Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16040451
Permit Number 16040451
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2016-06-21 13:41:03BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 16040451
 ADD: 2700 BROADWAY
 CONT: BEST MASONRY OF S. FL.
 TEL: 561-436-3732
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 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.
  
 2ND REVIEW
 DATE: TUES. JUNE 21/2016
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 NOTICE !!!!!!!! THE SUBMITTED PLANS FOR THE 2ND REVIEW
 HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNED NOR SEALED BY THE ENGINEER OF
 RECORD. 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 61G15-23.002 ENGINEERS.
 EFFECTIVE DATE 05/06/2009
 (2)(A) EVERY SHEET OF PLANS AND PRINTS WHICH MUST BE
 SEALED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 471, F.S., SHALL
 BE SEALED, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE PROFESSIONAL
 ENGINEER IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE.
  
 1A-B) COMPLIED. R4 OCCUPANCY.
  
 1C)BUILDING PROVISO: THE PROPOSED RESIDENTS ARE CAPABLE
 OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND IF IN THE FUTURE RESIDENCE ARE
 ADDED THAT ARE NOT CAPABLE OF SELF-PRESERVATION THERE
 NEEDS TO BE A PERMIT REQUIRED FOR A CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY. 2014 FBC-B 310.6.
  
 1D) NOTICE: 2014 FBC-B 420.1. OCCUPANCIES IN GROUPS
 I-1, R-1, R-2 AND R-3 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTIONS 420.1 THROUGH 420.5 AND OTHER APPLICABLE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE.
  
 1E)SEMI-COMPLIED. 420.2 SEPARATION WALLS. WALLS
 SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS IN THE SAME BUILDING, WALLS
 SEPARATING SLEEPING UNITS IN THE SAME BUILDING AND
 WALLS SEPARATING DWELLING OR SLEEPING UNITS FROM OTHER
 OCCUPANCIES CONTIGUOUS TO THEM IN THE SAME BUILDING
 SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AS FIRE PARTITIONS IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 708 ( FIRE PARTITIONS). THE PLANS DO
 INDICATE THE USE OF EXISTING PLASTER AND WOOD LATH AND
 THE USE OF 5/8 INCH TYPE X DRYWALL. PLEASE PROVIDE
 COMPLIANCE WITH 1 HOUR SEPARATION BETWEEN SLEEPING
 ROOMS (420.2) AND A 1 HOUR FIRE RATED CORRIDOR (TABLE
 1018.1 (FOOTNOTE C ALLOWS FOR ? HOUR FIRE RATING WHEN
 THE FIRE SPRINKLERS ARE A NFPA 13R, THE PLANS INDICATE
 THE SPRINKLER IS A 13D. THE 13 D IS ALLOWED IN THE R-3
 & R-4 RESIDENCE BUT THE FIRE RATING IS STILL 1 HOUR.
  
 1F) 2ND REQUEST. 420.3 HORIZONTAL SEPARATION. 2ND FLOOR
 BEDROOM #8. FLOOR ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS
 IN THE SAME BUILDINGS, FLOOR ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING
 SLEEPING UNITS IN THE SAME BUILDING AND FLOOR
 ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING DWELLING OR SLEEPING UNITS FROM
 OTHER OCCUPANCIES CONTIGUOUS TO THEM IN THE SAME
 BUILDING SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AS HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLIES
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 711. 2014 FBC-B TABLE
 707.3.10 REQUIRES 2 HOUR FIRE SEPARATION BETWEEN
 OCCUPANCIES.
  
 1G) [F] 420.4 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM. GROUP R
 OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT WITH AN
 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 903.2.8. GROUP I-1 OCCUPANCIES SHALL BE EQUIPPED
 THROUGHOUT WITH AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 903.2.6. QUICK RESPONSE OR
 RESIDENTIAL AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 903.3.2.
  
 1H)2ND REQUEST. BEDROOM # 7 SHOWS THE REMOVAL OF A
 NON-BEARING WALL, WITH A NOTE TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY
 SUPPORT OF EXISTING ROOF SYSTEM WHILE CONDUCTING
 STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS, IF THE WALL IS NON-BEARING
 WHY THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT REQUIRED? 107.2.1.3
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 1I) NEW COMMENT. THE SLEEPING ROOM # 6 DOES NOT HAVE
 EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE WINDOWS THAT OPEN DIRECTLY
 INTO A PUBLIC WAY, OR TO A YARD OR COURT THAT OPENS TO
 A PUBLIC WAY. 2014 FBC-B 1029.1.
  
  
  
 1J) PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY
 CODE 223.2 HOSPITALS, REHABILITATION FACILITIES,
 PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES AND DETOXIFICATION FACILITIES.
 HOSPITALS, REHABILITATION FACILITIES, PSYCHIATRIC
 FACILITIES AND DETOXIFICATION FACILITIES SHALL COMPLY
 WITH 223.2.
  
 ACCESS. CODE 223.2.1 FACILITIES NOT SPECIALIZING IN
 TREATING CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT MOBILITY.
 IN FACILITIES NOT SPECIALIZING IN TREATING CONDITIONS
 THAT AFFECT MOBILITY, AT LEAST 10 PERCENT, BUT NO FEWER
 THAN ONE, OF THE PATIENT SLEEPING ROOMS SHALL PROVIDE
 MOBILITY FEATURES COMPLYING WITH 805. ACCESSIBLE
 PATIENT BEDROOMS SHALL BE DISPERSED IN A MANNER THAT IS
 PROPORTIONATE BY TYPE OF MEDICAL SPECIALTY.
  
 223.2.2 FACILITIES SPECIALIZING IN TREATING CONDITIONS
 THAT AFFECT MOBILITY.
 IN FACILITIES SPECIALIZING IN TREATING CONDITIONS THAT
 AFFECT MOBILITY, 100 PERCENT OF THE PATIENT SLEEPING
 ROOMS SHALL PROVIDE MOBILITY FEATURES COMPLYING WITH
 805.
  
 ADVISORY 223.2.2 FACILITIES SPECIALIZING IN TREATING
 CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT MOBILITY.
 CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT MOBILITY INCLUDE CONDITIONS
 REQUIRING THE USE OR ASSISTANCE OF A BRACE, CANE,
 CRUTCH, PROSTHETIC DEVICE, WHEELCHAIR, OR POWERED
 MOBILITY AID; ARTHRITIC, NEUROLOGICAL, OR ORTHOPEDIC
 CONDITIONS THAT SEVERELY LIMIT ONE?S ABILITY TO WALK;
 RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND OTHER CONDITIONS WHICH MAY
 REQUIRE THE USE OF PORTABLE OXYGEN; AND CARDIAC
 CONDITIONS THAT IMPOSE SIGNIFICANT FUNCTIONAL
 LIMITATIONS. FACILITIES THAT MAY PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR,
 BUT THAT DO NOT SPECIALIZE IN TREATMENT OF SUCH
 CONDITIONS, SUCH AS GENERAL REHABILITATION HOSPITALS,
 ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS REQUIREMENT BUT ARE SUBJECT TO
 SECTION 223.2.1.
  
 1K)(1) COMPLIED. 9805.2 TURNING SPACE. TURNING SPACE
 COMPLYING WITH 304 SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE ROOM.
  
 1K)(2) 2ND REQUEST. 805.3 CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE.
 A CLEAR FLOOR SPACE COMPLYING WITH 305 SHALL BE
 PROVIDED ON EACH SIDE OF THE BED. THE CLEAR FLOOR SPACE
 SHALL BE POSITIONED FOR PARALLEL APPROACH TO THE SIDE
 OF THE BED.
  
 1K)(3) 2ND REQUEST. THE NARRATIVE RESPONSE INDICATES
 THE RESTROOMS WERE CODE COMPLIANT WHEN LAST REMODELED.
 BOTH OF THE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS INDICATE NEW WALL TILE
 OM THE WALLS, NEW ACCESSIBLE SHOWER, NEW PLUMBING
 FIXTURES. THE PLANS INDICATE THE USE OF GREEN BOARD AS
 TILE BACKER BOARD IN THE SHOWERS.
 PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 2509.2 BASE FOR TILE. GLASS MAT
 WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING PANELS, DISCRETE
 NONASBESTOS FIBER-CEMENT INTERIOR SUBSTRATE SHEETS OR
 NONASBESTOS FIBER-MAT REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS BACKER
 UNITS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ASTM C 1178, C 1288 OR C 1325
 AND INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER
 RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL BE USED AS A BASE FOR WALL TILE
 IN TUB AND SHOWER AREAS AND WALL AND CEILING PANELS IN
 SHOWER AREAS. WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD
 SHALL BE USED AS A BASE FOR TILE IN WATER CLOSET
 COMPARTMENT WALLS WHEN INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 GA-216 OR ASTM C 840 AND MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS.
 REGULAR GYPSUM WALLBOARD IS PERMITTED UNDER TILE OR
 WALL PANELS IN OTHER WALL AND CEILING AREAS WHEN
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GA-216 OR ASTM C 840.
  
 2509.3 LIMITATIONS.
 WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD SHALL NOT BE USED
 IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  
 1. OVER A VAPOR RETARDER IN SHOWER OR BATHTUB
 COMPARTMENTS.
  
 2. WHERE THERE WILL BE DIRECT EXPOSURE TO WATER OR IN
 AREAS SUBJECT TO CONTINUOUS HIGH HUMIDITY.
  
 3. ON CEILINGS WHERE FRAME SPACING EXCEEDS 12 INCHES
 (305 MM) O.C. FOR 1/2-INCH THICK (12.7 MM)
 WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD AND MORE THAN 16
 INCHES (406 MM) O.C. FOR 5/8-INCH THICK (15.9 MM)
 WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD.
  
  
 805.4 TOILET AND BATHING ROOMS. TOILET AND BATHING
 ROOMS THAT ARE PROVIDED AS PART OF A PATIENT OR
 RESIDENT SLEEPING ROOM SHALL COMPLY WITH 603. WHERE
 PROVIDED, NO FEWER THAN ONE WATER CLOSET, ONE LAVATORY,
 AND ONE BATHTUB OR SHOWER SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF 603 THROUGH 610.
  
 1L) 2ND REQUEST. PLEASE SHOW HOW COMPLIANCE WITH
 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST WILL BE MET. THE VALUE OF
 THE JOB AS INDICATED, $145,000.00 X .20%= $29,000.00
 DOLLARS ARE TO BE SPENT IN ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES AND IN
 THIS ORDER:
 2014 FBC-ACCESS. CODE. 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST.
 ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF
 TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA WILL BE DEEMED
 DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN THE
 COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION TO THE
 PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COSTS THAT MAY BE COUNTED AS
 EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF
 TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING
 AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE
 ALTERED AREA; (II) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING
 RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS INSTALLING GRAB BARS,
 ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, INSULATING PIPES, OR
 INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET CONTROLS; (III) COSTS
 ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH
 AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT,
 INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT
 TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING
 AN INACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE AN ITEMIZED LIST IN THE ORDER LISTED
 ABOVE OF WHERE THE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT IN MAKING
 ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES. PLEASE HAVE THE ACCESSIBLE UPGRADE
 LIST ON EITHER THE CONTRACTORS OR THE DESIGNER OF
 RECORD LETTERHEAD TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE DOCUMENT.
  
 1M) SHEET A1: PROVISO: NOTE ALL EXTERIOR WINDOW & DOORS
 ARE UNDER A SEPARATE PERMIT.
  
 2) THE COVERSHEET ALSO LIST THE BUILDING TYPE AS A
 BUILDING TYPE V THE PLANS DO NOT INDICATE IF THE
 BUILDING IS A TYPE VA OR VB. CLASSIFY BUILDING TYPE AS
 TO 2014 FBC-B TABLE 503 & TABLE 601.
  
 3)2ND REQUEST. THE COVERSHEET INDICATES THIS STRUCTURE
 IS FIRE SPRINKLERED BUT DOES NOT INDICATE AS TO WHAT
 TYPE OF SYSTEM IS INSTALLED IN THIS STRUCTURE NOR IS
 THERE AN EXISTING FIRE SPRINKLER PLAN LAYOUT OR
 PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EXISTING FIRE SPRINKLER PLAN.
  
 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
 107.3.5.1.1 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS:
 (5) FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS SHALL INCLUDE:
 EARLY WARNING SMOKE EVACUATION SYSTEMS
 SCHEMATIC FLOOR PLAN FOR FIRE SPRINKLERS
  
 4) 2ND REQUEST. THE RESPONSE IS IN THE NARRATIVE BUT
 NOT INDICATED IN THE PLANS, ADD THE ALTERATION LEVEL TO
 THE PLANS. THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT INDICATED TO
 WHAT CODE THE PLANS WERE DESIGNED TOO? 2014 FBC/ 5TH
 EDITION WAS ADOPTED STATE WIDE ON JUNE 30/ 2015. PLEASE
 NOTE THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT INDICATED TO WHICH
 METHOD OF COMPLIANCE WAS CHOSEN FOR CODE COMPLIANCE
 UNDER THE 2014 FBC-EXISTING BUILDING CODE? 2014
 FBC-EXISTING BUILDING CODE 301.1. THE REPAIR,
 ALTERATION, CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY, ADDITION OR RELOCATION
 OF ALL EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE
 METHODS LISTED IN SECTIONS 301.1.1 THROUGH 301.1.3 AS
 SELECTED BY THE APPLICANT.
  
 5) 2ND REQUEST. SHEET A1 INDICATES THE FRONT ENTRY
 STEPS THE REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING STEEL PIPE HANDRAIL
 AND REPLACEMENT WITH A NEW WROUGHT IRON HANDRAIL PER
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 2014 FBC. PLEASE NOTE THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD WILL NEED TO PROVIDE THE DESIGN FOR
 THE HANDRAIL AND NOT JUST QUOTE CODE COMPLIANCE TO BE
 ACHIEVED.
  
 SHEET A1 SHOWS A SECTION THROUGH THE FRONT STAIRS,
 SECTION B, IT DOES NOT INDICATE WHERE THIS SECTION B.
 SHEET A2 DOES SHOW A ENTRY STAIR AND HAND RAIL. PLEASE
 NOTE THIS SECTION IS SO OLD IT REFERENCES 100 PSF LIVE
 LOAD, PER SBCCI CHAPTER 16. PLEASE UPDATE THE CODE TO
 THE 2014 FBC-B.
  
 THIS SAME SECTION SHOWS A HANDRAIL SYSTEM PLEASE SHOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 FBC-B 1012.6 HANDRAIL EXTENSIONS.
 HANDRAILS SHALL RETURN TO A WALL, GUARD OR THE WALKING
 SURFACE OR SHALL BE CONTINUOUS TO THE HANDRAIL OF AN
 ADJACENT STAIR FLIGHT OR RAMP RUN. WHERE HANDRAILS ARE
 NOT CONTINUOUS BETWEEN FLIGHTS, THE HANDRAILS SHALL
 EXTEND HORIZONTALLY AT LEAST 12 INCHES (305 MM) BEYOND
 THE TOP RISER AND CONTINUE TO SLOPE FOR THE DEPTH OF
 ONE TREAD BEYOND THE BOTTOM RISER.
  
 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1 INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION
 DOCUMENTS. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE SPECIFIC, AND THE
 TECHNICAL CODES SHALL NOT BE CITED AS A WHOLE OR IN
 PART, NOR SHALL THE TERM "LEGAL" OR
 ITS EQUIVALENT BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SPECIFIC
 INFORMATION?
  
 6) 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.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION
 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  


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