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37-022 (4) MAY-21-1999 12 05 MARGO JONES, ARCHITECTS 413 773 5552 P.07 Pathways Cohousing Commonhouse I page 2 of 2 I would appreciate hearing from you soon regarding this matter. Perhaps we should have a conference call with Mr.Patillo. If a lift will be required for the laundry,I must finish the application for a variance soon. Sincerely, jk itch,A.I.A. Margo Jones,Architects LF/drg cc: Anthony Patillo, Building Commissioner,City of Northampton LAURA J/MYDOCS/PATH W AY S/ACCESBO TOTAL P.07 MAY-21-1999 12:05 MARGO JONES, ARCHITECTS 413 775 5552 r.ab MARGO JONES Architects 21 May, 1999 Ms.Deborah Ryan Architectural Access Board Commonwealth of Massachusetts One Ashburton Place—Room 1310 Boston,Massachusetts 02108 RE; Pathways Cohousing Commonhouse Dear Ms Ryan, I just received a letter from the Mr. Patillo, the building commissioner for the City of Northampton, regarding the need for a lift to access the basement of the "Commonhouse" for a housing project I am working on. I do not wish to dispute his interpretation. The purpose of this letter is to ensure that I have not in any way misrepresented the nature of this project to your office or to him, and to gain more understanding of the access code regarding this type of development. Pathways Cohousing is a new development of 24 units, single family and duplex, for sale. There are no rental units. There will be a commonly owned "commonhouse" in which they will regularly serve community meals,and occasionally hold public functions such as weddings. There are two guestrooms for family members and friends of residents. All of these public functions are on the Main flour and are accessible. The basement level will be undeveloped at the time of construction except for a laundry room. This laundry room is for residents only. In the future the community may develop the basement into spaces such as a recreation room,sauna,storage,and craft room. in early April 1 called your office and spoke to you regarding this project. I was in the midst of preparing an application for a variance regarding the details of this lift installation. Mr. Patille,had already told me that access to the basement laundry would be required and my appeal was for a lift(instead of an elevator), in new construction traveling a full floor level. However, during our conversation, you brought to my attention that only the spaces within the commonhouse that were open to the public,needed to be accessible. I asked you specifically about laundry, and you stated that it did not have to be accessible if it were"for residents only". Although 1 don't know where to find clarification regarding this in the code,i understood your interpretation to be based on Section 9.1, that is, since all the units are for sale, and all of them arc in single family or duplexes, that the commonhouse was considered "private" except for specific "public" areas. I would appreciate your confirmation that this was a fair representation of your comments at the time. After our conversation,I spoke to the community building committee. They were very clear: they want a lift designed into the commonhouse, they would like to install it at a later date (at the time of further basement development)since their budget is extremely tight now,and they would like to install the laundry now(for residents only). I regret not following up with a letter to you and the building inspector directly after our conversation. It has certainly created confusion and misunderstanding. 30R MAIN STREET, 3RD FLOOR GREENFIEW, MA 01301 413-773-5551 fax:413-773-5552 MAY-21-1999 12 05 MARGO JONES, ARCHITECTS 413 773 5552 P.05 ?ammo Cok' 1Ir i v e4 61141.4)$$ , .. .. cQDE ANALYSIS. MtxEp USI;: GREAT ;ROOM & KITCHEN: A-5 ASSEMBLY (RESTAURANT) KIDS ROOM: A-5(ReCREAT10N1 AS DETERMINED BY OWNER AFTER (NOT DAY CARE CENTER) GUEST ROOMS: R-1 PROPOSED AREAS: GROUNDS FLOaR: 3,100 SF MEZZANINE: 287 SF (1/5 GREAT ROOMI BASEMENT: 5,100 SF TOTAL AREA: CQNSTR.ICTION TYPE 5S: COMBUSTIBLE, UNPROTECTED HEIGHT 6 AREA LIMITATIONS: 4,200 :SP, 1 STORY THIS IS MOST RESTRICTIVE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR UNSEPARATED MIXED-USES: A-5,', R-1 FIRE SUPPRESSION: AS REO'D BY R-1 USE EXIT STAIRS: 2 HR, REDUCED TO 1 HR (1014.111 SHAFTS: 1 HR EXIT ACCESS CORRIDORS: 0 HRS WITH SPRINKLERS EXTERIOR WALLS; FIRE DISTANCE GREATER THAN 10': 0 HRS QCCUPANCY GREAT ROOM: OCCASIONAL USE MMEETINGS, RECREATION, ETCI: 881 SF/7 NET - 123 OCC. REGULAR USE (DINING): 861 SF/15 NET - 57 OCC. MEZZANINE: OCCASIONAL USE (MEETINGS - UNCONCENTRATEDI: 287 SF/ 7 NET • 41 OCC. REGULAR USE (LIBRARY): 287 SF/50 NET • 6 OCC. KID'S ROOM: RECREATION USE: 488 5F/15 • 51 OCC. PLUMBING GREAT ROOM: DINING: 57 OCC. 20 WOMEN - 1 W.C. 29 MEN - I W.C. BOTH OF THESE TOILET ROOMS WOULD BE UNI-SEX. THIS is NOT A PUBLIC RESTAURANT, JUST A PRIVATE DINING HALL FOR RESIDENTS 6 FRIENDS. ONE OF THESE WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE KID'S ROOM: 1 UNISEX TOILET FOR CONVENIENCE IrCUSTODIAL: 1 MOP SINK KITCHEN TO BE DETERMINED MAY-21-1999 12 04 MARGO JONES, ARCHITECTS 413 773 5552 P.04 -. / 119-,Z b 411 4-, ,..... II` 9 nits ,4t i b sir ll-�/- �� y o iL �` , t al f � � ..., 1 ‘: , � 1 L Q i__. c., r 0 H . 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Margo Jones,Architects LFldrg Enc: Floor plan and code analysis Kraus,consulting architect,John Ryan,development cc: Ted.Parker,Doug Kohl Construction,Mary consultant LAU RA;\IMYDOC S\PATH W AY SICODES MAY-21-1999 12 03 MARGO JONES, ARCHITECTS 413 773 5552 P.01 3T- a c�o�- 0.,5 M A R G O J O 1' t Post-it'Fax Note 7671 Date 4©1 m-s 52 Architects ro :w $!j o 7, Co./Dept, Co. - MAY 2 r, r ;L.r, t Phone• 587 Phone s , -,- Fax# _/t7-2.- Fax M DEFT OF suit ,-INSPECTIONS 21 May, 1999 ` Anthony Patilo,Building Inspector City}gall, 212 Main St. Northampton,MA 01060 RE: Pathways Cohousing Commonhoase Dear Mr.Patillo, Thank you for your time and patienananp my case,working nwidh24 individual ltonmeow homeowners/clients. know, working with a new building type, we can continue to work amicably together. Attached please find a letter to Ms. Ryan of the Access Board. I trust you will not think 1 am trying to overturn your interpretations,but rather,I am confused by the lack of clarity on this new building type, and am looking for more clarification. can see why you believe I have"contradicted previous conversations".which I name remember recent eetterlto o both not sufficiently detail the conversation I had with Ms.Ryan.in aspects of this quite c clearly hope I both the public (weddings & meetings) and "resident only" (laundry) p clarified this in my letter to her. I look forward to hearing from her, and again from you, regarding this matter. 1 suspect we may soon see some revisions to the code regarding this as well. er. 1 do have one As for the guestrooms,the community of proceed I nottfollow tpieeSection 313{�lr forttNonseparated use more question regarding separation groups? This states that the"required type of constniction for the building shall be determined tbby applying st the height and area limitations f shall apply". applicable or case, A-3 to the entire restrictive,dl�niting us to 4,200 restrictive type of construction s PP ) S.F. and 1 story. And"the most restrictive applicable,provisions" of CMR 403 and CMR 9 (sprinklers) shall apply. Perhaps,there is something else in the code to R-1 use that I am overlooking. e The reason I ask about fue separation, is that the program for this bu sing is ao ccess tightt,that it will b h won't extremely difficult to get a fire door into the corridor to the gu ror work in this corridor width. We would review.Please dCa! meowith questions and comments location. I have enclosed the latest tl oor p lan for you regarding this issue of fire separation. 308 MAIN STREET, 3RD FLOOR GREENFIELD, MA 01301 413-773-5551 fax:413-773-5552