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| 2012-07-19 09:10:45 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | PERMIT: 12060899 |
| | ADD: 1500 BELVEDERE RD |
| | CONT: GARLAND BROWN |
| | TEL: (561)719-8015 |
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| | 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W |
| | * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS |
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| | 2010 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. |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) THE PERMIT APPLICATION INDICATES THE CONTRACT VALUE |
| | OF $42,500.00, PLEASE SEE THE CODE SECTION LISTED BELOW |
| | THAT DEALS WITH ACCESSIBILITY TO EXISTING BUILDINGS AND |
| | THE |
| | ADDITIONAL COST INVOLVED TO START TO BRING THIS |
| | STRUCTURE UP TO THE CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. |
| | THE 2010 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 202.4.1 |
| | REQUIRES UP TO 20% OF THE CONTRACT VALUE ($8,500) TO |
| | BRING THE BUILDING UP TO CODE FOR ACCESSIBILITY. |
| | SECTION 202.4.2 PROVIDES THE PRIORITY IN WHICH ELEMENTS |
| | SHOULD BE MADE ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT INCURRING OVER THE |
| | 20% DISPROPORTIONATE COST. |
| | 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST. |
| | ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| | TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA WILL BE DEEMED |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN THE |
| | COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION TO THE |
| | PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COSTS THAT MAY BE COUNTED AS |
| | EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| | TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING |
| | AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE |
| | ALTERED AREA; (II) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING |
| | RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS INSTALLING GRAB BARS, |
| | ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, INSULATING PIPES, OR |
| | INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET CONTROLS; (III) COSTS |
| | ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH |
| | AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, |
| | INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT |
| | TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING |
| | AN INACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. |
| | 202.4.2 ACCESSIBLE FEATURES IN THE EVENT OF |
| | DISPROPORTIONALITY. |
| | 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. 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; (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. |
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| | 1A) INTERIOR DOORS ARE LABELED AS 2'8" WIDE DOORWAYS, |
| | 2010 ACCESSIBILITY CODE 404.2.3 REQUIRES A CLEAR WIDTH |
| | OF 32" WHICH REQUIRES AT A MINIMUM OF 34". |
| | 404.2.3 CLEAR WIDTH. |
| | DOOR OPENINGS SHALL PROVIDE A CLEAR WIDTH OF 32 INCHES |
| | (815 MM) MINIMUM. 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. |
| | OPENINGS MORE THAN 24 INCHES (610 MM) DEEP SHALL |
| | PROVIDE A CLEAR OPENING OF 36 INCHES (915 MM) MINIMUM. |
| | THERE SHALL BE NO PROJECTIONS INTO THE REQUIRED CLEAR |
| | OPENING WIDTH LOWER THAN 34 INCHES (865 MM) ABOVE THE |
| | FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND. PROJECTIONS INTO THE CLEAR |
| | OPENING WIDTH BETWEEN 34 INCHES (865 MM) AND 80 INCHES |
| | (2030 MM) ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND SHALL NOT |
| | EXCEED 4 INCHES (100 MM). |
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| | 1B) PLEASE PROVIDE A LIST OF ALTERATIONS PROVIDING |
| | WHERE THE MONIES WILL BE SPENT BRINGING THIS BUILDING |
| | UP TO THE 2010 ACCESSIBILITY CODE. |
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| | 2) PLEASE PROVIDE LOCATTION FOR PORTABLE FIRE |
| | EXTINGUISHERS PER 2010 FBC-B: |
| | 906.5 CONSPICUOUS LOCATION. [F] |
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| | PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL BE LOCATED IN |
| | CONSPICUOUS LOCATIONS WHERE THEY WILL BE READILY |
| | ACCESSIBLE AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR USE. THESE |
| | LOCATIONS SHALL BE ALONG NORMAL PATHS OF TRAVEL, UNLESS |
| | THE FIRE CODE OFFICIAL DETERMINES THAT THE HAZARD POSED |
| | INDICATES THE NEED FOR PLACEMENT AWAY FROM NORMAL PATHS |
| | OF TRAVEL. |
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| | 906.6 UNOBSTRUCTED AND UNOBSCURED. [F] |
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| | PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SHALL NOT BE OBSTRUCTED OR |
| | OBSCURED FROM VIEW. IN ROOMS OR AREAS IN WHICH VISUAL |
| | OBSTRUCTION CANNOT BE COMPLETELY AVOIDED, MEANS SHALL |
| | BE PROVIDED TO INDICATE THE LOCATIONS OF EXTINGUISHERS. |
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| | 3A)EXIT SIGNS 2010 FBC-B 1006.3.1: EXITS SHALL BE |
| | MARKED BY AN APPROVED SIGN READILY VISIBLE FROM ANY |
| | DIRECTION OF EXIT ACCESS. EVERY EXIT SIGN SHALL BE |
| | SUITABLY ILLUMINATED BY A RELIABLE LIGHT SOURCE. |
| | EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGNS SHALL BE |
| | VISIBLE IN BOTH NORMAL AND EMERGENCY LIGHTING. |
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| | 3B) 1006.3.4 EXIT STAIR DOOR OR TACTILE SIGNAGE. |
| | TACTILE SIGNAGE STATING "EXIT" AND COMPLYING WITH |
| | ICC/ANSI A117.1, AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR |
| | ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, SHALL |
| | BE INSTALLED ADJACENT TO THE LATCH SIDE OF THE DOOR 60 |
| | INCHES (1524 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR TO THE CENTER |
| | LINE OF THE SIGN. |
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| | JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
| | SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
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