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FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE:
January 27, 2012
TO:
Rocale Timmons, Associate Planner
FROM:
Corey Thomas, Plans Review Inspector
SUBJECT:
Sunset Terrace Development
1. The preliminary fire flow requirement is 3,000 gpm based on a fully fire sprinklered building. A minimum of four fire hydrants are required. One fire hydrant is required within
150-feet of the proposed building and three hydrants are required within 300-feet. One hydrant is required within 50-feet of the fire department connections. Existing hydrants can
be counted toward the requirements as long as they meet current code. It appears adequate fire flow is available in this area. Looped fire mains are required all around the building
when fire flows exceed 2,500 gpm.
2. The fire mitigation impact fees are currently applicable at the rate of $388.00 per residential unit and $0.52 per square foot of commercial area. No charge for parking garage areas.
Credit will be granted for the existing buildings to be removed.
3. An approved fire alarm, fire sprinkler system and dry standpipe system are required throughout the building. Separate plans and permits are required to be submitted to the Renton
Fire Department for review and permitting. Fire alarm system shall be fully addressable and full detection is required. A direct outside door is required to the fire sprinkler riser
control room.
4. An annual place of assembly permit is required for occupancies exceeding 50 persons. An automatic external defibrillator (AED) is required if the occupancy exceeds 300 persons.
5. Fire department apparatus access roads are required to be a minimum of 20-feet wide with 25-feet inside and 45-feet outside turning radius. The proposed 13-feet wide street is not
acceptable.
6. All buildings equipped with an elevator in the City of Renton are required to have at least one elevator meet the size requirements for
a bariatric size stretcher. Car size shall accommodate a minimum of a 40-inch by 84-inch stretcher and car width shall be a minimum of 80-inches wide with a center opening door.
7. The building shall comply with the City of Renton Emergency Radio Coverage ordinance. Testing shall verify both incoming and outgoing minimum emergency radio signal coverage. If
inadequate, the building shall be enhanced with amplification equipment in order to meet minimum coverage. Separate plans and permits are required for any proposed amplification systems.
8. An electronic site plan is required to be submitted to the Renton Fire Department for pre-fire planning purposes prior to occupancy of the building. See below for the format in which
to submit your plans.
In an effort to streamline our pre-fire process, we are requesting that you submit a site plan of your construction project in one of the following formats which we can then convert
to VISIO.vsd. This is required to be submitted prior to occupancy.
ABC Flowcharter.af3
ABC Flowcharter.af2
Adobe Illustrator File.ai
AutoCad Drawing.dwg
AutoCad Drawing.dgn
Computer Graphics Metafile.cgm
Corel Clipart Format.cmx
Corel DRAW! Drawing File Format.edr
Corel Flow.cfl
Encapsulated Postscript File.eps
Enhanced Metafile.emf
IGES Drawing File Format.igs
Graphics Interchange Format.gif
Macintosh PICT Format.pct
Micrografx Designer Ver 3.1.drw
Micrografx Designer Ver 6.0.dsf
Microstation Drawing.dgn
Portable Network Graphics Format.pnf
Postscript File.ps
Tag Image File Format.tif
Text.txt
Text.csv
VISIO.vsd
Windows Bitmap.bmp
Windows Bitmap.dib
Windows Metafile.wmf
Zsoft PC Paintbrush Bitmap.pcx