Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20040905
Permit Number 20040905
Review Stop FIRE
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-05-11 09:50:11THIS PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND FAILED BY PETER LEDUC, FIRE
 MARSHAL, WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1) IS THIS PERMIT FOR A FOUNDATION OR A STAIR?
  
 PLEASE CLARIFY/SEPARATE.
  
  
  
 2) THIS THIS PERMIT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A STAIR OR A
 NEW STAIR?
  
 PLEASE CLARIFY/SEPARATE.
  
  
 3) THERE IS NO OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION THAT THIS NEW
 STAIR SERVES.
  
 WHAT DOES THIS STAIR SERVE?
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE OCCUPANCY CODE PER THE FLORIDA FIRE
 PREVENTION CODE, NFPA 101, CH 6.
  
 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.
  
  
  
 4) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY WINDOWS ON THE FACE
 OF BUILDING THAT THIS STAIR SERVES.
  
 IF THIS IS A REQUIRED EXIT OF THE OCCUPANCY IT SERVES,
 IT SHALL COMPLY WITH NFPA 101, CH 7, MEANS OF EGRESS
  
 7.2.2.6.3 SEPARATION AND PROTECTION OF OUTSIDE STAIRS.
 7.2.2.6.3.1* OUTSIDE STAIRS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE
 INTERIOR OF THE
 BUILDING BY CONSTRUCTION WITH THE FIRE RESISTANCE
 RATING REQUIRED FOR
 ENCLOSED STAIRS WITH FIXED OR SELF-CLOSING OPENING
 PROTECTIVES,
 EXCEPT AS FOLLOWS:
 (1) OUTSIDE STAIRS SERVING AN EXTERIOR EXIT ACCESS
 BALCONY THAT HAS
 TWO REMOTE OUTSIDE STAIRWAYS OR RAMPS SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO BE
 UNPROTECTED.
 (2) OUTSIDE STAIRS SERVING TWO OR FEWER ADJACENT
 STORIES, INCLUDING
 THE STORY WHERE THE EXIT DISCHARGES, SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO BE
 UNPROTECTED WHERE THERE IS A REMOTELY LOCATED SECOND
 EXIT.
 (3) IN EXISTING BUILDINGS, EXISTING OUTSIDE STAIRS
 SERVING THREE OR
 FEWER ADJACENT STORIES, INCLUDING THE STORY WHERE THE
 EXIT
 DISCHARGES, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE UNPROTECTED WHERE
 THERE IS
 A REMOTELY LOCATED SECOND EXIT.
 (4) THE FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF A SEPARATION
 EXTENDING 10 FT (3050
 MM) FROM THE STAIRS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EXCEED 1
 HOUR
 WHERE OPENINGS HAVE A MINIMUM ?-HOUR FIRE PROTECTION
 RATING.
 (5) OUTSIDE STAIRS IN EXISTING BUILDINGS PROTECTED
 THROUGHOUT BY AN
 APPROVED, SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 9.7 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
 UNPROTECTED.
 7.2.2.6.3.2 WALL CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED BY 7.2.2.6.3.1
 SHALL EXTEND AS
 FOLLOWS:
 (1) VERTICALLY FROM THE FINISHED GROUND LEVEL TO A
 POINT 10 FT (3050
 MM) ABOVE THE TOPMOST LANDING OF THE STAIRS OR TO THE
 ROOFLINE,
 WHICHEVER IS LOWER
 (2) HORIZONTALLY FOR NOT LESS THAN 10 FT (3050 MM)
  
 PLEASE REVIEW AND PROVIDE DETAILS
  
  
 5) WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE PLAN SHEET
 REVISION CLOUDS OR NUMBERED NARRATIVE RESPONSES TO THE
 ABOVE.
  
  
  
 6) 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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