| Date |
Text |
| 2017-05-23 17:06:53 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W/2010 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1 |
| | ADMINISTRATION |
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| | CHRISTOPHER S. THROOP, C.B.O. |
| | PLANS EXAMINER, PX3169 |
| | CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION |
| | TEL: 561-805-6726 |
| | FAX: 561-805-6676 |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | RESULTS: DENIED |
| | ADDRESS THE ATTACHED COMMENTS AND RE-SUBMIT |
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| | 1. IDENTIFY LOCATION OF ALL FENCING ON SURVEY. |
| | 2. THIS IS A POOL BARRIER, FENCE AND GATES SHALL COMPLY |
| | WITH THE FOLLOWING: |
| | R4502.17.1 OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS. |
| | OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A BARRIER |
| | COMPLYING WITH SECTIONS R4501.17.1.1 THROUGH |
| | R4501.17.1.14. |
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| | R4501.17.1.1 |
| | THE TOP OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE AT LEAST 48 INCHES |
| | (1219 MM) ABOVE GRADE, MEASURED ON THE SIDE OF THE |
| | BARRIER WHICH FACES AWAY FROM THE SWIMMING POOL. THE |
| | MAXIMUM VERTICAL CLEARANCE BETWEEN GRADE AND THE BOTTOM |
| | OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE 2 INCHES (51 MM) MEASURED ON |
| | THE SIDE OF THE BARRIER WHICH FACES AWAY FROM THE |
| | SWIMMING POOL. WHERE THE TOP OF THE POOL STRUCTURE IS |
| | ABOVE GRADE, THE BARRIER MAY BE AT GROUND LEVEL OR |
| | MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE POOL STRUCTURE. WHERE THE BARRIER |
| | IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE POOL STRUCTURE, THE MAXIMUM |
| | VERTICAL CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE POOL |
| | STRUCTURE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE 4 |
| | INCHES (102 MM). |
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| | R4501.17.1.2 |
| | THE BARRIER MAY NOT HAVE ANY GAPS, OPENINGS, |
| | INDENTATIONS, PROTRUSIONS, OR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS |
| | THAT COULD ALLOW A YOUNG CHILD TO CRAWL UNDER, SQUEEZE |
| | THROUGH, OR CLIMB OVER THE BARRIER AS HEREIN DESCRIBED |
| | BELOW. ONE END OF A REMOVABLE CHILD BARRIER SHALL NOT |
| | BE REMOVABLE WITHOUT THE AID OF TOOLS. OPENINGS IN ANY |
| | BARRIER SHALL NOT ALLOW PASSAGE OF A 4-INCH-DIAMETER |
| | (102 MM) SPHERE. |
| | |
| | R4501.17.1.3 |
| | SOLID BARRIERS WHICH DO NOT HAVE OPENINGS SHALL NOT |
| | CONTAIN INDENTATIONS OR PROTRUSIONS EXCEPT FOR NORMAL |
| | CONSTRUCTION TOLERANCES AND TOOLED MASONRY JOINTS. |
| | |
| | R4501.17.1.4 |
| | WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF HORIZONTAL AND |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOPS OF |
| | THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS IS LESS THAN 45 INCHES (1143 |
| | MM), THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE |
| | SWIMMING POOL SIDE OF THE FENCE. SPACING BETWEEN |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM) |
| | IN WIDTH. WHERE THERE ARE DECORATIVE CUTOUTS WITHIN |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS, SPACING WITHIN THE CUTOUTS SHALL NOT |
| | EXCEED 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM) IN WIDTH. |
| | |
| | R4501.17.1.5 |
| | WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF HORIZONTAL AND |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOPS OF |
| | THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS IS 45 INCHES (1143 MM) OR MORE, |
| | SPACING BETWEEN VERTICAL MEMBERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 4 |
| | INCHES (102 MM). WHERE THERE ARE DECORATIVE CUTOUTS |
| | WITHIN VERTICAL MEMBERS, SPACING WITHIN THE CUTOUTS |
| | SHALL NOT EXCEED 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM) IN WIDTH. |
| | |
| | R4501.17.1.6 |
| | MAXIMUM MESH SIZE FOR CHAIN LINK FENCES SHALL BE A 21/4 |
| | INCH SQUARE (57 MM) UNLESS THE FENCE IS PROVIDED WITH |
| | SLATS FASTENED AT THE TOP OR BOTTOM WHICH REDUCE THE |
| | OPENINGS TO NO MORE THAN 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM). |
| | |
| | R4501.17.1.7 |
| | WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF DIAGONAL MEMBERS, THE |
| | MAXIMUM OPENING FORMED BY THE DIAGONAL MEMBERS SHALL BE |
| | NO MORE THAN 13/4 INCHES (44 MM). |
| | |
| | R4501.17.1.8 |
| | ACCESS GATES, WHEN PROVIDED, SHALL BE SELF-CLOSING AND |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS |
| | R4501.17.1.1 THROUGH R4501.17.1.7 AND SHALL BE EQUIPPED |
| | WITH A SELF-LATCHING LOCKING DEVICE LOCATED ON THE POOL |
| | SIDE OF THE GATE. WHERE THE DEVICE RELEASE IS LOCATED |
| | NO LESS THAN 54 INCHES (1372 MM) FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE |
| | GATE, THE DEVICE RELEASE MECHANISM MAY BE LOCATED ON |
| | EITHER SIDE OF THE GATE AND SO PLACED THAT IT CANNOT BE |
| | REACHED BY A YOUNG CHILD OVER THE TOP OR THROUGH ANY |
| | OPENING OR GAP FROM THE OUTSIDE. GATES THAT PROVIDE |
| | ACCESS TO THE SWIMMING POOL MUST OPEN OUTWARD AWAY FROM |
| | THE POOL. THE GATES AND BARRIER SHALL HAVE NO OPENING |
| | GREATER THAN 1/2 INCH (12.7 MM) WITHIN 18 INCHES (457 |
| | MM) OF THE RELEASE MECHANISM. |
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