Florida Administrative Code › 69 - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES › 69A - Division of State Fire Marshal › Chapter 69A-67 - FIRESAFETY STANDARDS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL FARM BUILDINGS › Section 69A-67.006 - Requirements for Class 2 Nonresidential Farm Buildings

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The following requirements apply to a nonresidential farm
				  building that is classified by the AHJ as a Class 2 nonresidential farm
				  building:
(1) No agritourism activity
				has more than 300 persons occupying the building; however, the occupant load
				may be posted at less than calculated when agreed upon by the owner and the
				AHJ.
(2) Egress:
(a) Any door in a required means of egress
				from an area having an occupant load of 100 or more persons shall be permitted
				to have a latch or lock only if the latch or lock is panic hardware or other
				latching device.
(b) Large barn
				style doors may be used as an exit if left open during the agritourism
				activity.
(c) No turnstiles or
				other devices that restrict the movement of persons shall be installed in such
				a manner as to interfere with required means of egress.
(d) Each level of a building shall have
				access to the main entrance/exit and shall have at least one additional
				exit.
(e) Additional exits shall be
				located as far apart as practicable and as far from the main entrance/exit as
				practicable.
(f) In buildings where
				there is no well-defined main entrance/exit, exits shall be permitted to be
				distributed around the perimeter of the building, provided that the total exit
				width furnishes not less than 125 percent of the width required to accommodate
				the permitted occupant load.
(g)
				Each building shall have at least two separate means of egress.
(h) Balconies, lofts, or mezzanines having an
				occupant load not exceeding 50 may be served by a single means of egress, and
				such means of egress shall be permitted to lead to the floor below.
(i) Balconies, lofts, or mezzanines having an
				occupant load exceeding 50 shall have not less than two remote means of egress,
				but both such means of egress shall be permitted to lead to the floor
				below.
(j) Exits shall be arranged
				so that the total length of travel from any point to reach an exit shall not
				exceed 200 feet.
(k) A common path
				of travel shall be permitted for the first 20 feet from any point where the
				common path serves any number of occupants, and for the first 75 feet from any
				point where the common path serves not more than 50 occupants.
(l) The width of aisles serving seating at
				tables shall be not less than 44 inches when serving an occupant load exceeding
				50, and 36 inches when serving an occupant load of 50 or fewer.
(m) Where non-fixed seating is located
				between a table and an aisle, the measurement of required clear width of the
				aisle shall be made to a line 19 inches, measured perpendicularly to the edge
				of the table, away from the edge of said table.
(n) Means of egress shall be illuminated in
				facilities used during non-daylight hours.
(o) Means of egress shall be marked with a
				sign.
(p) Guards and handrails
				shall be required.
(q) Rooms
				containing high-pressure boilers, refrigerating machinery other than the
				domestic refrigerator type, large transformers, or other service equipment
				subject to explosion shall:
1. Not be located
				directly under or abutting required exits; and,
2. Be separated from other parts of the
				building by fire barriers that have a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating in
				accordance with Florida Fire Prevention Code 101: Section 8.3, as adopted in
				rule chapter 69A-60, F.A.C., or shall be protected by automatic extinguishing
				systems in accordance with Florida Fire Prevention Code 101: Section 8.7, as
				adopted in rule chapter 69A-60, F.A.C.
(r) Unsecured Seating. Seats not secured to
				the floor shall be permitted where fastening seats to the floor might be
				impracticable.
1. Unsecured seats shall be
				permitted, provided that, in the area used for seating, excluding such areas as
				dance floors and stages, there is no more than one seat for each 15 square feet
				of net floor area and aisles to reach exits are maintained at all
				times.
2. A seating diagram shall
				be submitted for approval by the AHJ to permit an increase in occupant
				load.
3. Festival Seating. A form
				of audience/spectator accommodation in which no seating, other than a floor or
				finished ground level, is provided for the audience/spectators gathered to
				observe a performance shall be prohibited within a building except when the
				assembly occupancy load is 250 or less.
(s) Means of Egress Inspection. Prior to each
				opening of the building to the public, the building owner or agent shall
				inspect the means of egress to ensure it is free of obstructions and correct
				any deficiencies found.