| Date |
Text |
| 2015-03-26 09:29:41 | PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC 2010 |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | DENIED BY BUILDING |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
| | |
| | 1) SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE PRODUCT APPROVALS ( |
| | FL5822-R2 ) AND THE ICC EVALUATION REPORT ( ESR- 2074) |
| | FOR THE SMART VENTS. |
| | |
| | 2) R322.2.1 ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS. EXCEPTION: ENCLOSED |
| | AREAS BELOW THE DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION, INCLUDING |
| | BASEMENTS WHOSE FLOORS ARE NOT BELOW GRADE ON ALL |
| | SIDES, SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION R322.2.2. |
| | R322.2.2 ENCLOSED AREA BELOW DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION. |
| | ENCLOSED AREAS, INCLUDING CRAWL SPACES, THAT ARE BELOW |
| | THE DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION SHALL: |
| | 2.1. THERE SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF TWO OPENINGS ON |
| | DIFFERENT SIDES OF EACH ENCLOSED AREA; IF A BUILDING |
| | HAS MORE THAN ONE ENCLOSED AREA BELOW THE DESIGN FLOOD |
| | ELEVATION, EACH AREA SHALL HAVE OPENINGS ON EXTERIOR |
| | WALLS. |
| | 2.2. THE TOTAL NET AREA OF ALL OPENINGS SHALL BE AT |
| | LEAST 1 SQUARE INCH (645 MM2) FOR EACH SQUARE FOOT |
| | (0.093 M2) OF ENCLOSED AREA, OR THE OPENINGS SHALL BE |
| | DESIGNED AND THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SHALL INCLUDE A |
| | STATEMENT BY A REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL THAT THE |
| | DESIGN OF THE OPENINGS WILL PROVIDE FOR EQUALIZATION OF |
| | HYDROSTATIC FLOOD FORCES ON EXTERIOR WALLS BY ALLOWING |
| | FOR THE AUTOMATIC ENTRY AND EXIT OF FLOODWATERS AS |
| | SPECIFIED IN SECTION 2.6.2.2 OF ASCE 24. |
| | |
| | 3) FEMA TECHNICAL BULLETIN 1 / AUGUST 2008, OPENINGS IN |
| | FOUNDATION WALLS AND WALLS OF ENCLOSURES, NOTES THAT |
| | ONLY THE PORTIONS OF OPENINGS THAT ARE BELOW THE BFE |
| | CAN BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE REQUIRED NET OPEN AREA. IN |
| | THIS CASE THE GARAGE FLOOR IS AT BFE, SO THE AREA OF |
| | THE SMART VENTS THAT ARE BELOW THE REQUIRED 6" |
| | FREEBOARD CAN BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE REQUIRED NET OPEN |
| | AREA. SUBMIT SIGNED AND SEALED CALCULATIONS TO SHOW |
| | COMPLIANCE. |
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