| Date |
Text |
| 2016-08-03 18:21:13 | PLAN |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC FIFTH EDITION (2014) |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
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| | DENIED BY BUILDING |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
| | |
| | 1) UNDER THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO |
| | SPECIFY THE LEVEL OF ALTERATION ON THE PLANS. |
| | |
| | 2) SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, THE USE AND TYPE OF |
| | OCCUPANCY FOR THIS PROJECT. THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED |
| | SINGLE FAMILY AND IT APPEARS THAT YOU INTEND TO CHANGE |
| | THE OCCUPANCY TYPE FROM R-3 SINGLE FAMILY TO AN R-2 OR |
| | R-4. SEE FBC 310. |
| | 2014 EXIST. BUILD. CODE 1001.3 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION. |
| | WHERE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF A BUILDING |
| | CHANGES, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 1002 THROUGH 1012 |
| | SHALL APPLY. THIS INCLUDES A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION WITHIN A GROUP AS WELL AS A CHANGE OF |
| | OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION FROM ONE GROUP TO A DIFFERENT |
| | GROUP. PLEASE DECLARE THE END USAGE OF THE STRUCTURE, |
| | THE OCCUPANT LOAD. AN R-4 CLASSIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE |
| | BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES OR PORTIONS THEREOF FOR MORE THAN |
| | FIVE BUT NOT MORE THAN 16 PERSONS, EXCLUDING STAFF, WHO |
| | RESIDE ON A 24-HOUR BASIS IN A SUPERVISED RESIDENTIAL |
| | ENVIRONMENT AND RECEIVE CUSTODIAL CARE. THE PERSONS |
| | RECEIVING CARE ARE CAPABLE OF SELF-PRESERVATION. PLEASE |
| | NOTE IF THE RECIPIENTS RECEIVING CUSTODIAL CARE ARE NO |
| | LONGER CAPABLE OF SELF- PRESERVATION THEN THE OCCUPANCY |
| | CHANGES TO AN I-2 OCCUPANCY. AN R-2 CLASSIFICATION IS |
| | RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES CONTAINING SLEEPING UNITS OR |
| | MORE THAN TWO DWELLING UNITS WHERE THE OCCUPANTS ARE |
| | PRIMARILY PERMANENT IN NATURE, INCLUDING: |
| | APARTMENT HOUSES, BOARDING HOUSES (NONTRANSIENT) WITH |
| | MORE THAN 16 OCCUPANTS AND CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES |
| | (NONTRANSIENT) WITH MORE THAN 16 OCCUPANTS. |
| | NONTRANSIENT MEANS THE OCCUPANTS ARE THERE FOR MORE |
| | THAN 30 DAYS. |
| | |
| | 3) SPECIFY THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE PLANS. FBC |
| | 602 |
| | |
| | 4) SLEEPING ROOM WINDOWS DO NOT COMPLY WITH EGRESS. |
| | R310.1 EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE REQUIRED. |
| | BASEMENTS, HABITABLE ATTICS AND EVERY SLEEPING ROOM |
| | SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE OPERABLE EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND |
| | RESCUE OPENING. WHERE BASEMENTS CONTAIN ONE OR MORE |
| | SLEEPING ROOMS, EMERGENCY EGRESS AND RESCUE OPENINGS |
| | SHALL BE REQUIRED IN EACH SLEEPING ROOM. WHERE |
| | EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS ARE PROVIDED THEY |
| | SHALL HAVE A SILL HEIGHT OF NOT MORE THAN 44 INCHES |
| | (1118 MM) MEASURED FROMTHE FINISHED FLOOR TO THE BOTTOM |
| | OF THE CLEAR OPENING. WHERE A DOOR OPENING HAVING A |
| | THRESHOLD BELOW THE ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION SERVES AS |
| | AN EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING AND IS PROVIDED |
| | WITH A BULKHEAD ENCLOSURE, THE BULKHEAD ENCLOSURE SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH SECTION R310.3. THE NET CLEAR OPENING |
| | DIMENSIONS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE OBTAINED |
| | BY THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND |
| | RESCUE OPENING FROM THE INSIDE. EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND |
| | RESCUE OPENINGS WITH A FINISHED SILL HEIGHT BELOW THE |
| | ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A |
| | WINDOW WELL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION R310.2. |
| | EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS SHALL OPEN |
| | DIRECTLY INTO A PUBLIC WAY, OR TO A YARD OR COURT THAT |
| | OPENS TO A PUBLIC WAY. |
| | R310.1.1 MINIMUM OPENING AREA. |
| | ALL EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A |
| | MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING OF 5.7 SQUARE FEET (0.530 |
| | M2). |
| | |
| | EXCEPTION: GRADE FLOOR OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM |
| | NET CLEAR OPENING OF 5 SQUARE FEET (0.465 M2). |
| | |
| | R310.1.2 MINIMUM OPENING HEIGHT. |
| | THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING HEIGHT SHALL BE 24 INCHES |
| | (610 MM). |
| | |
| | R310.1.3 MINIMUM OPENING WIDTH. |
| | THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING WIDTH SHALL BE 20 INCHES |
| | (508 MM). |
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| | 5) FBC 107.3.4 - PROVIDE TWO SETS OF PRODUCT APPROVALS |
| | FOR THOSE PRODUCTS WHICH ARE REGULATED BY DCA RULE 9N-3 |
| | THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE |
| | DESIGNER OF RECORD. PROVIDE TWO COMPLETE PRODUCT |
| | APPROVALS WITH FL OR NOA NUMBERS INCLUDING INSTALLATION |
| | INSTRUCTIONS AND MAXIMUM DESIGN PRESSURES FOR THE |
| | WINDOWS AND STRUCTURAL MULLIONS. |
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| | 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. BASED ON THE ZONING COMMENTS A CHANGE OF |
| | OCCUPANCY MAY NOT BE ALLOWED. SEE ZONING COMMENTS. |
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