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| 2015-02-05 17:58:31 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | PERMIT: 15010851 |
| | ADD: 1022 18TH ST. |
| | CONT: SYNERGY DESIGN DESIGN- BUILD |
| | TEL: (352)562-5054 |
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| | 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. |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | DATE: THURS. FEB. 05/ 2015 |
| | ACTION: RECOMMENDATION |
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| | 1) THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT DECLAIRED TO WHAT |
| | LEVEL OF ALTERATION THE WORK UNDER THIS PERMIT IS TO BE |
| | COMPLETED. WITH THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED WE ARE |
| | REVIEWING THIS PERMIT AS A LEVEL 1 ALTERATION. 604.1 |
| | GENERAL. MEANS OF EGRESS FOR BUILDINGS UNDERGOING |
| | ALTERATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | SECTION 601.1 AND THE SCOPING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 1 |
| | WHERE APPLICABLE. |
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| | RECOMMENDATION ONLY, THE DOUBLE DOORS LABELED # 2 SWING |
| | AGAINST THE EGRESS PATH (2010 FBC-B 1008.1.2), WITH |
| | OCCUPANT LOADS GREATER THAN 50 THE DOORS SHALL SWING IN |
| | THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL. THE RECOMMENDATION IS |
| | TO REMOVE THE DOORS OR PUT THESE DOORS ON DOUBLE ACTING |
| | HINGES SO THEY WILL NOT IMPEDE ACCESS TO THE RESTROOMS. |
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| | NOTE IT IS ASSUMED THE WINDOWS ARE GOING TO BE |
| | INSTALLED WITHIN THE SAME OPENING. IF THE SIZES CHANGE |
| | THEN THIS BECOMES A LEVEL 2 ALTERATION, AND |
| | SECTION 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE LEVEL II 701.3 |
| | BECOMES ACTIVE. COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION |
| | ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND SPACES SHALL COMPLY |
| | WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, |
| | BUILDING. |
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| | 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE LEVEL 2. 705.2 EXCEPTION 2: |
| | MEANS OF EGRESS CONFORMING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE |
| | FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING AND THE FLORIDA FIRE |
| | PREVENTION CODE UNDER WHICH THE BUILDING WAS |
| | CONSTRUCTED SHALL BE CONSIDERED COMPLIANT MEANS OF |
| | EGRESS IF, IN THE OPINION OF THE CODE OFFICIAL, THEY DO |
| | NOT CONSTITUTE A DISTINCT HAZARD TO LIFE. WE BELIEVE |
| | THIS IS A DISTINCT HAZARD TO LIFE. |
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| | THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1948 AND WAS UNDER THE |
| | BUILDING CODE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH 1947. SECTION |
| | 603. EXIT FACILITIES.(I) DOORS & GATES. ALL EXIT AND |
| | ENTRANCE DOORS OR GATES SHALL SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF |
| | EXIT TRAVEL AND IF PROVIDED WITH LATCHES SUCH LATCHES |
| | SHALL BE OF SELF -RELEASING TYPE, SUCH AS PANIC BOLTS |
| | OR SIMILAR DEVICES, WHICH WILL PERMIT THE DOORS TO OPEN |
| | WHEN PRESSED AGAINST. |
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| | 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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| | BUILDING PROVISO: |
| | SHEET A1.0 |
| | 2010 FBC-B 1008.1.9.3 LOCKS AND LATCHES. |
| | APPROVED LOCKS AND LATCHES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO |
| | PREVENT OPERATION OF DOORS WHERE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING |
| | EXISTS: |
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| | 2. IN BUILDINGS IN OCCUPANCY GROUP A HAVING AN OCCUPANT |
| | LOAD OF 300 OR LESS, GROUPS B, F, M AND S, AND IN |
| | PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, THE MAIN EXTERIOR DOOR |
| | (MAIN EXIT) OR DOORS ARE PERMITTED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH |
| | KEY-OPERATED LOCKING DEVICES FROM THE EGRESS SIDE |
| | PROVIDED: |
| | 2.1. THE LOCKING DEVICE IS READILY DISTINGUISHABLE AS |
| | LOCKED; |
| | 2.2. A READILY VISIBLE DURABLE SIGN IS POSTED ON THE |
| | EGRESS SIDE ON OR ADJACENT TO THE DOOR STATING: THIS |
| | DOOR TO REMAIN UNLOCKED WHEN BUILDING IS OCCUPIED. THE |
| | SIGN SHALL BE IN LETTERS 1 INCH (25 MM) HIGH ON A |
| | CONTRASTING BACKGROUND; AND |
| | 2.3. THE USE OF THE KEY-OPERATED LOCKING DEVICE IS |
| | REVOCABLE BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR DUE CAUSE. |
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| | NOTE: DOORS IDENTIFIED # 4 WILL NEED PANIC HARDWARE, |
| | NOT THE MAIN EXTERIOR ENTRY DOOR. |
| | 2010 FBC-B |
| | 1008.1.10 PANIC AND FIRE EXIT HARDWARE. |
| | DOORS SERVING A GROUP H OCCUPANCY AND DOORS SERVING |
| | ROOMS OR SPACES WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 50 OR MORE IN |
| | A GROUP A OR E OCCUPANCY SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED WITH A |
| | LATCH OR LOCK UNLESS IT IS PANIC HARDWARE OR FIRE EXIT |
| | HARDWARE. |
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| | EXCEPTIONS: 1. A MAIN EXIT OF A GROUP A OCCUPANCY IN |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 1008.1.9.3, ITEM 2. |
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