Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 08090611
Permit Number 08090611
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2008-12-30 09:00:16****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6724 [email protected]
  
 FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004
 FBC EB FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 EXISTING BUILDING
 CODE
 FBC R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 RESIDENTIAL
 FBC* CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC2004
 FAC FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 FS FLORIDA STATUTE
  
 COMMENTS FROM FIRST REVIEW:
  
 1. IMPACT FEE ASSESSMENT BY PALM BEACH COUNTY REQUIRED
 PRIOR TO PERMIT ISSUANCE, 2300 N JOG RD. PLEASE CALL
 561-233-5025 FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE PLANS MUST BE
 STAMPED AND THE RECEIPT IS TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE
 PERMIT APPLICATION.
  
 NOT COMPLETED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM
 MUST BE DONE PRIOR TO PERMIT ISSUANCE.
  
 2-5. ADDRESSED.
  
 6. A01 SPECIFIES WP1200 WALL; PROVIDE A DETAIL FBC 7,
 FBC*106.
  
 2ND REVIEW, DETAIL W6 WAS ADDED TO A.10.1 BUT IS NOT
 COMPLETE WITH ALL DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS. FOR
 INSTANCE, DETAIL STATES THAT METAL STUD IS TO BE ?AS
 REQUIRED?. UL U497 HAS A MINIMUM GAUGE FOR METAL STUD.
 PLEASE INCLUDE ALL SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
 THIS WALL, AND CHECK ALL OTHER UL ASSEMBLY DETAILS.
  
 7. CV01 STATES THAT OFFICES, STORAGE, AND MERCANTILE
 AREAS ARE ACCESSORY. DECLARE TOTAL SQUARE FOOT AREA FOR
 EACH FBC 5.
  
 2ND REVIEW, ACCESSORY AREAS ARE NOT TO EXCEED 10%,
 FBC302.2. THE STORAGE AREA SHOULD BE DECLARED S1, AND
 THE BUILDING AS A MIXED OCCUPANCY, SEE FBC302.1,
 FBC302.2. AS THE STORAGE AREAS EXCEED 20%, THEY CANNOT
 BE DECLARED AS ACCESSORY USE. PLEASE SEE ALSO
 FBC302.3.1.
  
 8. THIS ITEM WAS ADDRESSED, BUT PLEASE SEE OTHER
 COMMENTS REGARDING ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING CODE
 SUMMARY.
  
 9. NOTE ALL REQUIRED FIRE RATED WALLS ON THE PLAN.
 OPENING AND PENETRATION PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS, ETC.
 ARE NOT READILY APPARENT WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION FBC7.
  
 2ND REVIEW, PLEASE INCLUDE FIRE RATING REQUIREMENT FOR
 WALL TYPE W11. PLEASE SEE MECHANICAL COMMENTS REGARDING
 MISSING FIRE DAMPERS (M SHEETS).
  
 IT APPEARS THAT THE ARCHITECT IS SPECIFYING A 2 HOUR
 OCCUPANCY SEPARATION (HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL) AS WELL
 AS A 1 HOUR CORRIDOR. SEE SHEET A13, FBC712.4.1.2,
 SPECIFY LOCATIONS OF PENETRATIONS WITH A T RATING OF 0
 OR 1, OR OTHERWISE NOTE LIMITATION OF USE OF THESE
 DETAILS.
  
 PLEASE ALSO SEE FBC706.1 AND FBC708.1, OCCUPANCY
 SEPARATIONS ARE TO BE FIRE BARRIERS, NOT FIRE
 PARTITIONS AS NOTED ON THE PLAN.
  
 10. DECLARE OCCUPANT LOAD FBC 1004.
  
 THIS ITEM WAS ADDRESSED, BUT SEE SHEETS E4 AND A01. THE
 BREAK ROOM (A01) IS SHOWN AS A VIEWING ROOM (E4). IT IS
 UNCLEAR AS TO HOW THIS AREA HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED ON
 CV01. ALTHOUGH THE AREA IS SMALL, THIS MAY AFFECT
 OCCUPANT LOAD; IT APPEARS THAT 100SF PER OCCUPANT HAS
 BEEN USED, BUT POSSIBLY OCCUPANT LOAD AS HIGH AS 7SF
 PER OCCUPANT MAY BE REQUIRED.
  
 11. ADDRESSED.
  
 12. SP01 SHOWS THREE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. PLEASE SEE
 FBC TABLE 503, FBC TABLE 601, FBC TABLE 602. DO FIRE
 WALLS EXIST SEPARATING THESE BUILDINGS OR ARE THEY ONE
 BUILDING FOR PURPOSES OF FBC CHAPTERS 5 AND 6? AN
 OPENING IS SHOWN BETWEEN THE NORTH AND CENTER
 BUILDINGS; SEE FBC TABLE 704.8, NO OPENINGS PERMITTED
 WITH A SEPARATION OF 0 TO 3 FEET.
  
 2ND REVIEW, PLEASE SEE ROCAMAR ENGINEERING RESPONSES TO
 ELECTRIC COMMENTS. HE STATES THAT THESE ARE THREE
 SEPARATE BUILDINGS, YET THE ARCHITECT ON THE PLAN AND
 IN THE RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT THEY ARE ONE
 BUILDING. PLEASE COORDINATE WITH OTHER DESIGN
 PROFESSIONALS. THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN DONE ON THE
 ASSUMPTION THAT THE ARCHITECT IS CORRECT, AND THE THREE
 BUILDING AREAS ARE TO BE TREATED AS ONE BUILDING. IF
 THE THREE BUILDING AREAS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED THREE
 SEPARATE BUILDINGS, THEY MUST BE SEPARATED WITH FIRE
 WALLS FBC705.
  
 13. ADDRESSED.
  
 14. CV01, DECLARE TOTAL SQUARE FOOT AREA FOR THE
 BUILDING OR BUILDINGS (SEE OTHER COMMENTS), FBC5, FBC6,
 FBC EB8.
  
 2ND REVIEW, PLEASE EXPLAIN BUILDING AREA DECLARED ON
 CV01. THE ICE RINK AREA APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY
 42,250, TOTAL SF AREA DECLARED ON CV1 IS 43,310. THIS
 APPEARS TO BE LESS THAN HALF THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING.
 SEE DEFINITION OF AREA, BUILDING, FBC502. IT APPEARS
 THAT ONLY THE ICE RINK AREA WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, YET
 BY DEFINITION THIS IS NOT THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
 INFORMATION REGARDING THE ENTIRE BUILDING, ALL THREE
 SPACES, MUST BE SHOWN AS WELL AS COMPLIANCE WITH FBC
 CHAPTER 5, BUILDING HEIGHT AND AREA.
  
 PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PLAN SHOWS A 2 HR DEMISING WALL,
 NOT A 3 HOUR FIRE WALL SEPARATING BUILDINGS, SEE
 DEFINITION FBC705, FBC TABLE 705. UNLIMITED AREA
 BUILDING REQUIREMENT IS OPEN SPACE AROUND THE
 PERIMETER, BUT IF THIS IS DESIGNED AS A ?SEPARATE
 BUILDING?, ONE SIDE LACKS THE OPEN SPACE (THE SIDE
 AGAINST THE OTHER BUILDING). IF THE ENTIRE BUILDING
 AREA IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, INFORMATION REGARDING THE
 OTHER PORTION(S) OF THE BUILDING MUST BE SHOWN TO
 DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH FBC 5, FBC 6.
  
 CV.01 STATES THAT TWO STORIES ARE ALLOWED PER FBC503.
 ONLY ONE STORY PERMITTED FOR UNLIMITED AREA BUILDINGS
 FBC507.2; IF YOU CHOOSE TO DESIGN USING FBC TABLE 503
 PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE TABLE ALONG WITH
 CALCULATIONS FOR ALLOWABLE INCREASES (SPRINKLER, OPEN
 SPACE).
  
 INFORMATIONAL ONLY; PLEASE NOTE THAT S2 OCCUPANCY IS
 FOR NON COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE AS DEFINED IN FBC311.3. IF
 THIS OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IS DECLARED FOR THE OTHER
 SPACES, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION WILL BE REQUIRED. S1
 IS THE MORE TYPICAL CLASSIFICATION FBC311.2.
  
 15. CV01, PROVIDE TOTAL SQUARE FOOT AREAS FOR THE
 PROPOSED MEZZANINES AS WELL AS OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
 FOR THE USE OF THESE SPACES, FBC 3, FBC10, FBC11.
  
 2ND REVIEW, PLEASE SEE ELECTRIC COMMENTS, MEP AND
 STRUCTURAL SHEETS. STAIRS ARE STILL SHOWN ON THE PLAN
 TO A MEZZANINE AREA, YET THE ARCHITECT STATES THAT
 THERE IS NO MEZZANINE AT THIS TIME AND HAS REMOVED THE
 MEZZANINE FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL AND LIFE SAFETY
 SHEETS. PLEASE COORDINATE. ALL PLANS SHOULD REFLECT THE
 SAME FLOOR PLAN.
  
 S2 STILL REFERS TO THE EQUIPMENT PLATFORM AS A
 MEZZANINE. SEE PREVIOUS COMMENT LIST REGARDING CODE
 ISSUES FOR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IN A MEZZANINE. PLEASE
 COORDINATE ALL TRADES; A THOROUGH REVIEW CANNOT BE DONE
 DUE TO CONFLICTING INFORMATION.
  
 ALSO PLEASE SEE OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THIS AREA.
  
 16. THE MEZZANINE AREAS MUST MEET THE DEFINITION
 FBC502. PLEASE DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE ON THE PLAN.
  
 2ND REVIEW, SEE COMMENT 15. PLANS SUBMITTED ARE NOT
 CONSISTENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE FBC502 HAS NOT BEEN
 SHOWN.
  
 17-19. ADDRESSED.
  
 20. SEE FBC*109.3.6.4.4, FS553.79(7)(D) AND INCLUDE THE
 STATEMENT ATTESTING TO COMPLIANCE.
  
 2ND REVIEW, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT?S PLAN SHOWS CODE
 COMPLIANCE FOR BUILDING AREA, ACCESSIBLE ROUTE,
 ACCESSIBLE PARKING, ETC. THIS SHEET SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE
 THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE, OR HAVE
 OTHER DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
 THESE ITEMS.
  
 22. PLANS ARE TO BE SIGNED, SEALED, AND DATED FS481.
 PLEASE INCLUDE A DATE ON THE SEAL.
  
 2ND REVIEW, PLANS ARE NOW SIGNED AND DATED BUT ONE SET
 IS NOT SEALED, FS481.
  
 23-24. ADDRESSED.
  
 25. FP SHEETS DO NOT HAVE A FIRE SPRINKLER PLAN FOR THE
 MEZZANINE AREAS.
  
 THIS WAS PROVIDED FOR THE MECHANICAL PLATFORM, BUT NOT
 FOR THE STRUCTURAL DECK (FUTURE MEZZANINE). PLEASE
 REVISE OR SHOW WHERE IN NFPA13 THIS AREA IS EXEMPTED.
 THE SAME SPACE IS BEING CREATED, BUT WITHOUT ACCESS
 STAIRS, IT SEEMS THAT THE FIRE RISK REMAINS.
  
 26. A01 SPECIFY FIRE RATING (TIME) REQUIRED FOR THE
 WP1200 WALL, SOUTH SIDE.
  
 ARCHITECT?S RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT THIS WAS ADDED.
 SEE A01, UNABLE TO FIND INFORMATION REGARDING FIRE
 RATING FOR THE EXISTING DEMISING WALL.
  
 27. FBC13-101.3, BUILDING SHALL COMPLY WITH FBC13-4.
  
 ENERGY CALCS WERE SUBMITTED. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
  
 A. THE ENERGY CALCS DO NOT APPEAR TO INCLUDE THE SHELL
 FOR UNIT B. PLEASE REVISE. SQUARE FOOT AREA AND
 COMPONENTS ARE TO CORRELATE WITH THE PLANS. SEE
 FBC13-101.1.6.
  
 28. ADDRESSED.
  
 29. ADDRESSED; PLEASE NOTE THAT SHOP DRAWINGS FOR THE
 FIRE RATED GLAZING WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO
 INSTALLATION (PROVISO ITEM).
  
 30-32. PLEASE SEE OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE
 MEZZANINE. IF MEZZANINES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT,
 PLEASE ADDRESS COMMENTS.
  
 33. A03, AS CANOPY INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED, A
 SEPARATE PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED (INFORMATIONAL ONLY).
  
 34. PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE UPPER LEVEL
 AREAS. SEE FBC505.5, INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT PLATFORMS ARE
 NOT TO BE A PART OF ANY MEZZANINE. ALSO DECLARE
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION FOR THESE AREAS, FBC CHAPTER
 3.
  
 2ND REVIEW, SEE FBC 502DEFINITIONS, INDUSTRIAL
 EQUIPMENT PLATFORMS ARE LIMITED TO USE IN INDUSTRIAL
 OCCUPANCIES. PLEASE RECLASSIFY THIS AREA OR REVISE AS
 REQUIRED IN FBC CHAPTER 5. NOTE THAT THE ENTIRE SPACE
 WAS CLASSIFIED AS A4, SEE SHEET CV.01. SEE ALSO OTHER
 COMMENTS REGARDING OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
  
 MEP AND STRUCTURAL SHEETS SHOW STAIRS TO THE WEST
 MEZZANINE AREA, ARCHITECTURALS HAVE REMOVED ACCESS.
 EQUIPMENT PLATFORM SHOWN AS MEZZANINE ON STRUCTURAL
 DRAWINGS. PLEASE COORDINATE.
  
 35. ADDRESSED.
  
 36. SOILS REPORT, ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY
 FAC61G15-23.002(2) REQUIRED (CERTIFICATE OF
 AUTHORIZATION). PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REQUIREMENT HAS
 RECENTLY BEEN REVISED.
  
 2ND REVIEW, NOT ADDRESSED.
  
 37. SEE ENERGY CALCS; NO DOORS SHOWN, ICE RINK FLOOR IS
 SHOWN AS CARPET. PLEASE REVISE THESE ITEMS AND CHECK
 ALL INFORMATION ON THE ENERGY CALC INPUT DATA REPORT.
  
 2ND REVIEW, THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. HOWEVER, PLEASE
 EXPLAIN THE ROOF R VALUE; R19 BATT INSULATION IS SHOWN
 (MULTIPLIED BY BTU) THAT IT HAS AN R VALUE OF 30.
 PLEASE CLARIFY HOW R30.3 WILL BE ACHIEVED.
  
 SEE SHEET A06, WALL SECTION DOES NOT SPECIFY BATT
 INSULATION. IT SPECIFIES NEW INSULATED EXTERIOR WALL
 AND ROOF PANELS, BUT R VALUE HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED OR
 SPECIFIED ON THE PLAN. FBC*106, FBC13.
  
 38. PLEASE HAVE THE ARCHITECT SIGN THE ENERGY CALC,
 FBC103.1.1.1. IF A TYPED NAME IS PROVIDED IN LIEU OF A
 SIGNATURE, PLEASE CONFIRM THAT ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION
 (INCLUDE THE EXISTING COMPONENTS, SUCH AS EXISTING
 INSULATION) IS INCLUDED.
  
 2ND REVIEW, NOT ADDRESSED. ARCHITECT?S RESPONSE LETTER
 STATES HE WILL COMPLY. PLEASE REVISE ENERGY CALCS PER
 REVIEW COMMENTS AND, WHEN RESUBMITTING, CONFIRM THAT
 ARCHITECT HAS SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LINE.
  
 NEW COMMENTS:
  
 39. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE
 EXISTING ASPHALT ENTRY ROAD. IS THIS ENTIRELY ASPHALT
 OR IS THERE AN EXISTING SIDEWALK? SEE FBC11-1.2,
 FBC11-4.1.2(1), FBC11-4.1.6(1)(K), SHEET SP1. IT
 APPEARS THAT A SIDEWALK IS TO BE REMOVED TO ACCOMMODATE
 BERMS. ALSO IT APPEARS THAT THE SLIDING GATE (TO BE
 RELOCATED) BLOCKS THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE FROM THE PUBLIC
 WAY TO THE BUILDING. PLEASE REVISE SITE PLAN TO CLARIFY
 SCOPE OF WORK.
  
 40. REGARDING THE PROPOSED BERMS, PLEASE SEE
 FBC*109.3.10, IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE SHOW HOW
 THE DRAINAGE FOR THE ADJACENT PARCEL WILL BE AFFECTED
 BY THE PROPOSED BERM CONSTRUCTION.
  
 41. THE PLANS STATE THAT THE EXTERIOR IS ON A SEPARATE
 PERMIT, VARIOUS SHEETS INCLUDING SHEET CV01 WHICH
 REFERS TO 08090571. AT THIS TIME, ONLY DEMO FOR THE
 EXTERIOR HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE RESUBMIT THE EXTERIOR
 RENOVATION PLANS UNDER PERMIT 08090571, OR PROVIDE ALL
 INFORMATION FOR THE BUILDING EXTERIOR WITH THIS
 RESUBMITTAL, OR AS A REVISION TO THE DEMO PERMIT. THIS
 MUST BE DONE PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THIS PERMIT;
 INFORMATION AND COMPLIANCE FOR 140MPH MUST BE
 DEMONSTRATED FBC1609.
  
 42. THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ICE RINK
 AREA IN THE TRAVEL DISTANCE. THIS MUST BE INCLUDED,
 FROM WORST CASE (DISTANCE FARTHEST FROM RINK EGRESS).
  
 SEE SHEET LS01. IT STATES LIFE SAFETY IS PER TABLE 1004
 AND 704. TABLE 1004 IS TO DETERMINE OCCUPANT LOAD, 704
 SPECIFIES FIRE RATING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERIOR WALL.
 SHEET CV01 CORRECTLY STATES THAT EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL
 DISTANCE LIMITATION IS 200FEET. IT ALSO STATES THAT
 MAXIMUM IS 168FEET. SHEET LS01 STATES THAT REQUIRED
 TRAVEL DISTANCE IS 325FEET, 179 FEET PROVIDED. SEE FBC
 TABLE 1015.1. 200 FEET IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED (NOT
 REQUIRED). WHY WOULD CV01 STATE 168 FEET, WHICH IS LESS
 THAN 179 FEET? IT APPEARS THAT THE TRAVEL DISTANCE OF
 179 FEET DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ICE ARENA, PLEASE REVISE.
  
 THE SAME TABLE STATES THAT ? HR FIRE RATING IS REQUIRED
 FOR CORRIDORS, BUT 1 HOUR IS REQUIRED. IT STATES THAT
 25FT DEAD END CORRIDOR IS REQUIRED, BUT ONLY 20FEET IS
 PERMITTED FBC1016. PLEASE CHECK ALL INFORMATION ON THE
 LIFE SAFETY PLAN AND CONFIRM COMPLIANCE.
  
 43. FBC717.2.3, A02, FIREBLOCKING REQUIRED, SOFFIT
 DETAIL (INTERIOR WALLS).
  
 44. FBC11-4.13.11, DOORS IN THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO
 COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT (PULLING FORCE). THIS
 WOULD NORMALLY BE A REDLINE ITEM; HOWEVER, AS PLANS
 NEED TO BE REVISED, PLEASE ADDRESS AT THIS TIME. IMPACT
 DOORS ARE SPECIFIED; DO THEY MEET THIS REQUIREMENT?
  
 45. LOUVER PRODUCT APPROVALS ARE INCOMPLETE. PRODUCT
 APPROVALS ARE TO BE REVIEWED BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD
 PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL, FBC*106. PLANS DO NOT SPECIFY
 DESIGN PRESSURES, SEE A05.
  
 46. PLEASE SEE PLUMBING COMMENTS, FIRST REVIEW. THE
 EXECUTIVE OFFICE PRIVATE BATH IS TO BE ADAPTABLE,
 FBC11-4.1.3(11). THE ARCHITECT'S RESPONSE LETTER STATES
 THAT THIS WILL BE "EASILY CONVERTIBLE". THIS REQUIRES
 THAT NO STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS BE NECESSARY TO BE MADE
 FROM ADAPTABLE TO ACCESSIBLE, INCLUDING TURNING RADIUS,
 FIXTURE DISTANCES AND CLEARANCES, AND BACKING IN THE
 WALL FOR FUTURE GRAB BAR INSTALLATION. PLEASE SHOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS.
  
 47. E4 AND LS01, SEE FBC11-4.28.1, VISUAL SIGNAL
 APPLIANCE SHALL BE PROVIDED IN RESTROOMS AND ANY
 GENERAL USAGE AREA. THIS IS NOT SHOWN IN THE MEN AND
 WOMEN RESTROOM ADJACENT TO THE LOCKER ROOMS #1 AND #2,
 ALARMS NOT SHOWN IN UNIT B. PLEASE CHECK ALL AREAS FOR
 COMPLIANCE.
  
 48. PLEASE CLARIFY, DOES THE GATE AT THE RINK SWING IN
 BOTH DIRECTIONS? PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
 ?DASHER BOARD?. SEE FBC1003.6, PATH OF EGRESS IS NOT TO
 BE INTERRUPTED BY ELEMENT OTHER THAN A MEANS OF EGRESS
 COMPONENT. OCCUPANT LOAD IS GREATER THAN 50, SO DOORS
 SHOULD SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL FBC1008.1.2,
 FBC1008.
  
 49. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FS553.80(2)(B). A 4X PLAN
 REVIEW FEE IS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE TO BE CHARGED
 IF ANY CODE COMMENT IS MADE A THIRD TIME.
  
  


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