ROOF WINDOW INSTALL. LTR, 06/22/2016 R CITY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
120 WASHINGTON STREET,3"n FLOOR
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KIMBERLEY DRISCOLL FAX(978) 740-9846
MAYOR THOMAS ST.PIERRE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROPERTY/BUILDING COMMISSIONER
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June 22.2016
Robert Labelle
304 Boston Post Road
Wayland Ma. 01778
RE: 5 School Street- Roof window installation
Dear Mr. Labelle,
In my letter of May 16,2016, I called out a violation of the State Building Code . I failed to cite the chapter and
verse of the violation and will correct that with this letter. The section of the code that I feel you violated is
section 2101.10.3 of the 4'edition of the State Building Code .This was the edition in play at the time of the
1987 conversion from a school to condo This section is titled"Emergency Egress"
Section# 1 talks about the sill height of an egress window being no more than 44 inches off the finished floor. I
realize that you did not create this violation and that it dated back to the 1987 construction of the condos .The
sill height is about six feet from the floor.
Section#2 talks about a clear opening of 3.3 square feet with a rectangle having a minimum of 24"x 20"in
either direction. It is this section which I believe is a violation.The venting skylights,that you installed, do not
meet the egress requirements of this section.This is why I have not signed off on your building permit.
Sincerely,
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Thomas St.Pierre