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Plan Review Notes For Permit 07060536
Permit Number	07060536
Review Stop	B
Sequence Number	1

Notes

Date	Text
2007-07-25 19:22:34	PROJECT: 300 PALM BEACH LAKES BLVD.

	PROJECT DESCRIPTION: CONDO CONVERSION/ ALTERATIONS

	REVIEW: 2004 FL. EXISTING BUILDING CODE W/ 2006
	REVISIONS
	2004 FL. BUILDING CODE W/ 2006
	REVISIONS
	CITY OF WPB AMENDMENTS/2004

	COMMENTS:

	A) PURSUANT TO THE FLORIDA STATUES, CHAPTER 471.003
	QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRACTICE; EXEMPTIONS: THE FOLLOWING
	SHALL APPLY:


	(3)NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR
	OF ANY OTHER LAW, NO LICENSED ENGINEER WHOSE PRINCIPAL
	PRACTICE IS CIVIL OR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, OR
	EMPLOYEE OR SUBORDINATE UNDER THE RESPONSIBLE
	SUPERVISION OR CONTROL OF THE ENGINEER, IS PRECLUDED
	FROM PERFORMING ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES WHICH ARE PURELY
	INCIDENTAL TO HER OR HIS ENGINEERING PRACTICE, NOR IS
	ANY LICENSED ARCHITECT, OR EMPLOYEE OR SUBORDINATE
	UNDER THE RESPONSIBLE SUPERVISION OR CONTROL OF THE
	ARCHITECT, PRECLUDED FROM PERFORMING ENGINEERING
	SERVICES WHICH ARE PURELY INCIDENTAL TO HER OR HIS
	ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE. HOWEVER, NO ENGINEER SHALL
	PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE OR USE THE DESIGNATION
	"ARCHITECT" OR ANY TERM DERIVED THEREFROM, AND NO
	ARCHITECT SHALL PRACTICE ENGINEERING OR USE THE
	DESIGNATION "ENGINEER" OR ANY TERM DERIVED THEREFROM.

	THEREFORE, A LICENSED ARCHITECT SHALL PREPARE THE
	ARCHITECTURAL PLANS SINCE THE DESIGNATED SCOPE OF WORK
	IS NOT INCIDENTAL TO THE STRUCTURAL SCOPE OF WORK.


	1)PLEASE INDICATE LEVEL OF ALTERATION PURSUANT TO THE
	FEBC:

	301.5 . A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL OR AN
	OWNER MUST ELECT ONE OR A COMBINATION OF
	LEVELS OF ALTERATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
	303,304 & 305 OF THIS CODE.

	2) AS PER THE FBC 106.3.5, PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING
	DATA:

	A) BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TYPE
	B) OCCUPANCY LOAD: INCLUDING NEW DECK FOR ASSEMBLY
	OCCUPANCY.
	C) OCCUPANCY GROUP
	D) SPRINKLERED OR NON-SPRINKLERED.

	3) NEW BALCONIES NOT SHOWN ON SCOPE OF WORK, SHT. A-0.

	4) CHANGE CONSTRUCTION NOTES #1 TO REFLECT THE CURRENT
	BUILDING CODES.

	5) INDICATETHE FIRE-RATED WALL PARTITIONS ON SHEETS
	A-6 THRU A-9. SHOW EXISTING DOOR FIRE RATINGS.

	6) REQUIRE APPROVED FIRE-STOPPING DETAILS FOR
	FLOOR/CEILING/WALL PENETRATIONS:

	712.3.1.2 THROUGH-PENETRATION FIRESTOP SYSTEM. THROUGH
	PENETRATIONS SHALL BE PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED
	PENETRATION FIRESTOP SYSTEM INSTALLED AS TESTED IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 814 OR UL 1479, WITH A MINIMUM
	POSITIVE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL OF 0.01 INCH (2.49 PA)
	OF WATER AND SHALL HAVE AN F RATING OF NOT LESS THAN
	THE REQUIRED FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING OF THE WALL
	PENETRATED.

	7) PLEASE SUBMIT A LIFE SAFETY PLAN. INDICATE TRAVEL
	DISTANCES, MEANS OF EGRESS, ETC.

	8) THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION IS FOR A CONDO CONVERSION.
	THIS REPRESENTS A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION,
	SINCE THE EXISTING BUILDING WAS CLASSIFIED AS A R-2
	(DORMITORY). THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICAITON FOR A
	CONDOMINIUM IS R-3. THE BUILDING SHALL MEET ALL OF THE
	REQUIREMENTS AS STATED WITHIN THE FLORIDA EXISTING
	BUILDING CODE:

	SECTION 812
	CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
	812.1COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 7.
	THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING
	MAY BE CHANGED, PROVIDED THAT THE BUILDING MEETS ALL OF
	THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 7 APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE
	BUILDING FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY GROUP AND COMPLIES WITH
	THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 802 THROUGH 812.

	9) PLEASE INDICATE THE TYPE OF THE EXISTING ROOF
	SLAB/FLOOR SLABS. SHOW THICKNESS ANDTHE STRENGTH OF
	THE EXISTING CONCRETE.

	10) PLEASE SUBMIT STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS SHOWING THE
	ADDITONAL IMPOSED LOADS AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LOADS
	BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROOF RECREATIONAL DECK:

	707.6ADDITIONAL LOADS.
	WHERE GRAVITY LOADING IS INCREASED ON THE ROOF OR FLOOR
	OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, ALL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS
	AFFECTED BY SUCH INCREASE SHALL MEET THE GRAVITY LOAD
	REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
	EXCEPTIONS:
	1. STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS WHOSE STRESS IS NOT INCREASED BY
	MORE THAN 5 PERCENT.
	2. BUILDINGS OF GROUP R OCCUPANCY WITH NO MORE THAN
	FIVE DWELLING UNITS OR SLEEPING UNITS USED SOLELY FOR
	RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES THAT ARE ALTERED BASED ON THE
	CONVENTIONAL LIGHT-FRAME CONSTRUCTION METHODS AS
	DEFINED IN CHAPTER 2.

	11)INDICATE CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE
	JACUZZIS. SHOW LOAD CALCULATIONS.

	12) MISSING BUILDING/FLOOR PLAN/BALCONY DIMENSIONS.

	13) SUBMIT SHOP DRAWINGS FOR THE NEW BALCONY
	GUARDRAILING.

	14) SHOW LOAD CALCULATIONS FOR NEW BALCONY SLABS.

	15) SUBMIT SHOP DRAWINGS FOR THE PRE-FABRICATED METAL
	STAIRS SHOWN ON SHEET A-8.

	16) SUBMIT SHOP DRAWINGS FOR PRE-FAB CONTINUOUS STUDDED
	METAL ANGLE.

	17) PLEASE SHOW ALL APPLICABLE WORK/DETAILS INCIDENTAL
	TO ITEM #7/#8 ON SHEET A-0, UNDER
	SCOPE OF WORK.

	18) SHOW THE TYPE OF EXISTING ROOF COVERING. THE ROOF
	COVERING SHALL BE MAINTAINED AS PER THE FOLLOWING
	SECTION:

	1503.1 GENERAL.
	ROOF DECKS SHALL BE COVERED WITH APPROVED ROOF
	COVERINGS SECURED TO THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IN
	ACCORDANCE
	WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER. ROOF COVERINGS
	SHALL BE DESIGNED, INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH
	THIS CODE AND THE APPROVED MANUFACTURER?S INSTRUCTIONS
	SUCH THAT THE ROOF COVERING SHALL SERVE TO PROTECT THE
	BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.

	PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THE ROOF COVERING WILL BE MAINTAINED
	OR HOW A RE-ROOFING APPLICATION WOULD BE PERMITTED WITH
	THE
	WOOD DECK IN PLACE.

	19) SHOW INTERIOR DEMOLITION IN THE SCOPE OF WORK AND
	ON FLOOR PLANS.

	20) PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THESE PLANS AND APPLICABLE
	INFORMATION ARE INCOMPLETE. THEREFORE, THIS REVIEWER
	COULD NOT PERFORM A COMPLETE BUILDING PLAN REVIEW.THE
	NOTED COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS FINAL
	COMMENTS. PRIOR TO RE-SUBMITTING THESE PLANS, PLEASE
	ADDRESS AND REVIEW FOR COMPLETENESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
	ANTICIPATED COOPERATION.

	PLAN REVIEW: KEN CONRAD
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