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2013-01-10 14:11:35 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| PERMIT: 13010089 |
| ADD: 2119 S DIXIE HWY |
| CONT: SOUTHEAST CONSTRUCTION. |
| TEL: (954)394-3991 |
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| 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W |
| * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS |
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| 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE LEVEL II 701.3 |
| COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS, |
| SYSTEMS, AND SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS |
| OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
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| JAN. 11/2013 |
| 1ST REVIEW |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 1) NOTE: SHEET SP-1 INDICATES THIS PROJECT CONSIST OF A |
| LEVEL 2 ALTERATION. PLEASE UPDATE THE PERMIT |
| APPLICATION AS WELL AS SP-1 TO INDICATE THIS PROJECT IS |
| CONSIDERED A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY SINCE IT IS A CHANGE |
| OF USE FROM A AUTOMOBLIE DEALERSHIP MIXED USE SERVICE |
| DEPARTMENT, STORAGEAND THE CAR SHOWROOM, SALES OFFICES |
| BEING MERCANTILE. THE LAST RECORDED USE WAS RAGTOPS A |
| AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP. A BUSINESS CAME IN AND RECEIVED |
| A BUSINESS TAX LICENSE KIRKLAND EVENTS DESTINATION |
| SERVICES BUT NEVER CAME IN FOR A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY |
| WHICH WOULD HAVE CREATED A MIXED USE BUILDING. |
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| 2) SHEET SP-1 THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT INDICATED |
| IF THE PROPOSED DESIGN IS: |
| 2A) 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE 912.1.1.1 CHANGE OF |
| OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITHOUT SEPARATION. |
| OR |
| 2B) 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE 912.1.1.2 CHANGE OF |
| OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITH SEPARATION. |
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| 3) SHEET SP-1 THE WIND DESIGN CRITERIA INDICATES THE |
| DESIGN TO ASCE 7-10 THE CURRENT WIND DESIGN BUT THE |
| WRONG WIND SPEED FOR A CATEGORY II BUILDING PLEASE SEE |
| 2010 FBC-B FIGURE 1609A VULT 170 MPH. |
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| 4A) SHEET SP-1, OCCUPANT LOAD CHART, FIRST FLOOR THE |
| RETAIL LOUNGE, RETAIL BOUTIQUE & COFFEE SHOP ALL LIST |
| 60 SQ FT PER OCCUPANT PLEASE REVIEW 2010 FBC-B TABLE |
| 1004.1.1 FOR MERCANTILE GRADE FLOOR AT 30 SQ FT/ |
| OCCUPANT. |
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| 4B) SHEET SP-1 INDICATES A NEW DINING AREA BUT THE |
| PLANS DO NOT INDICATE THE USE OF A KITCHEN AND DISH |
| WASHING AREA, PLEASE BE AWARE OF 2010 EXST BLDG CODE |
| SECTION |
| 910.3 INTERCEPTOR REQUIRED. IF THE NEW OCCUPANCY WILL |
| PRODUCE GREASE OR OIL-LADEN WASTES, INTERCEPTORS SHALL |
| BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED IN THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, |
| PLUMBING. |
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| 5) SHEET SP-1 LIFE SAFETY PLAN, PLEASE PROVIDE THE |
| FURNATURE LAYOUT FOR MEANS OF EGRESS, AACCESSIBLE PATH |
| OF TRAVEL ... EXST BLDG CODE 905.1. |
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| 6) SHEET SP-1 LIFE SAFETY PLAN, PLEASE PROVIDE THE |
| INTENDED USE FOR THE LOBBY AREA THE OCCUPANT LOAD OF |
| 100 SQ FT PER OCCUPANT DOES NOT DECLARE TYPE OF USAGE |
| PROVIDED SUCH AS MERCANTILE, STORAGE ... 2010 FBC-B. |
| 302.1 STRUCTURES OR PORTIONS OF STRUCTURES SHALL BE |
| CLASSIFIED WITH RESPECT TO OCCUPANCY IN ONE OR MORE OF |
| THE GROUPS LISTED BELOW. A ROOM OR SPACE THAT IS |
| INTENDED TO BE OCCUPIED AT DIFFERENT TIMES FOR |
| DIFFERENT PURPOSES SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE |
| REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO EACH OF THE |
| PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE ROOM OR SPACE WILL BE OCCUPIED. |
| STRUCTURES WITH MULTIPLE OCCUPANCIES OR USES SHALL |
| COMPLY WITH SECTION 508. WHERE A STRUCTURE IS PROPOSED |
| FOR A PURPOSE THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED FOR IN |
| THIS CODE, SUCH STRUCTURE SHALL BE CLASSIFIED IN THE |
| GROUP THAT THE OCCUPANCY MOST NEARLY RESEMBLES, |
| ACCORDING TO THE FIRE SAFETY AND RELATIVE HAZARD |
| INVOLVED. |
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| 7A) SHEET SP-1 FREIGHT ELEVATOR. 2010 EXISTING BUILDING |
| CODE IN EITHER CASE IF THE DESIGNER OF RECORD CHOICES |
| 912.1.1.1 OR 912.1.1.2 SEPERATED OR NON-SEPERATED USE |
| BOTH CODE SECTIONS REFER YOU BACK TO CHAPTER 8 FOR THE |
| NEW OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IN THE BUILDING AND THE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER. THE PROVISIONS |
| ESSENTIALLY CLASSIFY CHANGES OF OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION AS LEVEL 3 ALTERATIONS. BY DIRECTLY |
| STATING THE REQUIEMENTS OF CHAPTER 8 SHALL OVERRIDES |
| THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OR ALTERATION |
| TO BE OCCURRING IN THE 50 PER CENT OR MORE OF THE TOTAL |
| BUILDING. THE APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 8 IN TURN REQUIRES |
| COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTERS 6 & 7 AS STATED IN SECTION |
| 801.2. |
| 2010 EXST BLDG CODE 703.2.1 EXISTING VERTICAL OPENINGS. |
| ALL EXISTING INTERIOR VERTICAL OPENINGS CONNECTING TWO |
| OR MORE FLOORS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROPRIATE |
| SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE. |
| 2010 EXST BLDG CODE 912.7 ENCLOSURE OF VERTICAL SHAFTS. |
| ENCLOSURE OF VERTICAL SHAFTS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE |
| WITH SECTIONS 912.7.1 THROUGH 912.7.4. |
| 2010 EXST BLDG CODE 912.7.3 OTHER VERTICAL SHAFTS. |
| INTERIOR VERTICAL SHAFTS OTHER THAN STAIRWAYS, |
| INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS AND |
| SERVICE AND UTILITY SHAFTS, SHALL BE ENCLOSED AS |
| REQUIRED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING WHEN |
| THERE IS A CHANGE OF USE TO A HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY AS |
| SPECIFIED IN TABLE 912.4. |
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| 2010 EXST BLDG CODE 912.7.4 OPENINGS. ALL OPENINGS INTO |
| EXISTING VERTICAL SHAFT ENCLOSURES SHALL BE PROTECTED |
| BY FIRE ASSEMBLIES HAVING A FIRE-PROTECTION RATING OF |
| NOT LESS THAN 1 HOUR AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED |
| SELF-CLOSING OR SHALL BE AUTOMATIC CLOSING BY ACTUATION |
| OF A SMOKE DETECTOR. ALL OTHER OPENINGS SHALL BE FIRE |
| PROTECTED IN AN APPROVED MANNER. EXISTING FUSIBLE |
| LINK-TYPE AUTOMATIC DOOR-CLOSING DEVICES SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED IN ALL SHAFTS EXCEPT STAIRWAYS IF THE FUSIBLE |
| LINK RATING DOES NOT EXCEED 135?F (57?C). |
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| 7B) SHEET SP-1 OPEN STAIRWELLS. EXST BLDG CODE 703.2.3 |
| SUPPLEMENTAL STAIRWAY ENCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. WHERE THE |
| WORK AREA ON ANY FLOOR EXCEEDS 50 PERCENT OF THAT FLOOR |
| AREA, STAIRWAYS THAT ARE PART OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS |
| SERVING THE WORK AREA SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, BE ENCLOSED |
| WITH SMOKE-TIGHT CONSTRUCTION ON THE HIGHEST WORK AREA |
| FLOOR AND ALL FLOORS BELOW. |
| EXCEPTION: WHERE STAIRWAY ENCLOSURE IS NOT REQUIRED BY |
| THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE OR THE FLORIDA FIRE |
| PREVENTION CODE. |
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| 2010 EXST BLDG CODE 912.7.2 STAIRWAYS. WHEN A CHANGE OF |
| OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICIATION IS MADE TO A HIGHER HAZARD |
| CATEGORY AS SHOWN IN TABLE 912.4, INTERIOR STAIRWAYS |
| SHALL BE ENCLOSED AS REQUIRED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING |
| CODE, BUILDING. |
| EXCEPTIONS: |
| 1. IN OTHER THAN GROUP I OCCUPANCIES, AN ENCLOSURE |
| SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR OPENINGS SERVING ONLY ONE |
| ADJACENT FLOOR AND THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED WITH |
| CORRIDORS OR STAIRWAYS SERVING OTHER FLOORS. |
| 2. UNENCLOSED EXISTING STAIRWAYS NEED NOT BE ENCLOSED |
| IN A CONTINUOUS VERTICAL SHAFT IF EACH STORY IS |
| SEPARATED FROM OTHER STORIES BY 1-HOUR |
| FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED CONSTRUCTION OR APPROVED WIRED |
| GLASS SET IN STEEL FRAMES AND ALL EXIT CORRIDORS ARE |
| SPRINKLERED. AN OPENING BETWEEN THE CORRIDOR AND THE |
| OCCUPANT SPACE SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE SPRINKLER HEAD |
| ABOVE THE OPENINGS ON THE TENANT SIDE. THE SPRINKLER |
| SYSTEM SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE SUPPLIED FROM THE |
| DOMESTIC WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEMS, PROVIDED THE SYSTEM IS |
| OF ADEQUATE PRESSURE, CAPACITY, AND SIZING FOR THE |
| COMBINED DOMESTIC AND SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS. |
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| NOTE: 2010 EXST BLDG CODE 901.3 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION. WHERE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF A |
| BUILDING CHANGES, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 902 |
| THROUGH 912 SHALL APPLY. THIS INCLUDES A CHANGE OF |
| OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITHIN A GROUP AS WELL AS A |
| CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION FROM ONE GROUP TO A |
| DIFFERENT GROUP. |
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| 8) SECTION 904 FIRE PROTECTION 904.1 GENERAL. FIRE |
| PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 912 SHALL APPLY |
| WHERE A BUILDING OR PORTIONS THEREOF UNDERGO A CHANGE |
| OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. NO FIRE SPRINKLER PLANS |
| WERE SUBMITTED, THE COVER SHEET INDICATES THIS TO BE A |
| FULLY SPRINKLERED BUILDING. |
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| 9) SECTION 905 MEANS OF EGRESS. 905.1 GENERAL. |
| MEANS OF EGRESS IN PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A |
| CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| SECTION 912. |
| EXST BLDG CODE912.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS FOR CHANGE TO |
| HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY. |
| WHEN A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IS MADE TO A |
| HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY (LOWER NUMBER) AS SHOWN IN TABLE |
| 912.4, THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING |
| CODE, BUILDING. |
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| 10) 2010 EXST BLDG CODE SECTION 906 ACCESSIBILITY 906.1 |
| ACCESSIBILITY IN PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A |
| CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, |
| ACCESSIBILITY. |
| 2010 EXST BLDG CODE 912.8 ACCESSIBILITY. EXISTING |
| BUILDINGS THAT UNDERGO A CHANGE OF GROUP OR OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE |
| FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, ACCESSIBILITY. |
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| 2010 ACCESSIBILTY CODE (FL GRAY BOX) 201.1.1 VERTICAL |
| ACCESSIBILITY. |
| SECTIONS 553.501-553.513, F.S., AND THE ADA STANDARDS |
| FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN DO NOT RELIEVE THE OWNER OF ANY |
| BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR FACILITY GOVERNED BY THOSE |
| SECTIONS FROM THE DUTY TO PROVIDE VERTICAL |
| ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL LEVELS ABOVE AND BELOW THE |
| OCCUPIABLE GRADE LEVEL REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE |
| STANDARDS REQUIRE AN ELEVATOR TO BE INSTALLED IN SUCH |
| BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR FACILITY, EXCEPT FOR: |
| SEE EXCEPTIONS. |
| BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES MUST, AT A |
| MINIMUM, COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ADA |
| STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN. |
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| 2010 ACCESSIBILITY CODE.202.4 ALTERATIONS AFFECTING |
| PRIMARY FUNCTION AREAS. |
| IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF 202.3, AN ALTERATION |
| THAT AFFECTS OR COULD AFFECT THE USABILITY OF OR ACCESS |
| TO AN AREA CONTAINING A PRIMARY FUNCTION SHALL BE MADE |
| SO AS TO ENSURE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, |
| THE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA, INCLUDING THE |
| REST ROOMS, TELEPHONES, AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS SERVING |
| THE ALTERED AREA, ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO AND USABLE |
| BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, UNLESS SUCH |
| ALTERATIONS ARE DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL |
| ALTERATIONS IN TERMS OF COST PURSUANT TO 202.4.1. |
| ALTERATIONS TO WINDOWS, HARDWARE, CONTROLS, ELECTRICAL |
| OUTLETS, AND SIGNAGE SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE |
| ALTERATIONS THAT AFFECT THE USABILITY OF OR ACCESS TO |
| AN AREA CONTAINING A PRIMARY FUNCTION. |
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| 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST. |
| ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA WILL BE DEEMED |
| DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN THE |
| COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION TO THE |
| PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COSTS THAT MAY BE COUNTED AS |
| EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING |
| AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE |
| ALTERED AREA; (II) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING |
| RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS INSTALLING GRAB BARS, |
| ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, INSULATING PIPES, OR |
| INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET CONTROLS; (III) COSTS |
| ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH |
| AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, |
| INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT |
| TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING |
| AN INACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. |
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| NOTE THIS REVIEW IS STOPPED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE CODE |
| VIOLATION!!!!! A THOROUGH REVIEW CAN NOT BE MADE AT |
| THIS TIME, AS A RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| REQUESTED ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY APPEAR THAT WERE NOT |
| PART OF THIS REVIEW. |
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| JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
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