Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17021104
Permit Number 17021104
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2017-08-04 14:16:24BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 17021104
 ADD: 2905 45TH ST.
 CONT: SUPERIOR CONCRETE INC. / CBC1256722
 TEL: 561-328-3575
 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.
  
 3RD REVIEW
 DATE: FRI. AUGUST 4, 2017
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 NOTICE: SAME PLAN AS 1ST REVIEW, NO CHANGES.
 4X FEE NOTICE!!!!! FLORIDA STATUTE 553.80(2)(B)
 WITH RESPECT TO EVALUATION OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS?
 DOCUMENTS, IF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINDS IT NECESSARY, IN
 ORDER TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE AND ISSUE A PERMIT, TO REJECT DESIGN DOCUMENTS
 REQUIRED BY THE CODE THREE OR MORE TIMES FOR FAILURE TO
 CORRECT A CODE VIOLATION SPECIFICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY
 NOTED IN EACH REJECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 EGRESS, FIRE PROTECTION, STRUCTURAL STABILITY, ENERGY,
 ACCESSIBILITY, LIGHTING, VENTILATION, ELECTRICAL,
 MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND GAS SYSTEMS, OR OTHER
 REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BY RULE OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 COMMISSION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 120, THE LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT SHALL IMPOSE, EACH TIME AFTER THE THIRD SUCH
 REVIEW THE PLANS ARE REJECTED FOR THAT CODE VIOLATION,
 A FEE OF FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPORTION OF THE
 PERMIT FEE ATTRIBUTED TO PLANS REVIEW.
  
 WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE REVISION &
 REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY PAGES AS
 NECESSARY, COLLATE AND STAPLE INTO SETS OF PLANS. 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.
  
  
 1) 3RD REQUEST. SEMI-COMPLIED. SHEET SP1. THE DESIGNER
 OF RECORD HAS PROVIDED THE 1ST FLOOR SQUARE FOOTAGE
 (FOOT PRINT) 9390 AND OCCUPANT LOAD 1ST FLOOR ONLY OF
 337. THE PLAN ALSO INDICATES A 2ND FLOOR AREA OF 1215
 SQUARE FEET ENCLOSED AND MEZZANINE AREA OF 2776 SQ. FT.
 BUT HAS NOT PROVIDED THE OCCUPANT LOADS FOR THESE
 AREAS. IT IS CRITICAL TO HAVE A TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD
 SINCE THIS IS A ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY.
 CODE COMPLIANCE CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT A TOTAL
 COUNT.
 2014 FBC-B 1004.1.1 CUMULATIVE OCCUPANT LOADS. WHERE
 THE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL INCLUDES INTERVENING ROOMS,
 AREAS OR SPACES, CUMULATIVE OCCUPANT LOADS SHALL BE
 DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
  
 2014 FBC-B 1004.1.1.1 INTERVENING SPACES. WHERE
 OCCUPANTS EGRESS FROM ONE ROOM, AREA OR SPACE THROUGH
 ANOTHER, THE DESIGN OCCUPANT LOAD SHALL BE BASED ON THE
 CUMULATIVE OCCUPANT LOADS OF ALL ROOMS, AREAS OR SPACES
 TO THAT POINT ALONG THE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL.
  
 2ND REQUEST. PLEASE NOTE SHEET SP-1 NOTES THE CODE DATA
 WHAT IS MISSING FROM THIS PLAN IS THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR
 THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS. THE W. P. B. PERMIT: 13120617
 LIST THE TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS
 AS 489 OCCUPANTS. PLEASE UPDATE THE PLANS. 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.
 (7) OCCUPANT LOAD.
  
 2-5) COMPLIED.
  
 6) SEMI-COMPLIED. THE PLANS NOW SHOW THE DOOR UNDER THE
 NEW EXTERIOR STAIR WITH A 45 MINUTE FIRE RATING BUT
 THERE IS NO RATING ON THE NEW 2ND FLOOR EXIT. I WAS
 HOPING THE DESIGNER OF RECORD WAS GOING TO SHOW BOTH
 DOOR BEING FIRE RATED. IN THE 2014 FBC-B SECTION 1026.6
 EXTERIOR STAIRWAY AND RAMP PROTECTION. EXTERIOR EXIT
 STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE
 INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AS REQUIRED IN SECTION 1022.2.
 1022.2 CONSTRUCTION. ENCLOSURES FOR INTERIOR EXIT
 STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AS FIRE
 BARRIERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 707 OR HORIZONTAL
 ASSEMBLIES CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 711,
 OR BOTH. INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAY AND RAMP ENCLOSURES
 SHALL HAVE A FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 2
 HOURS WHERE CONNECTING FOUR STORIES OR MORE AND NOT
 LESS THAN 1 HOUR WHERE CONNECTING LESS THAN FOUR
 STORIES.
 THE 2012 ICC COMMENTARY FIGURE 1026.6(1) SHOWS ALL
 DOORS THAT LEAD FROM THE INTERIOR TO BE FIRE RATED.
 BUILDINGS LESS THAN 4 STORIES, THE DOORS ONLY REQUIRE A
 45 MINUTE RATING.
  
 2ND REQUEST, PLAN NOT CHANGED. SHEET A-1.1 DETAIL # 1
 SHOWS AN EXISTING DOOR UNDER THE MID-LANDING. THIS DOOR
 WILL NEED TO BE A ONE-HOUR FIRE RATED DOOR. SEE FBC-B
 1026.6.
  
 7) 3RD REQUEST. NO RESPONSE FROM THE ARCHITECT OF
 RECORD, ENGINEER OF RECORD HAD A NARRATIVE. 2ND
 REQUEST, PLAN NOT CHANGED. SHEET A-1.0 SHOWS THE 1ST
 FLOOR EXIT DOOR AND THE NEW PROPOSED EXTERIOR STAIR
 ABOVE. THE NEW STAIR BLOCKS THE EGRESS PATH TO THE
 PUBLIC WAY PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS COMPLYING WITH
 1027.4.1 WIDTH. A SECOND CONCERN IS COMPLIANCE WITH
 FBC-B 1027.4.2 EGRESS COURTS THAT ARE WITHIN 10 FEET OF
 THE PROPERTY LINE WHICH IN THIS AREA THE EGRESS PATH
 WOULD BE!
  
 8)3RD RESPONSE, THE ENGINEER OF RECORD INDICATED THAT
 IT IS UP TO THE CONTRACTOR TO SUBMIT THE SOILS REPORT.
 2ND REQUEST, PLAN NOT CHANGED. THE SHEET S-1 UNDER THE
 FOUNDATION NOTE # 1 DOES REQUIRE A SOILS INVESTIGATION
 BY AN APPROVED TESTING LAB, THIS AREA IS IN A
 QUESTIONABLE SOILS ZONE. FBC-B 1803.5.2.
  
 9-10) COMPLIED.
  
 11)PROVISO: WELDED OR BOLTED CONNECTIONS. THE
 CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE WELD PROCEDURE
 SPECIFICATIONS & WELDER OPERATOR PERFORMANCE
 QUALIFICATION RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCED
 STANDARDS.
 2014 FBC-B 2204.1 WELDING
 201404.4.2 BOLTING.
  
 12) COMPLIED. QUALIFIER FOR THE CONTRACTOR HAS SIGNED
 AND NOTARIZED THE PERMIT APPLICATION. 105.1 PERMIT
 REQUIRED.
  
 13) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE
 REVISION & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY PAGES
 AS NECESSARY, COLLATE AND STAPLE INTO SETS OF PLANS. 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 BN, PX, CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION/ DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
 DEPARTMENT
 401 CLEMATIS ST.
 WEST PALM BEACH. FL 33402
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  


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