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oe5 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />- Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />eo~a~r or 0` <br />Building Inspections b~°` + 'A 306E Revere Road <br />(919) 245-2600 ~ • ~ .P O Box 8181 <br />(919) 644-3347 (FAX) ; Hillsborough, <br />www.co.orange.nc.us ~°~rc ~.~~~•°' North Carolina, 27278 <br />From: Susan Mellott, Code Enforcement Supervisor ~~ <br />To: Tina Moon, Land Use /Preservation Planner <br />Subject: Class A Special Use Permit -The Olive Branch Inn <br />The North Carolina State Accessibility Code states that Privately-owned transient lodging <br />establishments aze not required to comply with the requirements of the code when the following <br />both apply <br />^ 5 or fewer bedrooms. for rent or hire, and <br />the proprietor lives in the building <br />The National Electrical Code does require that, every new and existing dwelling unit within an <br />apartment house, rental condominium, and every guest or sleeping room in a motel, hotel, or <br />dormitory shall~be provided with an approved listed smoke detector. In dwellings and dwelling <br />units, a smoke detector shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall at a point centrally located in the <br />corridor ar azea giving access to each group of rooms used for sleeping purposes. <br />Where the dwelling or dwelling unit contains more than one story, detectors are required on each. <br />story including basements but not including uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units <br />with split levels, a smoke detector needs to be installed only on the upper level, provided the <br />lower level is less than one full story below the upper level; if there is a door between levels, a <br />detector is required an each level. Such detectors shall be connected to a sounding device or <br />other detector to provide an alarm which will be audible in the sleeping areas. Finally, detectors <br />shall be listed and meet the installation requirements of NFiPA 72. <br />The building inspections division would require an upfit permit (due to change in use of <br />residence) in addition to an electrical permit if the above smoke detection system is to be <br />installed. If all electrical work has been completed under previous permits, only an upfit permit <br />would be required. The Orange County Fire Marshal's office would also need to approve the <br />dwelling for the proposed use. <br />Date: April 11, 2001 <br />