| 2011-03-03 13:48:43 | ****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. REVISE EXPOSURE CATEGORY (TO EXPOSURE C) OR PROVIDE |
| | ENGINEER'S CALCULATIONS FOR USE OF EXPOSURE B |
| | PRESSURES. FBC1609, FBC R301.2.1.4. NOTE THAT THE CODE |
| | CHANGED EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2009. |
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| | 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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| | 2. PROVIDE THE PORTION OF THE PRODUCT APPROVAL WHICH |
| | PROVIDES DESIGN PRESSURE INFORMATION. IF NECESSARY, |
| | INDICATE OPTIONS SUCH AS GLASS TYPE. EITHER THE FLORIDA |
| | STATE PRODUCT APPROVAL OR THE MIAMIDADE NOA MAY BE |
| | USED. |
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| | 3. FLOOR PLAN STATES THAT DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS TO BE |
| | INSTALLED AT ALL OPENINGS, PRODUCT APPROVAL IS FOR |
| | SINGLE HUNG. THIS COMMENT DOES NOT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED |
| | (REVISION OF FLOOR PLAN NOT REQUIRED) BUT PLEASE |
| | CONFIRM PRODUCT SELECTION AND WINDOW TYPE PRIOR TO |
| | RESUBMITTAL. |
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