| 2022-07-21 08:30:21 | PLAN |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC SEVENTH EDITION (2020) |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
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| | DENIED BY BUILDING |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
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| | 1) THERE ARE NOTES ON THE COVERSHEET (A-0.0) UNDER THE |
| | PRODUCT APPROVAL & SHOP DRAWING HEADER STATING THAT THE |
| | ROOFING, WINDOWS AND DOORS WILL BE UNDER SEPARATE |
| | PERMITS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS YOU WILL NEED TO |
| | PROVIDE THE COST OF EACH OF THESE ITEMS SO THEY CAN BE |
| | DEDUCTED FROM THE COST OF THE MAIN HOUSE, GARAGE AND |
| | POOL CABANA. THE PRODUCT APPROVALS FOR THESE ITEMS WILL |
| | NEED TO BE SUBMITTED WHEN APPLICATIONS FOR THE SEPARATE |
| | ROOFING OR THE WINDOW/DOOR PERMITS ARE SUBMITTED. THE |
| | PRODUCT APPROVALS ARE REQUIRED TO BE REVIEWED AND |
| | APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD BEFORE |
| | BEING SUBMITTED FOR PLAN REVIEW. THESE SEPARATE PERMITS |
| | WILL NOT BE TURN-AROUND SINCE THE PRODUCT APPROVALS ARE |
| | REQUIRED TO BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY PLAN EXAMINER. |
| | YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO DEFER THE PRODUCT APPROVAL |
| | SUBMITTALS AND SUBMIT THEM FOR REVIEW UNDER THE MAIN |
| | PERMIT AT A LATER DATE. IF YOU USE THIS OPTION THE |
| | DESIGNER WILL NEED TO LIST THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE |
| | DEFERRED ON THE PLANS. WHEN THE PRODUCT APPROVALS FOR |
| | THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BT THE CITY |
| | THEN THE ROOFING SUB-PERMITS CAN BE ISSUED. THE WINDOWS |
| | AND DOORS WILL BE COVERED UNDER THE MASTER PERMIT. FBC |
| | AMENDMENTS 107.3.4.1 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS. FOR THE |
| | PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ARE |
| | DEFINED AS THOSE PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN THAT ARE NOT |
| | SUBMITTED AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION AND THAT ARE |
| | TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITHIN A |
| | SPECIFIED PERIOD. DEFERRAL OF ANY SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL |
| | HAVE THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE |
| | REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE |
| | SHALL LIST THE DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ON THE CONSTRUCTION |
| | DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. |
| | DOCUMENTS FOR DEFERRED SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL BE |
| | SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN |
| | RESPONSIBLE CHARGE WHO SHALL REVIEW THEM AND FORWARD |
| | THEM TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH A NOTATION |
| | INDICATING THAT THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE |
| | BEEN REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE TO |
| | THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL |
| | ITEMS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL THE DEFERRED |
| | SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUILDING |
| | OFFICIAL. |
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| | 2) THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A SFHA (SPECIAL FLOOD |
| | HAZARD AREA). THE FLOOD ZONE IS AE AND THE BFE (BASE |
| | FLOOD ELEVATION) IS 6'/7' NAVD 88. AS OF OCTOBER 5TH, |
| | 2017 THE CITY HAS ADOPTED NEW FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS |
| | WHICH USE NAVD 88 AS THE VERTICAL DATUM. THE CITY ALSO |
| | ADOPTED A 2' FREEBOARD WHICH REQUIRES THE FINISH FLOOR |
| | AND EQUIPMENT TO BE A MINIMUM OF TWO FEET ABOVE THE |
| | BFE. THIS MEANS THAT THE DFE (DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION) |
| | FOR THIS PROJECT IS 9' NAVD 88. THE LOWEST FINISH FLOOR |
| | ELEVATION FOR THE HABITABLE SPACE AND THE EQUIPMENT IS |
| | REQUIRED TO BE AT OR ABOVE 9' NAVD 88. THE GARAGE AND |
| | STORAGE CAN BE BELOW BFE, IF FLOOD VENTS ARE INSTALLED |
| | AND NO MATERIALS OR EQUIPMENT THAT CAN BE DAMAGED BY |
| | FLOOD WATERS ARE BELOW BFE. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THESE |
| | REQUIREMENTS ON THE PLANS. SPECIFY ALL ELEVATIONS IN |
| | NAVD 88. FBC-R 322 |
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| | 3) THE ELEVATION OF THE GARAGE IS SPECIFIED AS 8.5' |
| | NAVD WHICH IS BELOW THE REQUIRED 9' DFE. SUBMIT |
| | CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS THAT SHOW FLOOD VENTS AND THAT |
| | EVERYTHING BELOW THE DFE IS OF MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT |
| | SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE FROM FLOOD WATERS. FBC-R322.2.2 |
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| | 4) SUBMIT A PRE-CONSTRUCTION ELEVATION CERTIFICATE |
| | BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS THAT SHOWS |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S FLOOD ORDINANCE. TWO |
| | ADDITIONAL ELEVATION CERTIFICATES WILL BE REQUIRES. AN |
| | UNDER CONSTRUCTION EC WILL BE REQUIRED WHEN THE FLOOR |
| | SLABS ARE IN PLACE AND A FINAL EC WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION |
| | IS FINISHED. CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH FLOOD ORDINANCE. |
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| | 5) THE ELEVATION DRAWINGS ON SHEET A-6.1, A-6.2, A-6.3 |
| | AND THE BUILDING SECTIONS ON SHEETS A-7.1, A-7.2 AND |
| | A-7.3 SPECIFY THAT THE TOP OF THE FIRST FLOOR SLAB IS |
| | BFE + 1' . IT IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO BE BFE + 2' PER |
| | THE CITY'S FLOOD ORDINANCE. PLEASE CORRECT. |
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| | 6) SUBMIT A SIGNED AND SEALED COPY OF THE SOILS REPORT |
| | MENTIONED IN THE FOUNDATION NOTES ON SHEET S-4. FBC |
| | 107.2.1 |
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| | 7) AN EGRESS DOOR THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | FBC-R311.2 IS REQUIRED. R311.2 EGRESS DOOR. NOT LESS |
| | THAN ONE EGRESS DOOR SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH |
| | DWELLING UNIT. THE EGRESS DOOR SHALL BE SIDE-HINGED, |
| | AND SHALL PROVIDE A CLEAR WIDTH OF NOT LESS THAN 32 |
| | INCHES (813 MM) WHERE MEASURED BETWEEN THE FACE OF THE |
| | DOOR AND THE STOP, WITH THE DOOR OPEN 90 DEGREES (1.57 |
| | RAD). THE CLEAR HEIGHT OF THE DOOR OPENING SHALL BE NOT |
| | LESS THAN 78 INCHES (1981 MM) IN HEIGHT MEASURED FROM |
| | THE TOP OF THE THRESHOLD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STOP. |
| | OTHER DOORS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THESE |
| | MINIMUM DIMENSIONS. EGRESS DOORS SHALL BE READILY |
| | OPENABLE FROM INSIDE THE DWELLING WITHOUT THE USE OF A |
| | KEY OR SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT. |
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| | 8) SUBMIT THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS AND |
| | INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE VENTLESS FIREPLACES. |
| | FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 9) SUBMIT THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS AND |
| | INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GAS GRILL AT THE |
| | SUMMER KITCHEN. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 10) SUBMIT THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS AND |
| | INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ELEVATOR AND SPECIFY |
| | THE LOCATION OF THE ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT. INDICATE HOW |
| | THE EQUIPMENT CAN BE ACCESSED FOR SERVICE AND |
| | REPLACEMENT. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 11) PLEASE SUBMIT A RESPONSE LETTER INDICATING HOW EACH |
| | OF THE REVIEW COMMENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. |
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