| Date |
Text |
| 2017-06-07 09:30:45 | 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) FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION SECTIONS R101.5.1.1.1 OR |
| | R101.5.1.1.2. SUBMIT TWO SETS OF ENERGY COMPLIANCE |
| | FORMS AS REQUIRED. THE FORMS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE |
| | NAME OF THE PREPARER AND THE SIGNATURE OF THE |
| | OWNER/AGENT. |
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| | 2) SUBMIT ELEVATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE THAT SPECIFY |
| | CEILING HEIGHT, ROOF HEIGHT & SLOPE, FINISH FLOOR |
| | HEIGHT ABOVE GRADE, ETC. FBC-R305, R301.2.1, FBC107.2.1 |
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| | 3) PROVIDE WALL SECTIONS THAT SHOW WALL TYPE, INTERIOR |
| | AND EXTERIOR FINISHES, INSULATION, ETC. FBC 107.2.1 & |
| | FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION R103.2 |
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| | 4) PROVIDE FLOOR PLANS WITH ALL DIMENSIONS SPECIFIED. |
| | FBC-R304.4 AND FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 5) PROVIDE AREA TABULATIONS THAT SPECIFIES THE EXISTING |
| | HABITABLE SPACE AND NON-HABITABLE SPACES FOR THE |
| | STRUCTURE AND THE SPACE THAT IS BEING CONVERTED TO |
| | HABITABLE SPACE. THE PALM BEACH COUNTY PROPERTY |
| | APPRAISER AND THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH RECORDS |
| | INDICATE THAT THIS ENTIRE AREA IS A GARAGE WITH A TWO |
| | FIXTURE BATHROOM. THE PLANS INDICATE THAT THERE IS AN |
| | EXISTING POOL CABANA IN A PORTION OF THE GARAGE. THERE |
| | ARE NO RECORDS OF THE CABANA AT THE CITY. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 6) PROVIDE A FLOOR PLAN THAT SHOWS THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE |
| | AND LABEL THE ROOMS OF THE EXISTING HOUSE ARE ADJACENT |
| | TO THE GARAGE ON THE FLOOR PLANS. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| | 7) SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE ATTIC ACCESS FBC-R807.1 |
| | BUILDINGS WITH COMBUSTIBLE CEILING OR ROOF CONSTRUCTION |
| | SHALL HAVE AN ATTIC ACCESS OPENING TO ATTIC AREAS THAT |
| | EXCEED 30 SQUARE FEET (2.8 M2) AND HAVE A VERTICAL |
| | HEIGHT OF 30 INCHES (762 MM) OR GREATER. THE VERTICAL |
| | HEIGHT SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE TOP OF THE CEILING |
| | FRAMING MEMBERS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ROOF FRAMING |
| | MEMBERS. THE ROUGH-FRAMED OPENING SHALL NOT BE LESS |
| | THAN 22 INCHES BY 30 INCHES (559 MM BY 762 MM) AND |
| | SHALL BE LOCATED IN A HALLWAY OR OTHER READILY |
| | ACCESSIBLE LOCATION. WHEN LOCATED IN A WALL, THE |
| | OPENING SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 22 INCHES WIDE BY 30 |
| | INCHES HIGH. WHEN THE ACCESS IS LOCATED IN A CEILING, |
| | MINIMUM UNOBSTRUCTED HEADROOM IN THE ATTIC SPACE SHALL |
| | BE AT SOME POINT 30 INCHES (762 MM) ABOVE THE ACCESS |
| | MEASURED VERTICALLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF CEILING FRAMING |
| | MEMBERS. SEE SECTION M1305.1.3 FOR ACCESS REQUIREMENTS |
| | WHERE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED IN ATTICS. |
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| | 8) THE WINDOW THAT IS SPECIFIED ON THE PLANS DOES NOT |
| | COMPLY WITH FBC-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 EMERGENCY |
| | ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS ARE PROVIDED THEY SHALL HAVE |
| | A SILL HEIGHT OF NOT MORE THAN 44 INCHES (1118 MM) |
| | ABOVE THE FLOOR. FBC-R310.1.1 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 THE MINIMUM NET |
| | CLEAR OPENING HEIGHT SHALL BE 24 INCHES (610 MM). |
| | FBC-R310.1.3 THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING WIDTH SHALL |
| | BE 20 INCHES (508 MM). |
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| | 9) SHOW THAT THE GARAGE CONVERSION COMPLIES WITH |
| | 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. |
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| | 10) THE VASD WINDSPEED ON S1 IS INCORRECT. THE VASD IS |
| | 132 MPH FOR THIS PROJECT. FBC-R301.2.1.3 |
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| | 11) THE STRUCTURAL PLANS S1 ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE |
| | FLORIDA ENGINEER'S SEAL AND ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN |
| | SIGNATURE, COPIES OR OTHER FACSIMILES ARE NOT |
| | ACCEPTABLE. FAC 61G15 - 23.002 DIGITAL SIGNATURES ARE |
| | ONLY ACCEPTABLE FOR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED PLANS |
| | AND DOCUMENTS. |
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| | 12) FBC 107.3.4 - PROVIDE TWO SETS OF PRODUCT APPROVALS |
| | FOR THE EXTERIOR DOOR AND WINDOWS IN THE GARAGE THAT |
| | HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE |
| | DESIGNER OF RECORD. |
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| | 13) SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH FBC-R303.9 FOR REQUIRED |
| | HEATING. SEE MECHANICAL REVIEW COMMENTS. |
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| | 14) PLANS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN IMPACT FEE REVIEW |
| | BY PALM BEACH COUNTY. SEE THE IMPACT REVIEW COMMENTS. |
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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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