| 2017-05-05 15:08:52 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W/2010 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1 |
| | ADMINISTRATION |
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| | CHRISTOPHER S. THROOP, C.B.O. |
| | PLANS EXAMINER, PX3169 |
| | CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION |
| | TEL: 561-805-6726 |
| | FAX: 561-805-6676 |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | RESULTS: DENIED |
| | ADDRESS THE ATTACHED COMMENTS AND RE-SUBMIT |
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| | 1. IDENTIFY LOCATION OF BARRIER AND GATES ON SURVEY. |
| | 2. R4502.17.1 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS. |
| | OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A BARRIER |
| | COMPLYING WITH SECTIONS R4501.17.1.1 THROUGH |
| | R4501.17.1.14. |
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| | R4501.17.1.1 |
| | THE TOP OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE AT LEAST 48 INCHES |
| | (1219 MM) ABOVE GRADE, MEASURED ON THE SIDE OF THE |
| | BARRIER WHICH FACES AWAY FROM THE SWIMMING POOL. THE |
| | MAXIMUM VERTICAL CLEARANCE BETWEEN GRADE AND THE BOTTOM |
| | OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE 2 INCHES (51 MM) MEASURED ON |
| | THE SIDE OF THE BARRIER WHICH FACES AWAY FROM THE |
| | SWIMMING POOL. WHERE THE TOP OF THE POOL STRUCTURE IS |
| | ABOVE GRADE, THE BARRIER MAY BE AT GROUND LEVEL OR |
| | MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE POOL STRUCTURE. WHERE THE BARRIER |
| | IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE POOL STRUCTURE, THE MAXIMUM |
| | VERTICAL CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE POOL |
| | STRUCTURE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE 4 |
| | INCHES (102 MM). |
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| | R4501.17.1.2 |
| | THE BARRIER MAY NOT HAVE ANY GAPS, OPENINGS, |
| | INDENTATIONS, PROTRUSIONS, OR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS |
| | THAT COULD ALLOW A YOUNG CHILD TO CRAWL UNDER, SQUEEZE |
| | THROUGH, OR CLIMB OVER THE BARRIER AS HEREIN DESCRIBED |
| | BELOW. ONE END OF A REMOVABLE CHILD BARRIER SHALL NOT |
| | BE REMOVABLE WITHOUT THE AID OF TOOLS. OPENINGS IN ANY |
| | BARRIER SHALL NOT ALLOW PASSAGE OF A 4-INCH-DIAMETER |
| | (102 MM) SPHERE. |
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| | R4501.17.1.3 |
| | SOLID BARRIERS WHICH DO NOT HAVE OPENINGS SHALL NOT |
| | CONTAIN INDENTATIONS OR PROTRUSIONS EXCEPT FOR NORMAL |
| | CONSTRUCTION TOLERANCES AND TOOLED MASONRY JOINTS. |
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| | R4501.17.1.4 |
| | WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF HORIZONTAL AND |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOPS OF |
| | THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS IS LESS THAN 45 INCHES (1143 |
| | MM), THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE |
| | SWIMMING POOL SIDE OF THE FENCE. SPACING BETWEEN |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM) |
| | IN WIDTH. WHERE THERE ARE DECORATIVE CUTOUTS WITHIN |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS, SPACING WITHIN THE CUTOUTS SHALL NOT |
| | EXCEED 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM) IN WIDTH. |
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| | R4501.17.1.5 |
| | WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF HORIZONTAL AND |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOPS OF |
| | THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS IS 45 INCHES (1143 MM) OR MORE, |
| | SPACING BETWEEN VERTICAL MEMBERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 4 |
| | INCHES (102 MM). WHERE THERE ARE DECORATIVE CUTOUTS |
| | WITHIN VERTICAL MEMBERS, SPACING WITHIN THE CUTOUTS |
| | SHALL NOT EXCEED 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM) IN WIDTH. |
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| | R4501.17.1.6 |
| | MAXIMUM MESH SIZE FOR CHAIN LINK FENCES SHALL BE A 21/4 |
| | INCH SQUARE (57 MM) UNLESS THE FENCE IS PROVIDED WITH |
| | SLATS FASTENED AT THE TOP OR BOTTOM WHICH REDUCE THE |
| | OPENINGS TO NO MORE THAN 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM). |
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| | R4501.17.1.7 |
| | WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF DIAGONAL MEMBERS, THE |
| | MAXIMUM OPENING FORMED BY THE DIAGONAL MEMBERS SHALL BE |
| | NO MORE THAN 13/4 INCHES (44 MM). |
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| | R4501.17.1.8 |
| | ACCESS GATES, WHEN PROVIDED, SHALL BE SELF-CLOSING AND |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS |
| | R4501.17.1.1 THROUGH R4501.17.1.7 AND SHALL BE EQUIPPED |
| | WITH A SELF-LATCHING LOCKING DEVICE LOCATED ON THE POOL |
| | SIDE OF THE GATE. WHERE THE DEVICE RELEASE IS LOCATED |
| | NO LESS THAN 54 INCHES (1372 MM) FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE |
| | GATE, THE DEVICE RELEASE MECHANISM MAY BE LOCATED ON |
| | EITHER SIDE OF THE GATE AND SO PLACED THAT IT CANNOT BE |
| | REACHED BY A YOUNG CHILD OVER THE TOP OR THROUGH ANY |
| | OPENING OR GAP FROM THE OUTSIDE. GATES THAT PROVIDE |
| | ACCESS TO THE SWIMMING POOL MUST OPEN OUTWARD AWAY FROM |
| | THE POOL. THE GATES AND BARRIER SHALL HAVE NO OPENING |
| | GREATER THAN 1/2 INCH (12.7 MM) WITHIN 18 INCHES (457 |
| | MM) OF THE RELEASE MECHANISM. |
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| | R4501.17.1.9 |
| | WHERE A WALL OF A DWELLING SERVES AS PART OF THE |
| | BARRIER, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY: |
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| | 1. ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS FROM |
| | THE HOME TO THE POOL SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN EXIT |
| | ALARM COMPLYING WITH UL 2017 THAT HAS A MINIMUM SOUND |
| | PRESSURE RATING OF 85 DBA AT 10 FEET (3048 MM). ANY |
| | DEACTIVATION SWITCH SHALL BE LOCATED AT LEAST 54 INCHES |
| | (1372 MM) ABOVE THE THRESHOLD OF THE ACCESS. SEPARATE |
| | ALARMS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR EACH DOOR OR WINDOW IF |
| | SENSORS WIRED TO A CENTRAL ALARM SOUND WHEN CONTACT IS |
| | BROKEN AT ANY OPENING. |
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| | EXCEPTIONS: |
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| | A. SCREENED OR PROTECTED WINDOWS HAVING A BOTTOM SILL |
| | HEIGHT OF 48 INCHES (1219 MM) OR MORE MEASURED FROM THE |
| | INTERIOR FINISHED FLOOR AT THE POOL ACCESS LEVEL. |
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| | B. WINDOWS FACING THE POOL ON FLOOR ABOVE THE FIRST |
| | STORY. |
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| | C. SCREENED OR PROTECTED PASS-THROUGH KITCHEN WINDOWS |
| | 42 INCHES (1067 MM) OR HIGHER WITH A COUNTER BENEATH. |
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| | 2. ALL DOORS PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE HOME TO |
| | THE POOL MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH A SELF-CLOSING, |
| | SELF-LATCHING DEVICE WITH POSITIVE MECHANICAL |
| | LATCHING/LOCKING INSTALLED A MINIMUM OF 54 INCHES (1372 |
| | MM) ABOVE THE THRESHOLD, WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE |
| | AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION. |
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| | R4501.17.1.10 |
| | WHERE AN ABOVE-GROUND POOL STRUCTURE IS USED AS A |
| | BARRIER OR WHERE THE BARRIER IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE |
| | POOL STRUCTURE, AND THE MEANS OF ACCESS IS A LADDER OR |
| | STEPS, THE LADDER OR STEPS EITHER SHALL BE CAPABLE OF |
| | BEING SECURED, LOCKED OR REMOVED TO PREVENT ACCESS, OR |
| | THE LADDER OR STEPS SHALL BE SURROUNDED BY A BARRIER |
| | WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS R4501.17.1.1 |
| | THROUGH R4501.17.1.9 AND SECTIONS R4501.17.1.12 THROUGH |
| | R4501.17.1.14. WHEN THE LADDER OR STEPS ARE SECURED, |
| | LOCKED OR REMOVED, ANY OPENING CREATED SHALL NOT ALLOW |
| | THE PASSAGE OF A 4-INCH-DIAMETER (102 MM) SPHERE. |
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| | R4501.17.1.11 |
| | STANDARD SCREEN ENCLOSURES WHICH MEET THE REQUIREMENTS |
| | OF SECTION R4501.17 MAY BE UTILIZED AS PART, OR ALL, OF |
| | THE ?BARRIER? AND SHALL BE CONSIDERED A ?NONDWELLING? |
| | WALL. REMOVABLE CHILD BARRIERS SHALL HAVE ONE END OF |
| | THE BARRIER NONREMOVABLE WITHOUT THE AID OF TOOLS. |
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| | R4501.17.1.12 |
| | THE BARRIER MUST BE PLACED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE |
| | POOL AND MUST BE SEPARATE FROM ANY FENCE, WALL, OR |
| | OTHER ENCLOSURE SURROUNDING THE YARD UNLESS THE FENCE, |
| | WALL, OR OTHER ENCLOSURE OR PORTION THEREOF IS SITUATED |
| | ON THE PERIMETER OF THE POOL, IS BEING USED AS PART OF |
| | THE BARRIER, AND MEETS THE BARRIER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS |
| | SECTION. |
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| | R4501.17.1.13 |
| | REMOVABLE CHILD BARRIERS MUST BE PLACED SUFFICIENTLY |
| | AWAY FROM THE WATER?S EDGE TO PREVENT A YOUNG CHILD OR |
| | MEDICALLY FRAIL ELDERLY PERSON WHO MAY MANAGE TO |
| | PENETRATE THE BARRIER FROM IMMEDIATELY FALLING INTO THE |
| | WATER. SUFFICIENTLY AWAY FROM THE WATER?S EDGE SHALL |
| | MEAN NO LESS THAN 20 INCHES (508 MM) FROM THE BARRIER |
| | TO THE WATER?S EDGE. DWELLING OR NONDWELLING WALLS |
| | INCLUDING SCREEN ENCLOSURES, WHEN USED AS PART OR ALL |
| | OF THE ?BARRIER? AND MEETING THE OTHER BARRIER |
| | REQUIREMENTS, MAY BE AS CLOSE TO THE WATER?S EDGE AS |
| | PERMITTED BY THIS CODE. |
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| | R4501.17.1.14 |
| | A WALL OF A DWELLING MAY SERVE AS PART OF THE BARRIER |
| | IF IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY DOOR OR WINDOW THAT OPENS TO |
| | PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE HOME TO THE SWIMMING |
| | POOL. |
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