Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 10110445
Permit Number 10110445
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2011-02-02 15:29:34****CORRECTIONS****
 SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6724 [email protected]
 FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007
 FBC R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 RESIDENTIAL
  
 1. THIS PARCEL IS TO BE DESIGNED TO EXPOSURE C
 PRESSURES OR AN ENGINEER MUST DETERMINE PRESSURES USING
 RATIONAL ANALYSIS. SEE 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.
  
 ROUGHNESS CATEGORY B MUST PREVAIL FOR 1500 FEET IN EACH
 UPWIND DIRECTION IN ORDER FOR EXPOSURE B PRESSURES TO
 BE USED.
  
 2. SHOW LOCATION FOR THE PROPOSED SKYLIGHT LOCATION,
 FBC R301 (DISTANCE TO EDGE).
  
 3. SPECIFY ROOF PITCH ON THE PLAN, FBC R301.
  
 4. REVISE PLAN TO SHOW SKYLIGHT SIZE. ITEMS 2, 3, AND 4
 ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE DESIGN PRESSURE.
  
  
  


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