| 2017-07-10 17:32:10 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
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| | SAMANTHA HILL |
| | BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | [email protected] |
| | 561-805-6724 |
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| | FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 5TH EDITION (2014) |
| | FBC B = FBC BUILDING |
| | FBC EB = FBC EXISTING BUILDING |
| | FBC A = FBC ACCESSIBILITY |
| | FBC EC = FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION |
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| | 1. THE PERMIT APPLICATION STATES THAT THIS IS A "STAIR |
| | LIFT" AND IS "ADA/FHA" APPROVED. FHA IS NOT APPLICABLE |
| | FOR THIS PROJECT. |
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| | 2. SEE FBC B 1003.6, MEANS OF EGRESS CONTINUITY, THE |
| | PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL ALONG A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL NOT |
| | BE INTERRUPTED BY ANY BUILDING ELEMENT OTHER THAN A |
| | MEANS OF EGRESS COMPONENT AS SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. |
| | IT APPEARS THAT THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION INTERFERES |
| | WITH THE REQUIRED STAIR HANDRAIL (REQUIRED ON BOTH |
| | SIDES OF THE STAIR). |
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| | TRAVEL DISTANCE IS NOT CLEAR; IT IS SHOWN TO THE TOP OF |
| | THE STAIR. TRAVEL DISTANCE IS TO BE SHOWN TO AN EXIT - |
| | IS THIS AN ENCLOSED EXIT STAIR? NO DOOR IS SHOWN. FBC |
| | 107, REVISE PLAN TO CLARIFY. |
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| | PROVIDE A DETAIL TO SHOW HOW THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION |
| | AFFECTS THE STAIR. PLAN SHOWS A REDUCTION IN WIDTH; |
| | DOESN'T THIS MEAN THAT THE ACCESS TO THE HAND RAIL IS |
| | AFFECTED? IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THE WIDTH IS REDUCED AND |
| | STILL COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STAIRS IN FBC |
| | B CHAPTER 10. |
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| | 3. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO WHERE A CHAIR LIFT IS PERMITTED, |
| | SEE FBC BUILDING AND FBC ACCESSIBILITY. FBC 410 |
| | ADDRESSES "PLATFORM LIFTS". THE PROPOSED CHAIR LIFT |
| | DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PLATFORM |
| | LIFT. |
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| | PLEASE ALSO SEE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: |
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| | HTTPS://WWW.ACCESS-BOARD.GOV/GUIDELINES-AND-STANDARDS/B |
| | UILDINGS-AND-SITES/ABOUT-THE-ADA-STANDARDS/GUIDE-TO-THE |
| | -ADA-STANDARDS/CHAPTER-4-ELEVATORS-AND-PLATFORM-LIFTS |
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| | IT STATES: "LIFTS WITHOUT PLATFORMS, INCLUDING STAIRWAY |
| | CHAIRLIFTS, ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THE ADA STANDARDS |
| | EXCEPT AT SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE |
| | TRANSFER FROM WHEELED MOBILITY AIDS." |
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| | BASED ON THE PLANS PROVIDED, IT APPEARS THAT A |
| | RESIDENTIAL CHAIR LIFT IS PROPOSED FOR A COMMERCIAL |
| | OFFICE BUILDING. UTILIZING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A |
| | REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR FOR A |
| | LIFT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PERMITTED. |
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| | FOR OPTIONS FOR VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY, PLEASE SEE FBC |
| | A CHAPTER 4 (RAMP, ELEVATOR, LULA, PLATFORM LIFT). |
| | REVISE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. |
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| | ALTHOUGH THIS IS A VOLUNTARY INSTALLATION RATHER THAN A |
| | MANDATORY INSTALLATION, COMPLIANCE WITH FBC |
| | ACCESSIBILITY IS REQUIRED. SEE FBC B 3002, DEFINITION |
| | OF "ELEVATOR", AND FBC A 3001.3 WHICH REQUIRES THAT |
| | ELEVATORS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE. THE PROPOSED |
| | INSTALLATION IS NOT CONSIDERED ACCESSIBLE. |
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