Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 11070335
Permit Number 11070335
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2011-08-05 11:51:27BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 11070335
 ADD: 223 PINE ST
 CONT: HIRE ME HANDY INC
 TEL: (561)267-5655
  
 2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS *
 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS
 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS
  
 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE LEVEL II 701.3
 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS,
 SYSTEMS, AND SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
  
 1) REVIEW
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 PLANS INDICATE THIS TO BE A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY SO THIS
 REVIEW WILL REFLECT THE SAME. FROM A R3 TO B OCCUPANCY.
 2007/09 EXST BLD CODE 901.3 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION. WHERE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF A
 BUILDING CHANGES, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 902
 THROUGH 912 SHALL APPLY. THIS INCLUDES A CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITHIN A GROUP AS WELL AS A
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION FROM ONE GROUP TO A
 DIFFERENT GROUP.
  
  
 903.1 GENERAL. BUILDING ELEMENTS AND MATERIALS IN
 PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 912.
  
  
 905.1 GENERAL. MEANS OF EGRESS IN PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS
 UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL
 COMPLY WITH SECTION 912.
  
 906.1 GENERAL. ACCESSIBILITY IN PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS
 UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL
 COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 11 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE,
 BUILDING .
  
 1A) 907.1 GRAVITY LOADS. BUILDINGS OR PORTIONS THEREOF
 SUBJECT TO A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY WHERE SUCH CHANGE IN
 THE NATURE OF OCCUPANCY RESULTS IN HIGHER UNIFORM OR
 CONCENTRATED LOADS BASED ON THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE,
 BUILDING TABLES 1607.1 AND 1607.6 (HIGH-VELOCITY
 HURRICANE ZONES SHALL COMPLY WITH TABLE 1615.2) SHALL
 COMPLY WITH THE GRAVITY LOAD PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING . EXCEPTION: STRUCTURAL
 ELEMENTS WHOSE STRESS IS NOT INCREASED BY MORE THAN 5
 PERCENT.
  
 1B) PRODUCT APPROVALS WERE SUBMITTED FOR REPLACEMENT OF
 NON-IMPACT WINDOWS, STORM PANELS AND BAHAMA SHUTTERS,
 THE PLANS DO NOT IDENTIFY AS TO WHICH WINDOWS THESE
 ELEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED NOR IS THERE WIND
 DESIGN CRITERIA TO REVIEW THE APPROVAL TOO. THE OTHER
 ISSUE WITH THE STORM SHUTTER AND BAHAMA SHUTTER PLEASE
 CIRCLE THE SECTIONS TO BE USED IN EACH INSTALATION,
 TYPE OF FASTENER, SHUTTER SPANS, IF SHUTTERS ARE TO BE
 HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL, EDGE DISTANCE FROM OPENING.
 2007/09 FBC-B 1609. COMPONENTS & CLADDING.
  
 PLEASE REVIEW 2007 FBC-B TABLE 1607.1 LIVE LOADS FOR A
 R-3 OCCUPANCY ARE 30 LBS FOR SLEEPING ROOMS AND 40 LBS
 FOR HABITAL AREAS. FOR A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY THESE FLOOR
 LOADS WILL BE INCREASED TO 50 PSF.
  
 2) 912.1.4 ACCESSIBILITY. ALL BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH
 SECTION 912.8
 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.
  
 2007/09 FBC-B 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.
  
 ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF
 TRAVEL TO ALTERED AREAS SHALL BE DEEMED
 DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN THE
 COST EXCEEDS 20 PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION
 TO THE PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA.
  
 DUTY TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE FEATURES IN THE EVENT OF
 DISPROPORTIONALITY.
  
 (1) WHEN THE COST OF ALTERATIONS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE
 PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA FULLY ACCESSIBLE IS
 DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE COST OF THE OVERALL ALTERATION,
 THE PATH OF TRAVEL SHALL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE
 EXTENT THAT IT CAN BE MADE ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT INCURRING
 DISPROPORTIONATE COSTS.
  
 (2)(A) IN CHOOSING WHICH ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS TO
 PROVIDE, PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE ELEMENTS
 THAT WILL PROVIDE THE GREATEST ACCESS, IN THE FOLLOWING
 ORDER:
  
 (I) AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE; STAIRS ARE SHOWN WILL
 REQUIRE AN ACCESSIBLE RAMP. PLEASE REVIEW FBC-B 11-4.8
 RAMPS.
  
 (II) AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE ALTERED AREA:
  
 (III) AT LEAST ONE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM FOR EACH SEX OR
 A SINGLE UNISEX RESTROOM:
  
 (IV) ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES;
  
 (V) ACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAINS; AND
  
 (VI) WHEN POSSIBLE, ADDITIONAL ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS SUCH
 AS PARKING, STORAGE, AND ALARMS.
  
  
 3) 912.1.2 FIRE PROTECTION AND INTERIOR FINISH. THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 912.2 AND 912.3 FOR FIRE
 PROTECTION AND INTERIOR FINISH, RESPECTIVELY, SHALL
 APPLY TO ALL BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION.
  
  
 4) 912.4.3 EGRESS CAPACITY. EGRESS CAPACITY SHALL MEET
 OR EXCEED THE OCCUPANT LOAD AS SPECIFIED IN THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING , FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY.
  
 5) 912.4.4 HANDRAILS. EXISTING STAIRWAYS SHALL COMPLY
 WITH THE HANDRAIL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 705.9 IN THE
 AREA OF THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
  
 6) 912.4.5 GUARDS. EXISTING GUARDS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 705.10 IN THE AREA OF THE
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
  
 7) PLANS INDICATE THE INSTALATION OF NEW ROOFING
 ASSEMBLIES, NO PRODUCT AAPPROVALS WERE SUBMITTED AT
 THIS TIME. FBC-B 1609 COMPONENTS & CLADDING.
  
 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.
  
 A THOROUGH REVIEW CAN NOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME, AS A
 RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY APPEAR THAT WERE NOT PART OF
 THIS REVIEW.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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