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| 2012-09-24 16:18:04 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | PERMIT: 12090413 |
| | ADD: 3201 S DIXIE HWY |
| | CONT: MARION CONSTRUCTION |
| | TEL: (561)659-5292 |
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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. |
| | |
| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
| | |
| | 1) THE DESIGNER OF RECORD DOES INDICATE THE PROPOSED |
| | BUILDING DESIGN WAS DESIGNED TO THE 2010 FBC-B, BUT THE |
| | PLANS ARE DEFICIENT IN REGARDS TO THE 2010 |
| | EXISTING BUILDING CODE SECTION 101.5 COMPLIANCE |
| | METHODS. THE REPAIR, ALTERATION, CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY, |
| | ADDITION OR RELOCATION OF ALL EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE METHODS LISTED IN SECTIONS |
| | 101.5.1 THROUGH 101.5.3 AS SELECTED BY THE APPLICANT. |
| | APPLICATION OF A METHOD SHALL BE THE SOLE BASIS FOR |
| | ASSESSING THE COMPLIANCE OF WORK PERFORMED UNDER A |
| | SINGLE PERMIT UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE CODE |
| | OFFICIAL. SECTIONS 101.5.1 THROUGH 101.5.3 SHALL NOT BE |
| | APPLIED IN COMBINATION WITH EACH OTHER. |
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| | 2) SHEET 1-A: |
| | |
| | 2A) IN BOTH OF THE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS THE DOOR # 107 |
| | & 203 BOTH SWING OVER THE CLEAR FLOOR SPACE REQUIRED |
| | FOR THE LAVOTORY. |
| | 213.3 PLUMBING FIXTURES AND ACCESSORIES. PLUMBING |
| | FIXTURES AND ACCESSORIES PROVIDED IN A TOILET ROOM OR |
| | BATHING ROOM REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH 213.2 SHALL COMPLY |
| | WITH 213.3. 213.2 TOILET ROOMS AND BATHING ROOMS. WHERE |
| | TOILET ROOMS ARE PROVIDED, EACH TOILET ROOM SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH 603. |
| | 603.2.3 DOOR SWING. |
| | DOORS SHALL NOT SWING INTO THE CLEAR FLOOR SPACE OR |
| | CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR ANY FIXTURE. |
| | |
| | 2B) COMPLIED. |
| | |
| | 3) 2010 ACCESSIBILITY CODE: 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. |
| | |
| | 3A) SHEET SP-1 DOES NOT INDICATE AN ACCESSIBLE |
| | ENTRANCE, 2010 ACCESSIBILITY CODE 202.4.1. |
| | |
| | 3B) IF THE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN USED UP UNDER THE |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE COST, THE LAST ITEM ON THE LIST IS THE |
| | PARKING LOT, AS THE PLANS SHOW THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING |
| | SPACE IS NOT THE CLOSEST SPACE TO THE BUILDING FORCING |
| | THE USER OF THIS SPACE TO TRAVEL BEHIND PARKED CARS, |
| | THE OTHER ISSUE WITH THE PARKING SPACE IS NO ACCESSIBLE |
| | AISLE IS INDICATED ON THE PLANS. |
| | |
| | 4) SHEET A2 THE ELEVATIONS INDICATE THERE IS NO |
| | OVERHANG, 2010 FBC-B 1503.7 PROTECTION AGAINST DECAY |
| | AND TERMITES. GUTTERS WITH DOWNSPOUTS ARE REQUIRED ON |
| | ALL BUILDINGS WITH EAVES OF LESS THAN 6 INCHES (152 MM) |
| | HORIZONTAL PROJECTION EXCEPT FOR GABLE END RAKES OR ON |
| | A ROOF ABOVE ANOTHER ROOF. |
| | |
| | 5) A-3 THE WEST ELEVATION DEPICTS AN EXTERIOR STAIR AND |
| | HANDRAIL GAURDRAIL SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE |
| | 2010 FBC-B. 2010 EXIST BLDG CODE 912.4.2 MEANS OF |
| | EGRESS FOR CHANGE OF USE TO EQUAL OR LOWER HAZARD |
| | CATEGORY. |
| | WHEN A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IS MADE TO AN |
| | EQUAL OR LESSER HAZARD CATEGORY (HIGHER NUMBER) AS |
| | SHOWN IN TABLE 912.4, EXISTING ELEMENTS OF THE MEANS OF |
| | EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION |
| | 805 FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. NEWLY |
| | CONSTRUCTED OR CONFIGURED MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY |
| | WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE FLORIDA |
| | BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
| | |
| | 912.4.5 GUARDS. |
| | EXISTING GUARDS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN |
| | SECTION 705.10 IN THE AREA OF THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION.705.10 GUARDS. |
| | |
| | THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 705.10.1 AND 705.10.2 |
| | SHALL APPLY TO GUARDS FROM THE WORK AREA FLOOR TO, AND |
| | INCLUDING, THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE BUT SHALL BE |
| | CONFINED TO THE EGRESS PATH OF ANY WORK AREA. |
| | |
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| | 705.10.1 MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. |
| | |
| | EVERY OPEN PORTION OF A STAIR, LANDING, OR BALCONY THAT |
| | IS MORE THAN 30 INCHES (762 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR OR |
| | GRADE BELOW AND IS NOT PROVIDED WITH GUARDS, OR THOSE |
| | PORTIONS IN WHICH EXISTING GUARDS ARE JUDGED TO BE IN |
| | DANGER OF COLLAPSING, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH GUARDS. |
| | 705.10.2 DESIGN. |
| | GUARDS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 705.10.1 |
| | SHALL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE |
| | PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, ACCESSIBILITY. |
| | EXCEPTION: GUARDS BEING REPLACED IN PART MAY MATCH THE |
| | EXISTING DESIGN. |
| | |
| | 6) SHEET A4 INDICATES CUT SECTIONS OF INTERIOR |
| | ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR TRUSSES, PLANS WILL NEED TO |
| | INCLUDE FIREBLOCKING AT THE FLOOR LINE PER 2010 FBC-B |
| | 717.2 <>. IN COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION, |
| | <> SHALL BE INSTALLED TO CUT OFF |
| | CONCEALED DRAFT OPENINGS (BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL) |
| | AND SHALL FORM AN EFFECTIVE BARRIER BETWEEN FLOORS, |
| | BETWEEN A TOP STORY AND A ROOF OR ATTIC SPACE. |
| | <> SHALL BE INSTALLED IN THE LOCATIONS |
| | SPECIFIED IN SECTIONS 717.2.2 THROUGH 717.2.7. |
| | |
| | 7) PLEASE PROVIDE MANUFACTURERS TESTING REPORT FOR |
| | ICYNENE INSULATION, SHEET A4 INDICATES THE ICYNENE TO |
| | BE INSTALLED ON THE TOP CHORD OF TRUSS WITH A DROPPED |
| | ACOUSTICAL CEILING. THERE ARE TWO CONCERNS: |
| | |
| | 7A) 2010 FBC-B SECTION 2603.4.1.6 THE FIRST ISSUE IS |
| | ICYNENE IS TO BE PROTECTED WITH AN IGNITION BARRIER. |
| | THE IGNITION BARRIER IS TO SEPERATE THE ATTIC SPACE |
| | FROM THE INSULATION ITSELF, THE CODE READS THAT THE |
| | BARRIER IS TO BE INSTALLED IN A MANNER THAT THE FOAM |
| | PLASTIC INSULATION IS NOT EXPOSED. |
| | |
| | 7B) THE PLANS INDICATE THE USE OF A DROP CEILING ON THE |
| | SECOND FLOOR WITH EXCEPTION TO THE STAIRWELL. 2010 |
| | FBC-B SSECTION REQUIRES THE USE OF A THERMAL BARRIER |
| | THE FOAM PLASTIC SHALL BE SEPERATED FROM THE INTEIOR OF |
| | A BUILDING BY AN APPROVED THERMAL BARRIER OF 1/2 INCH |
| | GYPSUM WALLBOARD OR EQUIVALENT THERMAL BARRIER ... |
| | |
| | 8) 2010 FBC 107.3.4.1 PRODUCT APPROVALS. THOSE PRODUCTS |
| | WHICH ARE REGULATED BY THE DCA RULE 9N-03 SHALL BE |
| | REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE DESIGNER OF |
| | RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL FOR JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL. |
| | FL 61G1-23.015 (2) THE ARCHITECT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR |
| | SUPERVISING AND REVIEWING ALL PROJECT DATA, REPORTS, |
| | SHOP DRAWINGS ETC.. |
| | |
| | 9) FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS RULE 9N-3 |
| | NOV. 01/ 2010 (31) SUB-CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS OR |
| | CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT |
| | APPROVALS: |
| | (31)(A) EXTERIOR DOORS. |
| | (B) WINDOWS |
| | (C) PANEL WALLS: STOREFRONTS, CURTAIN WALLS, WALL |
| | LOUVERS, EFIS SYSTEMS, |
| | (D) ROOFING PRODUCTS AND ASSEMBLIES |
| | |
| | JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
| | SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
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