Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13110875
Permit Number 13110875
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2013-12-06 11:48:16BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 13110875
 ADD: 217 BUTLER ST UBIT # 9 A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY
 CONT: ALK CORP INC
 TEL: (561)718-8616
  
 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W
 * 2010 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION, 2010 EDITION
 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED APRIL 25/2013.
  
 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
 DATE: FRIDAY DEC.06/ 2013
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) THE PLANS INDICATE UNIT # 9 TO BE A CHANGE IN
 OCCUPANCY PLEASE PROVIDE DIMENSIONS ON THE FLOOR PLAN
 AND PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE A EXISTING FLOOR PLAN LAYOUT
 AND PROPOSED WORK FOR THIS UNIT. THERE SEEMS TO BE A
 DISCREPANCY IN THE UNIT SIZE AS INDICATED ON THIS PLAN
 AND THE LAST PERMITTED WORK UNDER PERMIT # 01100681
 SHEET A-3 FIRST FLOOR & A-4 THE MEZZANINE LEVEL. THE
 COMMON TENANT SEPERATION WALL (SOUTH WALL) APPEARS TO
 HAVE BEEN MOVED AT LEAST 3'-0" SOUTH AS WELL AS THE
 NORTH PROPOSED
 FLOOR AREA OF THE SECOND FLOOR (OLD MEZZANINE).
  
 PLEASE NOTE AREAS OF MEZZANINE ARE FIGURED ON THE 1/3RD
 THE CLEAR FLOOR AREA OF THE ROOM IN WHICH THEY ARE
 LOCATED 2010 FBC-B 505.2. PLEASE SEE THE NEW CLOSET,
 BEDROOM AND FLOOR AREA FROM THE TENANT SEPERATION WALL
 BEING MOVED HAS CREATED A TRUE SECOND FLOOR AND NOT A
 MEZZANINE. THE CLEAR FLOOR AREA FOR THE FIRST FLOOR
 AREA IS
 322.875 SQ FT AND THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA OF THE
 MEZANINE WOULD BE 106.25 SQ FT.
  
 2) PLEASE PROVIDE WHAT THE OCCUPANCY OR USAGE FOR THE
 2ND FLOOR AREA WILL BE USED FOR? 2010 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION, 2010 EDITION 107.2.1.3 ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 3) THE PLANS DO NOT INDICATE A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY ONLY
 THE PERMIT APPLICATION, PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE FOR
 ALL OF 2010 FL EXST BLDG CODE 912 REQUIREMENTS:
  
 912.2 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS.
 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTIONS 912.2.1 AND 912.2.2.
  
 3A) 912.2.1 FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
 WHERE A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OCCURS THAT
 REQUIRES AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO BE
 PROVIDED BASED ON THE NEW OCCUPANCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 CHAPTER 9 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING, SUCH
 SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE THE
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OCCURS.
  
 3B) 912.2.2 FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEM.
 WHERE A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OCCURS THAT
 REQUIRES A FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEM TO BE
 PROVIDED BASED ON THE NEW OCCUPANCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 CHAPTER 9 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING, SUCH
 SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE THE
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OCCURS. EXISTING ALARM NOTIFICATION
 APPLIANCES SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED THROUGHOUT
 THE BUILDING. WHERE THE BUILDING IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A
 FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, ALARM NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES SHALL
 BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE THE CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY OCCURS AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED.
  
 3C) 912.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS FOR CHANGE TO HIGHER HAZARD
 CATEGORY.
 WHEN A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IS MADE TO A
 HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY (LOWER NUMBER) AS SHOWN IN TABLE
 912.4, THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, BUILDING.
  
 4) 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.
  
 5) 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.
  
 6) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE REVISION
 & REMOVE & REPLACE ANY PAGES AS NECESSARY. A
 TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL REVIEW COMMENT
 NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE REVISION MADE,
 IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION PAGE WHERE THE
 CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT.
 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION.
  
 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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 THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. YOUR E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS ARE
 THEREFORE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.
  
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 FLORIDA SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY SINCE 1953


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