| Date |
Text |
| 2017-05-10 08:08:37 | PLAN |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS |
| | |
| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC FIFTH EDITION (2014) |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | DENIED BY BUILDING |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
| | |
| | 1) IDENTIFY THE BEDROOM WINDOWS ON THE PLANS. FBC |
| | 107.2.1 |
| | |
| | 2) SPECIFY THE EXISTING TYPE OF THE WINDOWS THAT ARE |
| | BEING REPLACED. FBC 107.2.1 |
| | |
| | 3) SHOW THAT THE BEDROOM WINDOWS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS |
| | OF FBC-R310.1 FOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE. |
| | 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) ABOVE THE FLOOR. 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. |
| | FBC-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). |
| | |
| | FBC-R310.1.2 MINIMUM OPENING HEIGHT. |
| | THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING HEIGHT SHALL BE 24 INCHES |
| | (610 MM). |
| | |
| | FBC-R310.1.3 MINIMUM OPENING WIDTH. |
| | THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING WIDTH SHALL BE 20 INCHES |
| | (508 MM). |
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