| 2018-12-03 09:21:37 | PETER E VALENTI |
| | BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
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| | 561-805-6673 |
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| | FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 6TH EDITION (2017) |
| | FBC B = FBC BUILDING |
| | FBC EB = FBC EXISTING BUILDING |
| | FBC A = FBC ACCESSIBILITY |
| | FBC EC = FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION |
| | FBC R = FBC RESIDENTIAL |
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| | APPROVED WITH PROVISO: |
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| | IN THE EVENT THAT ANY WINDOW TYPES ARE CHANGED FROM THE |
| | SUBMITTED LAYOUT, PLEASE PROVIDE UPDATED LAYOUT SHEET. |
| 2018-11-30 08:03:35 | 1. PLEASE, PROVIDE STATEMENT THAT WINDOWS WILL BE LIKE |
| | FOR LIKE. IF OPENINGS ARE ALTERED, PROVIDE FRAMING PLAN |
| | PER FBCR CHAPTER 6. |
| | 702.4WINDOW OPENING CONTROL DEVICES. |
| | IN GROUP R-2 OR R-3 BUILDINGS CONTAINING DWELLING UNITS |
| | AND ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES |
| | REGULATED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL, |
| | WINDOW OPENING CONTROL DEVICES COMPLYING WITH ASTM |
| | F2090 SHALL BE INSTALLED WHERE AN EXISTING WINDOW IS |
| | REPLACED AND WHERE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO THE |
| | REPLACEMENT WINDOW: |
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| | 1.THE WINDOW IS OPERABLE; |
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| | 2. THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF THE |
| | SASH AND THE FRAME; |
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| | 3.ONE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES: |
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| | 3.1.IN GROUP R-2 OR R-3 BUILDINGS CONTAINING DWELLING |
| | UNITS, THE TOP OF THE SILL OF THE WINDOW OPENING IS AT |
| | A HEIGHT LESS THAN 36 INCHES (915 MM) ABOVE THE |
| | FINISHED FLOOR; OR |
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| | 3.2. IN ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES |
| | REGULATED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL, |
| | THE TOP SILL OF THE WINDOW OPENING IS AT A HEIGHT LESS |
| | THAN 24 INCHES (610 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR; |
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| | 4.THE WINDOW WILL PERMIT OPENINGS THAT WILL ALLOW |
| | PASSAGE OF A 4-INCH-DIAMETER (102 MM) SPHERE WHEN THE |
| | WINDOW IS IN ITS LARGEST OPENED POSITION; AND |
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| | 5.THE VERTICAL DISTANCE FROM THE TOP OF THE SILL OF THE |
| | WINDOW OPENING TO THE FINISHED GRADE OR OTHER SURFACE |
| | BELOW, ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, IS GREATER THAN |
| | 72 INCHES (1829 MM). |
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| | THE WINDOW OPENING CONTROL DEVICE, AFTER OPERATION TO |
| | RELEASE THE CONTROL DEVICE ALLOWING THE WINDOW TO FULLY |
| | OPEN, SHALL NOT REDUCE THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING |
| | AREA OF THE WINDOW UNIT TO LESS THAN THE AREA REQUIRED |
| | BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
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| | EXCEPTIONS: |
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| | 1.OPERABLE WINDOWS WHERE THE TOP OF THE SILL OF THE |
| | WINDOW OPENING IS LOCATED MORE THAN 75 FEET (22 860 MM) |
| | ABOVE THE FINISHED GRADE OR OTHER SURFACE BELOW, ON THE |
| | EXTERIOR OF THE ROOM, SPACE OR BUILDING, AND THAT ARE |
| | PROVIDED WITH WINDOW FALL PREVENTION DEVICES THAT |
| | COMPLY WITH ASTM F2006. |
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| | 2.OPERABLE WINDOWS WITH OPENINGS THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH |
| | WINDOW FALL PREVENTION DEVICES THAT COMPLY WITH ASTM |
| | F2090. |
