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Plan Review Notes For Permit 14010912
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2014-02-05 06:42:37BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 14010912
 ADD: 3613 BROADWAY
 CONT: THE BRIGHTSTONE GROUP
 TEL: (561)889-7206
  
 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: WED. FEB. 05/2014
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 2010 FL EXISTING BUILDING 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. THE COVERSHEET DOES NOT DISCLOSE IF THIS IS A
 FIRE SPRINKLERED BUILDING, UNDER THE 2010 FBC EXISTING
 BUILDING CODE SECTION 904.1
  
  
 1) GROUND FLOOR PLAN SHEET 01 INDICATES UNDER THE
 HEADING CHANGE OF USE FBC 2010 CHAPTER 3 SECTION 310 A
 R-3 OCCUPANCY. ONE & 2 FAMILY BUILDINGS ARE A R-3
 OCCUPANCY, THIS IS CONSIDERED A R-2 OCCUPANCY, PLEASE
 CORRECT.
  
 2) PLEASE LABEL HOW MANY UNITS WITHIN THIS STRUCTURE
 ARE HOW MANY ARE SLEEPING UNITS AND HOW MANY ARE
 DWELLING UNITS. PROVIDE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR EACH
 UNIT. PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH :
 2A) SEE DEFINITION OF :
  
 2A)(1) DWELLING 1208.3 ROOM AREA. EVERY DWELLING UNIT
 SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE ROOM THAT SHALL HAVE NOT LESS
 THAN 120 SQUARE FEET (13.9 M2) OF NET FLOOR AREA. OTHER
 HABITABLE ROOMS SHALL HAVE A NET FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS
 THAN 70 SQUARE FEET (6.5 M2).
 EXCEPTION: EVERY KITCHEN IN A ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY
 DWELLING SHALL HAVE NOT LESS THAN 50 SQUARE FEET (4.64
 M2) OF GROSS FLOOR AREA.
  
 2A)(2) EFFICIENCY DWELLING UNIT. 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.
  
 2B) PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS TO WHAT
 THESE TWO ROOMS ARE FOR, (1) BETWEEN ROOMS 10 & 11 AND
 (2) THE BATHROOM ADJACENT TO UNIT # 21. 107.2.1.3
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 3) THE COVERSHEET DOES NOT DISCLOSE IF THIS IS A FIRE
 SPRINKLERED BUILDING, UNDER THE 2010 FBC EXISTING
 BUILDING CODE SECTION 904.1 . THE COVERSHEET DOES NOT
 DISCLOSE IF THIS IS A FIRE SPRINKLERED BUILDING, UNDER
 THE 2010 FBC EXISTING BUILDING CODE SECTION 904.1 FIRE
 PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 912 SHALL APPLY
 WHERE A BUILDING OR PORTIONS THEREOF UNDERGO A CHANGE
 OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 2010 FBC-B F] 903.2.8 GROUP R. AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER
 SYSTEM INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 903.3 SHALL
 BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT ALL BUILDINGS WITH A GROUP R
 FIRE AREA.
  
 2010 FBC-B[F] 903.3 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS.
 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHALL BE DESIGNED AND
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 903.3.1 THROUGH
 903.3.6.
  
 2010 FBC-B [F] 903.3.1 STANDARDS.
 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHALL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 903.3.1.1, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PERMITTED BY SECTIONS 903.3.1.2 AND 903.3.1.3.
  
  
 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.
  
 2010 FBC-B [F] 907.2.9 GROUP R-2.
 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS AND SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED
 IN GROUP R-2 OCCUPANCIES AS REQUIRED IN SECTIONS
 907.2.9.1 AND 907.2.9.2.
 [F] 907.2.9.1 MANUAL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
 A MANUAL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM THAT ACTIVATES THE OCCUPANT
 NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 907.5
 SHALL BE INSTALLED IN GROUP R-2 OCCUPANCIES WHERE:
 1. ANY DWELLING UNIT OR SLEEPING UNIT IS LOCATED THREE
 OR MORE STORIES ABOVE THE LOWEST LEVEL OF EXIT
 DISCHARGE;
 2. ANY DWELLING UNIT OR SLEEPING UNIT IS LOCATED MORE
 THAN ONE STORY BELOW THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EXIT
 DISCHARGE OF EXITS SERVING THE DWELLING UNIT OR
 SLEEPING UNIT; OR
 3. THE BUILDING CONTAINS MORE THAN 11 DWELLING UNITS OR
 SLEEPING UNITS.
 SEE EXCEPTIONS
 F] 907.2.9.2 SMOKE ALARMS. SINGLE- AND MULTIPLE-STATION
 SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 907.2.11.
 [F] 907.2.11 SINGLE- AND MULTIPLE-STATION SMOKE ALARMS.
 LISTED SINGLE- AND MULTIPLE-STATION SMOKE ALARMS
 COMPLYING WITH UL 217 SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTIONS 907.2.11.1 THROUGH 907.2.11.4 AND NFPA 7
  
 4) 912.3 INTERIOR FINISH.
 IN AREAS OF THE BUILDING UNDERGOING THE CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION, THE INTERIOR FINISH OF WALLS
 AND CEILINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION.
  
  
  
 5) 905.1 GENERAL. MEANS OF EGRESS IN PORTIONS OF
 BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 912.912.4.2
 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.
  
 5A) 805.3 EXIT SIGNS. MEANS OF EGRESS FROM THE HIGHEST
 WORK AREA FLOOR TO THE FLOOR OF EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL BE
 PROVIDED WITH EXIT SIGNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING
  
 5B) 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.
 705.9 HANDRAILS.
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 705.9.1 AND 705.9.2 SHALL
 APPLY TO HANDRAILS FROM THE WORK AREA FLOOR TO, AND
 INCLUDING, THE LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE.
  
 705.9.1 MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.
 EVERY REQUIRED EXIT STAIRWAY THAT IS PART OF THE MEANS
 OF EGRESS FOR ANY WORK AREA AND THAT HAS THREE OR MORE
 RISERS AND IS NOT PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE HANDRAIL,
 OR IN WHICH THE EXISTING HANDRAILS ARE JUDGED TO BE IN
 DANGER OF COLLAPSING, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH HANDRAILS
 FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RUN OF STEPS ON AT LEAST ONE
 SIDE. ALL EXIT STAIRWAYS WITH A REQUIRED EGRESS WIDTH
 OF MORE THAN 66 INCHES (1676 MM) SHALL HAVE HANDRAILS
 ON BOTH SIDES.
  
 705.9.2 DESIGN.
 HANDRAILS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 705.9.1
 SHALL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
 EXCEPTION: HANDRAILS BEING REPLACED IN PART MAY MATCH
 THE EXISTING DESIGN.
  
 5C) 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.
  
 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) 906.1 ACCESSIBILITY IN PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS
 UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL
 COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, ACCESSIBILITY.
 912.8 ACCESSIBILITY. EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT UNDERGO A
 CHANGE OF GROUP OR OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL
 COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, ACCESSIBILITY.
  
 2010 FL 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.
  
  
 7) 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.
  
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 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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