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Plan Review Notes

Notes

Date	Text
2010-10-29 09:48:35	**PROVISO**
	**REVISION REQUIRED**

	1. REVISE EXPOSURE CATEGORY OR EXPLAIN RATIONALE FOR
	EXPOSURE B. FBC1609, FBC R301.2.1.4. NOTE THAT THE CODE
	CHANGED EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2009.

	R301.2.1.4 EXPOSURE CATEGORY. FOR EACH WIND DIRECTION
	CONSIDERED, AN EXPOSURE CATEGORY THAT ADEQUATELY
	REFLECTS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUND SURFACE
	IRREGULARITIES SHALL BE DETERMINED FOR THE SITE AT
	WHICH THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
	FOR A SITE LOCATED IN THE TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN
	CATEGORIES, THE CATEGORY RESULTING IN THE LARGEST WIND
	FORCES SHALL APPLY. ACCOUNT SHALL BE TAKEN OF
	VARIATIONS IN GROUND SURFACE ROUGHNESS THAT ARISE FROM
	NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION AS WELL AS FROM
	CONSTRUCTED FEATURES. FOR ANY GIVEN WIND DIRECTION, THE
	EXPOSURE IN WHICH A SPECIFIC BUILDING OR OTHER
	STRUCTURE IS SITED SHALL BE ASSESSED AS BEING ONE OF
	THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

	EXCEPTION: AN INTERMEDIATE EXPOSURE BETWEEN THE
	EXPOSURE CATEGORIES DEFINED IS PERMITTED IN A
	TRANSITION ZONE PROVIDED THAT IT IS DETERMINED BY A
	RATIONAL ANALYSIS METHOD.

	EITHER SUBMIT PLANS DESIGNED TO EXPOSURE C OR PROVIDE
	ANALYSIS FOR EXPOSURE C.