHIEVED BY |
| AN APPROVED MEANS OF EGRESS WHERE THE ELEVATION |
| DIFFERENCE |
| EXCEEDS 21 IN. (535 MM). |
| 7.1.7.2* CHANGES IN LEVEL IN MEANS OF EGRESS NOT IN |
| EXCESS OF 21 |
| IN. (535 MM) SHALL BE ACHIEVED EITHER BY A RAMP |
| COMPLYING WITH |
| THE REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.5 OR BY A STAIR COMPLYING WITH |
| THE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF 7.2.2. |
| 7.1.7.2.1 WHERE A RAMP IS USED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS |
| OF |
| 7.1.7.2, THE PRESENCE AND LOCATION OF RAMPED PORTIONS |
| OF WALKWAYS |
| SHALL BE READILY APPARENT. |
| 7.1.7.2.2 WHERE A STAIR IS USED TO MEET THE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF 7.1.7.2, |
| THE TREAD DEPTH OF SUCH STAIR SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 13 |
| IN. (330 MM). |
| 7.1.7.2.3 TREAD DEPTH IN INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT ACCESS |
| AREAS AS |
| PROVIDED IN 40.2.5.3 SHALL BE PERMITTED. |
| 7.1.7.2.4 THE PRESENCE AND LOCATION OF EACH STEP SHALL |
| BE READILY |
| APPARENT. |
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| 3) BASED ON THE ABOVE SITE CONDITIONS AND PROPOSED |
| AMUSEMENT USE, THE FOLLOWING MEANS OF EGRESS |
| REQUIRMENTS SHALL BE MET: |
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| 7.1.9 IMPEDIMENTS TO EGRESS. ANY DEVICE OR ALARM |
| INSTALLED TO |
| RESTRICT THE IMPROPER USE OF A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| DESIGNED |
| AND INSTALLED SO THAT IT CANNOT, EVEN IN CASE OF |
| FAILURE, IMPEDE OR |
| PREVENT EMERGENCY USE OF SUCH MEANS OF EGRESS, UNLESS |
| OTHERWISE |
| PROVIDED IN 7.2.1.6 AND CHAPTERS 18, 19, 22, AND 23. |
| 7.1.10 MEANS OF EGRESS RELIABILITY. |
| 7.1.10.1* MAINTENANCE. MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL BE |
| CONTINUOUSLY |
| MAINTAINED FREE OF ALL OBSTRUCTIONS OR IMPEDIMENTS TO |
| FULL INSTANT |
| USE IN THE CASE OF FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY. |
| 7.1.10.2 FURNISHINGS AND DECORATIONS IN MEANS OF |
| EGRESS. |
| 7.1.10.2.1 NO FURNISHINGS, DECORATIONS, OR OTHER |
| OBJECTS SHALL |
| OBSTRUCT EXITS OR THEIR ACCESS THERETO, EGRESS THERE |
| FROM, OR |
| VISIBILITY THEREOF. |
| 7.1.10.2.2 NO OBSTRUCTION BY RAILINGS, BARRIERS, OR |
| GATES SHALL |
| DIVIDE THE MEANS OF EGRESS INTO SECTIONS APPURTENANT TO |
| INDIVIDUAL |
| ROOMS, APARTMENTS, OR OTHER OCCUPIED SPACES. WHERE THE |
| AUTHORITY |
| HAVING JURISDICTION FINDS THE REQUIRED PATH OF TRAVEL |
| TO BE |
| OBSTRUCTED BY FURNITURE OR OTHER MOVABLE OBJECTS, THE |
| AUTHORITY |
| SHALL BE PERMITTED TO REQUIRE THAT SUCH OBJECTS BE |
| SECURED OUT OF |
| THE WAY OR SHALL BE PERMITTED TO REQUIRE THAT RAILINGS |
| OR OTHER |
| PERMANENT BARRIERS BE INSTALLED TO PROTECT THE PATH OF |
| TRAVEL AGAINST |
| ENCROACHMENT. |
| 7.1.10.2.3 MIRRORS SHALL NOT BE PLACED ON EXIT DOOR |
| LEAVES. MIRRORS |
| SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN OR ADJACENT TO ANY EXIT IN SUCH |
| A MANNER AS |
| TO CONFUSE THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS. |
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| PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS OF EACH MEANS OF EGRESS. |
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| 4) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET |
| REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE |
| ABOVE. |
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| 5) 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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