| Date |
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| 2016-07-12 13:30:51 | 1ST REVIEW: FBC 2014 5TH ED. RESIDENTIAL |
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| | DENIED: DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING FBC-R |
| | SECTIONS: |
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| | M1305.1.3 APPLIANCES IN ATTICS. |
| | ATTICS CONTAINING APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN |
| | OPENING AND A CLEAR AND UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGEWAY LARGE |
| | ENOUGH TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF THE LARGEST APPLIANCE, BUT |
| | NOT LESS THAN 30 INCHES (762 MM) HIGH AND 22 INCHES |
| | (559 MM) WIDE AND NOT MORE THAN 20 FEET (6096 MM) LONG |
| | MEASURED ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE PASSAGEWAY FROM |
| | THE OPENING TO THE APPLIANCE. THE PASSAGEWAY SHALL HAVE |
| | CONTINUOUS SOLID FLOORING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 5 |
| | NOT LESS THAN 24 INCHES (610 MM) WIDE. A LEVEL SERVICE |
| | SPACE AT LEAST 30 INCHES (762 MM) DEEP AND 30 INCHES |
| | (762 MM) WIDE SHALL BE PRESENT ALONG ALL SIDES OF THE |
| | APPLIANCE WHERE ACCESS IS REQUIRED. THE CLEAR ACCESS |
| | OPENING DIMENSIONS SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 20 INCHES BY |
| | 30 INCHES (508 MM BY 762 MM), AND LARGE ENOUGH TO ALLOW |
| | REMOVAL OF THE LARGEST APPLIANCE. |
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| | EXCEPTIONS: |
| | 1. THE PASSAGEWAY AND LEVEL SERVICE SPACE ARE NOT |
| | REQUIRED WHERE THE APPLIANCE CAN BE SERVICED AND |
| | REMOVED THROUGH THE REQUIRED OPENING. |
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| | 2. WHERE THE PASSAGEWAY IS UNOBSTRUCTED AND NOT LESS |
| | THAN 6 FEET (1829 MM) HIGH AND 22 INCHES (559 MM) WIDE |
| | FOR ITS ENTIRE LENGTH, THE PASSAGEWAY SHALL BE NOT MORE |
| | THAN 50 FEET (15 250 MM) LONG. |
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| | M1305.1.3.1 ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS. |
| | A LUMINAIRE CONTROLLED BY A SWITCH LOCATED AT THE |
| | REQUIRED PASSAGEWAY OPENING AND A RECEPTACLE OUTLET |
| | SHALL BE INSTALLED AT OR NEAR THE APPLIANCE LOCATION IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 39. |
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| | M1305.1.4 APPLIANCES UNDER FLOORS. |
| | UNDERFLOOR SPACES CONTAINING APPLIANCES SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED WITH AN UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGEWAY LARGE ENOUGH |
| | TO REMOVE THE LARGEST APPLIANCE, BUT NOT LESS THAN 30 |
| | INCHES (762 MM) HIGH AND 22 INCHES (559 MM) WIDE, NOR |
| | MORE THAN 20 FEET (6096 MM) LONG MEASURED ALONG THE |
| | CENTERLINE OF THE PASSAGEWAY FROM THE OPENING TO THE |
| | APPLIANCE. A LEVEL SERVICE SPACE AT LEAST 30 INCHES |
| | (762 MM) DEEP AND 30 INCHES (762 MM) WIDE SHALL BE |
| | PRESENT AT THE FRONT OR SERVICE SIDE OF THE APPLIANCE. |
| | IF THE DEPTH OF THE PASSAGEWAY OR THE SERVICE SPACE |
| | EXCEEDS 12 INCHES (305 MM) BELOW THE ADJOINING GRADE, |
| | THE WALLS OF THE PASSAGEWAY SHALL BE LINED WITH |
| | CONCRETE OR MASONRY EXTENDING 4 INCHES (102 MM) ABOVE |
| | THE ADJOINING GRADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 4. THE |
| | ROUGH-FRAMED ACCESS OPENING DIMENSIONS SHALL BE A |
| | MINIMUM OF 22 INCHES BY 30 INCHES (559 MM BY 762 MM), |
| | AND LARGE ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE LARGEST APPLIANCE. |
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| | EXCEPTIONS: |
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| | 1. THE PASSAGEWAY IS NOT REQUIRED WHERE THE LEVEL |
| | SERVICE SPACE IS PRESENT WHEN THE ACCESS IS OPEN, AND |
| | THE APPLIANCE CAN BE SERVICED AND REMOVED THROUGH THE |
| | REQUIRED OPENING. |
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| | 2. WHERE THE PASSAGEWAY IS UNOBSTRUCTED AND NOT LESS |
| | THAN 6 FEET HIGH (1929 MM) AND 22 INCHES (559 MM) WIDE |
| | FOR ITS ENTIRE LENGTH, THE PASSAGEWAY SHALL NOT BE |
| | LIMITED IN LENGTH. |
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| | STEVEN KENNEDY, CBO |
| | CHIEF PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6710 |
| | [email protected] |
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