| 2014-11-03 09:50:46 | PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC 2010 |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
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| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
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| | BUILDING |
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| | 1) THIS PRE-FIRM STRUCTURE IS LOCATED IN A SPECIAL |
| | FLOOD HAZARD AREA, SPECIFICALLY FLOOD ZONE A5 (EL 7 ). |
| | THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION IS 7 FEET AND THE CITY OF WEST |
| | PALM BEACH HAS A 6 INCH FREEBOARD REQUIREMENT IN ITS |
| | FLOOD ORDINANCE. THE TOTAL VALUE OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN |
| | DONE TO THIS STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE PROPOSED WORK |
| | EXCEEDS 50 PERCENT OF THE STRUCTURE'S VALUE OF |
| | $134,770.00 LISTED ON THE PBC PROPERTY APPRAISER'S |
| | WEBSITE. THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED WORK IS A SUBSTANTIAL |
| | IMPROVEMENT AND THE LOWEST FINISHED FLOOR AND ANY |
| | EQUIPMENT SERVICING THE STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED TO BE AT |
| | OR ABOVE THE 7.5' ELEVATION. PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION TO |
| | SHOW THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IN COMPLIANCE OR HOW IT WILL |
| | BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. |
| | THE CITY'S FLOOD ORDINANCE ARTICLE XVII. - FLOOD |
| | PREVENTION AND CONTROL SEC. 94-546. - PROVISIONS FOR |
| | FLOOD HAZARD REDUCTION. |
| | (A) AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD GENERALLY. IN ALL |
| | AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD, THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS |
| | ARE REQUIRED: |
| | (1) ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS |
| | SHALL BE ANCHORED TO PREVENT FLOTATION, COLLAPSE OR |
| | LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE, AND SHALL BE |
| | CONSTRUCTED WITH MATERIALS AND UTILITY EQUIPMENT |
| | RESISTANT TO FLOOD DAMAGE BY METHODS AND PRACTICES THAT |
| | MINIMIZE FLOOD DAMAGE. |
| | (2) ALL NEW AND REPLACEMENT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS AND |
| | SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEMS SHALL BE DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE |
| | OR ELIMINATE INFILTRATION OF FLOOD WATERS INTO THE |
| | SYSTEMS AND DISCHARGES FROM THE SYSTEMS INTO FLOOD |
| | WATERS; ON-SITE WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS SHALL BE LOCATED |
| | TO AVOID IMPAIRMENT TO THEM OR CONTAMINATION FROM THEM |
| | DURING FLOODING. |
| | (3) ANY ALTERATION, REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION OR |
| | IMPROVEMENTS TO A STRUCTURE ON WHICH THE START OF |
| | CONSTRUCTION WAS BEGUN AFTER MARCH 1, 1979, SHALL MEET |
| | THE REQUIREMENTS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AS CONTAINED IN |
| | THIS ARTICLE. |
| | (B)AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD WITH BASE FLOOD |
| | ELEVATION PROVIDED. IN ALL AREAS OF SPECIAL FLOOD |
| | HAZARD WHERE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION DATA HAS BEEN |
| | PROVIDED AS SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING |
| | PROVISIONS ARE REQUIRED: |
| | (1)RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION. ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION OR |
| | SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT OF ANY EXISTING RESIDENTIAL |
| | STRUCTURE SHALL HAVE THE LOWEST FLOOR, INCLUDING |
| | BASEMENT, ELEVATED TO SIX INCHES ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD |
| | ELEVATION. |
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| | SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT MEANS ANY COMBINATION OF |
| | REPAIRS, RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, OR IMPROVEMENTS TO |
| | A STRUCTURE, TAKING PLACE DURING THE LIFE OF A |
| | STRUCTURE, IN WHICH THE CUMULATIVE COST EQUALS OR |
| | EXCEEDS 50 PERCENT OF THE MARKET VALUE OF THE |
| | STRUCTURE. THE MARKET VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE |
| | THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE PRIOR TO THE START |
| | OF THE INITIAL REPAIR OR IMPROVEMENT, OR IN THE CASE OF |
| | DAMAGE, THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE PRIOR TO THE DAMAGE |
| | OCCURRING. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DEFINITION, |
| | "SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT" IS CONSIDERED TO OCCUR WHEN |
| | THE FIRST ALTERATION OF ANY WALL, CEILING, FLOOR, OR |
| | OTHER STRUCTURAL PART OF THE BUILDING COMMENCES, |
| | WHETHER OR NOT THAT ALTERATION AFFECTS THE EXTERNAL |
| | DIMENSIONS OF THE STRUCTURE. THE TERM "SUBSTANTIAL |
| | IMPROVEMENT" DOES NOT, HOWEVER, INCLUDE ANY IMPROVEMENT |
| | OF A STRUCTURE TO COMPLY WITH EXISTING HEALTH, |
| | SANITARY, OR SAFETY CODES WHICH ARE SOLELY NECESSARY TO |
| | ENSURE SAFE LIVING CONDITIONS. |
| | |
| | 2) THE PRODUCT APPROVAL FOR THE PGT MULLIONS, NOA NO. |
| | 11-0922.01, HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF |
| | THE CURRENT NOA AS REQUIRED BY DCA RULE 9N-3. |
| | |
| | THE CUMLATIVE TOTAL OF WORK IS $74,218.00, WHICH IS |
| | MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE IMPROVEMENT VALUE |
| | ($134,770.00) LISTED ON THE PBC PROPERTY APPRAISAL |
| | WEBSITE. |
