New Lebanon Town Board Action – A Town Without A Rudder
August 17, 2012 by eastwickpress · 4 Comments
by Thaddeus Flint
Tuesday’s meeting of the New Lebanon Town Board was a ship without a captain as the Town’s Supervisor, Mike Benson, failed to attend. Council Member Doug Clark did take the helm, but something was missing and some questions of residents and Board members remained unanswered.
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Why did the town limit the courtroom space to be designed for under 50 people?
Keeping the occupancy below 50 frees the Town from having to install a sprinkler system. In New Lebanon, which lacks a municipal water system, the cost would be over $40,000.
Obviously someone has misinformed the board on this matter. The occupancy trigger for sprinklers in a public assembly area is 100 people in NYS.
NYS Building code section 903.2.1.3 Group A-3. An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided for Group A-3 occupancies where one of the following conditions exists:
1. The fire area exceeds 12,000 square feet (1115 m2);
2. The fire area has an occupant load of 100 or more; or
3. The fire area is located on a floor other than the level of exit discharge.
A-3 Assembly uses intended for worship, recreation or amusement and other assembly uses not classified elsewhere in Group A including, but not limited to:
Amusement arcades
Art galleries
Bowling alleys
Places of religious worship
Community halls
Courtrooms
state codes can be viewed at http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/st/ny/st/index.htm
How can you think of sidewalks when our town hall doesnt even have an American flag up…_