| 2010-12-21 15:47:03 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
| | SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | 561-805-6724 [email protected] |
| | FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 |
| | FBC R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 RESIDENTIAL |
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| | 1. R301.2.1.4 EXPOSURE CATEGORY. FOR EACH WIND |
| | DIRECTION CONSIDERED, AN EXPOSURE CATEGORY THAT |
| | ADEQUATELY REFLECTS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUND |
| | SURFACE IRREGULARITIES SHALL BE DETERMINED FOR THE SITE |
| | AT WHICH THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IS TO BE |
| | CONSTRUCTED. FOR A SITE LOCATED IN THE TRANSITION ZONE |
| | BETWEEN CATEGORIES, THE CATEGORY RESULTING IN THE |
| | LARGEST WIND FORCES SHALL APPLY. ACCOUNT SHALL BE TAKEN |
| | OF VARIATIONS IN GROUND SURFACE ROUGHNESS THAT ARISE |
| | FROM NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION AS WELL AS FROM |
| | CONSTRUCTED FEATURES. FOR ANY GIVEN WIND DIRECTION, THE |
| | EXPOSURE IN WHICH A SPECIFIC BUILDING OR OTHER |
| | STRUCTURE IS SITED SHALL BE ASSESSED AS BEING ONE OF |
| | THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: |
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| | EXCEPTION: AN INTERMEDIATE EXPOSURE BETWEEN THE |
| | EXPOSURE CATEGORIES DEFINED IS PERMITTED IN A |
| | TRANSITION ZONE PROVIDED THAT IT IS DETERMINED BY A |
| | RATIONAL ANALYSIS METHOD. |
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| | PLANS HAVE A NOTE THAT THIS PARCEL IS CATEGORY B |
| | ROUGHNESS FOR 1500 FEET IN THE UPWIND DIRECTION. PLEASE |
| | SEE AERIALS, ROUGHNESS C OCCURS IN TWO DIFFERENT |
| | DIRECTIONS (ONE WITHIN 600 FEET). EITHER PROVIDE |
| | CALCULATIONS FOR DESIGN PRESSURES (SEE EXCEPTION) OR |
| | USE EXPOSURE C PRESSURES. |
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| | 2. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WINDOWS COMPLY WITH EXPOSURE C |
| | DESIGN PRESSURES, BUT THE SHUTTER INSTALLATION PROPOSED |
| | MAY NOT COMPLY IF PRESSURES ARE INCREASED. |
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| | 3. PROPOSED INSTALLATION IS FOR ITW, PRODUCT APPROVAL |
| | HAS ELCO TESTED. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PRODUCT APPROVAL |
| | REQUIRES ENGINEERING. |
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| | PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS. |
