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225 FIFTH STREET .
SPRINGFIELD. OR 97477 .
. (503)726-3753
February 11, 1991
Donna Bebout
560 Hayden Bridge Rd.
Springfield, OR 97477
Subject: Occupancy Inspection at 560 Hayden Bridge Rd. Springfield, Oregon.
Proposed Use: Church meetings I Offices
City Job #910065
At your request, the Springfield Building Safety Division conducted an
inspection of the building(s) at the above address. The purpose of the
inspection was to determine the suitability of the building(s) for the
proposed use as indicated.
Based on the proposed occupancy, the existing conditions which are
mentioned below do not meet the minimum Building Safety Code requirements,
Corrective measures must be taken prior to occupancy. to install, repair,
replace or modify the following items in order for the building to conform
to applicable safety codes:
Structural
1. The proposed use for this building is church meeting rooms and offices.
For this use the building will be classified as a group A3 occupancy for
the large meeting room and as a group 82 occupancy for the reception and
office areas. These occupancy classifications are based on our
understanding that the facility will be used for periodic meetings not to
exceed 4 hours in any 24-hour period. Extended usage of this facility
';would require reclassification by occupancy group. with additional code
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2. The large assembly room is required to have a muumum of two approved
exits. The front and side passage doors shown on your plans will satisfy
this requirement as long as each door is at least 36" wide and 80". high.
Both doors must open in the direction of exit travel and shall be provided
with panic type hardware, except that the main exit door may have standard
door key-locking hardware, provided there is a readily visible durable
sign adjacent to the doorway stating "This door must remain unlocked
during business hours".
3. The sliding glass door at the northwest corner of the assembly room shall
not be permitted to remain as a door serving the assembly area. A
guardrail, with intermediate railings spaced not more than 6" apart,
installed across the door opening at a height of at least 30" above the
floor may be installed to serve as an adequate barrier to allow this door
to remain effectively as a window.
4. Stairs having more than one riser, such as the one between the kitchen and
the large meeting room, shall have at least one handrail located at a
height which is between 34" and 38" above the nosing of the treads.
5. The west building wall must be protected' by a one-hour fire wall,
including a parapet wall which extends a minimum of 30" vertically above
the roof surface. The gable' attic vent shall be removed from this wall
and replaced with other roof vents to maintain a minimum total attic
ventilation area of 1/150th of the horizontal attic area served by the
vents,
6. The existing residential kitchen facilities are not approved for the
preparation of meals in this proposed meeting facility, The kitchen may
be used only to warm up foods which are previously prepared at other
locations.
7. Provide a minimum of one fire extinguisher with a rating of 2-A, 10 B:C.
Install, the extinguisher in a plainly visible and accessible lOcation with
the top of the extinguisher between 3 to 5 feet above the floor level.
Plumbing
8. Open front toilet seats must be prOVided .on toilets which are intended for
'use by unrelated persons in this building. Sanitary fixtures shall be
divided equally between males and females in this facility.
9. The existing septic system, which includes a 900 gal. septic tank "and and
approx 169 ft. of drainfield line, will be adequate to serve the occupant
load of the proposed change in use for the building, as long as the
facility is used on on a periodic basis for meetings as discussed above.
We conferred with Mr. Stan Petrasek, Lane County Sanitation Official, on
this matter and he indicated that periodic usage for the facility as
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proposed should allow the septic system to recover between uses.
Please submit plans to this office for the portions of the building you
wish to rebuild, replace, modify or expand prior to commencing
construction on the property. Your plans will be reviewed for conformance
to the applicable requirements, before the required permits will be issued.
If we can be of assi;;tance in clarifying the requirements, or the options
available to bring the property into compliance, please call us at
726-3759.
Sincerely,
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Don Moore
Structural Inspector
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Dave Puent, Building Official
Greg Mott, Development Code Administrator
Springfield Faith Center, 600 Hayden Br, Way
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