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| 2016-01-26 09:30:13 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 16010403 |
| | ADD: 2255 PALM BEACH LAKES BLVD |
| | CONT: MCCABE BROTHERS |
| | TEL: 561-278-0404 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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| | 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| | ADMINISTRATION |
| | |
| | 2014 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: TUES. JAN. 26/ 2016 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
| | |
| | 1) THE COVERSHEET A1.0: |
| | 1A) THE PLANS INDICATE THEY WERE DESIGNED TO THE 2010 |
| | FBC. PLEASE BE AWARE THE EDITION OF THE CODE CHANGED ON |
| | JUNE 30/ 2015 TO THE 5TH EDITION (2014) OF THE FLORIDA |
| | BUILDING CODE. |
| | |
| | 1B) ONLY THE COVERSHEET, A1.0 HAS AN ORIGINAL SIGNATURE |
| | AND SEAL THE REST OF THE SHEETS WITHIN THE SET OF PLAN |
| | HAVE SEALS AND COPIED SIGNATURES. |
| | PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, REPORTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS |
| | PREPARED BY THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AND BEING FILED FOR |
| | PUBLIC RECORD SHALL HAVE THE SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF THE |
| | DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AFFIXED TO THE DOCUMENT. FL ADMIN |
| | CODE 61G16.003 ARCHITECTS. |
| | 2) SHEET A2.0: |
| | 2A) THIS BUILDING IS BEING CLASSIFIED AS A TYPE II |
| | BUILDING. PLEASE IDENTIFY UNDER WHICH CODE YOU ARE |
| | CLASSIFYING THIS BUILDING TYPE AS A TYPE II BUILDING. |
| | UNDER THE 2001 FBC-B THE BUILDING TYPE II WAS |
| | RECLASSIFIED AS A BUILDING TYPE IA UNDER THE 2004 FBC |
| | AND SINCE. SEE 2007 CODE COMMENTARY FIGURE 600. |
| | |
| | 2B) IN THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATIONS WAREHOUSE 33,112 |
| | SQ. FT./500= 66 OCCUPANTS, & BUSINESS 2528 SQ. |
| | FT./100=25 OCCUPANTS. PLEASE BE AWARE YOU ALWAYS ROUND |
| | UP TO THE NEXT WHOLE PERSON YOU HAVE NO PARTIAL PEOPLE. |
| | 2014 FBC-B 1004.1. |
| | |
| | BOAF INFORMAL CODE INTERPRETATION |
| | DATE: TUE DEC 18 2007 |
| | REPORT #: 5479 |
| | CODE: BUILDING |
| | SECTION: 1004.1.2 |
| | QUESTION: |
| | IS IT THE INTENT OF SECTION 1004.1.2 TO ALLOW THE |
| | LARGEST NUMBER COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | TABLE 1004.1.2 TO BE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST WHOLE |
| | NUMBER? COMMENT: FOR EXAMPLE, A |
| | BUSINESS OCCUPANCY IN A BUILDING WITH 3215 GROSS SQUARE |
| | FEET, CALCULATED OCCUPANCY LOAD |
| | WOULD BE 32.15 WOULD I ROUND DOWN TO 32 OCCUPANTS OR |
| | WOULD I BE REQUIRED TO ROUND UP TO |
| | 33 OCCUPANTS |
| | ANSWER: |
| | ROUND UP TO 33 |
| | COMMENTARY: |
| | OCCUPANTS ONLY COME AS A WHOLE. |
| | |
| | 2C) WITHIN THIS SET OF PLANS THERE IS NO LIFE SAFETY |
| | PLAN THAT PROVIDES: |
| | 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| | ADMINISTRATION 107.3.5 MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA FOR |
| | BUILDINGS. |
| | 107.3.5.1 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS: |
| | 107.3.5.1.1 BUILDING |
| | (6.) LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS SHALL BE DETERMINED AND SHALL |
| | INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING |
| | REQUIREMENTS: |
| | OCCUPANT LOAD AND EGRESS CAPACITIES |
| | OCCUPANCY GROUP AND SPECIAL OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS |
| | SHALL BE DETERMINED(SEPARATION). |
| | OCCUPANT LOAD AND EGRESS CAPACITIES |
| | EARLY WARNING |
| | )7.) OCCUPANCY LOAD/EGRESS REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE: |
| | OCCUPANCY LOAD |
| | GROSS |
| | NET |
| | MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | EXIT ACCESS |
| | EXIT |
| | EXIT DISCHARGE |
| | STAIRS CONSTRUCTION/GEOMETRY AND PROTECTION |
| | DOORS |
| | EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND EXIT SIGNS |
| | SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS |
| | |
| | 2D) PLEASE BREAK DOWN THE OCCUPANT LOADS FOR THE 1ST |
| | FLOOR AND 2ND FLOOR (MEZZANINE) BY FLOOR AND BY |
| | OCCUPANCY TYPE. THE 2ND FLOOR, (MEZZANINE) INDICATES |
| | 555 SQ. FT. OF CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY, BUT DOES NOT |
| | INDICATE THE OVERALL SQUARE FEET OF THE 2ND FLOOR |
| | (MEZZANINE). I HAVE ADDED UP THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE |
| | 2ND FLOOR AREA AND IS APPROXIMATELY 1050 SQUARE FEET. |
| | 1050/100= 11 OCCUPANTS. THE AREA BELOW THE 2ND FLOOR IS |
| | AN ENCLOSED AREA AND DOES NOT COMMUNICATE (THE AIR) |
| | WITH A MEZZANINE, NOR DOES THE 2ND FLOOR WHICH NOW IS |
| | FULLY ENCLOSED. THE OCCUPANT LOAD IS GREATER THAN 10 |
| | AND DOES NOT MEET THE EXCEPTIONS OF 505.2.3 AND WILL |
| | NEED TO BE CONSIDERED A 2ND FLOOR. |
| | PLEASE REVIEW SECTIONS IN THE 2014 FBC-B: |
| | FBC-B 1009.3 EXCEPTION # 1. |
| | FBC-B 1016.3.1 |
| | FBC-B TABLE 1016.2 ALLOWABLE TRAVEL DISTANCE. |
| | |
| | NOTE THE TABLE 508.4 BUSINESS AND S1 OCCUPANCIES |
| | INDICATES NO OCCUPANCY SEPARATION. PLEASE REVIEW BOAF |
| | INFORMAL INTERPRETATION: 7357 |
| | |
| | DATE: TUE JUL 1 2014 |
| | REPORT: 7357 |
| | CODE: BUILDING CODE YEAR: 2010 |
| | SECTION: TABLE 508.4 |
| | QUESTION: |
| | IS IT THE INTENT OF TABLE 508.4 TO REQUIRE A (1HR (S), |
| | 2HR (NS)) SEPARATION BETWEEN B AND S-2 OCCUPANCY AND NO |
| | SEPARATION |
| | REQUIREMENT BETWEEN B AND S-1 OCCUPANCY? |
| | COMMENT: |
| | PER CHAPTER 3, S-2 OCCUPANCY ARE DEFINED AS LOW- HAZARD |
| | STORAGE, WHERE AS S-1 OCCUPANCY IS DEFINED AS |
| | MODERATE-HAZARD OCCUPANCY. THE STORED MATERIALS LIST |
| | FOR S-1 OCCUPANCY IS MUCH MORE HAZARDOUS THAN THE LIST |
| | FOR S-2 OCCUPANCY AND ONE WOULD THINK THAT THE S-1 |
| | OCCUPANCY WOULD REQUIRE THE SEPARATION AND THE S-2 |
| | OCCUPANCY WOULD NOT. |
| | ANSWER: |
| | BASED ON THE INFORMATION REVIEWED, IT APPEARS YOU ARE |
| | CORRECT THAT A TYPO EXISTS. THE BEST APPROACH FOR THIS |
| | PARTICULAR ISSUE WOULD BE EITHER A FORMAL |
| | INTERPRETATION WHICH HAS STANDING OR A DEC STATEMENT |
| | FROM THE FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION. PLEASE SEE THE |
| | COMMENTARY BELOW. |
| | COMMENTARY: |
| | TABLE 508.4 DOES APPEAR TO HAVE A TYPO. THE 2001 |
| | FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, TABLE 704.1 REQUIRED A 3 HOUR |
| | SEPARATION FOR S1 AND A 2 HOUR SEPARATION FOR S2. IN |
| | THE 2004 CODE TABLE 706.3.7 ALSO REQUIRES 3 HOURS FOR |
| | S1 AND 2 HOURS FOR S2. THE TYPO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN |
| | INTRODUCED WITH TABLE 508.4 IN THE 2007 CODE. TABLE |
| | 508.4 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WRONG SINCE ITS INCEPTION. |
| | SUBMITTING A REQUEST FOR A FORMAL INTERPRETATION WOULD |
| | PERMIT APPLICATION OF CORRECTION TO THIS ISSUE UNTIL A |
| | CODE CHANGE CAN BE MADE, IF IT IS NOT ALREADY IN THE |
| | WORKS. |
| | |
| | YOU CAN?T TAKE THE OCCUPANTS OF A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY |
| | THROUGH A OCCUPANCY WITH A HIGHER OCCUPANCY HAZARD |
| | WITHOUT THE STAIR BEING IN A 1 HOUR ENCLOSURE. |
| | |
| | 2E) THE TABLE FOR FIRE RESISTANCE RATINGS FOR BUILDING |
| | ELEMENTS, INDICATES ZERO HOURS FIRE RATING FOR THE ROOF |
| | CONSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED SECONDARY MEMBERS. IN THE |
| | 2014 FBC-B TABLE 601 INDICATES FOR BUILDING TYPE 1B OR |
| | IIA, 1 HOUR FIRE RATING REQUIRED, MEZZANINE LEVEL, SEE |
| | EXCEPTION ?B?. |
| | |
| | 2F) THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING AND IS SUBJECT TO THE |
| | 2014 EXISTING BUILDING CODE SECTION 301.1. THE DESIGNER |
| | OF RECORD WILL NEED TO SHOW THE PLANS WERE DESIGNED |
| | UNDER ONE OF THE METHODS LISTED, 301.1.1THROUGH |
| | 301.1.3. IF THE WORK AREA METHOD IS PICKED THEN TO WHAT |
| | LEVEL OF ALTERATION WERE THE PLANS DESIGNED? |
| | |
| | 2G) ASBESTOS: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 553.79 F. S. |
| | THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU OF THE OWNERS OR OPERATORS? |
| | RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE & FEDERAL |
| | ASBESTOS REGULATIONS, INCLUDING SECTION 376.60 F. S. |
| | AND CFR 61- NESHAP REQUIREMENTS. REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE- |
| | ASBESTOS SURVEYS AND SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN NOTIFICATION |
| | TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PRIOR TO: |
| | * DEMOLITION OF ALL REGULATED STRUCTURES; |
| | * MOST RENOVATION ACTIVITIES IN REGULATED STRUCTURES |
| | WHERE ASBESTOS IS DISTURBED OR REMOVED. |
| | NON-COMPLIANCE MAY RESULT IN SEVERE MONETARY PENALTY. |
| | |
| | FOR FURTHER INFORMATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, CONTACT |
| | THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND ENGINEERING |
| | HRS/ PALM BEACH COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT |
| | (DIVISION OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AIR |
| | POLLUTION CONTROL SECTION) |
| | 901 EVERNIA STREET |
| | WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 |
| | (561) 355-3070 |
| | |
| | 3) SHEET A4.0 : |
| | 3A) WITH AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 11 ON THE 2ND FLOOR PLEASE |
| | PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS TO THE 2ND FLOOR. |
| | 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 201.1.1 VERTICAL |
| | ACCESSIBILITY. |
| | SECTIONS 553.501-553.513, F.S., AND THE ADA STANDARDS |
| | FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN DO NOT RELIEVE THE OWNER OF ANY |
| | BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR FACILITY GOVERNED BY THOSE |
| | SECTIONS FROM THE DUTY TO PROVIDE VERTICAL |
| | ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL LEVELS ABOVE AND BELOW THE |
| | OCCUPIABLE GRADE LEVEL REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE |
| | STANDARDS REQUIRE AN ELEVATOR TO BE INSTALLED IN SUCH |
| | BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR FACILITY. |
| | |
| | 3B) 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 207.1 MEANS OF |
| | EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 1003.2.13 OF THE |
| | INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE (2000 EDITION AND 2001 |
| | SUPPLEMENT) OR SECTION 1007 OF THE INTERNATIONAL |
| | BUILDING CODE (2003 EDITION). SEE AREA OF RESCUE |
| | ASSISTANCE AND REQUIREMENTS. |
| | |
| | 3C) ON THE 2ND FLOOR LEVEL THE NEW STAIR SHOWS AN AREA |
| | OF RESCUE ASSISTANCE BEHIND THE DOOR. HOW IS THE PERSON |
| | IN THE WHEELCHAIR TO GAIN ENTRY TO THE AREA OF RESCUE |
| | ASSISTANCE? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. |
| | 107.2.1.3. |
| | |
| | 3D) THE WINDOWS AND DOORS THAT ARE IN THE OCCUPANCY |
| | SEPARATION WALL, WHERE TABLE 508.4 REQUIRES A 1 HOUR |
| | FIRE SEPARATION, PLEASE PROVIDE HOW COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | OPENING PROTECTIVE IN TABLE 716.5 OTHER FIRE BARRIERS ? |
| | HR. FIRE RATING. |
| | |
| | 3E) THE 1 HR. OCCUPANCY SEPARATION WALL (FIRE BARRIER) |
| | WILL NEED TO SHOW THE ONE HOUR FIRE RATING PER TABLE |
| | 504.8. PLEASE ALSO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH : |
| | FBC-B 707.5 CONTINUITY. |
| | FIRE BARRIERS SHALL EXTEND FROM THE TOP OF THE |
| | FOUNDATION OR FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLY BELOW TO THE |
| | UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR OR ROOF SHEATHING, SLAB OR DECK |
| | ABOVE AND SHALL BE SECURELY ATTACHED THERETO. SUCH FIRE |
| | BARRIERS SHALL BE CONTINUOUS THROUGH CONCEALED SPACE, |
| | SUCH AS THE SPACE ABOVE A SUSPENDED CEILING. JOINTS AND |
| | VOIDS AT INTERSECTIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTIONS 707.8 |
| | AND 707.9 |
| | |
| | FBC-B 707.5.1 SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION. |
| | THE SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION FOR A FIRE BARRIER SHALL BE |
| | PROTECTED TO AFFORD THE REQUIRED FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING |
| | OF THE FIRE BARRIER SUPPORTED. HOLLOW VERTICAL SPACES |
| | WITHIN A FIRE BARRIER SHALL BE FIREBLOCKED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 718.2 AT EVERY FLOOR LEVEL. |
| | |
| | 4) SHEET A6.0 SHOWS MICROWAVES AT A ELEVATION EQUAL TO |
| | THE UPPER CABINETS. PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE |
| | 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE: OPERABLE PARTS SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH 309. |
| | |
| | 309.2 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE. A CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE |
| | COMPLYING WITH 305 SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
| | |
| | 309.3 HEIGHT. OPERABLE PARTS SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN ONE |
| | OR MORE OF THE REACH RANGES SPECIFIED IN 308. |
| | |
| | 7) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE REVISION |
| | & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & 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. |
| | A THOROUGH REVIEW CANNOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME, AS A |
| | RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED |
| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY APPEAR THAT WERE NOT PART OF |
| | THIS REVIEW. |
| | |
| | JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
| | SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | TEL: 561-805-6715 |
| | FAX: 561-805-6676 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
| | |
