Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13010089
Permit Number 13010089
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2013-07-10 13:54:24CHECK VALUE. $20,000 TO DO A CHANGE OF
 USE FROM CAR DEALER TO RESTAURANT????.
 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR SUBMITTED
 SUBPERMIT APPLICATION 13070339 WITH A
 VALUE OF $20,000 JUST TO DO THE SERVICE
 CHANGE.???? JG.
  
  
  
2013-05-21 15:26:47BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 13010089
 ADD: 2119 S DIXIE HWY
 CONT: SOUTHEAST CONSTRUCTION.
 TEL: (954)394-3991
  
 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W
 * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS
  
 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.
  
 MAY 31/2013
 2ND REVIEW
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) COMPLIED.
  
 2) SHEET SP-1 THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS ELECTED TO USE
 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE 912.1.1.2 CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITH SEPARATION. THE FIRST
 FLOOR THERE IS NO SEPERATION BETWEEN THE A2 RESTARAUNT
 AND THE MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES, THEN THE DESIGNER DOES
 PROVIDE SERERATION BETWEEN THE A2 ASSEMBLY AND BUSINESS
 OCCUPANCIES.
  
 3) COMPLIED.
  
 4A) 2ND REQUEST. 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.
  
 4B) COMPLIED. KITCHEN WILL COME IN UNDER SEPERATE
 PERMIT.
  
 5) SHEET SP-1 LIFE SAFETY PLAN, PLEASE PROVIDE THE
 FURNATURE LAYOUT FOR MEANS OF EGRESS, ACCESSIBLE PATH
 OF TRAVEL ... EXST BLDG CODE 905.1.
  
 6) COMPLIED.
  
 7A) 2ND REQUEST, SHEET SP-1 FREIGHT ELEVATOR. THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT INDICATED THE EXISTING
 ELEVATOR WALLS ARE CREATING A RATED SHAFT, NOTED THE
 PLANS INDICATE THE USE OF FIRE SHUTTERS OVER THE
 OPENINGS. IN THE LAST MEETING THE FIRST FLOOR FIRE
 SHUTTER WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED IN CASE OF FIRE IF THIS
 ELEVATOR WAS GOING TO BE USED THEY COULD STILL GET OUT
 OF THE FREIGHT ELEVATOR.ITS THE SAME IDEA AS THE
 REQUIRED ELEVATOR LOBBY THAT WOULD STILL HAVE ONE MEANS
 OF EGRESS 708.14.1 WHEN THE FREIGHT ELEVATOR RETURNS TO
 THE FIRST FLOOR..
  
 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.
  
 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).
  
 7B) SHEET LS-2 THE NORTHWEST STAIRWELLDOES NOT INDICATE
 THIS IS A FIRE RATED WALL. 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.
  
 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.
  
 7C) DOORS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE RATED FOR STAIRWELLS,
 VERTICAL LULA LIFTS FOR THE 2ND & 3RD FLOOR ARE NOT
 LOCATED ON THE DOOR SHCEDULE FOUND ON SHEET A6. 2010
 FBC-B OPENING PROTECTIVES, TABLE 715.4.
  
 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.
  
 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.
 THE STAIRWELLS WILL NEED TO PROVIDE HANRAILS ON BOTH
 SIDES OF THE STAIRS IN COMPLIANCE WITH 1012.1-9 &
 GAURDRAILS WHEN THERE IS NO WALLS INCOMPLIANCE WITH
 1013.1-3.
  
 10) PLEASE PROVIDE THE MANUFACTURERS SPEC FOR THE LULA
 LIFT INDICATING COMPLIANCE WITH 2010 ACCESSIBILITY CODE
 410.1 ASME A18.1. 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 11) LS-3 THE SOUTH STAIRWELL INDICATES THE LULA LIFT
 WITHIN THE NEW STAIR ENCLOSURE. 2010 FBC-B 1022.4
 REQUIRED PENETRATIONS.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
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