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| 2015-02-02 13:19:41 | PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC 2010 |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
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| | DENIED BY BUILDING |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
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| | BASED ON THE ZONING REVIEW THE STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED TO |
| | BE RETURNED TO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. IT APPEARS |
| | THAT THE STRUCTURE MAY HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY CONVERTED TO |
| | A TWO FAMILY DWELLING. |
| | UNLESS YOU CAN LOCATE RECORDS THAT SHOW THIS DWELLING |
| | WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS A TWO FAMILY DWELLING OR |
| | THAT IT WAS CONVERTED FROM A SINGLE FAMILY WITH THE |
| | PROPER PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO |
| | RETURN IT TO A SINGLE FAMILY. IF ZONING WILL ALLOW IT, |
| | YOU CAN OBTAIN PERMITS TO CONVERT THE EXISTING DWELLING |
| | TO A TWO FAMILY DWELLING. THE PLANS WILL BE REQUIRED TO |
| | SHOW THAT THE CONVERSION COMPLIES WITH THE 2010 FBC AND |
| | THE NEW AND PREVIOUS WORK WILL HAVE TO INSPECTED AND |
| | APPROVED. |
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| | 1)FBC- R302.3 DWELLING UNITS IN TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS |
| | SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY WALL AND/OR FLOOR |
| | ASSEMBLIES HAVING NOT LESS THAN A 1-HOUR |
| | FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | ASTM E 119 OR UL 263. FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED |
| | FLOOR-CEILING AND WALL ASSEMBLIES SHALL EXTEND TO AND |
| | BE TIGHT AGAINST THE EXTERIOR WALL, AND WALL ASSEMBLIES |
| | SHALL EXTEND FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THE UNDERSIDE OF |
| | THE ROOF SHEATHING. |
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| | 2) FBC-R303.8 REQUIRED HEATING. WHEN THE WINTER DESIGN |
| | TEMPERATURE IN TABLE R301.2(1) IS BELOW 60?F (16?C), |
| | EVERY DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH HEATING |
| | FACILITIES CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING A MINIMUM ROOM |
| | TEMPERATURE OF 68?F (20?C) AT A POINT 3 FEET (914 MM) |
| | ABOVE THE FLOOR AND 2 FEET (610 MM) FROM EXTERIOR WALLS |
| | IN ALL HABITABLE ROOMS AT THE DESIGN TEMPERATURE. THE |
| | INSTALLATION OF ONE OR MORE PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS |
| | SHALL NOT BE USED TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS |
| | SECTION. |
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| | 3) FBC-R303.3 BATHROOMS. |
| | BATHROOMS, WATER CLOSET COMPARTMENTS AND OTHER SIMILAR |
| | ROOMS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AGGREGATE GLAZING AREA IN |
| | WINDOWS OF NOT LESS THAN 3 SQUARE FEET (0.3 M2), |
| | ONE-HALF OF WHICH MUST BE OPENABLE. EXCEPTION: THE |
| | GLAZED AREAS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE ARTIFICIAL |
| | LIGHT AND A MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM ARE PROVIDED. |
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| | 4) FBC-R310.1 EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE REQUIRED. |
| | EVERY SLEEPING ROOM SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE OPERABLE |
| | EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING. |
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| | 5) R310.1.1 ALL EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS |
| | SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING OF 5.7 SQUARE |
| | FEET. EXCEPTION: GRADE FLOOR OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A |
| | MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING OF 5 SQUARE FEET. |
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| | 6) R311.2 AT LEAST ONE EGRESS DOOR SHALL BE PROVIDED |
| | FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT. THE EGRESS DOOR SHALL BE |
| | SIDE-HINGED, AND SHALL PROVIDE A MINIMUM CLEAR WIDTH OF |
| | 32 INCHES WHEN MEASURED BETWEEN THE FACE OF THE DOOR |
| | AND THE STOP, WITH THE DOOR OPEN 90 DEGREES. THE |
| | MINIMUM CLEAR HEIGHT OF THE DOOR OPENING SHALL NOT BE |
| | LESS THAN 78 INCHES (1981 MM) IN HEIGHT MEASURED FROM |
| | THE TOP OF THE THRESHOLD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STOP. |
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| | 7) R314.3.1 WHEN ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS |
| | REQUIRING A PERMIT OCCUR, OR WHEN ONE OR MORE SLEEPING |
| | ROOMS ARE ADDED OR CREATED IN EXISTING DWELLINGS, THE |
| | INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SMOKE |
| | ALARMS LOCATED AS REQUIRED FOR NEW DWELLINGS. |
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| | 8) R807.1 ATTIC ACCESS. BUILDINGS WITH COMBUSTIBLE |
| | CEILING OR ROOF CONSTRUCTION SHALL HAVE AN ATTIC ACCESS |
| | OPENING TO ATTIC AREAS THAT EXCEED 30 SQUARE FEET (2.8 |
| | M2) AND HAVE A VERTICAL HEIGHT OF 30 INCHES (762 MM) OR |
| | GREATER.THE ROUGH-FRAMED OPENING SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN |
| | 22 INCHES BY 30 INCHES (559 MM BY 762 MM) AND SHALL BE |
| | LOCATED IN A HALLWAY OR OTHER READILY ACCESSIBLE |
| | LOCATION. (ONE IN EACH UNIT) |
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| | 9) SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2010 FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION |
| | SECT. 101.4.3 & 103.2 BY SUBMITTING THE PROPER |
| | CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. SEE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING FORMS |
| | 402 OR 405. |
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| | 10) FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION - SECT. 403.6.1 EQUIPMENT |
| | SIZING. |
| | HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SIZED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH ACCA MANUAL S BASED ON THE EQUIPMENT |
| | LOADS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUAL J OR OTHER |
| | APPROVED HEATING AND COOLING CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES, |
| | BASED ON BUILDING LOADS FOR THE DIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION |
| | OF THE BUILDING. THE MANUFACTURER AND MODEL NUMBER OF |
| | THE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR UNITS (IF SPLIT SYSTEM) SHALL BE |
| | SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE SENSIBLE AND TOTAL COOLING |
| | CAPACITIES AT THE DESIGN CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN |
| | SECTION 302.1. |
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