| 2023-07-18 10:10:16 | PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS |
| | |
| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC SEVENTH EDITION (2020) |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | DENIED BY BUILDING |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
| | |
| | 1) SHOW THAT THE PROPOSED PERMANENT LADDER WILL COMPLY |
| | WITH FBC 1011.16 LADDERS.PERMANENT LADDERS SHALL NOT |
| | SERVE AS A PART OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS FROM OCCUPIED |
| | SPACES WITHIN A BUILDING. PERMANENT LADDERS SHALL BE |
| | CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 306.5 OF THE |
| | FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, MECHANICAL. FBC-M306.5 EQUIPMENT |
| | AND APPLIANCES ON ROOFS OR ELEVATED STRUCTURES. WHERE |
| | EQUIPMENT REQUIRING ACCESS OR APPLIANCES ARE LOCATED ON |
| | AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE OR THE ROOF OF A BUILDING SUCH |
| | THAT PERSONNEL WILL HAVE TO CLIMB HIGHER THAN 16 FEET |
| | (4877 MM) ABOVE GRADE TO ACCESS SUCH EQUIPMENT OR |
| | APPLIANCES, AN INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR MEANS OF ACCESS |
| | SHALL BE PROVIDED. SUCH ACCESS SHALL NOT REQUIRE |
| | CLIMBING OVER OBSTRUCTIONS GREATER THAN 30 INCHES (762 |
| | MM) IN HEIGHT OR WALKING ON ROOFS HAVING A SLOPE |
| | GREATER THAN 4 UNITS VERTICAL IN 12 UNITS HORIZONTAL |
| | (33-PERCENT SLOPE). SUCH ACCESS SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE |
| | USE OF PORTABLE LADDERS. WHERE ACCESS INVOLVES CLIMBING |
| | OVER PARAPET WALLS, THE HEIGHT SHALL BE MEASURED TO THE |
| | TOP OF THE PARAPET WALL. |
| | PERMANENT LADDERS INSTALLED TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED |
| | ACCESS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM DESIGN |
| | CRITERIA: |
| | THE SIDE RAILING SHALL EXTEND ABOVE THE PARAPET OR ROOF |
| | EDGE NOT LESS THAN 30 INCHES (762 MM). |
| | LADDERS SHALL HAVE RUNG SPACING NOT TO EXCEED 14 INCHES |
| | (356 MM) ON CENTER. THE UPPERMOST RUNG SHALL BE NOT |
| | GREATER THAN 24 INCHES (610 MM) BELOW THE UPPER EDGE OF |
| | THE ROOF HATCH, ROOF OR PARAPET, AS APPLICABLE. |
| | LADDERS SHALL HAVE A TOE SPACING NOT LESS THAN 6 INCHES |
| | (152 MM) DEEP. |
| | THERE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 18 INCHES (457 MM) BETWEEN |
| | RAILS. |
| | RUNGS SHALL HAVE A DIAMETER NOT LESS THAN 0.75-INCH (19 |
| | MM) AND BE CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING A 300-POUND (136.1 |
| | KG) LOAD. |
| | LADDERS OVER 30 FEET (9144 MM) IN HEIGHT SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED WITH OFFSET SECTIONS AND LANDINGS CAPABLE OF |
| | WITHSTANDING 100 POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT (488.2 KG/M2). |
| | LANDING DIMENSIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 18 INCHES |
| | (457 MM) AND NOT LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE LADDER |
| | SERVED. A GUARD RAIL SHALL BE PROVIDED ON ALL OPEN |
| | SIDES OF THE LANDING. |
| | CLIMBING CLEARANCE. THE DISTANCE FROM THE CENTERLINE OF |
| | THE RUNGS TO THE NEAREST PERMANENT OBJECT ON THE |
| | CLIMBING SIDE OF THE LADDER SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 30 |
| | INCHES (762 MM) MEASURED PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNGS. |
| | THIS DISTANCE SHALL BE MAINTAINED FROM THE POINT OF |
| | LADDER ACCESS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ROOF HATCH. A |
| | MINIMUM CLEAR WIDTH OF 15 INCHES (381 MM) SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LADDER MEASURED FROM THE |
| | MIDPOINT OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE RUNGS EXCEPT WHERE |
| | CAGES OR WELLS ARE INSTALLED. |
| | LANDING REQUIRED. THE LADDER SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A |
| | CLEAR AND UNOBSTRUCTED BOTTOM LANDING AREA HAVING A |
| | MINIMUM DIMENSION OF 30 INCHES (762 MM) BY 30 INCHES |
| | (762 MM) CENTERED IN FRONT OF THE LADDER. |
| | LADDERS SHALL BE PROTECTED AGAINST CORROSION BY |
| | APPROVED MEANS. |
| | ACCESS TO LADDERS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL TIMES. |
| | |
| | 2) SPECIFY HOW THE LADDER WIL BE ABCHORED TO THE WALL. |
| | SPECIFY THE SPACING OF THE ANCHORS. THE TYPE OF ANCHORS |
| | AND THE EMBED DEPTH. THIS SHOULD BE CALCULATED BY AN |
| | ENGINEER. FBC 107.2.1.2 |
| | |
| | 3) PLEASE SUBMIT A RESPONSE LETTER INDICATING HOW EACH |
| | OF THE REVIEW COMMENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. |
| | |
| | |
