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Colleen Wirth; Marcelino Holguin
[External] BLRE -07-22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
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1. What is the intended use or uses of the storage half basement?
1.a. Is it for garage, non-habitable storage use only? Yes. Non habitable only.
l.b. No window or doors are shown from the garage basement to the building exterior yard. The accessory basement
storage space may require an emergency escape and rescue opening to the yard (complying with 2015 IRC Section
R310). We can add an egress window and well if required, although we were considering this space as storage (non
habitable). Just let me know.
l.c. Will there be a fire-door installed between the garage and the stairwell? Or will the staircases remain open to the
garage space? They were planning on leaving it open. The idea is that you can stand on the loft level and look down
into the garage. See Section A on AS.1. They wanted this open so they can pass long awkward items up and over this
rail for ease of storage access.
1.d . Will the garage be connected to any LP propane gas or have permanent propane appliances installed? No. Just an
electric heater in the ceiling corner of the garage.
l.e. Will the garage be heated and insulated? Yes. They will put an electric heater in the corner of the garage (hanging
from the ceiling).
l.f. What is the planned use for the small room with door in SE corner of the basement? I believe they were going to
use this to hold their chicken feed and wanted the door so they could try and seal it off from vermin.
2. What is the intended use or uses of the adjacent upper level loft? Storage of light weight misc. farm and residential
items. The floor is rated at 40 psf.
2.a. Is it for non-habitable garage ·storage only? Yes.
2.b. Is it unfinished space for future habitable living conversion? I believe they are going to sheet rock it, and then put
an electric heater in the corner of the garage (hanging from the ceiling).
2.c. Is the adjacent loft for any proposed or future commercial business use or uses or for a place of employment? No.
2.d. As submitted the loft along the upper level EAST wing of the garage contains no window/ door openings providing
for emergency escape and rescue or for providing natural light and ventilation. We can put 2 or 3 windows in here, and
make 1 an egress window. Just let me know. We were assuming this was just a storage loft.
Michael "Mic" Baca, P.E.
Studio M Engtneers, LLC
111 East 3rd St.
Rifle, CO Suite 202
970-366-8690 cell
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Colleen Wirth
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Colleen Wirth
Friday, August 12, 2022 8:51 AM
holguinmarcelino@yahoo.com; Mic Baca
BLRE-07 -22-7659 -New Detached Garage
BLRE-07-22-7659 -Holguin Detached Garage project 928 CR 218, Heavenly View, Lot 3
Hello Marcelino,
Courtesy update. I am currently reviewing your building plans and detached garage project. I notice the garage floor
space has a significant area of floor space accessed via adjoining stairs to a lower space labeled STORAGE half basement
and a small room with an operative door in the South East Corner where use is unlabeled and unidentified. The garage
floor space further accesses a stairs leading up to an adjacent loft level above and over the STORAGE half
basement. Relating to these adjoining spaces I have questions:
1. What is the intended use or uses of the storage half basement?
l.a. Is it for garage, non-habitable storage use only?
l.b. No window or doors are shown from the garage basement to the building exterior yard. The accessory basement
storage space may require an emergency escape and rescue opening to the yard (complying with 2015 IRC Section
R310).
l.c. Will there be a fire-door installed between the garage and the stairwell? Or will the staircases remain open to the
garage space?
l.d. Will the garage be connected to any LP propane gas or have permanent propane appliances installed?
l.e. Will the garage be heated and insulated?
l.f. What is the planned use for the small room with door in SE corner of the basement?
2. What is the intended use or uses of the adjacent upper level loft?
2.a. Is it for non-habitable garage storage only?
2.b. Is it unfinished space for future habitable living conversion?
2.c. Is the adjacent loft for any proposed or future commercial business use or uses or for a place of employment?
2.d. As submitted the loft along the upper level EAST wing of the garage contains no window/ door openings providing
for emergency escape and rescue or for providing natural light and ventilation.
Any further explanation on the intended future uses of these connecting floor spaces is very much appreciated. Your
responses will help identify which sections of building code pertain and which redline stamps to include on the FIELD
COPY. Thanks for your patience and cooperation. I look forward to continuing this review. And hope you have a good
day!
Colleen Wirth
Plans Examiner
Garfield County Building Division
108 8th Street, Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
cwi rth@garf iel d-cou nty. com
office (970) 945-1377 ext. 1610
Colleen Wirth
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From: Colleen Wirth
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 10:52 AM
Mic Baca; Marcelino Holguin To:
Subject: RE: [E xternal] BLRE-07 -22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
Hello Mic and Marcelino,
Mic, thanks for your timely responses . I met with our building inspectors, Matt Provost and John Hendricks and to go
over the garage storage floor plan layout and we have the following comments to share :
1. Upstairs open garage storage loft, allowed for construction as submitted. There will be a CONDITION OF
PERMIT placed on the FIELD COPY of plans stating: garage loft approved for non-habitable garage storage
use(s) only. Not approved for future habitable living as storage space contains no natural light and
ventilation and no emergency escape and rescue opening.
2. Lower half garage basement is being evaluated and considered as a U Occupancy private garage under the 2015
International Building Code. 2015 IBC Section 312.1 General Utility Occupancy and Section 1030.1
General Emergency Escape and Rescue text gives careful consideration to basement spaces. Reading through
all of the allowable exemptions, this particular basement design will require an emergency escape and rescue
opening. Such window or door openings must be located on same story level as the garage basement (without
having to access and travel up the stairs leading to the main garage). The emergency escape opening may be
located on the NORTH , EAST or SOUTH faces of the basement and have direct access to the yard. Emergency
escape and rescue opening shall have a minimum net clear opening of 5. 7 square feet. Minimum size shall
comply with Section 1030.2 and 1030.2.1 minimum dimensions. Section 1030.3 Maximum height from the
floor. Any proposed window wells shall comply with Section 1030.5
3. We understand ceiling mounted electric heater is proposed for installation. No insulation details are shown on
plans. Please provide details for the proposed insulation materials, locations and R-values.
Colleen Wirth
Plans Examiner
Garfield County Building Division
108 8th Street, Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
cwirth@garfield-county.com
office (970) 945-1377 ext. 1610
From: Mic Baca <studiom .engineer@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 11:17 AM
To: Colleen Wirth <cwirth@garfield-county.com>; Marcelino Holguin <holguinmarcelino@yahoo.com>
Subject: [External] BLRE-07-22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
1. What is the intended use or uses of the 51!.«r(a.ge half basement?
l.a. Is it for garage, non-habitable storage use only? Yes. Non habitable only.
l.b. No window or doors are shown from the garage basement to the building exterior yard. The accessory basement
storage space may require an emergency escape and rescue opening to the yard (complying w ith 2015 IRC Section
R310). We can add an egress window and well if required, although we were considering this space as storage (non
habitable). Just let me know.
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1.c. Will there be a fire-door installed between the garage and the stairwell? Or will the staircases remain open to the
garage space? They were planning on leaving it open. The idea is that you can stand on the loft level and look down
into the garage. See Section A on AS.1. They wanted this open so they can pass long awkward items up and over this
rail for ease of storage access.
l.d. Will the garage be connected to any LP propane gas or have permanent propane appliances installed? No. Just an
electric heater in the ceiling corner of the garage.
l.e. Will the garage be heated and insulated? Yes. They will put an electric heater in the corner of the garage (hanging
from the ceiling).
l.f. What is the planned use for the small room with door in SE corner of the basement? I believe they were going to
use this to hold their chicken feed and wanted the door so they could try and seal it off from vermin.
2. What is the intended use or uses of the adjacent upper level loft? Storage of light weight misc. farm and residential
items. The floor is rated at 40 psf.
2.a. Is it for non-habitable garage storage only? Yes.
2.b. Is it unfinished space for future habitable living conversion? I believe they are going to sheet rock it, and then put
an electric heater in the corner of the garage (hanging from the ceiling).
2.c. Is the adjacent loft for any proposed or future commercial business use or uses or for a place of employment? No.
2.d. As submitted the loft along the upper level EAST wing of the garage contains no window/ door openings providing
for emergency escape and rescue or for providing natural light and ventilation. We can put 2 or 3 windows in here, and
make 1 an egress window. Just let me know. We were assuming this was just a storage loft.
Michael "Mic" Baca, P.E.
Studio J\f Engineers, LLC
111 East 3rd St.
Rifle, CO Suite 202
970-366-8690 cell
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Colleen Wirth
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Colleen Wirth
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 10:22 AM
holguinmarcelino@yah oo.com; Mic Baca
Subject: FW: [External] BLRE -07 -22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
Hello Marcelino,
Resending the 2nd email of remaining questions.
Colleen Wirth
Plans Examiner
Garfield County Building Division
108 8th Street, Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
cwirth@garfield-county.com
office (970) 945-1377 ext. 1610
From: Colleen Wirth
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 10:52 AM
To: Mic Baca <studiom.engineer@gmail.com>; Marcelino Holguin <holguinmarcelino@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [External] BLRE-07-22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
Hello Mic and Marcelino,
Mic, thanks for your timely responses. I met with our building inspectors, Matt Provost and John Hendricks and to go over the garage storage floor plan l ayout
and we have the following comments to share:
1. Upstairs open garage storage loft, allowed for construction as submitted. There will be a CONDITION OF PERMIT placed on the FIELD COPY of plans
stating: garage loft approved for non -habitable garage storage use(s) only . Not approved for future habitab le living as storage space contains no
natural light and ventilat ion and no emergency escape and rescue open ing.
2. Lower half garage basement is being evaluated and considered as a U Occupancy private garage under the 2015 International Building Code. 2015 IBC
Section 312.1 General Utility Occupancy and Section 1030.1 General Emergency Escape and Rescue text gives careful consideration to basement
spaces. Reading through all of the allowable exemptions, this particular basement design will require an emergency escape and rescue opening. Such
window or door openings must be located on same story level as the garage basement (without having to access and travel up the stairs leading to the
main garage). The emergency escape opening may be located on the NORTH , EAST or SOUTH faces of the basement and have direct access to the
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yard. Eme r gency escape and rescue opening shall have a minimum net clear opening of 5. 7 square feet. Minimum si ze shall comply with Section
1030.2 and 1030.2.1 minimum dimensions. Se ctio n 1030.3 Maximum height from the fl oor. Any proposed window wells shall comply with Section
1030.5
3. We Jnderstand ceiling mounted electric h eater is proposed for installation. No insulation details ar e shown on plans. Please provide details for the
proposed insulation materials, locations and R-values.
Colleen Wirth
Plans Exam i ner
Garfield County· Building Division
108 8t h Street, Su ite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
cw i rth@ga rfield-county .com
office (970) 945-1377 ext. 1610
From: Mic Baca <studiom .engineer@gmail.com >
Sent: Friday, Au gust 12, 2022 11:17 AM
To: Colleen w ·rth <cwirth@garfield-county.com >; Ma r celino Holguin <holguinmarcelino@yahoo .com >
Subject: [External] BLRE-07 -22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
1. Vvhat is the intended use or uses of the storage half basement?
l.a. Is it for garage, non-habitable storage use only? Yes. Non habitable only.
1.b. No window or doors are shown from the gara ge basement to the building exterior yard . The access o ry basement storage space may require an emergency
escape and rescue opening to the yard (complying w ith 2015 IRC Section R310). We can add an egress window and well if required, although we were
considering this space as storage (non habitable). Ju st let me know.
l.c. Will the'"e be a fire-door i nstall ed between the garage and the stairwell? Or will the staircases remain open to the garag e space? They were planning on
leaving it open. The idea is that you can stand on the loft level and look down into the garage. See Section A on AS.1. They wanted this open so they can pass
long awkward items up and over this rail for ease of storage access.
l.d. Will the garage be connected to any LP propa ne gas or have permanent propane app li ances i nsta ll ed? No. Just an electric heater in the ceiling corner of
the garage.
1.e. W il l the garage be heated and insulated? Yes. They will put an electric heater in the corner of the garage (hanging from the ceiling).
1.f. What is the planne d use for the small room with door in SE corner of the basement? I believe they were going to use this to hold their chicken feed and
wanted the door so they could try and seal it off from vermin.
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2. What is the intended use or uses of the adjacent upper level loft? Storage of light weight misc. farm and residential items. The floor is rated at 40 psf .
2.a. Is it for non-habitable garage storage only? Yes.
2.b. Is it unfinished space for future habitable living conversion? I believe they are going to sheet rock it, and then put an electric heater in the corner of the
garage (hanging from the ceiling).
2.c. Is the adjacent loft for any proposed or future commercial business use or uses or for a place of employment? No .
2.d. As submitted the loft along the upper level EAST wing of the garage contains no window/ door openings providing for emergency escape and rescue or for
providing natural light and ventilation. We can put 2 or 3 windows in here, and make 1 an egress window. Just let me know. We were assuming this was just a
storage loft.
Michael "Mic" Baca, P.E.
Studio M Engineers, LLC
111 East 3rd St.
Rifle, CO Suite 202
970-366-8690 cell
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Colleen Wirth
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Hello Marcelino and Mic,
Colleen Wirth
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 2:13 PM
holguinmarcelino@yahoo.com; Mic Baca
Sam lrmen
RE: [External] BLRE-07-22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
Corre7_f)O~~ce
Qtrcecdiczna
Sam lrmen, Permit Technician, conveyed Marcelino inquired again on the garage permit application status while I was scheduled out.
My apologies if my 2nd CORRECTION list was unclear.
Permit Status for the Detached Garage remains UNDER REVIEW.
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I am waiting for (2) sets of updated plan drawings depicting the emergency escape and rescue opening from the garage basement (correction item #2) and
some updated information on insulation and/or heating (correction item #3). Plan drawings may be dropped off at the Garfield County Community
Development Department front desk between 8:30 am -4:00 pm weekdays.
I look forward to completing this review as soon as requested information is received.
I'm happy to complete the review on your behalf, I'm just waiting for remaining requested information.
Best regards,
Colleen Wirth
Plans Examiner
Garfield County Building Division
108 8th Street, Suite 401
Gl enwood Springs, CO 81601
cwirth@garfield-county.com
office (970) 945-1377 ext. 1610
From: Colleen Wirth
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 10:22 AM
To: holguinmarcelino@yahoo.com; Mic Baca <studiom.engineer@gmail.com>
Subject: FW: [External] BLRE-07-22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
Hello Marcelino,
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Resending the 2n~ email of rema i ning questions.
:olleen W irth
Plans Examiner
Garfield County Building Division
108 8th Street, Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
:::wirth@gc:rfield-county.com
::>ffice (970) 945-1377 ext. 1610
From: Colleen Wirth
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 10:52 AM
To: Mic Baca <studiom.engineer@gmail.com >; Marcelino Holguin <holgui nmarcel i no @yahoo .com >
Subject: RE: [External] BLRE-07-22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
Hello Mic and Marcelino,
Mic, thanks for your timely responses. I met w ith our bu i lding inspectors, Matt Provost and John Hendricks and to go over the garage storage floo r plan layout
and we ha·,ethe following comments to share:
1. Upstairs open garage storage loft, allowed for construction as submitted. There will be a CONDITION OF PERMIT placed on the FIELD COPY of plans
stati ng : garage loft approved for non-habitable garage storage use(s) only . Not approved for future habitable living as storage space contains no
natural light and ventilation and no emerge ncy escape and rescue opening .
2. Lower half garage basement is being evaluated and considered as a U Occupancy private garage under the 2015 International Building Code. 2015 IBC
Sect ion 312.1 General Utility Occupancy and Sect ion 1030.1 General Emergency Escape and Rescue text gives careful consideration to basement
space$. Reading through all of the allowable exemptions, this particular basement design will require an emergency escape and rescue open ing. Such
wi,dow or door openings must be locat ed on same story level as the garage basement (without having to access and travel up the stairs leading to the
main garage). The emergency escape opening may be located on the NORTH, EAST or SOUTH faces of the basement and have direct access to the
ya-d. Emergency escape and rescue o p ening shall have a minimum net clear opening of 5.7 square feet. Minimum size sha l l comply with Section
1030.2 and 1030.2.1 minimum dimensions . Section 1030.3 Maximum height from the fl oor. Any proposed window wells shall comply wit h Section
1030.5
3. We understand ceiling mounted electri c heater is proposed for installation. No insulation details are shown on plans. Please provide details for the
proposed insulation materials, locations and R-va l ues.
Col leen W i rth
::>!ans Examiner
Garfield County Building Division
108 8t h Street, Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
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cwirth@garfield-county.com
office (970) 945-1377 ext. 1610
From: Mic Baca <studiom.engineer@gmail.com >
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 11:17 AM
To: Colleen Wirth <CWirth@garfield-county.com >; Marcelino Holguin <holguinmarcelino@yahoo.com >
Subject : [External] BLRE-07-22-7659 -New Detached Garage, Holguin
1. What is the Intended use or uses of the storage half basement?
l .a. Is it for garage, non-habitable storage use only? Yes. Non habitable only.
l.b. No window or doors are shown from the garage basement to the building exterior yard. The accessory basement storage space may requ i re an emergency
escape and rescue opening to the yard (complying with 2015 IRC Section R310). We can add an egress window and well if required, although we were
considering this space as storage (non habitable). Just let me know.
l.c. Will there be a fire-door installed between the garage and the stairwell? Or will the staircases remain open to the garage space? They were planning on
leaving it open. The idea is that you can stand on the loft level and look down into the garage. See Section A on AS.1. They wanted this open so they can pass
long awkward items up and over this rail for ease of storage access.
l.d. Will the garage be connected to any LP propane gas or have permanent propane appliances installed? No. Just an electric heater in the ceiling corner of
the garage.
l.e. Will the garage be heated and insulated? Yes. They will put an electric heater in the corner of the garage (hanging from the ceiling).
l.f. What is the planned use for the small room with door in SE corner of the basement? I believe they were going to use this to hold their chicken feed and
wanted the door so they could try and seal it off from vermin.
2. What is the intended use or uses of the adjacent upper level loft? Storage of light weight misc. farm and residential items. The floor is rated at 40 psf.
2.a. Is it for non-habitable garage storage only? Yes.
2.b. Is it unfinished space for future habitable living conversion? I believe they are going to sheet rock it, and then put an electric heater in the corner of the
garage (hanging from the ceiling).
2.c. Is the adjacent loft for any proposed or future commercial business use or uses or for a place of employment? No.
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2.d. As submitted the loft along the upper level EAST wing of the garage contains no window/ door openings providing for emergency escape and rescue or for
providing .,atural light and ventilation. We can put 2 or 3 windows in here, and make 1 an egress window. Just let me know. We were assuming this was just a
storage loft.
Michael "Mic" Baca, P.E.
Studio M Engineers, LLC
111 East 3rd Sr.
Fifle, CO Suite 202
970-366-8690 cell
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