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Ltr. B. Murphy (B0202-020) <br />February 28,2002 <br />Page 2 <br />(1 d) iiandrail extensions should be provided on at Icast one handrail per stair. They <br />�� should continue in the direction of travel a minimum of l2" past thc top iiser, and 23" <br />past the bottom risec Section 1003.3.3.6 <br />✓ 5) Therc are benches shown on the courtyard site plan in front of [he entry doors to the <br />lower units. <br />Construction <br />✓ 1) Thc iloor area of the second story is Icss than 3000 square feet and the building is <br />thcrcfare not required to be of one-hour firo-resistive construction throughout per <br />Section 310.2.2 (some building elements are still required to be one-hour however). <br />The following list arc elements that may be reduced to no 6re-rating if the type of <br />construction were resubmitted as V-N per Section 606.1: <br />i) Exterior walls. <br />ii) Roof/ceiling assemblies. <br />iii) Exterior decks and porches. <br />iv) Interior partitions within dwelling units (bearing or othenvise). <br />✓ <br />2) The remaining required fire-resistive walls (occupancy separation between the garagc <br />and dwclling units, stairs walls and unit demising walls) should be cleariy sho�vn on <br />the plans. <br />� 3) The eaves on the North and South side of the building should be of minimum one- <br />� hour construction. Section 705 <br />/ 4) The attic draftstop should be shown to have a self-closing attic access hatch through <br />it. Section 708.3.L3 <br />✓ 5) The minimum size of the whole house fans is 60 cfm for a two bedroom dwelling unit <br />between IOOI-1500 square feet. Tablc 3-2, VIAQ <br />Accessibilit}' <br />,/ I) The accessible routc of traeel should ic.id from the public way to the hvo entrances oF <br />thc lower units. It must be dcdicated and not through a parking space. Sections <br />1103.2? & l 107.1.6 <br />� <br />