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ORTFILAND INSPECTIONS 2885 Vanderbie St. Little Canada, MN 55117 MEMORANDUM DATE: April 9, 2002 TO: Little Canada City Council FROM: Stephen Westerhaus, Building Official SUBJECT: Tacheny Town - Office Concept Site Plan Review #2: Setbacks: Based on the location of the buildings in relationship to the property lines, ten (10) feet, window and door openings would be allowed and not have to be protected. Exterior walls would have to be protected by approved materials for 1 -Hour construction due to their location of less than twenty (20) feet. If more than one building is on a piece of property then a property line is assumed between the buildings and wall and opening protection is then required. Discretion is given to the designer as to the exact location of the assumed property line. Each individual office in the same building would not have to be separated from each other based upon the occupancies being the same, (B- business). If however the office space is owner - occupied the area is replated and property lines added or moved and the space is used for something other than offices then separation may be required per Uniform Building Code Chapter 3, Table 3 -B. Sprinklers: Little Canada has adopted Minnesota State Building Code Chapter 1306 with Item 8. It basically states that Group B offices with 8,500 or more gross feet of floor area must be protected by a automatic fire suppression system. Area separation walls do not establish separate buildings. From the plans submitted, it appears that these buildings have approximately 7400 square feet of gross floor area. Therefore they would not have to be sprinkled per existing codes. No floor plan has been received and a final determination for the sprinkling requirement will be done at the plan review prior to issuing permits.