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Original Request
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Request ID:
8507
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Date Submitted:
January 26, 2021
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Requested By: Richard Galvez, PE
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Code:
Building
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Edition:
2021
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Chapter:
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Section:
1017.2
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Topic:
Conflict between FBC 903.2.6 (Exception 2) and FBC Table 1017.2.
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Question:
Existing Type IIB construction one-story office building, laid out in a North-South direction. Intent is to utilize 4,920 ft2 in center of building as an I-4 Pediatric Day Care facility. Section 903.2.6 allows for an exemption from the installation of sprinkler system if every care room has direct access to the outside. Two new doors are being added in the back of building, one for the Nursing Area, and one in the Therapy Room.
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Comments:
Section 903.2.6, Exception 2, allows installation without sprinkler as long as care rooms have direct access to the outside. However, Table FBC 1017.2 categorically states that with occupancy I-4, shows the occupancy is not permitted without sprinklers. Review of the 2018 edition of the ICC, the basis for the 2020 FBC, indicates that the allowable distance is 150 ft. It appears the travel distance in the FBC should be clarified.
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