| Date |
Text |
| 2016-09-08 17:46:46 | 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: |
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| | 1) THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1950 AS AN |
| | ATTACHED OPEN CARPORT. YOU ARE PROPOSING TO ENCLOSE THE |
| | CARPORT AND CHANGE IT TO HABITABLE SPACE. THIS IS A |
| | CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY WITH NO CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION. THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED TO |
| | BE EVALUATED FOR STRUCTURAL LOADS PER FBC EXISTING |
| | BUILDING SECTION 1007. SUBMIT STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS THAT |
| | SHOW THAT THE RENOVATED STRUCTURE WILL SAFELY SUPPORT |
| | ALL LOADS, INCLUDING DEAD, LIVE LOADS, ROOF LOADS, WIND |
| | LOADS, ETC. AND PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS LOAD PATH THAT |
| | MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ALL |
| | LOADS FROM THEIR POINT OF ORIGIN THROUGH THE LOAD |
| | RESISTING ELEMENTS TO THE FOUNDATION. FBC R301.1 |
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| | 2) PROVIDE STRUCTURAL DETAILS OF THE EXISTING |
| | STRUCTURE. SPECIFY THE RAFTER SIZE AND SPACING, THE |
| | BEAM SIZES AND SPANS, THE COLUMN TYPE AND SPACING, AND |
| | ALL CONNECTIONS. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 3) SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE WATER HEATER ON THE |
| | PROPOSED PLANS. FBCR P2801.1 |
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| | 4) PROVIDE AREA TABULATIONS ON THE PLANS. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 5) FBC 107.3.5.3 - PROVIDE WIND DESIGN DATA PURSUANT TO |
| | FBC-R301.2 ON THE PLANS. |
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| | 6) FBC 107.3.5.3 - INDICATE THE MEANS OF TERMITE |
| | PROTECTION PROPOSED FOR THE ADDITION PURSUANT TO |
| | FBC-R318. |
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| | 7) FBC-R404.1.6 HEIGHT ABOVE FINISHED GRADE. CONCRETE |
| | AND MASONRY FOUNDATION WALLS SHALL EXTEND ABOVE THE |
| | FINISHED GRADE ADJACENT TO THE FOUNDATION AT ALL POINTS |
| | A MINIMUM OF 4 INCHES (102 MM) WHERE MASONRY VENEER IS |
| | USED AND A MINIMUM OF 6 INCHES (152 MM) ELSEWHERE. |
| | PROVIDE TWO COPIES OF AN EXTERIOR WALL SECTION THAT |
| | SHOWS THE EXTERIOR GRADE, THE FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION |
| | AND THE CEILING ELEVATION. THE ELEVATION OF THE |
| | CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE WILL NEED TO BE 6" ABOVE THE |
| | EXTERIOR FINISH GRADE. |
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| | 8) R506.2.3 VAPOR RETARDER. A 6-MIL (0.006 INCH) |
| | POLYETHYLENE OR APPROVED VAPOR RETARDER WITH JOINTS |
| | LAPPED NOT LESS THAN 6 INCHES (152 MM) SHALL BE PLACED |
| | BETWEEN THE CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB AND THE BASE COURSE OR |
| | THE PREPARED SUBGRADE WHERE NO BASE COURSE EXISTS. |
| | EXCEPTION: THE VAPOR RETARDER MAY BE OMITTED: 1. FROM |
| | GARAGES, UTILITY BUILDINGS AND OTHER UNHEATED ACCESSORY |
| | STRUCTURES. 2. FOR UNHEATED STORAGE ROOMS HAVING AN |
| | AREA OF LESS THAN 70 SQUARE FEET (6.5 M2) AND CARPORTS. |
| | 3. FROM DRIVEWAYS, WALKS, PATIOS AND OTHER FLATWORK NOT |
| | LIKELY TO BE ENCLOSED AND HEATED AT A LATER DATE. 4. |
| | WHERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, BASED ON LOCAL |
| | SITE CONDITIONS. |
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| | 9) FBC-R704 INSPECTION FOR TERMITES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE |
| | FOR INSPECTION FOR TERMITE INFESTATION, CLEARANCE |
| | BETWEEN EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS AND FINAL EARTH GRADE |
| | ON THE EXTERIOR OF A BUILDING SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 6 |
| | INCHES (152 MM). |
| | EXCEPTIONS: |
| | 1. PAINT OR DECORATIVE CEMENTITIOUS FINISH LESS THAN |
| | 5/8 INCH (17.1 MM) THICK ADHERED DIRECTLY TO THE |
| | MASONRY FOUNDATION SIDEWALL. |
| | 2. ACCESS OR VEHICLE RAMPS WHICH RISE TO THE INTERIOR |
| | FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION FOR THE WIDTH OF SUCH RAMPS |
| | ONLY. |
| | 3. A 4-INCH (102 MM) INSPECTION SPACE ABOVE PATIO AND |
| | GARAGE SLABS AND ENTRY AREAS. |
| | |
| | 10) SECTION R317 PROTECTION OF WOOD AND WOOD BASED |
| | PRODUCTS AGAINST DECAY |
| | R317.1 LOCATION REQUIRED. PROTECTION OF WOOD AND WOOD |
| | BASED PRODUCTS FROM DECAY SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE |
| | FOLLOWING LOCATIONS BY THE USE OF NATURALLY DURABLE |
| | WOOD OR WOOD THAT IS PRESERVATIVE-TREATED IN ACCORDANCE |
| | WITH AWPA U1. |
| | 5. WOOD SIDING, SHEATHING AND WALL FRAMING ON THE |
| | EXTERIOR OF A BUILDING HAVING A CLEARANCE OF LESS THAN |
| | 6 INCHES (152 MM) FROM THE GROUND OR LESS THAN 2 INCHES |
| | (51 MM) MEASURED VERTICALLY FROM CONCRETE STEPS, PORCH |
| | SLABS, PATIO SLABS, AND SIMILAR HORIZONTAL SURFACES |
| | EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER. |
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| | 11) R806.1 VENTILATION REQUIRED. |
| | ENCLOSED ATTICS AND ENCLOSED RAFTER SPACES FORMED WHERE |
| | CEILINGS ARE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE UNDERSIDE OF ROOF |
| | RAFTERS SHALL HAVE CROSS VENTILATION FOR EACH SEPARATE |
| | SPACE BY VENTILATING OPENINGS PROTECTED AGAINST THE |
| | ENTRANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW. VENTILATION OPENINGS SHALL |
| | HAVE A LEAST DIMENSION OF 1/16 INCH (1.6 MM) MINIMUM |
| | AND 1/4 INCH (6.4 MM) MAXIMUM. VENTILATION OPENINGS |
| | HAVING A LEAST DIMENSION LARGER THAN 1/4 INCH (6.4 MM) |
| | SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH CORROSION-RESISTANT WIRE CLOTH |
| | SCREENING, HARDWARE CLOTH, OR SIMILAR MATERIAL WITH |
| | OPENINGS HAVING A LEAST DIMENSION OF 1/16 INCH (1.6 MM) |
| | MINIMUM AND 1/4 INCH (6.4 MM) MAXIMUM. OPENINGS IN ROOF |
| | FRAMING MEMBERS SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | SECTION R802.1.8. REQUIRED VENTILATION OPENINGS SHALL |
| | OPEN DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE AIR. |
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| | 12) THE PLANS SPECIFY R - 30 INSULATION IN THE CEILING. |
| | VERIFY THAT THE EXISTING RAFTER SPACE WILL BE ADEQUATE |
| | FOR THE INSULATION AND AIR SPACE. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 13) FBC-R314.3.1 ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS. |
| | WHEN ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS REQUIRING A |
| | PERMIT OCCUR, OR WHEN ONE OR MORE SLEEPING ROOMS ARE |
| | ADDED OR CREATED IN EXISTING DWELLINGS, THE INDIVIDUAL |
| | DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SMOKE ALARMS |
| | LOCATED AS REQUIRED FOR NEW DWELLINGS. |
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| | 14) THE FOUNDATIONS FOR OPEN CARPORTS SUCH AS THIS ARE |
| | TYPICALLY ISOLATED PADS AT THE SUPPORT COLUMNS WITH A |
| | 4" THICK SLAB ON GRADE. VERIFY THAT THE EXISTING SLAB |
| | HAS A REINFORCED THICKENED EDGE. IF NOT YOU WILL NEED |
| | TO INSTALL AN ADEQUATE FOOTING FOR THE EXTERIOR WALLS. |
| | FBC R401.2 |
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| | 15) IN ORDER TO REDUCE PLAN REVIEW TIME, PLEASE SUBMIT |
| | A RESPONSE LETTER INDICATING HOW EACH OF THE REVIEW |
| | COMMENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. |
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