| 2023-06-14 14:06:12 | WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES |
| | BUILDING DIVISION |
| | 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 23051093 |
| | ADD: 222 CLEMATIS ST. # 203 |
| | CONT: EXCEL CONSTRUCTION OF FLORIDA, INC. |
| | TEL: 954-436-4588 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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| | 2020 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2020 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| | ADMINISTRATION |
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| | 2020 EXISTING BUILDING CODE. 801.3 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW |
| | CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND SPACES |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA |
| | BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | DATE: WED. JUNE 14TH/ 23 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) SHEET A-1.0 SHOWS WHAT IS LABELED A KITCHENETTE. THE |
| | FLOOR PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE WHICH APPROACH WILL BE USED |
| | FOR THE SINK, IF A FRONT APPROACH THE CABINET NEEDS TO |
| | HAVE 30 INCHES CLEAR WITH THE DOORS OPEN, IT APPEARS |
| | THE CABINET IS TO SMALL IN WITH TO GET A 30 INCHES |
| | CLEAR. IF A SIDE APPROACH THE CENTERLINE OF THE SINK |
| | WOULD NEED TO BE 2 FEET FROM THE SIDE WALL SO THE |
| | REQUIRED 30 X 48 INCH SIDE APPROACH WILL START AT THE |
| | SIDE WALL LINE AND THE SINK CENTERLINE WILL ALSO LINE |
| | UP WITH THE CENTERLINE OF THE 48INCHES CENTERLINE OF |
| | WHEELCHAIR TO ALLOW THE USER TO WORK THE SINK ON & OFF |
| | VALVES. 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 305.3 CLEAR FLOOR |
| | SPACE. A CLEAR FLOOR SPACE COMPLYING WITH 305, |
| | POSITIONED FOR A FORWARD APPROACH, AND KNEE AND TOE |
| | CLEARANCE COMPLYING WITH 306 SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
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| | 2) THERE IS A DETAIL MARKER DETAIL 3 SHEET A2.0. THIS |
| | ELEVATION VIEW OF THE KITCHENETTE MAY CHANGE THE |
| | LOCATION OF SINK DEPENDING ON IF A FRONT OR SIDE |
| | APPROACH IS ILLUSTRATED. IF FRONT APPROACH KNEE & TOE |
| | CLEARANCES WILL ALSO NEED TO BE ILLUSTRATED. 2020 |
| | ACCESS. CODE SECTION 305.4. |
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| | 3) THE VALUE OF THIS PROJECT IS DECLARED AT $47,500.00 |
| | DOLLARS. FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION: |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE COST 202.4.1. PLEASE REVIEW HOW YOU |
| | ARE TO MEET DISPROPORTIONATE COST. EITHER THE |
| | CONTRACTOR OR THE DESIGNER OF RECORD ON THEIR |
| | LETTERHEAD NEED TO SHOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND UP |
| | TO THE 20% DISPROPORTIONATE FUNDS ($47,500.00 DOLLARS X |
| | 0.20% = $9,500.00) LISTED FOR EACH ELEMENT WHERE THE |
| | FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT AND IN THE ORDER LISTED IN |
| | SECTION 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST OF THE 2020 |
| | ACCESSIBILITY CODE. |
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| | 202.4.1. DISPROPORTIONATE COST. ALTERATIONS MADE TO |
| | PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED |
| | AREA WILL BE DEEMED DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL |
| | ALTERATION WHEN THE COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE |
| | ALTERATION TO THE PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COST THAT MAY |
| | BE COUNTED AS EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN |
| | ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COST |
| | ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN |
| | ACCESSIBLE ROUT TO THE ALTERED AREA; (II) COST |
| | ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS |
| | ENLARGING DOOR OPENINGS, INSTALLING GRAB BARS, |
| | ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, INSULATING PIPES, OR |
| | INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET CONTROLS; (III) COST |
| | ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH |
| | AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, |
| | INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT |
| | TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) COST ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING |
| | AN ACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. |
| | 4) THE EXISTING BATHROOM DOOR DOES NOT COMPLY WITH: |
| | 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 404.2.3. CLEAR WIDTH. DOOR |
| | OPENINGS SHALL PROVIDE A CLEAR WIDTH OF 32 INCHES |
| | MINIMUM. CLEAR OPENINGS OF DOORWAYS WITH SWINGING DOORS |
| | SHALL BE MEASURED BETWEEN THE FACE OF THE DOOR AND THE |
| | STOP, WITH THE DOOR OPEN AT 90 DEGREES. |
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| | 5) THE EXISTING BATHROOM DOES NOT MEET ANY OF THE |
| | ACCESSIBLE REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW: |
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| | 5A) CLEAR FLOOR SPACE DIAGRAM & DIMENSIONS FOR THE |
| | WATER CLOSET. SECTION 604.3 |
| | 5B) CLEAR FLOOR SPACE DIAGRAM & DIMENSIONS FOR THE |
| | LAVATORIES. SECTION 606.2. |
| | 5C) TURNING SPACE DIAMETERS. SECTION 304.3 |
| | 5D) CENTERLINE OF THE WATER CLOSETS FROM THE NEAREST |
| | SIDE WALL. SECTION 604.2. |
| | 5E) HEIGHT OF THE WATERCLOSET SEATS FROM FINISH FLOOR. |
| | SECTION 604.4. |
| | 5F) HEIGHT OF THE LAVATORIES AND OR SINKS OR COUNTER |
| | SURFACES FROM THE FINISH FLOOR. SECTION 606.3. |
| | 5G) HEIGHT OF THE MIRRORS FROM THE FINISHED FLOORS TO |
| | THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE REFLECTIVE SURFACE, MIRRORS |
| | ABOVE SINKS. SECTION 606.3. |
| | 5H) LOCATIONS, LENGTHS AND MOUNTING HEIGHTS OF GRAB |
| | BARS FOR THE WATER CLOSETS SEE SECTION 604.5, 609.4 &. |
| | FIGURE 604. |
| | 5I) LOCATIONS OF THE WATER CLOSET FLUSH CONTROLS. |
| | SECTION 604.6. |
| | 5J) CENTERLINES OF THE TOILET DISPENSER MEASURED FROM |
| | THE FRONTS OF THE WATER CLOSET. SECTION & FIGURE 604.7 |
| | 5K) KNEE & TOE CLEARANCES FOR THE LAVATORIES. SECTION |
| | 606.2. |
| | SHOWERS. |
| | 5L) PLEASE SHOW THE SHOWER DIMENSIONS AND THE CLEAR |
| | FLOOR SPACE, DIAGRAM & DIMENSIONS. SECTIONS 608.2.2. |
| | PLEASE NOTE THE WATER CLOSET IS OBSTRUCTING THE |
| | REQUIRED CLEAR FLOOR SPACE FOR THE SHOWER. SECTION |
| | 608.2.2.1. A 30-INCH-WIDE BY 60 INCH LONG MINIMUM CLEAR |
| | FLOOR SPACE SHALL BE PROVIDED ADJACENT TO THE OPEN FACE |
| | OF THE SHOWER COMPARTMENT. |
| | 5M) GRAB BARS. LOCATIONS, LENGTHS & MOUNTING HEIGHTS OF |
| | THE GRAB BARS FOR AN ACCESSIBLE SHOWER. SECTIONS 608.3 |
| | & 608.3.2. |
| | 5N) LOCATION OF CONTROLS, FAUCETS, & SHOWER SPRAYS IN |
| | THE SHOWER. SECTION 608.5.2. |
| | 5O) LOCATION OF SHOWER SEATS. SECTION 610.3 & 610.3.2. |
| | 5P) LOCATION OF A SHOWER SPRAY UNIT SPECIFICATION PER |
| | SECTION 608,6. |
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| | 6) A TRANSMITTAL LETTER / NARRATIVE LISTING THE |
| | ORIGINAL REVIEW COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF |
| | THE REVISION MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR |
| | SPECIFICATION PAGE WHERE THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL |
| | HELP TO EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR |
| | ANTICIPATED COOPERATION. |
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| | PLEASE NOTE WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THIS |
| | REVIEW, SUBSEQUENT |
| | REMARKS MAYBE MADE IN THE NEXT REVIEW CYCLE. |
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| | MY WORK HOURS ARE USUALLY TUES. & WED. 7:30 AM- 4:30 PM |
| | PART-TIME/ SEMI-RETIRED. |
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| | IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK WITH A PLANS EXAMINER BEFORE I GET |
| | BACK INTO THE OFFICE CALL |
| | (561)805-6700 AND ASK FOR THE PLANS EXAMINER ON-CALL. |
| | THANK YOU. |
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| | JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, SFP, CBO |
| | SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION / DEVELOPMENT SERVICES |
| | DEPARTMENT |
| | 401 CLEMATIS ST. WEST PALM BEACH. FL 33402 |
| | TEL: 561-805-6717 |
| | FAX: 561-805-6676 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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