Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17110075
Permit Number 17110075
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-12-06 08:18:56CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2014
 5TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2011 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 1) E1.1.1 BE ADVISED THAT FIRE ALARM, LOW VOLTAGE
 SYSTEMS, LIGHTNING PROTECTION, GENERATORS, COMMERCIAL
 HOOD SYSTEMS, SIGNS, SITE LIGHTING, AND SWIMMING POOLS
 (WHERE APPLICABLE) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF
 THIS PLAN REVIEW. PROVIDE A BLOCK NOTE INDICATING THE
 REQUIRED SEPARATE PERMITS AND DATA SPECIFICATION SHEET
 SUBMITTALS FOR ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS PRESENT. FBC 105.1,
 107.2.1
 2) E1.1.1A MAIN SWITCHGEAR ROOM DOES NOT SHOW AUTOMATIC
 LIGHTING CONTROL NEEDED PER FBC EC 405.2.2 PROVIDE
 CORRECTION.
 3) E1.1.1B EMERGENCY SWITCH GEAR ROOM, TV/PHONE ROOM,
 BACKFLOW ROOM, AND FIRE PUMP ROOM DO NOT SHOW AUTOMATIC
 LIGHTING CONTROL NEEDED PER FBC EC 405.2.2 PROVIDE
 CORRECTION.
 4) E1.2.1A PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR GENERATOR ROOM. ALSO, HOW ARE PARKING
 GARAGE LIGHTS CONTROLLED? FBC 107.2.1
 5) E1.3.1C PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR METER ROOM.
 6) E1.4.1A PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR EQUIPMENT ROOM THAT HAS CU-5-1, CU-5-2,
 CU-4-3, AND CU-4-4.
 7) E1.4.1C PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR EQUIPMENT ROOM THAT HAS RETAIL CU?S.
 8) E1.5.1A PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR CLUB ROOM, AND OUTDOOR AREAS.
 9) E1.5.1B PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR ELECTRICAL CLOSET.
 10) E1.6.1B PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR ELECTRICAL CLOSET.
 11) E1.6.1C PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR ELECTRICAL CLOSET.
 12) E1.6.1D PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR ELECTRICAL CLOSET.
 13) E1.11.1A ALL EXTERIOR WP RECEPTACLES NEED GFCI
 PROTECTION. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 210.8 ALSO, SEE NO
 AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC EC 405.2.2 FOR
 RESTROOMS OR ELEVATOR CLOSET LIGHT (RH-2). HOW ARE
 EXTERIOR LIGHTS CONTROLLED? FBC 107.2.1
 14) E1.11.1B PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR ELECTRICAL CLOSET.
 15) E1.11.1D PROVIDE AUTOMATIC LIGHTING CONTROL PER FBC
 EC 405.2.2 FOR ELECTRICAL AND ELEVATOR CLOSET.
 16) E2.1.1 DINING ROOM RECEPTACLES AND LIGHTING ARE NOT
 PERMITTED TO BE ON SAME CIRCUIT. PROVIDE CORRECTION.
 NEC 210.52(B)(2)
 17) E2.13.1 DINING ROOM RECEPTACLES AND LIGHTING ARE
 NOT PERMITTED TO BE ON SAME CIRCUIT. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 210.52(B)(2)
 18) E2.15.1 DINING ROOM RECEPTACLES AND LIGHTING ARE
 NOT PERMITTED TO BE ON SAME CIRCUIT. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 210.52(B)(2)
 19) E4.0.0 PROVIDE SIGNAGE DETAILS FOR NUMBER OF
 SERVICE DISCONNECTS. IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE TWO
 SERVICES IN QUESTION, A 120/208 SERVICE, AND A 277/480
 SERVICE. PRIOR TO PLAN APPROVAL, A CORRECT
 IDENTIFICATION OF EACH SERVICE AND THE CORRESPONDING
 MAINS WILL NEED TO BE PROVIDED, WITH A MAXIMUM OF SIX
 SERVICE DISCONNECTS FOR EACH SERVICE PERMITTED. FIRE
 PUMP SERVICE WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED AS ONE OF THE
 MAINS. NEC 230.2(E), 230.70(B), 230.71
 20) E4.0.0 PROVIDE FULL LOAD CURRENT DETAIL OF FIRE
 PUMP MOTOR, AND ANY ADDITIONAL MOTORS OR EQUIPMENT
 ASSOCIATED, TO VERIFY CONDUCTOR SIZE FEEDING THIS
 EQUIPMENT IS ADEQUATE. NEC 695.6(B), NEC 110.3, 695.10
 21) E4.0.0 PROVIDE SPEC SHEETS FOR BUS DUCT SYSTEMS.
 NEC 110.3
 22) E4.0.0 DRAWING KEY NOTE # 5 REFERENCES NEC 700.8,
 WHICH DOES NOT EXIST IN THE 2011 NEC. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 700.7
 23) E4.0.0 FEEDER SCHEDULE DOES NOT SHOW ALL FEEDERS ON
 RISER DIAGRAM. PROVIDE DETAILS FOR ALL FEEDERS. NEC
 215.5; FBC 107.2.1
 24) E5.0.0 IT APPEARS THAT PANELS MSB1, MSB2, MSB3 ARE
 MAIN LUG ONLY AND HAVE CAPACITY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE
 MAIN BREAKER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE SERVICE TO EXCEED
 THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DISCONNECTS. PROVIDE
 CLARIFICATION. PROVIDE SPEC SHEETS FOR SWITCHGEAR. NEC
 110.3, 230.71, 230.72; FBC 107.2.1
 25) PROVIDE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT CALCULATION FROM
 POWER COMPANY AND TO PANELS TO CONFIRM THE STATED AIC
 RATING OF PANELS IS ADEQUATE. NEC 110.9, 110.10
 26) E5.0.1 PANEL BL CIRCUIT 47,49, AND PANEL RTH
 CIRCUIT 17, SHOW OUTDOOR LIGHTING BEING FED VIA
 PHOTOCELL. FBC ENERGY STATES: ?LIGHTING NOT DESIGNATED
 FOR DUSK-TO-DAWN OPERATION SHALL BE CONTROLLED BY
 EITHER A COMBINATION OF A PHOTOSENSOR AND A TIME
 SWITCH, OR AN ASTRONOMICAL TIME SWITCH. LIGHTING
 DESIGNATED FOR DUSK-TO-DAWN OPERATION SHALL BE
 CONTROLLED BY AN ASTRONOMICAL TIME SWITCH OR A
 PHOTOSENSOR.? CLARIFY WHAT TYPE OF LOAD THIS IS. FBC
 107.2.1; FBC EC 405.2.4
 27) E5.0.1 NO LOAD CALCULATION OR PANEL SCHEDULES
 PROVIDED FOR PANEL MSB5. IN PANEL SCHEDULE FOR PANEL
 RTH, PLAN SHOWS THIS BEING FED FROM MSB4, BUT RISER
 DIAGRAM SHOWS IT BEING FED FROM MSB5. CURRENTLY, LOAD
 CALCULATION FOR MSB4 DOES NOT INCLUDE PANEL RTH.
 CLARIFY AND/OR CORRECT. PROVIDE ALL DETAILS FOR MSB5.
 HOW ARE LOADS FOR RETAIL AREAS CALCULATED? FBC 107.2.1;
 NEC 215.5, 408.4
 28) E5.0.2 IT APPEARS THAT PANELS EM AND EMG ARE MAIN
 LUG ONLY AND HAVE CAPACITY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE MAIN
 BREAKER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE SERVICE TO EXCEED THE
 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DISCONNECTS. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION.
 PROVIDE SPEC SHEETS FOR SWITCHGEAR. NEC 110.3, 230.71,
 230.72; FBC 107.2.1
 29) E5.0.2 PANEL GEQH SHOWS A CIRCUIT FOR THE ?JOCKEY
 PUMP?. IS THIS PUMP ASSOCIATED WITH FIRE PUMP
 EQUIPMENT, OR SOMETHING ELSE? JOCKEY PUMP FOR FIRE PUMP
 EQUIPMENT MUST BE FED FROM SAME SERVICE AS THE FIRE
 PUMP. CLARIFY AND/OR CORRECT. FBC 107.2.1; NEC
 695.4(B)(3)
 30) E5.0.3 PANEL REQHN IS LABELED AS ?SECTION 2 OF 2?.
 RISER DIAGRAM ONLY SHOWS THIS PANEL IN ONE LOCATION AND
 WITH 1 SECTION. NO OTHER PANEL SCHEDULE EXIST FOR
 ?SECTION 1?. CLARIFY AND/OR CORRECT. FBC 107.2.1
 31) E5.0.4, E5.0.5, E5.0.6 PROVIDE AFCI PROTECTION PER
 CODE. (MAYBE THAT?S WHAT THE NOTES ABOVE ARE FOR?) NEC
 210.12
 32) E5.0.4, E5.0.5, E5.0.6 PANEL SCHEDULES SHOW THE
 WATER HEATER ON A 30 AMP BREAKER. STANDARD WATER
 HEATERS WITH A 4500 WATT ELEMENT DRAW 16.25 AMPS ON 208
 VOLTS, MULTIPLIED TIMES 1.25 EQUALS 20.31 AMPS. THE
 NEXT HIGHEST SIZE IS 25 AMPS. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC
 422.13
 33) PROVIDE GRAPH/CALCULATION OF LIGHTING POWER
 ALLOWANCES PER THE FBC ENERGY CODE IN RELATION TO THE
 PROPOSED LIGHTING LOAD TO SHOW COMPLIANCE. FBC EC 405.5
 34) PROVIDE NOTE THAT LIGHTING IN CLOSETS TO COMPLY
 WITH NEC 410.16.
 35) PROVIDE NOTE THAT LIGHTING IN DAMP LOCATIONS TO
 COMPLY WITH NEC 410.10.
  
 END OF COMMENTS.
  
 PLEASE NOTE: SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED
 MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. WHEN
 RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RESUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, INSERT CORRECTED PAGES
 INTO THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE OR VOID THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  


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