Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 14011842
Permit Number 14011842
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2014-03-17 07:52:20BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 14011842
 ADD: 6007 S DIXIE HWY, SUITE ???????
 CONT: COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION
 TEL: (561)633-2475
  
 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.
  
 2ND REVIEW
 DATE: MONDAY MARCH 17/ 2014
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1A) 2ND REQUEST. THE PERMIT APPLICATION INDICATES THE
 ADDRESS AS 6007 S DIXIE NO SUITE NUMBER HAS BEEN
 PROVIDED ON THE PERMIT APPLICATION NOR PLANS. 107.2.1
 INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. CONSTRUCTION
 DOCUMENTS SHALL BE DIMENSIONED AND DRAWN UPON SUITABLE
 MATERIA CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SHALL BE OF SUFFICIENT
 CLARITY TO INDICATE THE LOCATION, NATURE AND EXTENT OF
 THE WORK PROPOSED.
  
 1B) 2ND REQUEST. THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT
 INDICATED TO WHAT METHOD OF COMPLIANCE UNDER THE 2010
 EXISTING BUILDING CODE THIS PLANS WAS DEVELOPED.
 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.
  
 EXCEPTION: SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CODE
 OFFICIAL, ALTERATIONS COMPLYING WITH THE LAWS IN
 EXISTENCE AT THE TIME THE BUILDING OR THE AFFECTED
 PORTION OF THE BUILDING WAS BUILT SHALL BE CONSIDERED
 IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE UNLESS
 THE BUILDING IS UNDERGOING MORE THAN A LIMITED
 STRUCTURAL ALTERATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 807.4.3.
 NEW STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ADDED AS PART OF THE ALTERATION
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
 ALTERATIONS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
 SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 601.3.
  
 101.5.1 PRESCRIPTIVE COMPLIANCE METHOD.
 REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND CHANGES OF
 OCCUPANCY COMPLYING WITH CHAPTER 3 OF THIS CODE IN
 BUILDINGS COMPLYING WITH THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION
 CODE SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE.
  
 101.5.2 WORK AREA COMPLIANCE METHOD.
 REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS, CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY
 AND RELOCATED BUILDINGS COMPLYING WITH THE APPLICABLE
 REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTERS 4 THROUGH 12 OF THIS CODE
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS CODE.
  
 101.5.3 PERFORMANCE COMPLIANCE METHOD.
 REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS, CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY
 AND RELOCATED BUILDINGS COMPLYING WITH CHAPTER 13 OF
 THIS CODE SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE.
  
 2) 2ND REQUEST. DISCREPANCY IN PLANS THE PLANS INDICATE
 THAT IT WAS DESIGNED UNDER ASCE 7-07 WHICH IS WIND
 DESIGN UNDER THE 2007 FBC, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 2010
 FBC. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE PLAN IS ALSO DESIGNED
 UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL CODE. MERCANTILE AND BUSINESS
 OCCUPANCIES FALL UNDER THE 2010 FBC-B. 107.2.1.3
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 3) 2ND REQUEST. THE PLANS INDICATE A NEW WALL & 32 INCH
 WIDE DOOR, PLEASE COMPLY WITH 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.
 2010 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 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). TO ACHIEVE
 THIS MINIMUM CLEAR MEASUREMENT THE MINIMUM DOOR SIZE
 WOULD BE A 2'-10" DOOR.
  
 AN ENGINEER (DESIGNER OF RECORD) LETTER INDICATES THE
 TENANT HAS REMOVED (2) DOORS, THE SUBMITTED PLAN ONLY
 SHOWS ONE NEW DOOR. PLEASE PROVIDE WHERE THE LOCATION
 OF THE SECOND DOORWAY IS LOCATED.
  
 A 32 INCH DOOR WAY WOULD PROVIDE A 34 INCH ROUGH
 OPENING, WHAT FINISHES ARE GOING TO BE APPLIED TO THE
 ROUGH OPENING TO ALLOW FOR A CLEAR OPENING OF 32
 INCHES.
  
 4) 2ND REQUEST. THE ENGINEER'S (DESIGNER OF RECORD)
 LETTER ALSO INDICATE THE NEW WALLS ARE NO FULL HEIGHT
 AND THE NEED OF EMERGENCY BATTERY BACK UP LIGHTS ARE
 NOT REQUIRED, NOR IS THERE ANY CHANGE IN THE MECHANICAL
 SYSTEM SINCE THE WALLS ARE NOT FULL HEIGHT. THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT PROVIDED THE HEIGHT OF THE
 WALLS OR HOW THE WALLS COMPLY WITH 2010 FBC-B TABLE
 1604.3 FOOTNOTE "B" &1607.13. INTERIOR WALLS AND
 PARTITIONS.
 INTERIOR WALLS AND PARTITIONS THAT EXCEED 6 FEET (1829
 MM) IN HEIGHT, INCLUDING THEIR FINISH MATERIALS, SHALL
 HAVE ADEQUATE STRENGTH TO RESIST THE LOADS TO WHICH
 THEY ARE SUBJECTED BUT NOT LESS THAN A HORIZONTAL LOAD
 OF 5 PSF.
  
 PLANS ALSO DO NOT PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2010 FBC-B
 1006.1.6.2 BATTERY-OPERATED ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND OTHER
 TYPES OF PORTABLE LAMPS OR LANTERNS SHALL NOT BE USED
 FOR PRIMARY ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 BATTERY-OPERATED ELECTRIC LIGHTS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
 BE USED AS AN EMERGENCY SOURCE TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED
 UNDER SECTION 1006.2.3.4.
  
 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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