Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 07020542
Permit Number 07020542
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2007-09-10 11:15:47BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 07020542
 ADD: 6600 N JOG RD
 CONT: HOLT CONTRACTORS
 TEL: (561)212-9099
 FL BLD CODE= 2004 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
 W/ 2006 FBC REVISIONS
 * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS
  
 3RDREVIEW
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1)--- VERY IMPORTANT STATEMENT ---
 PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE!
 WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE
 THE REVISION & REMOVE & REPLACE ANY
 PAGES AS NECESSARY. A TRANSMITTAL LETTER
 LISTING THE ORIGINAL REVIEW COMMENT NUM-
 BER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE REVISION
 MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICA
 TION PAGE WHERE THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND
 WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT. THANK
 YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION.
  
 2) COMPLIED, SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY DOES NOT NEED NOC.
  
 3) 2ND REQUEST,THE PERMIT APPLICATION DESCRIPTION OF
 PROJECT IN DETAIL "REMOVE & REPLACE TWO TEMPORARY
 OFFICE MODULAR BUILDINGS" , INDICATES A TEMPORARY
 OFFICE USAGE BY DEFINITION THIS IS LESS THAN 180 DAYS
 SEE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 107.1*.THIS OFFICE DISCUSSED
 THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DRY STACK FOUNDATIONS TO BE USED
 FOR A PERMANENT INSTALLATION WITH THE DESIGNERS, SINCE
 THAT TIME THIS OFFICE HAD CONCERNS WITH THIS TYPE OF
 INSTALLATION AND TO GET A GENERAL CONSENSUSWE LOOKED
 AT THE FAQ ON THE DCA WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ON
 MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USE. THERE
 WAS
 NO INFORMATION AS TO COMMERCIAL ASPECTS FOR FOUNDATIONS
 BUT FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS:FIND THE FOLLOWING
 STATEMENT ABOUT MODULAR HOMES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO
 FBC, AS OPPOSED TO MOBILE HOMES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO
 HUD STANDARDS.BOTH TYPES ARE CLASSIFIED AS
 MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS.THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT IS
 SPECIFIC TO MODULAR HOMES (UNDER FBC):
  
 EXTRACT FROM:
 WWW.DCA.STATE.FL.US/FBC/MANUFACTURED_BUILDINGS/MOBILE_V
 S_MODULAR_HOMES_REV.PDF
  
  
 MODULAR HOMESARE DESIGNED, BUILT, PERMITTED AND
 INSPECTED TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE (FBC), AND MUST
 BE INSTALLED ON PERMANENT FOUNDATIONS (E.G., POURED
 FOOTERS, STEM WALLS & POURED PIERS OR ENGINEERED SLABS,
 JUST LIKE SITE BUILT HOMES) THAT ARE DESIGNED AND BUILT
 SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT HOME BY A CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
 (DBPR). IT IS A VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES FOR A
 MOBILE HOME INSTALLER TO INSTALL A MODULAR HOME. TO BE
 ACCEPTABLE IN FLORIDA, A MODULAR HOME MUST BEAR THE
 INSIGNIA OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
 (DCA) ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER OF THE HOME?S
 ELECTRICAL PANEL. THEY ARE CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY
 WHEN INSTALLED ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION, AND INSURED
 AS SUCH.
 NOTE: A FEW MODULAR MANUFACTURERS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
 THEIR HOMES ON A MOBILE HOME TYPE CHASSIS (CALLED
 ?ON-FRAME? CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS ALLOWED IN THE FBC)
 AND TRANSPORT THEM ON WHEELS AND AXLES JUST LIKE MOBILE
 HOMES; AS OPPOSED TO MOST WHO CONSTRUCT [WITHOUT THE
 CHASSIS] ON TYPICAL FLOOR JOIST TYPE CONSTRUCTION AND
 TRANSPORT THE MODULES ON A FLAT BED TRAILER, LIFTING
 THEM INTO PLACE ONSITE WITH A CRANE. NO MATTER THE
 METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION, THE MODULAR HOME MUST BE
 INSTALLED BY A LICENSED CONTRACTOR ON A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION, AS SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 428.4 FBC.
  
  
 THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE BUT THE
 PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME.AMONG THE MULTIPLE REFERENCES
 TO "PERMANENT FOUNDATIONS", THE DCA GIVE EXAMPLES AS
 "POURED FOOTERS, STEM WALLS & POURED PIERS OR
 ENGINEERED SLABS, JUST LIKE SITE BUILT HOMES".
  
 WEDNESDAY JUNE 20/2007 THIS SAME QUESTION WAS ASKED TO
 THE BUILDING CODE ADVISORY BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY,
 IN THE CASE OF BUILDINGS TO BE INSTALLED AS A PERMANENT
 INSTALLATION
 ( GREATER THAN 180 DAYS) THERE WAS AN AGREEMEENT THAT
 SOME TYPE OF PERMANENT FOUNDATION WOULD BE REQUIRED, AS
 HOW THIS WOULD BE DETAILED WOULD DEPEND ON THE
 INTERPRETATION OF THE JHA.
  
 SEE ATTACHED HUD TYPE FOUNDATION EXTRACT FROM:
 WWW.DCA.STATE.FL.US/FBC/MANUFACTURED_BUILDINGS/Q_AND_%2
 0AV2.PDF
  
 11. CAN A MODULAR RESIDENCE BE INSTALLED ON A HUD TYPE
 (15C) FOUNDATION WITH PADS, DRY STACKED BLOCKS AND
 TIE-DOWNS?
 ANSWER. THIS IS A SITE RELATED ISSUE, SUBJECT TO CODE
 INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LOCAL BUILDING
 OFFICIAL. CHAPTER 428.4, FBC STATES: "IF THE PLANS ARE
 FOR A RESIDENTIAL MANUFACTURED (MODULAR) BUILDING,
 CERTIFICATION FROM THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBLE
 FOR THE PLANS THAT THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN DESIGNED ONLY
 FOR ERECTION OR INSTALLATION ON A SITE BUILT PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION AND IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE MOVED ONCE SO
 ERECTED".
 NOTE: THE INSTALLATION OF A MODULAR HOME ON A HUD TYPE
 FOUNDATION MAY PRECLUDE THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE
 RESIDENCE AS ?REAL PROPERTY? BY THE LOCAL PROPERTY
 APPRAISER?S OFFICE AND TRIGGER HIGHER INSURANCE RATES
 THAT TYPICALLY APPLY TO HUD TYPE HOMES, OFTEN
 CLASSIFIED AS "PERSONAL PROPERTY".
  
 AS OF THIS MORNING (6-21-07) MEETING WITH THE ASSIT.
 BUILING OFFICIAL ROBERT BROWN AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL
 NEIL MELICK AND REVIEWING THE FINDINGS OF THE BCAB
 BOARD THIS OFFICE FEELS THE NEED FOR A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION WILL BE REQUIRED ALONG WITH TIE-DOWN
 INFORMATION TO TIE THE STRUCTURE DOWN THROUGH TO THE
 FOUNDATION. THE RECOMENDATIONS FROM THE TAC ARE AT BEST
 RECOOMMENDATIONS IT WILL TAKE A DECLATORY STATEMENT TO
 REVERSE THE BUILDING OFFICIALS INTERPRETATION OR GO FOR
 A VARIANCE FROM THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND
 APPEAL DISSAGREEING THE WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIALS
 INTERPRETATION.
  
 4-9 COMPLIED.
  
 102.1* WHERE, IN ANY SPECIFIC CASE, DIFFERENT SECTIONS
 OF THIS CODE SPECIFY DIFFERENT MATERIALS, METHODS OF
 CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS, THE MOST
 RESTRICTIVE SHALL GOVERN. WHERE THERE IS A CONFLICT
 BETWEEN A GENERAL REQUIREMENT AND A SPECIFIC
 REQUIREMENT, THE SPECIFIC
 REQUIREMENT SHALL BE APPLICABLE.
  
 BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 JIM WITMER C. B. O.
 BUILDING PLAN REVIEW II
  
  
  
  
  
 TEL: (561)805-6715
 FAX: (561)659-8026
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
2007-06-21 15:45:19BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 07020542
 ADD: 6600 N JOG RD
 CONT: HOLT CONTRACTORS
 TEL: (561)212-9099
 FL BLD CODE= 2004 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
 W/ 2006 FBC REVISIONS
 * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS
  
 2NDREVIEW
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1)--- VERY IMPORTANT STATEMENT ---
 PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE!
 WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE
 THE REVISION & REMOVE & REPLACE ANY
 PAGES AS NECESSARY. A TRANSMITTAL LETTER
 LISTING THE ORIGINAL REVIEW COMMENT NUM-
 BER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE REVISION
 MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICA
 TION PAGE WHERE THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND
 WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT. THANK
 YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION.
  
 2 ) FL S S 713.13
 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT, TO BE FILED WITH THE CLERK OF
 THE COURT.
 NOTE: 713.13(2)
 IF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THE NOTICE OFCOMMENCEMENT IS
 NOT ACTUALLYCOMMENCED
 WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE RECORDING THEREOF, SUCH NOTICE
 IS NULL & VOID. NOTE: 713.13(6)
 THE POSTING OF THE NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT AT THE
 CONSTRUCTION SITE BEFORE THE FIRST INSPECTION.
  
 3) THE PERMIT APPLICATION DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT IN
 DETAIL "REMOVE & REPLACE TWO TEMPORARY OFFICE MODULAR
 BUILDINGS" , INDICATES A TEMPORARY OFFICE USAGE BY
 DEFINITION THIS IS LESS THAN 180 DAYS SEE
 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 107.1*.THIS OFFICE DISCUSSED THE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR DRY STACK FOUNDATIONS TO BE USED FOR A
 PERMANENT INSTALLATION WITH THE DESIGNERS, SINCE THAT
 TIME THIS OFFICE HAD CONCERNS WITH THIS TYPE OF
 INSTALLATION AND TO GET A GENERAL CONSENSUSWE LOOKED
 AT THE FAQ ON THE DCA WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ON
 MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USE. THERE
 WAS
 NO INFORMATION AS TO COMMERCIAL ASPECTS FOR FOUNDATIONS
 BUT FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS:FIND THE FOLLOWING
 STATEMENT ABOUT MODULAR HOMES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO
 FBC, AS OPPOSED TO MOBILE HOMES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO
 HUD STANDARDS.BOTH TYPES ARE CLASSIFIED AS
 MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS.THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT IS
 SPECIFIC TO MODULAR HOMES (UNDER FBC):
  
 EXTRACT FROM:
 WWW.DCA.STATE.FL.US/FBC/MANUFACTURED_BUILDINGS/MOBILE_V
 S_MODULAR_HOMES_REV.PDF
  
  
 MODULAR HOMES?ARE DESIGNED, BUILT, PERMITTED AND
 INSPECTED TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE (FBC), AND MUST
 BE INSTALLED ON PERMANENT FOUNDATIONS (E.G., POURED
 FOOTERS, STEM WALLS & POURED PIERS OR ENGINEERED SLABS,
 JUST LIKE SITE BUILT HOMES) THAT ARE DESIGNED AND BUILT
 SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT HOME BY A CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
 (DBPR). IT IS A VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES FOR A
 MOBILE HOME INSTALLER TO INSTALL A MODULAR HOME. TO BE
 ACCEPTABLE IN FLORIDA, A MODULAR HOME MUST BEAR THE
 INSIGNIA OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
 (DCA) ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER OF THE HOME?S
 ELECTRICAL PANEL. THEY ARE CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY
 WHEN INSTALLED ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION, AND INSURED
 AS SUCH.
 NOTE: A FEW MODULAR MANUFACTURERS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
 THEIR HOMES ON A MOBILE HOME TYPE CHASSIS (CALLED
 ?ON-FRAME? CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS ALLOWED IN THE FBC)
 AND TRANSPORT THEM ON WHEELS AND AXLES JUST LIKE MOBILE
 HOMES; AS OPPOSED TO MOST WHO CONSTRUCT [WITHOUT THE
 CHASSIS] ON TYPICAL FLOOR JOIST TYPE CONSTRUCTION AND
 TRANSPORT THE MODULES ON A FLAT BED TRAILER, LIFTING
 THEM INTO PLACE ONSITE WITH A CRANE. NO MATTER THE
 METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION, THE MODULAR HOME MUST BE
 INSTALLED BY A LICENSED CONTRACTOR ON A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION, AS SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 428.4 FBC.
  
  
 THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE BUT THE
 PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME.AMONG THE MULTIPLE REFERENCES
 TO "PERMANENT FOUNDATIONS", THE DCA GIVE EXAMPLES AS
 "POURED FOOTERS, STEM WALLS & POURED PIERS OR
 ENGINEERED SLABS, JUST LIKE SITE BUILT HOMES".
  
 WEDNESDAY JUNE 20/2007 THIS SAME QUESTION WAS ASKED TO
 THE BUILDING CODE ADVISORY BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY,
 IN THE CASE OF BUILDINGS TO BE INSTALLED AS A PERMANENT
 INSTALLATION
 ( GREATER THAN 180 DAYS) THERE WAS AN AGREEMEENT THAT
 SOME TYPE OF PERMANENT FOUNDATION WOULD BE REQUIRED, AS
 HOW THIS WOULD BE DETAILED WOULD DEPEND ON THE
 INTERPRETATION OF THE JHA.
  
 SEE ATTACHED HUD TYPE FOUNDATION EXTRACT FROM:
 WWW.DCA.STATE.FL.US/FBC/MANUFACTURED_BUILDINGS/Q_AND_%2
 0AV2.PDF
  
 11. CAN A MODULAR RESIDENCE BE INSTALLED ON A HUD TYPE
 (15C) FOUNDATION WITH PADS, DRY STACKED BLOCKS AND
 TIE-DOWNS?
 ANSWER. THIS IS A SITE RELATED ISSUE, SUBJECT TO CODE
 INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LOCAL BUILDING
 OFFICIAL. CHAPTER 428.4, FBC STATES: "IF THE PLANS ARE
 FOR A RESIDENTIAL MANUFACTURED (MODULAR) BUILDING,
 CERTIFICATION FROM THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBLE
 FOR THE PLANS THAT THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN DESIGNED ONLY
 FOR ERECTION OR INSTALLATION ON A SITE BUILT PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION AND IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE MOVED ONCE SO
 ERECTED".
 NOTE: THE INSTALLATION OF A MODULAR HOME ON A HUD TYPE
 FOUNDATION MAY PRECLUDE THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE
 RESIDENCE AS ?REAL PROPERTY? BY THE LOCAL PROPERTY
 APPRAISER?S OFFICE AND TRIGGER HIGHER INSURANCE RATES
 THAT TYPICALLY APPLY TO HUD TYPE HOMES, OFTEN
 CLASSIFIED AS ?PERSONAL PROPERTY?.
  
 AS OF THIS MORNING MEETING WITH THE ASSIT. BUILING
 OFFICIAL ROBERT BROWN AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL NEIL
 MELICK AND REVIEWING THE FINDINGS OF THE BCAB BOARD
 THIS OFFICE FEELS THE NEED FOR A PERMANENT FOUNDATION
 WILL BE REQUIRED ALONG WITH TIE-DOWN INFORMATION TO TIE
 THE STRUCTURE DOWN THROUGH TO THE FOUNDATION.
  
 4) COMPLIED.
  
 5-8)COMPLIED.
  
 9)BEFORE A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAY BE ISSUED,
 IMPACT FEES MUST BE PAID TO PALM BEACH COUNTY. THE
 ACTUAL PERMIT SET OF PLANS MUST BE STAMPED BY THAT
 OFFICE, AND A COPY OF THE PAID RECEIPT
 ATTACHED TO THE PERMIT APPLICATION. PLEASE CALL
 (561)233-5025 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
  
 10-11)COMPLIED.
  
 12) A FULL FOUNDATION WILL BE REQUIRED AS STATED IN
 COMMENT # 3.
  
 BUILDING PLAN REVIEW II
 JIM WITMER C. B. O.
  
 TEL: (561)805-6715
 FAX: (561)659-8026
 E-MAIL: [email protected]


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