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Clearance Sheet C2019-001625*001

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1) Note: This building has been previously reviewed and comments have been issued to the previous design professional. New plans have been submitted for the same building with some minor changes by a new design team. A narrative of the changes has been provided and is included in the plan package. Per a conversation with the new architect Sandra Troffer, we agreed that I would re issue all of the original comments that are applicable, so that she has an opportunity to respond. There may also be some new comments that will be labeled as new. Plan for a ~~59,783sf~~ 62,653sf assisted living facility. The building is separated into 2 fire areas that are separated by a 2 hour wall. One area is ~~35,352sf~~ 36,568sf and the other is ~~24,431sf~~ 26,085sf. Within each fire area are multiple smoke compartments. The building will have a full NFPA 13 fire sprinkler system and a fire alarm system. The building is a Type VA (V111) single story, reviewed using Chapter 32 of NFPA 101 section 32.3 for large facilities. The plans are Not Approved for the following reasons: Reviewed using FFPC 6th edition effective Dec. 31, 2017. Reviewer: PJ Webb 904 209 1744 To schedule fire inspections please call 827-6842 (automated system). Questions about inspections please call 209-1740x1. *Review by the AHJ shall not relieve the applicant of the responsibility for compliance with the Code.*
2) Fire Sprinkler FP pages and Fire Alarm information provided signed and sealed by D. Bruce Keeley PE.	9/10/2020	PWebb
3) A smoke detection system is required per NFPA 101:32.3.3.4.8.1. Ensure that your Fire Alarm design criteria (above) specifically indicates this. ---------------- Smoke detection provided as indicated on FA sheets. PJW Thursday, September 10, 2020	9/10/2020	PWebb
4) Quick response or residential sprinklers are required for this building. Ensure that you fire sprinkler criteria (above) indicates this. NFPA 101:32.3.3.5.1. ---------------------------- Will verify this when the sprinkler shop drawings are submitted. PJW Thursday, September 10, 2020	9/10/2020	PWebb
5) There are multiple special locking arrangements indicated within the plans and the project manual. Our office is not going to review them as part of this permit. You will be required to submit separately for any special locking arrangement or systems that you propose for this project. A hold will be placed on the permit and no framing inspection will be performed until this is submitted. When your contractor submits, provide the following: A full size, clean floor plan clearly indicating all of the door locations that have alternative locking arrangements installed. This can include but is not limited to: access controlled egress, delayed egress, electronic locking arrangements, or any door that has a keypad or a magnet installed. Identify which type of special locking arrangement is installed at each locations based upon NFPA 101: 7.2.1.6, and demonstrate compliance with each lock type. Provide the associated product specification sheets for all components.
6) Ensure that any fire or smoke dampers are provided with access for testing purposes. Dampers will need to be inspected by our office prior to final. A hold has been placed on the permit and no final inspection will be conducted until this inspection is performed.
7) Emergency lights -I see some emergency lights indicated in the courtyards near the doors. How will emergency lighting be provided for the designated paths of egress throughout the courtyards? Will they be tied into an emergency generator? -In addition it appears that emergency lights are missing from the following locations: -Restroom 222 -Toilet 120 -Laundry 117 and 217 -Corridor 536 behind kitchen -Lounge 535 -Kitchen 521 -Toilet 318
8) New Comment-Emergency lights. Is emergency lighting for this building provided by battery backup fixtures or by generator. Either way ensure that the requirements of NFPA 101:7.9.2.3 are met. This was discussed briefly on the phone with the architect.
9) FFE Plans (Furniture, Fixtures, and equipment) Provide FFE plans so that egress can be verified. It is shown on a couple of the overall plans, but not on any of the partial plans so I can verify egress/aisle widths.
10) Tavern Grill The grill indicated on the plan is located within 10 feet of the tavern. NFPA 1:10.10.6.1 does not permit grills within 10 feet of a structure or under any overhanging portion of a structure. Are you proposing an independent cover or canopy over the grill? Will the grill be permanently installed in accordance with NFPA 1:10.10.6.3? If yes a separate permit will be required. ----------------------- Tavern Grill appears that is was removed from the project. Please confirm. PJW Thursday, September 10, 2020
11) Provide the square footage for the dry food pantry 1040. If it exceeds 100sf a 1 hour rating will be required. Table 32.3.3.2.2 NFPA 101. ------------------------ The above location is OK. However Storage 522 appears to exceed 110sf. PJW Thursday, September 10, 2020
12) Interior Finish Identify in the code summary or on the plans what the interior floor, wall and ceiling finish will be in accordance with according to 32.3.3.2 and 32.3.3.3. If you have the specific products selected, also submit the specification sheets for verification. If they are not yet selected, maintain them on site for the inspector to verify.
13) NFPA 101:32.3.3.7.11. Demonstrate that 15sf per person is provided per resident within the aggregate area of corridors, lounges, or dining areas, and other low hazard areas on each side of the smoke barriers. --------------------------------------------- I see the area of refuge indicated in the center but I do not see it provided on both sides of the smoke barriers. Also if the 2 hour walls indicated are being utilized as horizontal exits, 3sf/person will need to be demonstrated on both sides of the horizontal exit. NFPA 101:7.2.4.2.4. Please provide the calculations as well.
14) There are offices that are located along a rated wall. Note the office doors must remain closed at all times, door hold open devices cannot be used. It is recommended to install magnetic door hold open devices now to allow full functionality.
15) Offices 1004 and 1002 appear to have glass walls on a rated corridor. Provide specifications for the rated glass. ------------------- The office numbers change however it appears that all glass has been removed. Please confirm. PJW Thursday, September 10, 2020
16) New comment since door numbers changed. See below regarding doors and door hardware. Doors -The following doors located in rated walls did not indicate a fire rating in the door schedule: 221, 504, 507, 315A, 418. -2 hour hallway doors 322 is shown as a 20 minute door, and doors 428 are shown as 45 minute doors. They are required to be 90 minute doors per NFPA 101:Table 8.3.4.2. - Door 520 is a pocket or sliding type door located in a rated corridor. Provide specifications for this door. Hardware - Hardware Set 7 does not indicated that it is rated. - Door 221, no hardware set indicated. - Door 117 shows in door schedule description access controlled. Hardware set 21 does not indicate access control. - Door 119 hardware group 8 indicates access controlled. Please indicate this in the door schedule description. - Hardware set 9 does not indicate that it is rated. - Door 322 shows access controlled in the description, but HW group 11 does not indicate this. - Door 316, Hardware group 2 does not show rated.
17) Pet Boarding room 3017. Please explain what this room is used for. Does NFPA 150 apply? --------------------------------- I no longer see a room labeled pet boarding. Has this been removed?
18) All draperies, curtains, or other similarly loosely hanging furnishings in the common areas must meet the requirements of NFPA 101:10.3.1 per NFPA 101:32.7.5.1.1. Indicate on the plans that this will be met. Specific product specifications can be submitted now if you have them, or they can be on site for the inspector at the time of final.
19) Mattresses must be tested in accordance with 10.3.2.2 and 10.3.4 which is a char length not exceeding 2" when tested in accordance with 16 CFR 1632. NFPA 101: 32.7.5.3.1. Indicate this on the plans.
20) Show the hardware that will be installed on the pool gate. No key locks are permitted. Will proximity entry be used?
21) INFORMATIONAL ONLY NO RESPONSE NECESSARY: The system(s) outlined in this set of plans is conceptual. A HOLD has been placed at framing (105) until either: a) a permit has been pulled or b) a letter submitted from respective system contractor indicating no work to be done to the existing system: - fire alarm system - fire sprinkler system - fire underground - kitchen hood - kitchen suppression system - Special Locking arrangements - Fire/smoke damper inspections - Pool - Generator
22) Smoke alarms are required in accordance with 9.6.2.10 inside every sleeping room, outside every sleeping room in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. Smoke alarms are not shown on the electrical plans nor the legend. NFPA 101:32.3.3.4.7. -------------------- The response indicates that the required smoke alarm coverage is included on the FA plans E106 and E107. The FA plans do not show smoke alarms in the bedrooms are required above. Ensure that if the system detectors are used that they also meet the following: If one detector goes off in a suite, all detectors in the suite must sound. NFPA 101:9.6.2.10.8 The detectors must function like smoke alarms. NFPA 101:9.6.2.10.6 Smoke detectors in the suites shall not set off the building alarm. NFPA 101:9.6.2.10.9 ------------------------------------------------ Smoke detectors are located appropriately in the units as indicated on the Fire Alarm sheets. Ensure that when the system is designed that the detectors function to meet the bullet point requirements above. This will be verified at the time of final. PJW Thursday, September 10, 2020
23) Are backup or emergency generators proposed? ------------ Per phone call with the new architect, yes. Please indicated whether the generator is a true life safety (NFPA 110) generator or whether the generator is for other purposes besides emergency light/exit sign purposes. Also as indicated, a separate permit will be required for the generator. PJW Thursday, September 10, 2020
24) Gym 1019 What will this area be used for? If exercise equipment is proposed, the equipment must be shown on the plan. ------------- Room numbers have changed. Is equipment proposed for fitness/yoga 315? If yes, indicate on the FFE sheets.
25) Courtyards - Provide occupant load calculations for the courtyards. Currently there are marked exit doors that swing into the courtyard. If the occupant load meets or exceeds 50, the doors must swing into the building. NFPA 101:7.2.1.4.2 Pool Deck Provide occupant load for the pool and pool deck as well. This is not shown on sheet G-0111.
26) Courtyards Include the courtyards layouts and features on the floor plan so egress calculations can be verified. In addition ensure that the life safety plan route from the courtyards, corresponds with the courtyard features/layouts.
New Comment In Building Radio Enhancement System (Buildings more than 10,000 SF or, Two or More Stories in height) This building is more than 10,000 square feet or, two or more stories in height requiring a third party contractor to conduct a two-way radio communication test in accordance with NFPA 1:11.10 and NFPA 72 (2013 Edition) by the time of the 105 framing inspection. NOTE: A copy of this report must be provided and submitted to our office as a revision before the 105 framing inspection. A 105 Framing Hold has been placed until receipt of the revision. Should the third party contractor’s two-way radio communication test pass at the framing stage, a copy of the third party testing documentation will need to be submitted for review. Once the documentation has been received, the 105 framing hold will be removed. OR, Should the third party paperwork indicate that the test is not satisfactory, the contractor will then have to submit a building permit revision. The revision will need to include: the unsatisfactory test paperwork, outline of corrective measures, and plans to illustrate the corrective measures to meet requirements provided by the design professional. If the building is required to have an In Building Radio Enhancement System, at the Fire Final you will be required to provide the Fire Inspector the third party contractor’s satisfactory testing documentation following the installation and testing of the In Building Radio Enhancement System. A hold will be placed for this documentation at the building permit fire final.

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