TB 54 - Illegal Mezzanines Flashcards
(19 cards)
A fully sprinklered building must have sprinklers installed where with any mezzanine?
Above and beneath
Overloaded mezzanine conditions should be treated as what type of hazard?
Immediate life
When the total area of any such mezzanine floor exceeds what percent of the total floor area of the room, it should be considered an additional story in the building?
33 1/3%
The clear height above and below a mezzanine floor construction shall be not less than how many feet?
7 feet
The fire resistive time period need not exceed how many hours for unexposed mezzanine construction?
1 hour
How many levels are mezzanines limited to in a room?
2 levels
Are there any limitations for number of mezzanines within a room?
No
A mezzanine within a room shall not exceed what area of a room in which it is located?
1/3
The side of the mezzanine which is open to the room shall be unobstructed except for columns, posts, and protective walls or railing not more than how many inches in height?
42”
Partitioning may be installed in the mezzanine as long as the floor area of the enclosed space does not exceed what percentage of the mezzanine or occupant load exceeding what, whichever is greater?
10% of the area
Occupants load of 10
A mezzanine having 2 or more exits required at least how many exits giving direct access to a protected exit corridor, exit court, enclosed stairway, exterior exit balcony, or exit passageway?
At least 1 exit
In industrial facilities, mezzanines used for control equipment may be what on all sides?
Glazed
2 exits shall be provided from mezzanines having an occupant load or more than how many people or the area of the mezzanine exceeding how many square feet?
Occupants load of more than 10
More than 2,000 square feet
The occupants load of the mezzanine shall be added to the occupants load of the what in which it is located?
Story or room
If a violation of a code or ordinance enforced and constitutes of a fire hazard, a notice shall be issued citing what number of the fire code for abatement of the hazard?
57.20.16
For sprinklered buildings without sprinklers extending beneath the mezzanine, a notice to remove what beneath the mezzanine a notification to FPB shall be made?
All combustible materials
For mezzanines which do not appear to be adequate to support the weight of storage, a fire/life safety violation notice requiring what compliance shall be issued for removal of storage to a weight which is safe, notify FPB?
“Forthwith”
Any questions concerning mezzanines may be telephoned to what section of the FPB?
North industrial and commercial section unit
Mezzanines are constructed through permits approved by who?
Building and safety
