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| 2009-10-06 13:36:27 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | PERMIT: 09090437 |
| | ADD: 400 S AUSTRALIAN AVE 1ST -8TH FL COMMON AREAS |
| | CONT: TO BE DETERMINED |
| | TEL: (561)948-7100 |
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| | FL BLD CODE= 2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE |
| | W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS |
| | * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS |
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| | OCT 6,2009 |
| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 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 UNDERTHIS |
| | 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. THE DESIGNER |
| | HAS ELECTED TO CHOSE A LEVEL I ALTERATION PLEASE REVIEW |
| | EXISTING BUILDING CODE SECTION 404.1 SCOPE. LEVEL 2 |
| | ALTERATIONS INCLUDE THE RECONFIGURATION OF SPACE, THE |
| | ADDITION OR ELIMINATION OF ANY DOOR OR WINDOW, THE |
| | RECONFIGURATION OR EXTENSION OF ANY SYSTEM, OR THE |
| | INSTALLATION OF ANY ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. THIS |
| | DESCRIPTION OF WORK FITS THE LEVEL OF WORK DESCRIBED |
| | WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS PERMIT. |
| | |
| | 2) PLEASE NOTE, PLANS DO NOT INDICATE THIS BUILDING |
| | MEETS THE DEFINITION OF HIGH RISE BUT WITH 8 FLOORS IT |
| | WOULD APPEAR IT WILL MEET THE DEFINITION FOUND UNDER |
| | 403.1 OF THE 2007 FBC, BUILDING WITH THE BUILDING |
| | HAVING OCCUPIED FLOORS LOCATED MORE THAN 75 FEET ABOVE |
| | THE LOWEST LEVEL OF FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE ACCESS. |
| | 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE FBC- 704.2.1 HIGH-RISE |
| | BUILDINGS. SEE SECTION 403 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING |
| | CODE, BUILDING. THE OTHER ISSUE IS SECTION 705 OF THE |
| | EXISTING BUILDING CODE705.1 SCOPE. THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | THIS SECTION SHALL BE LIMITED TO WORK AREAS THAT |
| | INCLUDE EXITS OR CORRIDORS SHARED BY MORE THAN ONE |
| | TENANT WITHIN THE WORK AREA IN WHICH LEVEL 2 |
| | ALTERATIONS ARE BEING PERFORMED, AND WHERE SPECIFIED |
| | THEY SHALL APPLY THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR ON WHICH THE WORK |
| | AREAS ARE LOCATED OR OTHERWISE BEYOND THE WORK AREA. |
| | 705.2 GENERAL. THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. |
| | EXCEPTIONS:. |
| | 1:WHERE THE WORK AREA AND THE MEANS OF EGRESS SERVING |
| | IT COMPLIES WITH THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE. |
| | 2.MEANS OF EGRESS CONFORMING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE |
| | FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING AND THE FLORIDA FIRE |
| | PREVENTION CODE UNDER WHICH THE BUILDING WAS |
| | CONSTRUCTED SHALL BE CONSIDERED COMPLIANT MEANS OF |
| | EGRESS IF, IN THE OPINION OF THE CODE OFFICIAL, THEY DO |
| | NOT CONSTITUTE A DISTINCT HAZARD TO LIFE. |
| | FOR ALL HIGH RISES THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND FIRE |
| | MARSHAL WILL REVERT BACK TO THE CODE THE BUILDING WAS |
| | ORIGINALLY BUILT IF THE CODE THE HIGH RISE WAS BUILT |
| | UNDER THEN THEY WILL REQUIRE THE ELEVATOR LOBBIES TO BE |
| | CONSTRUCTED AS AT TIME OF TTHE BUILDING BEING BUILT OR |
| | THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ELEVATOR LOBBIES WITH |
| | EXCEPTIONS. |
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| | 3) 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE FBC, 703.2.1 EXISTING |
| | VERTICAL OPENINGS. 703.2.1 EXISTING VERTICAL OPENINGS. |
| | ALL EXISTING INTERIOR VERTICAL OPENINGS CONNECTING TWO |
| | OR MORE FLOORS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROPRIATE |
| | SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE. THE PLANS |
| | DO NOT INDICATE THE REQUIRED ELEVATOR LOBBIES ON FLOORS |
| | 2-8. IN BOTH THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND THE 1979 SBC |
| | CODES REQUIRED ELEVATOR LOBBIES AT TIME OF PERMIT |
| | ISSUANCE. |
| | |
| | UNDER THE 1979 SBC SECTION 506.6.1 OPENINGS IN THE |
| | ELEVATOR LOBBY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THOSE REQUIRED FOR |
| | ACCESS TO THE ELEVATORS FOR EGRESS FROM THE BUILDING. |
| | EXIT STAIRWAYS, CHUTES, JANITORS CLOSETS, GUEST ROOMS, |
| | SERVICE ROOMS, ETC SHALL NOT OPEN INTO THE ELEVATOR |
| | LOBBIES WHICH ARE SEPERATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE |
| | BUILDING AS REQUIRED FOR EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR |
| | CONSTRUCTION IN CHAPTER 7. EXCEPT FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE |
| | LEVEL, ALL ELEVATORS ON ALL FLOORS SHALL OPEN INTO |
| | ELEVATOR LOBBIES WHICH ARE SEPERATED FROM THE REMAINDER |
| | OF THE BUILDING AS REQUIRED FOR EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR |
| | CONSTRUCTION IN CHAPTER 7. 702.3 GROUP B-BUSINESS (1) |
| | HR. |
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| | THE 2007 FBC SECTION 707.14.1 DOES REQUIRE ELEVATOR |
| | LOBBIES IN NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE CODE DOES HAVE 6 |
| | EXEMPTIONS THAT MAY HELP THIS BUILDINGS SITUATION, |
| | PLEASE REVIEW OPTIONS. AS IN EXEMPTION# 1 OF THE 2007 |
| | FBC THE FIRST FLOOR WOULD NOT NEED AN ELEVATOR LOBBY, |
| | FLOOR LEVELS 2-8 WOULD NEED ELEVATOR LOBBIES OR MEET |
| | ONE OF THE 6 EXEMPTIONS. THIS COMMENT WILL STAND FOR |
| | ALL FLOORS 2-8. |
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| | 4) SHEET A-1 FIRST FLOOR: |
| | 4A) FIRST FLOOR, NEW DOORS 6,7,8 & 9 ALL INDICATE AS |
| | NEW DOORS AND FRAMES, THESE NEW DOORS DO NOT MEET THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF 11-4.13.5 REQUIRING A 32" CLEAR OPENING |
| | PER 11-4.13.5. |
| | |
| | 4B)FIRST FLOOR, THE SECOND ISSUE IS NOT HAVING THE |
| | MANEUVERING CLEARENCES AT DOORS PER 11-4.13.6, AND |
| | FIGURE 11-25. |
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| | 4C) PLEASE REVIEW 11-4.1.6(2) ALTERATIONS TO AN AREA |
| | CONTAINING A PRIMARY FUNCTION. IN ADDITION TO THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 11-4.1.6(1), AN ALTERATION THAT |
| | AFFECTS OR COULD AFFECT THE USABILITY OF OR ACCESS TO |
| | AN AREA CONTAINING A PRIMARY FUNCTION SHALL BE MADE SO |
| | AS TO ENSURE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, THE |
| | PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA AND THE RESTROOMS, |
| | TELEPHONES, AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS SERVING THE ALTERED |
| | AREA, ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO AND USABLE BY |
| | INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, UNLESS SUCH ALTERATIONS |
| | ARE DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATIONS TIN |
| | TERMS OF COST AND SCOPE. |
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| | PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET |
| | THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS MAY BE OK IF YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE |
| | YOUR CLIENT HAS MET THE 20% DISPROPORTIONATE COST. |
| | PROVIDE A COST ANALYSIS INDICATING WHERE MONIES HAVE |
| | BEEN SPENT REVIEW SECTION 11-4.1.6(2)(A) (I)-(VI). |
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| | 5) SHEET A-3 THE 6TH FLOOR TENANT EGRESS DOOR# 65 MAY |
| | BE OK, PLANS DO NOT INDICATE THE TENANT OCCUPANT LOADS |
| | PLEASE REVIEW 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE 705.4.2 DOOR |
| | SWING. IN THE WORK AREA AND IN THE EGRESS PATH FROM ANY |
| | WORK AREA TO THE EXIT DISCHARGE, ALL EGRESS DOORS |
| | SERVING AN OCCUPANT LOAD GREATER THAN 50 SHALL SWING IN |
| | THE DIRECTION OF EXIT TRAVEL. |
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| | SHEET A-6 DEPENDING ON THE DESIGN OF THE ELEVATOR LOBBY |
| | OR EXEMPTION THIS MAY EFFECT THE CEILING CEILING PLAN. |
| | 106.1.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED. |
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| | INFORMATIONAL: WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE |
| | THE REVISION & REMOVE & REPLACE ANY PAGES AS NECESSARY. |
| | A TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL REVIEW |
| | COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE REVISION |
| | MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION PAGE WHERE |
| | THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE YOUR |
| | PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION. |
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| | 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. |
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| | JIM WITMER C. B. O. |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLAN REVIEW |
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