Woodrow
SAWHORSE
At what point is an elevator required in an R-2 occupancy?
How about immediately servicing the FSS? Was a fire watch out of the question?We closed the building and evacuated the occupants
I agreed with closing it. This building has been a nuisance since before my time. They are wanting to move back in once life safety is satisfied and before elevator is repaired. I want to hold them off until elevator is repaired.For an existing building form the 1950s with no major alterations, changes of occupancy, or new dwelling units proposed, I doubt the code in existence at time of original permit required an elevator. there were no accessibility codes at that time, and no accessible means of egress requirements.
From Woodrow's previous posts, it sounds like the issue is deferred maintenance and repairs on multiple life-safety systems.
Woodrow, I can't tell from the wording of your posts whether:
A) You WANT to close down the building for some other reason, and are looking for a code rationale to do so; or
B) You DON'T want to close down the building, but some code enforcement official is making you close it down, and you want to fight it.
Please clarify.
The fire chief made the decision to not allow a fire watch.
The fire suppression system has not been serviced in seven years, and the fire alarm system was not working at all.
I tell my staff to put me on the email if they are struggling....it works...I learned from a county attorney that sometimes who you list as cc at the bottom of your correspondence can get a quicker positive response from who you are trying to get compliance from even though you never followed through with notifying the cc parties.