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Home My WebLink AboutREVIEWS - 03-00012 - 609 S 5th W - Apartment Remodel2/25/2003 Eldon Tapp 6780 S. Sommer Drive Idaho Falls, ID 83406 Dear Eldon, cily, ole/' iS. ev.U. Flu 7 STATE OF IDAHO www.cj.rexbura.Id.us P.O. Box 280 12 North Center Street Rexburg, Idaho 83440 Phone (208) 359-3020 Fax (208) 359-3022 e-mail rexburg@ci.rexburg.id.us I have reviewed the drawings for the three-plex conversion and have identified the following discrepancies: 1. This home was not previously an apartment. You are changing the occupancy of the building to a R-2 occupancy, therefore, the code requires that the whole building be brought up to current code. The window box built for egress to the upstairs bedroom window will not meet current code. The maximum height of the sill is 44". Please identify a window that will meet code on the plans. 2. On the drawings you have identified a stairway headroom of 6'-6", the code requires 6'-8". All stairwells must comply. You have shown the stairwells having a stair riser height of 7" and the stairwells -having 12 risers when meeting a wall above. This means that if your floor has a thickness of say 10" your headroom height will be about 6'2". In other words, the stair well lengths that you have identified win be too short for a 7"riser. Please change on the plans. 3. Please identify on the plans that 5/8" Type X drywall must be used on the lower ceiling for 1 -hour fire separation. You have a choice on how to make the upper units ceilings comply. You may either use the "draft stop" walls that you identified on the plans or you can re -drywall the upper ceiling using 5/8" Type X drywall. If you choose to use the walls in the attic as your fire separation, you must drywall both sides of them with 5/8" Type X drywall. If you choose to re -drywall the ceiling, you must change any electrical boxes in the ceiling to those that are rated for a one hour assembly. Any duct or fan penetrations must also be done using the appropriate materials. Also, the walls between the units must be constructed with a layer of 5/8" Type X drywall on each side. The bathtubs that are located on the unit separation walls must also have the drywall behind them prior to their installation. Please identify how you are going to proceed on the plans. 4. Each unit must have a smoke detector on each floor level. In addition, a smoke detector is required in each bedroom. These detectors must be hard -wired (not battery alone operated) and must be connected to the other detectors within the dwelling unit so that they will alarm together. 5. The Mechanical Code does not allow one finnace to circulate air in multiple units. You can only use the existing forced air furnace for one unit, the other two units must have furnaces of their own, electrical heaters or another approved system. The ducts from the furnace should not penetrate a firewall. Where the ducts penetrate a ceiling membrane they must be constructed of a minimum of 26 gauge steel. Please identify on plans. 6. The electrical system in this home must be brought up to code. Get with Merlin Webster (251-5954) the State Electrical Inspector to see what you need in this regard. Also, any electrical boxes placed in the ceiling or walls acting as a one hour fire separation will need to be rated for this application. 7. The sidewalk must have a handicap ramp at the corner of 5'h West and 6'h South. I did not review the site plan for compliance at this time. When the 4-plex in the back is brought up for review, I will do an exhaustive review at that time. The parking lot in back must be constructed at this time for the additional parking that will be required for the 3-plex. 8. The Fire Department has not reviewed the plans at this time and may have additional requirements.. If you have any questions please give me a call at 359-3020 ext. 324. Sincerely, Val Christensen Building Official cc: John Millar Chris Huskinson REXBURG MADISON COUNTY EMERGENCYSER UCES 26 NORTH CENTER STREET REXBURG, IDAHO 83440 208-359-3010 208-359-3006 FAX 2000 International Fire Code Plan Date: 12-02 Plan Review Review Date: 02-28-03 Building Name: ELDON TAPP APARTMENTS Building Address: CORNER OF 5TH WEST AND 6TH SOUTH Stories: TWO Type of Construction: V -B Occupancy Classification: R-2 Existing Floor Area: N/A New Construction Floor Area: APPROXIMATELY 2592 SQUARE FEET 1. Required Fire Flow (Appendix B): 1500 GPM FOR TWO HOURS Comments: NONE 2. Water Supply (Section 508, Appendix C) Required: YES Fire Hydrant Location: CORNER OF 5TH WEST AND 6TH SOUTH Fire Hydrant Flows: OK Fire Flow Test Location: SAME AS ABOVE Fire Flow Supplied By: FD Other Approved Water Source: NONE Water Supply Acceptable: YES Fire Hydrant Location Acceptable: YES Water Supply Comments: NONE 3. Fire Apparatus Access Roads (Section 503, Appendix D) Required: YES Acceptable Width: X Length: X Surface: X Complete Road Acceptable: YES Comments: NONE 4. Access Roads and Water Supply, including fire hydrants are required to be installed and made serviceable prior to and during time of construction (Section 501): Comments: IF NOT INSTALLED PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION AND MADE OPERATIONAL, A STOP WORK ORDER WILL BE ISSUED. S. Installation of portable fire extinguishers (Section 906) Required: YES Location shown: NOT SHOWN Type provided acceptable: NOT SHOWN Comments: MINIMUM OF ONE FIRE EXTINTUISHER IN EACH UNIT SHALL BE MOUNTED NEAR THE KITCHEN AREA. MINIMUM SIZE OF 2AIOBC EACH. 6. Automatic fire extinguishing systems (Section 903) Required: NO Type of system being installed: Sprinkler system monitoring (Section 907) required: Comments: 7. Standpipes (Section 905) required: NO Type required: Comments: 8. Ventilating hood and duct fire extinguisher system (Section 609) required: NO Type being provided: Automatic fuel shut-off required: Portable fire extinguisher shown: Comments: 9. Fire alarm systems (Section 907) required: YES Type of system required: Manual: Type of system being provided: Components of system shown: Automatic: X Manual: Automatic: Smoke Detectors: Both: Both: Heat Detectors: Manual Pull Station: Sounding Devices: Visual Devices: Door Holders: Duct Detectors: Flow Alarm: Sprinkler Valve Monitoring: Fire Alarm System Acceptable: NO, SMOKE DETECTORS ARE REQUIRED IN EACH SLEEPING ROOM AND EACH ADJOINING CORRIDOR. 10. Other corrections that are required by special occupancy or conditions: Plans as submitted are acceptable: WITH ABOVE ITEMS RECTIFIED Plans checked by: CHRIS HUSKINSON Date: 2-28-03 Please furnish comments back to the plan reviewer in the following manner: Written Comments: X New Plans: