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Plan Review Notes For Permit 11080459
Permit Number	11080459
Review Stop	B
Sequence Number	1

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Date	Text
2011-08-24 13:56:41	BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
	PERMIT: 11080459
	ADD: 426 9TH ST/ REAR BUILDING
	CONT: HURRICANE BUILDERS INC.
	TEL: (561)718-8678

	2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS
	* WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS

	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.

	1ST REVIEW
	ACTION: DENIED

	1) HURRICANE BUILDERS INC. RR-0067321 IS A REGISTERED
	RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR, BY FLORIDA STATUTE 489.105(3) (
	C ) DEFINITIONS: ?RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR? MEANS A
	CONTRACTOR WHOSE SERVICES ARE LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION,
	REMODELING, REPAIR, OR IMPROVEMENT OF ONE-FAMILY,
	TWO-FAMILY, OR THREE-FAMILY RESIDENCES NOT EXCEEDING
	TWO HABITABLE STORIES ABOVE NO MORE THAN ONE
	UNINHABITABLE STORY AND ACCESSORY USE STRUCTURES IN
	CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS PERMIT CAN NOT BE ISSUED TO
	A RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED
	WORKING BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR LICENSE.

	2) THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR DO NOT INDICATE ANY FIRE
	RATED CORRIDORS, ANY RATED ENTRANCE DOORS FOR DWELLING
	UNITS OR SLEEPING UNITS NOR RATED SEPARATION WALLS
	BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS.
	2007 /09 FBC-B 438.2 SEPARATION WALLS
	2007 / 09 EXST BLDG CODE 705.5 SEE 2009 SUPPLEMENTS
	COMPLY WITH SECTIONS;
	705.5.1.1- 705.5.4
	2007 / 09 FBC-B TABLE 715.4

	3B 12.3 FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED WALLS. PENETRATIONS INTO
	OR THROUGH FIRE WALLS, FIRE-BARRIER WALLS,
	SMOKE-BARRIER WALLS AND FIRE PARTITIONS SHALL COMPLY
	WITH SECTIONS 712.3.1 THROUGH 712.3.4

	4) STAIRS 2007/ 09 EXST BLDG CODE 703.2.1 ALL EXISTING
	INTERIOR VERTICAL OPENINGS CONNECTING TWO OR MORE
	FLOORS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROPRIATE SECTIONS OF
	THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE.

	5) PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2007/09 FBC 438.3
	HORIZONTAL SEPARATION. FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES
	SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS IN THE SAME BUILDINGS AND
	FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING SLEEPING UNITS IN
	THE SAME BUILDING SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE
	WITH SECTION 711. PROVIDE UL OR OTHER FIRE RATING
	ASSEMBLY.

	5A) 711.3 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING. THE FIRE-RESISTANCE
	RATING OF FLOOR AND ROOF ASSEMBLIES SHALL NOT BE LESS
	THAN THAT REQUIRED BY THE BUILDING TYPE OF
	CONSTRUCTION.. FLOOR ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING DWELLING
	UNITS IN THE SAME BUILDING OR SLEEPING UNITS IN
	OCCUPANCIES IN GROUP R-1, HOTEL OCCUPANCIES, R-2 AND
	I-1; AND FLOOR ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING INDIVIDUAL TENANT
	SPACES IN THE SAME BUILDING IN ALL OTHER OCCUPANCIES
	SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 1-HOUR FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED
	CONSTRUCTION.

	6) 2007 / 09 FBC-B 712.4.1 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATED
	ASSEMBLIES. PENETRATIONS OF THE FIRE-RESISTANCE RATED
	FLOOR, FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLY OR THE CEILING MEMBRANE
	OF A ROOF/CEILING ASSEMBLY SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTIONS
	712.4.1.1 THROUGH 712.4.1.4.

	7) PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2007/ 09 FBC-B 803.5
	INTERIOR FINISH REQUIREMENTS BASED ON GROUP. INTERIOR
	WALL AND CEILING FINISH SHALL HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX
	NOT GREATER THAN THAT SPECIFIED IN TABLE 803.5 FOR THE
	GROUP AND LOCATION DESIGNATED.

	8) PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2007/09 FBC-B 1207.2
	AIR-BORNE SOUND. WALLS, PARTITIONS AND FLOOR/CEILING
	ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS FROM EACH OTHER OR
	FROM PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREAS SHALL HAVE A SOUND
	TRANSMISSION CLASS (STC) OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF
	FIELD TESTED) FOR AIR-BORNE NOISE WHEN TESTED IN
	ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 90. PENETRATIONS OR OPENINGS IN
	CONSTRUCTION ASSEMBLIES FOR PIPING; ELECTRICAL DEVICES;
	RECESSED CABINETS; BATHTUBS; SOFFITS; OR HEATING,
	VENTILATING OR EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE SEALED, LINED,
	INSULATED OR OTHERWISE TREATED TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED
	RATINGS. THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO DWELLING
	UNIT ENTRANCE DOORS; HOWEVER, SUCH DOORS SHALL BE TIGHT
	FITTING TO THE FRAME AND SILL.

	9) PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2007 / 09 FBC-B 1207.3
	STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND. FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN
	DWELLING UNITS OR BETWEEN A DWELLING UNIT AND A PUBLIC
	OR SERVICE AREA WITHIN THE STRUCTURE SHALL HAVE AN
	IMPACT INSULATION CLASS (IIC) RATING OF NOT LESS THAN
	50 (45 IF FIELD TESTED) WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
	ASTM E 492.

	10) SEE 2ND FLOOR EGRESS DOORS. ENTRY DOORS TO UNITS
	WILL NEED TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH: 2007/ 09 FBC-B
	1008.1.1 SIZE OF DOORS. THE MINIMUM WIDTH OF EACH DOOR
	OPENING SHALL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE OCCUPANT LOAD
	THEREOF AND SHALL PROVIDE A CLEAR WIDTH OF NOT LESS
	THAN 32 INCHES (813 MM). CLEAR OPENINGS OF DOORWAYS
	WITH SWINGING DOORS SHALL BE MEASURED BETWEEN THE FACE
	OF THE DOOR AND THE STOP, WITH THE DOOR OPEN 90 DEGREES
	(1.57 RAD). WHERE THIS SECTION REQUIRES A MINIMUM CLEAR
	WIDTH OF 32 INCHES. EXCEPTIONS: 1. THE MINIMUM AND
	MAXIMUM WIDTH SHALL NOT APPLY TO DOOR OPENINGS THAT ARE
	NOT PART OF THE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS IN GROUP R-2
	AND R-3 OCCUPANCIES.

	11A) 2007 / 09 EXST BLDG CODE 804.2 FIRE ALARM AND
	DETECTION SYSTEMS. FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEMS
	SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPROPRIATE SECTIONS OF THE
	FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE .

	11B)EXST BLDG CODE 804.2.1 MANUAL FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS.
	WHERE REQUIRED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING ,
	A MANUAL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT
	THE WORK AREA. ALARM NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES SHALL BE
	PROVIDED ON SUCH FLOORS AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY
	ACTIVATED AS REQUIRED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE,
	BUILDING.
	EXCEPTIONS:
	1. ALARM-INITIATING AND NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES SHALL
	NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED IN TENANT SPACES
	OUTSIDE OF THE WORK AREA.
	2. VISUAL ALARM NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES ARE NOT
	REQUIRED, EXCEPT WHERE AN EXISTING ALARM SYSTEM IS
	UPGRADED OR REPLACED OR WHERE A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
	IS INSTALLED.

	11C) EXST BLDG CODE 804.2.2 AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION.
	WHERE REQUIRED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING
	FOR NEW BUILDINGS, AUTOMATIC FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS
	SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE WORK AREA.

	11D) 2007 / 09 FBC-B
	[F] 907.2.10.1.2 GROUPS R-2, R-3, R-4 AND I-1. SINGLE-
	OR MULTIPLE-STATION SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED AND
	MAINTAINED IN GROUPS R-2, R-3, R-4 AND I-1, REGARDLESS
	OF OCCUPANT LOAD AT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

	1. ON THE CEILING OR WALL OUTSIDE OF EACH SEPARATE
	SLEEPING AREA IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF BEDROOMS.

	2. IN EACH ROOM USED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES.

	3. IN EACH STORY WITHIN A DWELLING UNIT, INCLUDING
	BASEMENTS BUT NOT INCLUDING CRAWL SPACES AND
	UNINHABITABLE ATTICS. IN DWELLINGS OR DWELLING UNITS
	WITH SPLIT LEVELS AND WITHOUT AN INTERVENING DOOR
	BETWEEN THE ADJACENT LEVELS, A SMOKE ALARM INSTALLED ON
	THE UPPER LEVEL SHALL SUFFICE FOR THE ADJACENT LOWER
	LEVEL PROVIDED THAT THE LOWER LEVEL IS LESS THAN ONE
	FULL STORY BELOW THE UPPER LEVEL.

	12) PLEASE REVIEW THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EFFICIENCY
	DWELLING UNIT. 2007 / 09 FBC-B 1208.4.
	EFFICIENCY DWELLING UNITS. AN EFFICIENCY LIVING UNIT
	SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE EXCEPT AS
	MODIFIED HEREIN:

	1. THE UNIT SHALL HAVE A LIVING ROOM OF NOT LESS THAN
	220 SQUARE FEET (20.4 M2) OF FLOOR AREA. AN ADDITIONAL
	100 SQUARE FEET (9.3 M2) OF FLOOR AREA SHALL BE
	PROVIDED FOR EACH OCCUPANT OF SUCH UNIT IN EXCESS OF
	TWO.

	2. THE UNIT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A SEPARATE CLOSET.

	3. THE UNIT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A KITCHEN SINK,
	COOKING APPLIANCE AND REFRIGERATION FACILITIES, EACH
	HAVING A CLEAR WORKING SPACE OF NOT LESS THAN 30 INCHES
	(762 MM) IN FRONT. LIGHT AND VENTILATION CONFORMING TO
	THIS CODE SHALL BE PROVIDED.

	4. THE UNIT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A SEPARATE BATHROOM
	CONTAINING A WATER CLOSET, LAVATORY AND BATHTUB OR
	SHOWER.

	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]