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08-09-1990 , , ," ... . u o C\\j_ CITY OF EDGEWATER LAND DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATORY AGENCY REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1990 6:30 P.M. COMMUNITY CENTER Vice-Chairman Don Bennington called to order a regular meeting of the Land Development and Regulatory Agency at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, August 9, 1990, in the Community Center. ROLL CALL: Members present were Mr. Bennington, Mr. Fazzone, Mr. Garthwaite, and Mr. Hildenbrand. Mrs. Blazi, Mr. Hellsten, and Mr. Klein were excused. Also present were Mark P. Karet, Planning and Zoning Director, and Beverly Kinney, Secretary. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of June 27, 1990 were presented for approval. Mr. Garthwaite moved to table, seconded by Mr. Fazzone. Motion Carried 4-0. Mr. Bennington requested to have a verbatim transcription of this portion of the minutes. Mr. Bennington: Do you here? want to introduce Mr. Vo 1 a and Mr...... the one over Mr. Karet: Tonight we have the Chief Vola, who is the Fire Chief and manager of the building department. In addition we have Mr. Jack Hayman. They are both here to answer some questions that were raised at the last meeting in reference to the Titan Gym and the methodist church that is currently being renovated. We're... they've requested to go first, because Mr. Vola has to leave by 7:00 to attend a budget workshop. So with that, I'll turn it over to Chief Vola. Chief Vola: Unfortunately I wasn't here for the last meeting so I'm picking up all this stuff second- hand, and from reviewing some of your minutes, but it appeared that one member, unfortunately Mr. Klein is not here had some questions and possibly some allegations in regard to the permitting process in the construction that was ongoing both at the Titan Gym and the Edgewater Methodist Church. First thing, I guess, is that the LDRA is charged to handle any development in increase, that is basically triggered by an increase in the footprint of the building. At that point the building or the complex must go back through site plan approval before any permits can be issued and before any construction can be ongoing. With the Titan Gym that did not occur, before site plan review was not warranted or indicated. The same is true with the methodist church. Rather than an increase in footprint, there is, in fact, a functional decrease in the footprint of the building. The second thing is that there was a question in regards to the tenants signing permits rather than the owner of the building signing the permits, and that's one that can be argued back and forth, but the fact of the matter is, is that we have taken steps to ensure that does not occur again, that before anyone pulls permits it will done through and with the written permission of the owner. That was an oversight on the building department's fault at that particular situation at the gymnasium. There 1 ~ o o was a question in regard to the firewall that was constructed. What had occurred with that is back in February they approached the fire department and asked we would like to put a gym in this building, here is a general sketch of the structure, could you tell us what we would need to put, to be allowed to put a gymnasium in it. As my memory serves me, the structure is, was in excess of 15,000 square feet in the building. Per the Life Safety Code, which is a uniform fire code adopted by the State of Florida, which means that all buildings will comply with the uniform code where it is applicable, irrespective of local government's mandates. The state has pre-empted local government's ability to alter from the Life Safety Code. The Life Safety Code required that this structure, as a place of assembly, was in excess of 12,000 square feet, therefore it had to be sprinklered. The two gentlemen went back to the owner of the building and said look, the fire department says we have to sprinkle this. They came back to us and said the owner, I won't repeat what the owner said. The owner said that he would not do it, ~~ c...ov-.c,,~ -enco"ched that in no uncer ta i n terms, and asked what alternative there was for the building, so we went back into the Code Book and did some scrambling around and found that the intent was to provide on-site, built-in fire suppression control for life safety in places of assembly, and they used, uh, as the trigger point, 12,000 square feet, so what we said was fine, a way to get around this then is to subdivide this building by an approved firewall which would be a four hour rating with a parapet going up through the roof three feet. O.k., we'll do that. How do we do it? At that time the fire inspector was a raw recruit. He had just finished his training, and just finished his state exam, and submitted a letter that indicated what would have to be done, and part of that letter stated that a four hour firewall consisted of 1/2 inch proprietary type X wall board. There was a typographical error in that he did not say 8 layers of type X wall board. That was rectified by a phone call to the occupants, or the applicants at that time. So they said fine, we'll do that. They submitted two numbers that are basically pre-engineered and pre- approved by U S Gypsum Association, called wall partition assembly rating numbers, WP numbers, that were rated at four hours of fire protection. They're rated by a series of fire tests, and they..and what the American Concrete Institute, the U S Gypsum Association, Underwriter's Laboratories, Factory~hfnable to transcribe} they have very specific tests that are either written by testing laboratories, or in this particular situation, by the American Society for Testing Materials, ASTM, which gives certain testing procedures for ratings. These ratings, these assemblies, as written, and as designed were rated at four hours of fire protection. That does not require architectural seals. They are an adopted and approved assembly, provided that they build it Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 2 o o as it is specified, cause it is a proprietary design, that it meets all the intent of the codes written. They turned in their building permit application. The building official went through the structure and said wait a minute, the weight of this thing which is four layers of 5/8 inch sheet rock is great for the floor slab to hold is there a footer underneath this section that... the building? So, made a couple of digs under the perimeter of the building and there was no foundation under there. We said this will not work. You cannot put this unsupported weight on the slab, it will bust the slab. So, we went back to square one again. At that point we, I called the State Fire Marshall's Office and said this is the situation, how can we meet the intent of the code, and the gentleman's name is Richard Rue. He is the Code Analyst, and he said o.k. given the state of circumstances that you have, you need to do this, and those four items were outlined in writing to the occupant, and basically it boiled down to a two hour fire partition with self closing doors, an approved alarm system interconnected with smoke detectors, the occupancy could not have any more than 299 people, which made it a Class B assembly, and exit lights, and, etcetera, to comply with the Life Safety Code. They pulled the permits, the work was done, and that's where the situation ended. The building is, although it's not the optimum, it is in compliance with the intent of the code, as stated by the State Fire Marshall's Office. If we have a question, or we have a problem, that is our source to appeal to. If we are not sure, that is our source to appeal to. So, that's what we've done. And it was in our view that it was better to have the building occupied and generating revenue rather than being vacant and a fire trap. As far as the allegation that they were given privileged status, because some members of the fire department and city staff then became members of it, you'll pardon my expression, is (expletive deleted) and I'll be quite glad to explain that to Mr. Klein face to face, nor will I tolerate those kinds of allegations. I'll be glad to let him talk to my attorney. That's a personal and professional affront, and I do not appreciate it. I hope that puts the Titan Gym to bed. As far as the... Mr. Bennington: While, while we're on the Titan Gym, can I ask you a couple of questions? Chief Vola: Sure. Mr. Bennington: Number one, I know you came into this (unable to transcribe) How can the size of that building keep changing? Chief Vola: I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're... Mr. Bennington: I know you don't. square feet. You said it's 12,000 Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 3 Chief Vola: Mr. Bennington: o o No sir. I said the overall building is in excess of 15,000. With the fire partition that is put up, the main center, the main hall is 12,000 plus square feet. Before I can get to where I was gettin there, I have to say one more thing. You said they only need site plan approval if they're changing the footprint of the building. Chief Vola: That's my understanding. Mr. Bennington: I don't interpret the code this way. Mr. Karet: No, neither do I. Mr. Bennington: But, nor does our attorney, and maybe instead either of me or you making a legal opinion we ought to get one from him. Chief Vola: Right. Mr. Bennington: Our code says if before the issuance of any building permit, or any foundation permit, or any tree removal permit, or any of those things, they need site plan approval. This is one of the ways that the city has been using to bring these things up to code. The same building, when the flea market went in there was handled basically the same way, and it backfired, and it ended up before this board. Chief Vola: Mr. Bennington: Chief Vola: Mr. Bennington: Chief Vola: Mr. Bennington: Chief Vola: I would not know, I was not here. And at that time they come up with some as-built architectural drawings that were showing the building just under 10,000 square feet, which doesn't make sense. No sir, it does not. So that's where I'm gonna come there, so it is my interpretation of the code, and my opinion and the attorney's interpretation of the code that is any time a building permit is required in any zoning, except the ones that are exempt which are mainly residential and duplexes, site plan is required. I have another question that may also be a legal question. On the owner/builder versus whatever... Right Can an owner or a renter do construction in a commercial building. I didn't think so (unable to transcribe) state certified... No sir, that's up to the building official. That is a latitude that the Building Code allows the building official, and State Statute 553 or 489, I don't remember which one. I believe it's 553. At some point it Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 4 o o states something about $25,000. valuation, o.k., so at that point an architect and/or contractor are required, beyond that is up to the authority and jurisdiction, which is the building official. Mr. Bennington: Is it determined by the type of structure of, let's say a motel that had major roof damage, but is under $25,000., do you mean an owner could do his own repairs? Chief Vola: Provided that the building department allowed that, yes sir. Now as you said, that would be circumstantial. It would, whether or not that was approved, you know, would depend upon circumstance. To put up some 2 layers of sheet rock or wall, I would not require it, a contractor to do that. Mr. Bennington: So, I think that probably we get a legal opinion of the attorney on the site plan approval again. We've had it verbal, but I don't know if we could ever get him to put it in writing. Chief Vola: Yes sir, I advantageous clear up a just... think that would be most for all of us, because it would lot of inconsistencies. It's Mr. Karet: Well, we're going to have an opportunity to do that when we rewrite the Land Development Regulations, we can clearly determine what will, what will require site plan approval. hopefully we will have new Land Development Regulations within the next sixty days. Mr. Bennington: That's what I wondered. Chief Vola: One other question and it was a statement, or a question that was raised in regards to a stop work order, and the issuance of a stop work order, and State Statute 553 grants the building official, the building department exclusive rights to stop work orders. I'm not familiar with any other statute that grants any other agency or official the right to issue a stop work order with the exclusion of the State Fire Marshall's Office. Mr. Karet: Local law can give other individuals... Chief Vola: Yes, but those are not on the books... Mr. Karet: Correct. Mr. Garthwaite: Alright, on that statement you're talking about the church over here? Or... Chief Vola: I don't know. I don't know where the question, came from. I just was told that there was a question about the issuance of Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 5 Mr. Garthwaite: Mr. Hayman: Chief Vola: Mr. Hayman: o o a stop work order or not issuing a stop work order, and as I said right know the ordinances as they're adopted in Edgewater, and the building code, the only official that is allowed to order a cease and desist order on construction is the building official or his representative that's in the Building Code it's also a state statute. The only exemption to that is the State Fire Marshall's Office, and they had better have just cause before they do it. If I remember correctly, I think someone brought up the fact that all that dirt was being dumped over there, what is going on with that? I'd like to address that if I might, Chief. name is Jack Hayman... My I've got to go. I reside at 3003 Kumquat Drive in our city. I'm here tonight on behalf of the United, Edgewater united Methodist Church Building Committee, of which I am co-chairman. It was brought to my attention this week that Mr. Klein, and perhaps other members of the Board were concerned about two things regarding our church renovation and expansion program. First of all, it was suggested that we... that we might have some ulterior motives for the fill that's going in the church property, and it's also suggested that we had changed, or therefore increased the footprint of the building. I'd like to address the fill first. As you go down north of our highway there in front of our church you will see that the Martin Company, I think it is, has the contract to change the center median profile on highway 1. They asked if we could use any of the excess fill dirt that was coming out of that center median as they narrowed it down, and the church, and representing the church I said we'd be glad to take any yard or so of dirt you were willing to give us. That ended up to be approximately 140 yards of clean, fresh fill dirt, which we and the Lord was real pleased to see. The intent of that dirt is to provide the substraight for the future growth and expansion of the church which will take place within the next 2 to 3 years. The church has a growth plan that will evolve over 3 years that will cost some $750,000. and will significantly enhance the aesthetic value of US 1, as well as the capabilities of our little religious community considerably. First, the first phase of that is the renovation of the present structure which was erected over 25 years ago, and it's a metal butler building. Now, the structure its self is a nonconforming structure, in that the setback line, I think, is 40 feet along US highway 1, uh, sets in our reverend and secretary's office by some 6 or 7 inches. Now the building was there, I think, before the 40 foot setback was established, but that's' a mute point. We recognized early on in Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 6 Mr. Karet: Mr. Hayman: Mr. Fazzone: o o our preconstruct ion conferences with Mr. Karet and his staff in a pre-site plan review with his people that we did have a nonconforming structure, and up front, what we were trying to do is seek relief from that nonconformity as much as possible. How we intended to that was eliminate better than 5 feet of the nonconformity that protruded beyond the setback line. Now, the property with the building itself began with what we call the first bent, which is the first steel columns, that you saw at the front of the church. They supported the first third of the roof load of that church, and they were 5 feet in front of the first wall of the church, or that westerly most wall. So, in order to eliminate that overhang in that steel structure we had to construct a 8 inch masonry wall to transfer the load of the steel on the roof to that. We didn't think the aluminum wall in place was structurally strong enough to carry the weight of the roof and the steel. We did this, and in our pre-site conferences with Mr. Karet and his staff, we discussed the pros and cons of trying to do this without increasing the footprint at all, and I think, correct me if I'm wrong Mr. Karet, he agreed with me that we were overall reducing the problem rather than trying to increase the problem. Right. If you measure out from the foundation of the western most columns, the steel structure of that church back to what is now the new western wall, you'll see we've decreased it by some 50 inches. That does not include the additional 2 foot of overhang that we had further going west that was the drip line of the roof, which comprised the overhang. You know, in doing this, and it's all been cut away now, that you drive down US 1, you can see a quite pleasing, very, I think, going to be a very beautiful structure when we finish up. I will commend Mr. Klein for his, his, his unique observation, because a lot of people called me and asked gee Jack how did you move the church. Once we strip the steel away, as you drove by it looked like we in fact had moved the church forward considerabley, because we no longer had the overhang, we no longer had the canopy affect which led to the third dimensional view of the church front. Until we started erecting the additional canopy, which is in place right now, it looked like we had in fact moved the church forward. So I can understand what Mr. Klein might suggest something like that. So any questions that this board may have or anybody in the community may have regarding the churches plans, they're quite simple, in three years we expect to spend $750,000. on a new sanctuary, which will take place in permitting and site plan review within the next 24 months. Yes. I don't think that Mr. Klein meant that something devious was going on in other words, I go by that church every single day, two, three, four times, and it's going to be a beautiful addition to our city, no question about it, but what struck Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 7 Mr. Hayman: Mr. Fazzone: Mr. Hayman: o o him, and I think it would strike anyone else is that you have a church that's rectangular in looks, and all of a sudden see them 8 inch blocks on one side, 8 inch blocks on the other side, and therefore he came to the conclusion that hey they're adding square footage to the entire building, did they come for a site plan. That was the question that came to his mind. And it wasn't until he brought it out that anybody had talked about it, but I don't think it was his intent to think that something devious was going on, I don't think so. If I led you to believe that, that wasn't my my intent here tonight. We in fact did add 7 1/2 inches to the westerly side of that building, the masonry wall and the reinforced concrete steel (unable to transcribe>, but that was, that is not the front of the building. What was the front of the building gentlemen, was the steel structure that was 5 feet in front of that, and we've eliminated all of that and we've come back to the masonry line which is some 50 inches (unable to transcribe>, so although, on the surface, yes we did add 7 1/2 inches of masonry on the west side of that wall, what we did do is cut away the steel structure which was 50 inches beyond that point, and therefore we have really, relieved the aggravation more than created an additional aggravation. I must concede that point in all honesty, we did add 7 1/2 inches to that wall, yes, but that wall wasn't the aggravation at all, it was the steel that was 50 inches farther.... Well, he didn't know that. Well, I realize. understand that. I can see why he could not Mr. Fazzone: There's no question about it, that that church is going to be a welcome change on US 1. Mr. Hayman: Well as far as the fill dirt goes, I did not have a permit or approval of the City Engineer to dump fill dirt at the time I got it. It wasn't until that... the building official in passing says, I guess you do have a permit for that, and I said what permit, and I said don't go away, I'll be right back, and I went and got one. Mr. Garthwaite: Our biggest concern on that is if you'd filled in that land we'd be creating a pond at that intersection of the road. Mr. Hayman: Yes. Mr. Garthwaite: And that would be a mater.... Mr. Hayman: Yes, we did that, yes, the City Engineer and I looked at the... I brought the City Engineer a plat, which indicated all the contours, depths and elevations. The elevations we're talking about, the contour Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 8 o o line is a 10 foot, 9 1/2 foot, 10 foot (unable to transcribe) contour lines. What we did in this retention pond that we, in our proposed site plan is to the south of that, and a little bit to the east of that. The fill dirt that you see there did not alter that proposed area, incidentally that's the area we'll use right now. It has not been altered at all. He was quite concerned about that and I brought him a site plan with all the contours changed on that. Once he saw that and drove by the site and inspected it himself he was satisfied. Mr. Garthwaite: You had mentioned when you first started talking about being into the setback from the right-of-way now to the western wall how many feet is that? Mr. Hayman: It's 38 feet and inches, like 7 inches. Before... Mr. Garthwaite: We're still nonconforming with the structure. Mr. Hayman: There's no question about that. That church will always be a nonconforming structure. Mr. Garthwaite: Alright. Mr. Hayman: Absolutely. We understand that. Mr. Garthwaite: (unable to transcribe) misunderstanding what you were saying. I just wanted to make sure that I understood exactly what you were saying. Mr. Hayman: See, originally the, the intrusion into this zone was not at the wall. It was 50 inches further than that. Mr. Garthwaite: Now when you put up, do you (unable to transcribe) put concrete block all around the church? Mr. Hayman: No sir, just on that westerly wall to carry the load of the steel. Mr. Garthwaite: I guess (unable to transcribe). Mr. Hayman: Well, what you're look, what you're viewing is, a stucco application over wire which is on steel. That's what you're seeing, and that was applied to the skin, the exterior skin of which is the metal building. It's a butler building. That's what you see there, and there will be approximately 5/8 Mr. Garthwaite: I didn't look at it that close. It just looked like there (unable to transcribe) Mr. Hayman: Well, it's masonry. That's correct. to 3/4 of an inch of stucco on top of that. Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 9 o 0 Mr. Garthwaite: O.K. Mr. Hayman: So are there any other questions. Mr. Chairman. Thank you NEW BUSINESS: SP-9004 Ponderosa Plaza II S.R. 442 between Guava Drive and Fern Palm Drive: Present were Attorney Bill Hathaway, a court reporter, Luis Geil, authorized agent,and Perry Barrett, property owner. Mr. Bennington informed Mr. Geil he would need a 4-0 vote for this to be approved. Mr. Karet stated the special exception, which had been previously approved, was still good and the applicant was here for site plan approval. He added that a site plan had been previously approved without the gas pumps which are shown on this site plan. Mr. Karet stated the plan had been reviewed extensively by staff, all previous problems have been corrected and addressed on the site plan, and approval is recommended. Mr. Fazzone questioned the need for the numerous driveways shown on the plan. Mr. Karet stated that staff also questioned this, but the plan meets code. Mr. Fazzone moved to accept SP-9004, seconded by Mr. Garthwaite. Motion Carried 4-0. SP-9006 Barnett Bank Branch Office Southern Out Parcel of Florida Shores Plaza: Gary McDonald of KBJ Architects was present as authorized agent. There was discussion regarding watering of landscaping and sewer service ( lift station - which will be maintained by the owner). Mr. Bennington discussed the need for sidewalks. Mr. McDonald stated the bank does not feel 200 feet of sidewalk that doesn't go anywhere is feasible. Mr. Karet stated all problems have been corrected and staff recommends approval. Lighting was discussed. Mr. McDonald stated that there would be typical downward lighting on several poles, at the ATM, and over the after hours depository. Mr. Fazzone moved to approve as presented, seconded by Mr. Garthwaite. Motion Carried 4-0. ZA-0290 Recyclinq in the PID: Mr. Karet stated that he had contacted the county and an environmental specialist and found out that there was no increased hazard in the recycling of products already being produced in the PID. Mr. Karet recommended approval. It was noted that Mr. Hamann, the applicant, was not present to discuss what is involved in the recycling process. The members were concerned about the pollution and waste materials, and the possibility of repulping of wood. After further discussion the members decided to table this item for more information. Mr. Fazzone moved to table for more information on recycling ie: pollution, waste materials produced, and environmental impacts. Mr. Garthwaite seconded. Motion Carried 4-0. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Planninq and Zoninq Director's Reports: Mr. Karet stated that Attorney Watts and Winston Tomlinson were present and wish to address the LDRA concerning the proposed restaurant at U.S. 1 and Shangri-La Drive. Attorney Watts stated that any dispute .-egarding the ownership of Shangri-La Drive was between the city and Mr. Coleman, and he added that this should not hold up Mr. Tomlinson's site plan approval. The members believed they should have had more notice. Mr. Karet stated the item had not been placed on the agenda because the information concerning the ownership of Shangri-La Drive was given to the City Attorney's office on August 7th, and the Planning and Zoning Department was given the information just prior to the meeting. Mr. Karet Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 10 . . o Q stated he was not requesting that the item be taken off the table. After some discussion the members agreed not to take this item off the table. The members recessed at approximately 7:50 p.m.. called back to order at 7:58 p.m.. The meeting was Chairman's Reports: None Aqency Member Reports: None There being no further business to come before the Agency, Mr. Garthwaite moved to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Fazzone. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:05 p.m.. Vice-Chairman Bennington reconvened the meeting of August 2, 1990, at 8:05 p.m., in the Community Center, on Thursday, August 9, 1990, to continue the review of the proposed Land Development Regulations. The members discussed the appeal process of any decision or interpretation of the provisions or requirements of Articles I and II made by the Development Administrator or the Technical Review Committee. Mr. Karet stated that a registry of actions will be posted of matters pending at various locations (ie: City Hall, Library, and City Clerks Office), and there may be a mail out on a request basis. Mr. Bennington questioned whether they would hear appeals regarding code violations. Mr. Karet stated that code enforcement is not part of the LDRA's function. He added that the Citizen's Code Enforcement Board does not interpret the codes, its purpose is to enforce what is on the books. The members discussed performance agreements and homeowners associations. Mr. Karet stated that off-site improvements required of the developer should have performance agreements, and when property or facilities are not conveyed to an individual owner, or unit of government, a homeowners association should be formed. The members agreed to include wording that the city will not release a performance conveyance until all improvements are in and accepted by the city (proposed section 902.01 [c]). Mr. Karet stated that the section regarding concurrency was not adequate for the needs of Edgewater, and this area will have to be expanded. There was some discussion regarding exemptions. Mr. Bennington stated that low or moderate income housing developments are listed as exemptions which would include mobile home parks. Mr. Bennington was concerned that required improvements would not be put in (ie: roads). Mr. Karet stated that the Volusia Council of Governments may set up a county wide concurrency program for transportation which will help the city assess issues such as traffic impacts and infrastructure deficiencies. Mr. Garthwaite moved to adjourn, seconded by Mr. meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Fazzone. The Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 Minutes respectfully submitted by: Beverly Kinney, Secretary 1 1 . 1 -1 ./~...", 6w:' o N~ (fiv-cA.J,) was a question in regard to the firewall that was constructed. What had occurred with that is back in February they approached the fire department and asked we would like to put a gym in this building, here is a general sketch of the structure, could you tell us what we would need to put, to be allowed to put a gymnasium in it. As my memory serves me, the structure is, was in excess of 15,000 square feet in the bUilding. Per the Life Safety COde, which is a uniform fire code adopted by the State of Florida, which means that all buildings will comply with the uniform code where it is applicable, irrespective of local government's mandates. The state has pre-empted local government's ability to alter from the Life Safety Code. The Life Safety Code required that this structure, as a place of assembly, was in excess of 12,000 square feet, therefore it had to be sprinklered. The two gentlemen went back to the owner of the building and said look, the fire department says we have to sprinkle this. They came back to us and said the owner, I won't repeat what the owner said. The owner said that he would not do it, enccuchcd that in no uncertain terms, and asked what alternative there was for the building, so we went back into the Code Book and did some scrambling around and found that the intent was to provide on-site, built-in fire suppression control for life safety in places of assembly, and they used, uh, as the trigger point, 12,000 square feet, so what we said was fine, a way to get around this then is to subdivide this building by an approved firewall which would be a four hour rating with a parapet going up through the roof three feet. O.k., we'll do that. How do we do it? At that time the fire inspector was a raw recruit. He had just finished his training, and just finished his state exam, and submitted a letter that indicated what would have to be done, and part of that letter stated that a four hour fi~ewall consisted of 1/2 inch proprietary type X wall board. There was a typographical error in that he did not say 8 layers of type X wall board. That was rectified by a phone call to the occupants, or the applicants at that time. So they said fine, we'll do that. They submitted two numbers that are basically pre-engineered and pre- approved by U S Gypsum Association, called wall partition assembly rating numbers, WP numbers, that were rated at four hours of fire protection. They're rated by a series of fire tests, and they..and what the American Concrete Institute, the U S Gypsum Association, Underwriter's Laboratories, Factor~(unable to transcribe) they have very specific tests that are either written by testing laboratories, or in this particular situation, by the American Society for Testing Materials, ASTM, which gives certain testing procedures for ratings. These ratings, these assemblies, as written, and as designed were rated at four hours of fire protection. That does not require architectural seals. They are an adopted and approved assembly, provided that they build it .> r-- ~ &.(.1'<. pt.... Land Development and Regulatory Agency Regular Meeting Thursday, August 9, 1990 ~ 2 ~ \