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HomeMy WebLinkAbout174861_1_Corrections.docxTENANT IMPROVEMENT PLAN CHECK COMMENTS COMMENTS Planning & Building Agency Building Safety Division 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988 (M-19) Santa Ana, CA 92702 (714) 647-5800 www.santa-ana.org PLAN CHECK NO: PROJECT ADDRESS: PLAN CHECK ENGINEER:TEL:714FAX:714 647-5897 TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION: OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION(S): PLAN CHECK DATES: REMARKS/RECHECK ITEMS: APPLICATION INITIAL REVIEW EXPIRATION RECHECKS: 1. PROJECT APPLICANT CONTACT PERSON: 2. 3. TEL: FAX: VALUATION: EMAIL: FLOOD ZONE: APPLICABLE CODE: 2010 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE (CBC) WITH CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDMENTS All items noted on this plan check report must be addressed. If you feel that an item is not applicable to your project, note “N/A” and discuss the reason with the plan checker.Please indicate the sheet number and detail to the right of each correction, or note the number on the plans where the correction is made. A separate sheet for response may be used.Resubmit 3corrected sets of plans.Please refer to drawings for additional plan check comments.Return marked up set of drawings with corrections.Meetings between the project applicant/designer and the plan reviewer shall be by appointment only. This review does not include mechanical, plumbing, fire sprinkler system, or electrical work. Separate plans, applications, fees, plan checks, and permits are required for mechanical, plumbing, fire sprinkler systems, and electrical work. Call 647-5800 for information.The applicant shall obtain clearances/approvals for the following prior to building permit issuance: - Planning Division approval on the corrected/final set of drawings (647-5804.) Previously approved plans should be submitted to expedite the process. - Fire Department approval on the corrected/final sets of drawings (647-5839 or 647-5700) - Police Department approval on the corrected/final set of drawings (647-5840) - Public Works Agency approval (647-5039) - Proof of Worker’s Compensation Insurance shall be required at the time of permit issuanceThe valuation of project based on 33,305 SF is estimated to be at $ 1,195,649.00.ARCHITCTURAL City records indicates the Type of building construction as Type III-A. One HR construction is required. Please revisit all construction details for walls, ceilings assemblies and insure compliance with 1HR construction. Refer all fire rated assemblies to Table 7 and item number. Provide l section view detail of all new partitions and ceilings showing:- Size, spacing,span and material of framing members - Note gauge and ICC Research Report number and installation/construction requirements for metal framing members. - Method of attaching framing to the building structure. Compliance shall be shown with CBC Section 1607.13 for lateral support of the walls. Do not support top of walls to suspended ceiling system unless calculations and drawing prepared by a registered engineer are submitted for review. Submit structural engineering calculations for walls in rooms with a floor to building structure above height greater than 14’. - Heights of partition, suspended ceiling and structure above height. - Reference each fire-resistive assembly to a CBC Chapter 7 Table and Item number.Identify occupancy of each area on the drawings. Show required fire rated occupancy separation between various occupancies based on Table 504.4 of CBC.Provide on the drawings interior wall and ceiling finish schedule showing compliance with CBC Section 803, 804 and CBC Table 803.5.CBC Section 1016.1. Travel distance limitations. Exits shall be so located on each story such that the maximum length of exit access travel, measured from the most remote point within a story to the entrance to an exit along the natural and unobstructed path of egress travel, shall not exceed the distances given in Table 1016.1.Table 1016.1 Exit Access Travel Distance (show compliant distance on the drawings) OCCUPANCYWITHOUT SPRINKLERWITH SPRINKLERSYSTEM (feet)SYSTEM (feet) A, S-1200250b B200300c S-2,300400cProvide on the drawings a complete door schedule, showing: - doors equipped with panic hardware for all existing and new door. Identify doors that are not require to have panic Hardware but complying with exiting and disabled accessibility requirements (CBC Sections 1008.1.8 and 1133B.2.5)Panic hardware shall comply with CBC Section 1008.1.9. Panic hardware shall be provided as required by CBC Section(s): - An Occupancy with an occupant count > 50. Refer to CBC section 1008.1.8.3, Item 2 for Exception. - Electrical rooms with equipment rated 1,200 amperes or more and over 6’ wide that contain over current devices, switching devices or control devices with exit access doors shall be equipped with panic hardware and doors shall swing in the direction of egress. - By the Fire Department All doors require a level floor landing on each side in accordance with CBC Sections 1008.1.4, 1008.1.5, 1008.1.6, and 1133B.2.4 and CBC Figures 11B-26A and 11B-26B. Provide typical door threshold details and details of change in floor covering material.The City of Santa Ana requires concrete exterior door landings. Exterior exit doors shall lead directly to the exit discharge or the public wayProvide additional details to insure compliance for all exit doors from existing building. CBC Section 1018.2.2.Plans shall indicate how required structural and fire resistive integrity will be maintained where a penetration will be made for electrical, mechanical, plumbing and communication conduits, pipes and similar systems. CBC Section 106.1.1 and CBC Chapter 7. Note on the plans the ICC Research Report number, U.L. number, State Fire Marshal number, or approval number of another agency accepted by the City of Santa Ana.Complete all soffit and furred out wall details. Provide complete detailing, including number, type, location of fasteners and how attachment is made to the building structure. Show compliance with CBC Section 803. Provide structural calculations for design and justification.Show compliance on the drawings. Table 1019.1 Minimum Number of Exits for Occupant Load: Show calculations on the cover sheet of drawings. Occupant LoadMinimum Number Of Exits (persons per story)(per story) 1-5002 501-1,0003 More than 1,0004Reference sheet A2.0-1, corridor area 105, the width of the level area on the side to which the door swings shall extend 24” past the strike edge of the door for exterior doors and 18” past the edge for interior doors. CBC Section 1126A.3.2. Please note the active side of doors 110 and 111 for accessibility. Please refer to markup drawings.CBC Section 1127B.3, All building entrances that are accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities shall be identified with a least one standard sign and with an additional directional signs, as required, to be visible to persons along approaching pedestrian ways.CBC Section 1133B.2.5.1, Hand-activated door opening hardware shall be centered between 30” and 44” above the floor. Latching and locking doors that are hand activated and which are in a path of travel shall be operable with a single effort by lever-type hardware, by panic bars, push-pull activating bars, or other hardware designed to provide passage without requiring the ability to grasp the opening hardware. Locked exit doors shall operate as above in egress direction.CBC Section 1133B.2.5, Note on the drawings: “Maximum effort to operate doors shall not exceed 5 pounds for exterior doors and interior doors, such pull or push effort being applied at right angles to hinged doors and at the center place of sliding or folding doors. Compensating devices or automatic door operators may be utilized to meet the above standards. When fire doors are required, the maximum effort to operate the door may be increased to the minimum allowable by the appropriate administrative authority, not to exceed 15 pounds.CBC Section 1133B.2.6, Required the bottom 10” of all doors except automatic and sliding shall have a smooth uninterrupted surface to allow the door to be opened by a wheelchair footrest without creating a trap or hazardous condition.CBC Section 1124B.3. If carpet or carpet tile is used on a ground or floor surface, then it shall be securely attached; have a firm cushion, pad or backing or no cushion or pad; and have a level loop, textured loop; level-cut pile, or level-cut/uncut pile texture. The maximum pile height shall be ½”. Exposed edges of carpet shall be fastened to floor surfaces and have trim along the entire length of the exposed edge. Carpet edge trim shall comply with the requirements for changes in level.Refer to the attached entrance/door handout. Revise the drawings to show compliance.Exit illumination and exit sign requirements in accordance with CBC Section 1011 shall be shown on the drawings. Be specific as to the type of exit signs to be installed.CBC Section 1011, Requires exit signs to be readily visible from any direction of approach. No point shall be more than 100’ from the nearest visible exit sign. Revise the drawings to show compliance.CBC Section 1006, Requires means of egress from all occupied parts of the building be provided with at least 1’ candle of light at floor level. Show compliance on the drawings.If emergency warning systems are required, they shall activate a means of warning the hearing impaired. Emergency warning systems, as part of the fire-protective signaling system, shall be designed and installed in accordance with NFPA 72 as amended in CBC Chapter 35. CBC Section 1007.9, check with the Fire Department when, how, and where applicable.Tactile exit signs shall be required at the following locations: - Each grade-level exterior exit door shall be identified by a tactile exit with the word “EXIT.” - Each exit door that leads directly to a grade-level exterior exit by means of an exit enclosure, or an exit passageway, shall be identified by a tactile exit sign with the words “EXIT ROUTE.” - Each exit access door from an interior room or area to a corridor or hallway, which is required to have a visual exit sign, shall be identified by a tactile exit sign with the words “EXIT ROUTE.” - Each exit door through a horizontal exit shall be identified by a sign with the words “TO EXIT.”For the purpose of Section 1011.3, the term “tactile exit signs” shall mean those required signs that comply with Section 1117B.5.1, Item 1.It is the project designer’s/property owner’s responsibility to show compliance on the drawings with all applicable Federal and State Accessibility Standards. City of Santa Ana does not have jurisdiction to enforce ADA compliance and it is the responsibility of designer. If applicable please remove notes referring to ADA compliance from drawings. This project is reviewed for compliance with State Accessibility Standards.Drawings submitted to the Building Division for review shall provide the following information to insure compliance with CBC Section 1134B/Chapter 11B: - An accessible entrance - An accessible route to the altered area - Accessible restrooms - Accessible telephone (if any) - Accessible drinking fountains, and - Parking, signage and alarmsIf a walk crosses or adjoins a vehicular way, and the walking surfaces are not separated by curbs, railings or other elements between the pedestrian areas and vehicular areas, the boundary between the areas shall be defined by a continuous detectable warning which is 36” wide, complying with the CBC Section 1133B.8.5. Detectable Warning Product Approval. Only approved Division of the State Architect, Access Compliance (DSA/AC) approved detectable warning products and directional surfaces shall be installed in accordance with CBC Section 1133B.8.5.CBC Section 1129B.3, Item 3. In each parking area, a bumper or curb shall be provided and located to prevent encroachment of cars over the required width of walkways (account for front of car overhang). Please see markup set of drawings.Clarify location of additional accessible parking stalls located at south side of building.When employee parking stalls are provided, accessible parking stalls are required. Provide parking space identification in accordance with CBC Section 1129B.4 including: - Each parking space reserved for persons with physical disabilities shall be identified by a reflecting sign permanently posted immediately adjacent to and visible from each stall or space, consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair with occupant in white on dark blue background. The sign shall not be smaller than 70 square inches in area and, when in path of travel, shall be posted at a minimum height of 80” from the bottom of the sign to the parking space finished grade and shall be un-obscured by a parked vehicle. Signs may also be centered on the wall at the interior end of the parking space. An additional sign or additional language below the symbol of accessibility shall state “Minimum Fine $250.” Spaces complying with CBC Section 1129B.3, Item 2 shall have an additional sign stating “Van Accessible” mounted below the symbol of accessibility. - An additional sign shall also be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to off-street parking facilities, or immediately adjacent to and visible from each stall or space. The sign shall not be less than 17” by 22” in size with lettering not less than 1” in height, with clearly and conspicuously states the following:Unauthorized vehicles parked in designated accessible spaces not displaying distinguishing placards or license plates issued for persons with disabilities may be towed away at owner’s expense. Towed vehicles may be reclaimed by telephoning the Santa Ana Police Department at (714) 245-8665. CVC 22658a. - Provide assurance on the drawings that existing signage language reflects the paragraph above.Provide dimensions and required clearances for reception deck, “PT” by kids club to insure wheelchair accessible area for employees. Show 34” maximum height on both sides of counters for clients as well as employees accessibility. Show location of accessible counter facing the client traffic area.Indicate the top of fixed or built-in counter, tables is between height of to be at 28” to 34” above the finish floor and knee clearance to be a minimum of 27” high, 30” wide, and 19” deep. CBC Sections 1122B of CBC.One of each type of station/counters shall be accessible.Plumbing facilities shall be provided in accordance with the California Plumbing Code (CPC) Section 412.0 and CPC Table 4-1. Provide occupant loads calculations on the drawings based on Table 4-1 and show required number of toilet facilities are in compliance with said Table.Sanitary facilities serving the area of new work shall be disabled accessible. Revise the drawings to show compliance with CBC Section1115B. Please refer to mark up sets of drawings.CBC Sections 1115B and 1210. Sanitation facility toilet room floors shall have a smooth, hard, non-absorbent surface such as Portland cement, concrete, ceramic tile or other approved material which extends upward onto the walls at least 6”. Walls within 2’ of the front and sides of urinals and water closets shall be similarly finished to a height of 4’.CBC Section 1607.7. Provide complete grab bar details on the drawings showing compliance with CBC Section 1115B.8 including structural strength to support a 250 pound point load. Provide detail showing positive attachment on the drawings.CBC Section 1115B.4.3 Item 4. Note on the drawings hot water and drain pipes under lavatory shall be insulated.Drinking fountains serving the area of new work shall be accessible (High and low). CBC Section 1115B.4.6 and California Plumbing Code Section 406.5. Show floor and elevations on the drawings to insure compliance.Please refer to figures 11B- for proposed shower rooms as shown ob sheet A5.1, and show compliance on the drawings.Refer to the attached sanitation facility handout for additional plan check comments and markup set of drawings. Indicate the top of fixed or built-in counter, tables is between height of to be at 28” to 34” above the finish floor and knee clearance to be a minimum of 27” high, 30” wide, and 19” deep. CBC Sections CBC Section 1122Bof CBC. Revise drawings to show compliance.Provide accessible deck and lift to pool area in compliance with 1141A and Chapter 31B of CBC. Show treadswarnings (Figure 11B-35) for steps for pool and spa areas as well as compliant handrails.Show wheel chair accessible sauna room (60” clear circle) and compliant door landing. CBC Section 1117B.8, Fitting and Dressing Rooms: - Where fitting or dressing rooms are provided for male or female customers, patients, employees, or the general public, 5 percent, but never less than one, of dressing rooms for each type of use in each cluster of dressing rooms shall be accessible. - Entry doors shall conform to the requirements of Section 1133B.2 and aisles leading to such doors shall conform to Sections 1133B.6.1 and 1133B.6.2. - The bottom of mirrors provided for use by persons with disabilities shall not be greater than 20” from the floor. Mirrors to be used by persons with disabilities shall be full-length, measuring at least 18” wide by 54” high, and shall be mounted in a position affording a view to a person on the bench as well as to a person in a standing position. - Clothing hooks shall be located not greater than 8” from the floor. - Every accessible dressing room shall have a 24” by 48” bench fixed to the wall along the longer dimension. The bench shall be mounted 17 to 19” above the finish floor. Clear floor space shall be provided alongside the bench to allow a person using a wheelchair to make a parallel transfer onto the bench. The structural strength of the bench and attachments shall comply with Section 1115B.8. The minimum clear space within the room shall be 60” width and length. No door shall encroach into the required space.Show/note ventilation requirements on the plans in accordance with the CBC and California Mechanical Code (CMC) requirements for each type of use. Note on drawings:- Provide mechanical ventilation for each area/room in accordance with the 2010 California Mechanical Code.Show/note LIGHTING requirements on the plans in accordance with CBC and California Electrical Note on drawings:- CBC Section 1205.3, Artificial light. Artificial light shall be provided that is adequate to provide an average illumination of 10’candles (107 lux) over the area of the room at a height of 30”above the floor level. STURCTURAL The reflected ceiling plan and details must show compliance with CBC Sections 711.3.1, 803, 1613, and 1705 (special inspection) for suspended ceiling systems. Provide complete structural calculations and drawings for suspended ceiling systems showing compliance with CBC Sections 711.3.1, 803.9, 1613, and 1705 (special inspections) and ASTM C635 and ASTM C636. OR Note ICC Research Report Number on the drawings for the suspended ceiling system. (ICC Report Number 1308)Provide structural calculations and drawings, stamped and signed by a California licensed architect or registered civil engineer for: - New mechanical equipment on roof (note on roof framing plan, the weight of each existing and new piece of equipment on the roof) - New equipment screening on roofIncorporate results of structural calculations into drawings prior to re-submittal. Structural drawings to be signed and stamped by engineerProvide dimensioned roof framing plan to show location of 31/2X 12 GLU-LAM beams as shown on the stature calculations. Provide complete attachment detail for RTU to platform and platform to roof showing required attachment based on structural calculations. Indicate ICC approved roof sealant when roof is penetrated for mechanical attachment.Reference details 11, 12 and 20 of sheet A5.0, submit structural calculation for design and justification for said details. Incorporate results of structural calculations into drawings prior to re-submittal. Structural drawings to be signed and stamped by engineerSpecify minimum comprehensive concrete strength of F’c= 3000 PSI on the drawings sheet S0.1.Reference sheet S0.1; revise soil bearing to 1000.PSF when soil’s report is not provided. In lieu of soils investigation report per Sections 1803.6 of the 2010 California Building Code, revise structural calculations for minimum foundation/footing design requirements for small projects as follows: - Allowable foundation pressure not to exceed 1000 PSF. - Footing to have minimum reinforcement of: 2 #4 at top and 2 #4 at bottom. - The minimum depth of footings below undisturbed ground surface to be 12 inches. - Minimum width and thickness of the footing shall comply with Table 1809.7 of the 2010 CBC.