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7. Is the balcony on thc sccond floor (above thc sound equipment) used a place of assembly? If ycs, and <br />no furniture is shown on the drawings, thc oacupant IoaJ is calculated as standing space at 5 person per <br />net square foot, per IBC table 1004.1.1. Otherwise, thc balcony could be classificd as business <br />occupancy per IBC section 303.1. <br />�'I'here is a dctail for an accessible toilet on the plans that should probably be marked as not used, since it <br />is not reFcrenced in the scope of work. <br />Firc Resistancc Ratings <br />l. Thc architcct, per IBC sections 508.3.1, 508.3.2, and/or 50833, should identify selection of accessory <br />occupancies, nonseparated occupancics, ancllor separated occupancics in the code analysis. <br />J <br />Note: this building might be reclassificd as a two stories, non-separated use building (with occupancies <br />of B, A-3, and E) if the most restrictive occupancy for each floor meets the consWction type, height and <br />arca restrictions for all tloors. A non-separatcd building doest not require any fire-resistance ratings for <br />occupancy separations at nc«� doors and panitions. Rcquired firc resistance ratings include: incidental <br />uses per IBC table 508.2, and construction type fire-resistance for Type III-A one hour fire protection of <br />the building elemenls, per IDC tabic G01. <br />F.xiting <br />�1. The doors from thc sanctuary balcony into the second Floor gallery should be designated with hardware <br />on the drawings such that the doors do not reduce the required width of the gallery to less than one-half <br />during the course oCthe swing. When fully open, the door should not project more than 7 inches into the <br />rcquircd width, per IBC scction 1005.2. <br />.2. If the occupant load of the balcony exceeds 50 people, the doors will reyuire panic hardware, per IBC <br />section ]008.1.9, and two exits separated by at Icast onc third of the longest diagonal of the balcony, per <br />IIIC scctions 1015.] and 1015.2.1. <br />i <br />✓ 3. Seating in thc sanctuary will nced to bc indicated as fixed to the floor on the drawings, unless it can be <br />shown that the total seating capacity of thc room is 200 or lcss, per IBC section ]025.12. Plans showing <br />sealing, ticrs and aisles should be submittcd for approval, per IBC sections 1025 � and 1025.1�. <br />�.4. Thc existing exit doors Icading directly outsidc from thc sanctuary are required and should be shown on <br />thc drawings, per IBC scctions 1015.1 and 1015.2.1. <br />• 5. Occupant load of the sanctuary is rcquired to Ue postcd in or outside of the room, per IBC section <br />] 0043. Please indicate thc occupant load calculations for the sanctuary in the code analysis. <br />� G. The ramp to the baptistery requires handrails on Uoth sidcs, if thc rise of the ramp exe�eds 6 inches, per <br />IBC section 1010.8. <br />� The total vcrtical rise oC the ramp shoidd Ue indicatcd on the drawings. The maximum rise for any run <br />t'� is 30 inches, per IBC 1101.2.1 (ICC Al 17.1 Scction 403). Landings should be indicated on the <br />drawings as having a minimum dimcnsion in thc direction of travcl o£ GO incl�cs. <br />�1'he hvo stairs to thc stage and baptistery requirc handrails on both sides, per IBC section 1009.10, <br />unless these stairs are sho�m to comply with IBC Assembly section 1025 as extensions of the aisles. <br />"Che stairs should be dimcnsioned to indicate the minimum tread �cidth of 1] inches (in plan view) and <br />die maxinwm riser height oCseven inches (in section), per IBC section 10093. <br />