Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 09070635
Permit Number 09070635
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2009-10-05 16:18:02BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 09070635
 ADD: 1600 N DIXIE HWY
 CONT: O/B CIOFFI, JOHN & GILDA
 TEL: (561)310-6252
  
 FL BLD CODE= 2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
 W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS
 * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS
  
 REVIEW
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) PLANS SUBMITTED FOR PERMIT (FIRST TIME REVIEW) AFTER
 MARCH 1ST, 2009 SHALL BE REVIEWED TO THE 2007 FBC
 BUILDING WITH 2009 SUPPLEMENTS.
  
 PLANS WILL ALSO BE REVIEWED TO THE 2007 EXISTING
 BUILDING CODE W/ 2009 SUPPLEMENTS, PLEASE INDICATE TO
 WHAT LEVEL ALTERATION WILL BE COMPLETED UNDER THIS
 PERMIT. 401.4 A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL OR AN OWNER MUST
 ELECT ONE OR A COMBINATION OF LEVELS OF ALTERATION
 PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 403, 404 AND 405 OF THIS CODE, IN
 THIS CASE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CHAPTER 9.
  
 2) EXISTING BUILDING CODE 904.1 GENERAL. FIRE
 PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 912 SHALL APPLY
 WHERE A BUILDING OR PORTIONS THEREOF UNDERGO A CHANGE
 OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
  
 2A) EXIST BLDG CODE 912.2.1 FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
 WHERE A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OCCURS THAT
 REQUIRES AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO BE
 PROVIDED BASED ON THE NEW OCCUPANCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 CHAPTER 9 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING , SUCH
 SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE THE
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OCCURS.
  
 2B) 2007 FBC 903.2.1.2 GROUP A-2. AN AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR GROUP A-2
 OCCUPANCIES WHERE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
 EXISTS:
  
 1. THE FIRE AREA EXCEEDS 5,000 SQUARE FEET (464.5 M2).
  
 2. THE FIRE AREA HAS AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 100 OR MORE.
  
 3. THE FIRE AREA IS LOCATED ON A FLOOR OTHER THAN THE
 LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE.
  
 4. NIGHTCLUBS OR SIMILAR USAGE WHEN OCCUPANT LOAD IS
 100 OR MORE.
  
  
 3) EXIST BLDG CODE 912.2.2 FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION
 SYSTEM. WHERE A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
 OCCURS THAT REQUIRES A FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEM
 TO BE PROVIDED BASED ON THE NEW OCCUPANCY IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH CHAPTER 9 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING ,
 SUCH SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE
 THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OCCURS. EXISTING ALARM
 NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY
 ACTIVATED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. WHERE THE BUILDING
 IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, ALARM
 NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT
 THE AREA WHERE THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OCCURS AND SHALL
 BE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED.
  
 4) 2997 FBC 907.2.1 GROUP A. A MANUAL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
 SHALL BE INSTALLED IN GROUP A OCCUPANCIES HAVING AN
 OCCUPANT LOAD OF 300 OR MORE.
 PLANS INDICATE THE INSURANCE CERTIFICATE LIMITS THE
 OCCUPANT LOAD TO 250 BUT THE OCCUPANT LOAD IS BASED ON
 THE WORST CASE SCENARIO OF THE 508 AS INDICATED ON
 PLANS WWITHOUT DECLARING AN OCCUPANCY IN THE VACANT
 SPACES AS SHOWN ON PLANS.
  
 1004.1.1 AREAS WITHOUT FIXED SEATING. THE NUMBER OF
 OCCUPANTS SHALL BE COMPUTED AT THE RATE OF ONE OCCUPANT
 PER UNIT OF AREA AS PRESCRIBED IN TABLE 1004.1.1. FOR
 AREAS WITHOUT FIXED SEATING, THE OCCUPANT LOAD SHALL
 NOT BE LESS THAN THAT NUMBER DETERMINED BY DIVIDING THE
 FLOOR AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE OCCUPANT PER UNIT
 OF AREA FACTOR ASSIGNED TO THE OCCUPANCY AS SET FORTH
 IN TABLE 1004.1.1. WHERE AN INTENDED USE IS NOT LISTED
 IN TABLE 1004.1.1, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL SHALL
 ESTABLISH A USE BASED ON A LISTED USE THAT MOST NEARLY
 RESEMBLES THE INTENDED USE.
  
 5) EXISTING BLDG CODE 912.4.2 MEANS OF EGRESS FOR
 CHANGE OF USE TO EQUAL OR LOWER HAZARD CATEGORY. WHEN A
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IS MADE TO AN EQUAL
 OR LESSER HAZARD CATEGORY (HIGHER NUMBER) AS SHOWN IN
 TABLE 912.4, EXISTING ELEMENTS OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 805 FOR
 THE NEW OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. NEWLY CONSTRUCTED OR
 CONFIGURED MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, BUILDING .
  
 5A ) PLEASE INDICATE HOW 254 OCCUPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO
 EXIT THROUGH A 3'-0" DOOR RATED FOR 170 OCCUPANTS (MAIN
 ENTRY) . 025.2 ASSEMBLY MAIN EXIT. EVERY ASSEMBLY
 OCCUPANCY SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A MAIN ENTRANCE/EXIT.
 THE MINIMUM AGGREGATE WIDTH OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE FOR
 GROUP A OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE
 50 PERCENT OF THE OCCUPANT LOAD AND SHALL BE AT THE
 LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE OR SHALL CONNECT TO A STAIRWAY
 OR RAMP LEADING TO A STREET.
  
 5B) PLEASE INDICATE COMPLIANCE WITH EGRESS PATERNS
 PROVIDE EGRESS SIGNAGE AND DIRECTIONALS AS PER TABLE
 1006, 1006.2 FOR STANDBY POWER.
  
 5C) DOOR SWING AT THE GAME ROOM TO VACANT SPACE AT
 LEFT. 1008.1.2 DOORS SHALL SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF
 EGRESS TRAVEL WHERE SERVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 50 OR
 MORE PERSONS OR A GROUP H OCCUPANCY.
  
 5D) PLANS INDICATE MANY VACANT ROOMS PLEASE REVIEW
 SECTION 1014.2 THIS LEAVES ROOMS WITH ONLY ONE MEANS OF
 EGRESS WHEN 2 WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR OCCUPANT LOADS 50
 OR GREATER. 1014.2 EGRESS THROUGH INTERVENING SPACES.
 EGRESS THROUGH INTERVENING SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH
 THIS SECTION.
  
 1.EGRESS FROM A ROOM OR SPACE SHALL NOT PASS THROUGH
 ADJOINING OR INTERVENING ROOMS OR AREAS, EXCEPT WHERE
 SUCH ADJOINING ROOMS OR AREAS ARE ACCESSORY TO THE AREA
 SERVED, ARE NOT A HIGH-HAZARD OCCUPANCY AND PROVIDE A
 DISCERNIBLE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL TO AN EXIT.
  
 6) EXISTING BLDG CODE 912.3 INTERIOR FINISH. IN AREAS
 OF THE BUILDING UNDERGOING THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION, THE INTERIOR FINISH OF WALLS AND
 CEILINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING , FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION.
  
 7) 912.8 ACCESSIBILITY. EXISTING BUILDINGS OR PORTIONS
 THEREOF THAT UNDERGO A CHANGE OF GROUP OR OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 11 OF THE
 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
  
 8) 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.
 STARTING AUGUST 21, 2009, THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
 DEPARTMENT WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAYS UNTIL FURTHER
 NOTICE.
  
 OPENING HOURS MONDAY - THURSDAY WILL REMAIN AT 8:00 AM
 - 5:00 PM.
  
 JIM WITMER C. B. O.
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLAN REVIEW
  
 TEL: (561)805-6715
 FAX: (561)805-6731
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
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 LAW. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS TO OR FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS
 REGARDING CITY BUSINESS ARE PUBLIC RECORD, AVAILABLE TO
 THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. YOUR E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS ARE
 THEREFORE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.
  
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 FLORIDA SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY SINCE 1953
  
  
  
  


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