Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 08110008
Permit Number 08110008
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2008-11-24 16:39:43 
  
 THIS REVIEW WAS DONE UNDER THESE CURRENT CODE CYCLES:
  
 THE 2004 FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE, 2007
 REVISIONS, 2005 NEC, 2004 FBC AS AMENDED, CHAPTER 1.AND
 FOUND NONCOMPLIANT WITH THE FOLLOWING:
  
 ALL COMMENTS RELATE TO SHEET E-1, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 NOTED.
  
 NOTE SEE RISER DIAGRAM AND REFERENCE TO "CITY OF VERO
 BEACH" SUPPLYING POWER TO THE SERVICE.
  
 1} IN THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION ON THE APPLICATION A
 SWIMMING POOL IS INCLUDED BUT NO PLANS WERE SUBMITTED
 FOR THE POOL. PLEASE REMOVE THE POOL FROM THE
 DESCRIPTION AND APPLY SEPARATELY. FBC. 106.1 SUBMITTAL
 DOCUMENTS.
  
 2} THE ADDRESS OF THE PROJECT MUST APPEAR ON EACH SHEET
 OF THE PLANS. FBC 106.1.1
  
 3} THE ARCHITECTS SEAL IS INDISCERNIBLE. SEE
 61G1-16.001 FAC.
  
 4} NONE OF THE AHU OR ACU'S CORRELATE WITH THE OCP
 RECOMMENDATION, OR AMPERAGE'S GIVEN IN THE MECHANICAL
 SPECIFICATIONS ON SHEET M1, EXCEPT AHU #!, BUT THE OCP
 EXCEEDS THE PERMITTED AMPERAGE (310.16) FOR THE #8
 CONDUCTOR. CORRELATE SAME.
  
 5} THE ACU DISCONNECT LOCATIONS DO NOT MEET THE
 CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS OF 110.26.
  
 6} LOCATE THE REQUIRED RECEPTACLES FOR THE ACU'S PER
 210.63
  
 7} 9B-3.0472 CARBON MONOXIDE PROTECTION.
 (1) DEFINITIONS: FOR PURPOSES OF THIS RULE, THE
 FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL APPLY:
 (A) CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM. A DEVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 DETECTING CARBON MONOXIDE, THAT PRODUCES A DISTINCT
 AUDIBLE ALARM, AND IS LISTED OR LABELED WITH THE
 APPROPRIATE STANDARD, EITHER ANSI/UL 2034 - 96,
 STANDARD FOR SINGLE AND MULTIPLE STATION CO ALARMS,
 INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE, OR UL 2075 - 04, GAS
 AND VAPOR DETECTOR SENSOR, INCORPORATED HEREIN BY
 REFERENCE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS APPLICATION. BOTH
 DOCUMENTS MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRITING TO: CODES AND
 STANDARDS SECTION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,
 2555 SHUMARD OAK BOULEVARD, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
 32399-2100.
 (B) FOSSIL FUEL. COAL, KEROSENE, OIL, FUEL GASES, OR
 OTHER PETROLEUM OR HYDROCARBON PRODUCT THAT EMITS
 CARBON MONOXIDE AS A BY-PRODUCT OF COMBUSTION.
 (2) EVERY BUILDING FOR WHICH A PERMIT FOR NEW
 CONSTRUCTION IS ISSUED ON OR AFTER 7/1/08 AND HAVING A
 FOSSIL-FUEL-BURNING HEATER OR APPLIANCE, A FIREPLACE,
 OR AN ATTACHED GARAGE SHALL HAVE AN OPERATIONAL CARBON
 MONOXIDE ALARM INSTALLED WITHIN 10 FEET OF EACH ROOM
 USED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES.
 (3) IN NEW CONSTRUCTION, ALARMS SHALL RECEIVE THEIR
 PRIMARY POWER FROM THE BUILDING WIRING WHEN SUCH WIRING
 IS SERVED FROM THE LOCAL POWER UTILITY. SUCH ALARMS
 SHALL HAVE BATTERY BACK UP.
 (4) COMBINATION SMOKE/CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS SHALL BE
 LISTED OR LABELED BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TESTING
 LABORATORY.
 SPECIFIC AUTHORITY 553.885(2) FS. LAW IMPLEMENTED
 553.72, 553.73(2), (3), (7), (9), 553.885(2) FS.
 HISTORY?NEW 11-18-07. LOCATE SAME ON THE PLAN
  
 8} THE RECEPTACLE LOCATION FOR THE SINK (OPPOSITE THE
 SHOWER) IN THE MASTER BATH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE 3'
 REQUIREMENT OF 210.52(D).
  
 9} PER 210.8(A)(6) IN KITCHENS WHERE THE RECEPTACLES
 ARE INSTALLED TO SERVE THE COUNTERTOP SURFACES THEY
 MUST BE GFCI PROTECTED. LABEL SAME ON THE PLANS.
  
 10} THE SMOKE ALARMS SERVING THE MASTER BEDROOM AREA
 ARE MISLABELED. ALSO SEE THE DEFINITION OF "SMOKE
 DETECTORS" 11.8.2.1 NFPA-72, CLARIFY IF USING DETECTORS
 OR ALARMS, TO AVOID CONFUSION IN THE FIELD. IF USING
 DETECTORS INDICATE THE LOCATIONS OF THE SOUNDING
 DEVICES.
  
 11} PER 106.1.3 FOR CLARITY OF THE PLANS, LABEL THE
 ROOMS ON THE ELECTRICAL PLANS AND MOVE THE "KEYNOTES"
 FOR THOSE DRAWINGS TO THE SHEETS THEY ARE RELEVANT TO.
  
 IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL.
  
 BILL TROBAUGH
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 561/805-6718
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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