Business Occupancy Plan Correction List

This list is be used in conjunction with the attached General Correction List. Note that this correction list is not all inclusive. See additional items on the General Correction List.

Items listed require amended construction documents such as revised plans, supplemental instructions, addenda, field orders, or change orders before plans approval will be issued. Answers in letter form shall be provided to explain the changes to the construction documents. All drawing revisions should be clouded with a corresponding revision number tag.

This review does not authorize construction to begin. Starting construction before plans approval may result in a Stop Work Order. Rule 0780-02-03-.02(1)

Construction

  1. Corridors serving 30 people or more must be 1-hour fire-resistance rated construction with 20-minute fire rated door and hardware assemblies unless the building is sprinklered.
    IBC 907.2 2021 IBC 1020.2, TABLE 1020.2
  2. All portions of the means of egress system shall be sized in accordance with this section. IBC 1005.1 Exception: Aisles and aisle accessways in rooms or spaces used for assembly purposes complying with Section 1030.
  3. Open parking garages constructed under Group B shall not exceed the height and area limitations permitted under Section 406.5. The height and area of the portion of the building above the open parking garage shall not exceed the limitations in Section 503 for the upper occupancy. The height, in both feet and stories, of the portion of the building above the open parking garage shall be measured from grade plane and shall include both the open parking garage and the portion of the building above the parking garage. IBC 510.7

Means of Egress

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 IBC 1017.2 and TABLE 1017.2

Electrical

In the event of power supply failure in buildings that require two or more exits or access to exits, an emergency electrical system shall automatically illuminate all of the following areas:

  1. Interior exit access stairways and ramps.
  2. Interior and exterior exit stairways and ramps.
  3. Exit passageways.
  4. Vestibules and areas on the level of discharge used for exit discharge in accordance with Section 1028.2.
  5. Exterior landings as required by Section 1010.1.5 for exit doorways that lead directly to the exit discharge.

IBC 1008.3.2

A manual fire alarm system, which activates the occupant notification system in accordance with Section 907.5, shall be installed in Group B occupancies where one of the following conditions exists:

  1. The combined Group B occupant load of all floors is 500 or more.
  2. The Group B occupant load is more than 100 persons above or below the lowest level of exit discharge.
  3. The fire area contains an ambulatory care facility.

Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1 and the occupant notification appliances will activate throughout the notification zones upon sprinkler water flow.

IBC 907.2.2

Fire areas containing ambulatory care facilities shall be provided with an electronically supervised automatic smoke detection system installed within the ambulatory care facility and in public use areas outside of tenant spaces, including public corridors and elevator lobbies.

Exception: Buildings equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 903.3.1.1, provided that the occupant notification appliances will activate throughout the notification zones upon sprinkler waterflow.

IBC 907.2.2.1