Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17121049
Permit Number 17121049
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
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2018-01-29 08:07:292014 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 17121049
 ADD: 1603 S. DIXIE HWY.
 CONT: MARION CONSTRUCTION INC.
 TEL: 561-324-3163
 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. 801.3 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW
 CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND SPACES
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: THURS. JAN. 25/ 2017
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) 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: BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 1. CODE CYCLE THE PLANS WERE CREATED TOO.
 2. OCCUPANCY GROUP
 3. MINIMUM TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DETERMINED
 (SEE TABLE 503).
 4) BUILDING FIRE SPRINKLERED OR NOT.
  
 2A) SHEET A101 LIST THE 2010 FBC IN THE UPPER LEFT
 PORTION OF THE SHEET. THIS PLAN WAS SUBMITTED UNDER THE
 LAST DAY OF THE 2014 FBC-B. THE PLANS ARE SILENT AS TO
 THE 2014 EXISTING BUILDING CODE AND CHAPTERS THAT THE
 PLANS WERE DESIGNED UNDER, CHAPTER 11 ADDITIONS AND
 LEVEL III ALTERATIONS.
  
 2B) THIS ALTERATION IS TO BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIAL
 STRUCTURAL ALTERATION HAVING TO COMPLY WITH 907.4.2 OF
 THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE, SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL
 ALTERATION. WHERE MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
 FLOOR AND ROOF AREAS OF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE HAVE
 BEEN OR ARE PROPOSED TO BE INVOLVED IN STRUCTURAL
 ALTERATION WITHIN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, THE EVALUATION
 AND ANALYSIS SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THE ALTERED
 BUILDING OR STRUCTURE COMPLIES WITH THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING FOR WIND LOADING AND WITH
 REDUCED IBC-LEVEL SEISMIC FORCES. THE AREAS TO BE
 COUNTED TOWARD THE 30 PERCENT SHALL BE THOSE AREAS
 TRIBUTARY TO THE VERTICAL LOAD-CARRYING COMPONENTS,
 SUCH AS JOISTS, BEAMS, COLUMNS, WALLS AND OTHER
 STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE
 REMOVED, ADDED OR ALTERED.
  
 2C) PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 EXISTING
 BUILDING CODE SECTION 907.4.1 EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS.
 AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS THAT ESTABLISHES
 THE STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY OF THE ALTERED STRUCTURE SHALL
 BE PREPARED BY A REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AND
 SUBMITTED TO THE CODE OFFICIAL.
  
 2D) SUBMITTED IS AN ENERGY FORM C402 AND HAND WRITTEN
 ON THE FORM HISTORIC BUILDING STATUS, EXEMPT UNDER THE
 FLORIDA ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED
 LETTER FROM FRIEDERIKE MITTNER AS TO ENERGY
 REQUIREMENTS AND HOW TO BE MET.
  
 UNDER THE ENERGY CODE THIS IS CONSIDERED A RENOVATION.
 DEFINITION. RENOVATED BUILDING. A RESIDENTIAL OR
 NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING UNDERGOING ALTERATION THAT
 VARIES OR CHANGES INSULATION, HVAC SYSTEMS, WATER
 HEATING SYSTEMS, OR EXTERIOR ENVELOPE CONDITIONS,
 PROVIDED THE ESTIMATED COST OF RENOVATION EXCEEDS 30
 PERCENT OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE. DER THE
 FLORIDA ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE.
 2014 FBC-ENERGY CODE C401.2 APPLICATION. COMMERCIAL
 BUILDINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 1. THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1.
 2. THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS C402, C403, C404 AND
 C405. IN ADDITION, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SHALL
 COMPLY WITH EITHER SECTION C406.2, C406.3 OR C406.4.
 3. THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION C407, C402.4, C403.2,
 C404, C405.2, C405.3, C405.4, C405.6 AND
 C405.7. THE BUILDING ENERGY COST SHALL BE EQUAL TO OR
 LESS THAN 85 PERCENT OF THE STANDARD
 REFERENCE DESIGN BUILDING.
 C401.2.1 APPLICATION TO EXISTING BUILDINGS. ADDITIONS,
 ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL
 COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
 1. SECTIONS C402, C403, C404 AND C405; OR
 2. ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1.
  
 3) DISCREPANCY IN PLANS, SHEET A000 IS USING NGVD
 ELEVATION OF 16.91, SHEET C-1 IS USING NAVD ELEV. OF
 15.40 AND SHEET S100 IS USING NGVD AND ELEV. 16.91
 FEET. THE CITY ADOPTED THE NEW FLOOD MAPS OCT. 05/2017
 AND AT THE SAME TIME CHANGING THE MEASURING STANDARD
 FOR ELEVATION TO NAVD88. NEW JOBS THAT ARE STARTED
 AFTER THAT DATE SHOULD BE USING THE NAVD STANDARD ON
 ALL PLANS. ONE PROJECT CAME IN WITH BOTH STANDARDS AND
 WAS STARTED 18 INCHES TO LOW!!!
  
 4) SHEET C1 SHOWS A 1250 GALLON GREASE TRAP WITHIN 1-0
 FOOT OF THE PROPOSED COURTYARD CANOPY. SCHEDULING AND
 BUILDING SEQUENCE WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING
 SOLID GROUND BENEATH THE PROPOSED FOUNDATION. PLEASE
 SEE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SETBACKS FOR POOLS FROM
 FOUNDATIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE ON THE PLANS SEQUENCE OF
 SCHEDULING FOR COMPLIANCE.
 FBC-B 1804.1 EXCAVATION NEAR FOUNDATIONS. EXCAVATION
 FOR ANY PURPOSE SHALL NOT REMOVE LATERAL SUPPORT FROM
 ANY FOUNDATION WITHOUT FIRST UNDERPINNING OR PROTECTING
 THE FOUNDATION AGAINST SETTLEMENT OR LATERAL
 TRANSLATION.
 FBC-B 1808.7.3 POOLS. THE SETBACK BETWEEN POOLS
 REGULATED BY THIS CODE AND SLOPES SHALL BE EQUAL TO
 ONE-HALF THE BUILDING FOOTING SETBACK DISTANCE REQUIRED
 BY THIS SECTION. THAT PORTION OF THE POOL WALL WITHIN A
 HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 7 FEET (2134 MM) FROM THE TOP OF
 THE SLOPE SHALL BE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THE WATER IN
 THE POOL WITHOUT SOIL SUPPORT.
  
 5) SHEET S100 NOTE # 1 INDICATES WELL COMPACTED TERMITE
 TREATED CLEAN SAND FILL. SHEET S200 HAS NOTES FOR 10
 MIL VAPOR BARRIER OVER WELL COMPACTED FILL. THE PLANS
 DO NOT GIVE A MINIMUM SAFE BEARING VALUE FOR THE FILL.
 PLEASE COMPLY WITH:
 FBC-B 1804.5 COMPACTED FILL MATERIAL. WHERE SHALLOW
 FOUNDATIONS WILL BEAR ON COMPACTED FILL MATERIAL, THE
 COMPACTED FILL SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF AN
 APPROVED GEOTECHNICAL REPORT, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION
 1803.
  
 6) SHEET S100 CUT SECTIONS AND S200 SHOW NEW STEEL
 COLUMNS, STEEL BEAMS, BAR JOIST, AND METAL B DECK.
 WELDED OR BOLTED CONNECTIONS. THE CONTRACTOR IS
 REQUIRED TO PROVIDE WELD PROCEDURE SPECIFICATIONS &
 WELDER OPERATOR PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION RECORDS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCED STANDARDS AT TIME OF
 INSPECTION.
 2014 FBC-B 2204.1 WELDING
 2014 FBC-B 2204.2 BOLTING.
  
 7) PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 FBC-B 1609.1.2
 PROTECTION OF OPENINGS, 1609.6.4.4.1 COMPONENTS &
 CLADDING. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,
 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 61G20-3.005, RULE 9N-3 NOV. 01/
 2010 (31) SUB-CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS OR CONSTRUCTION
 SYSTEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT APPROVALS:
 (31)(A) EXTERIOR DOORS ,MULLIONS & ROOF HATCHES.
 (B) WINDOWS & MULLIONS
 (C) PANEL WALLS: STOREFRONTS, CURTAIN WALLS, WALL
 LOUVERS, EFIS SYSTEMS,
 (D) ROOFING PRODUCTS AND ASSEMBLIES, CURBS, ROOF TOP
 VENTILATORS
 (G) PRE-ENGINEERED A/C STANDS
  
 8) IDENTIFY GLAZING/ MULLIONS. PLEASE IDENTIFY ON THE
 PRODUCT APPROVAL BEFORE SUBMITTING TO DESIGNER OF
 RECORD AND BEFORE SUBMISSION TO THE BUILDING
 DEPARTMENT. FOR ALL PRODUCTS WITH GLAZING, PLEASE
 IDENTIFY THE OPENING WIDTH & HEIGHT, TYPE OF GLAZING,
 MULLION SIZE, LENGTH IF UNREINFORCED OR REINFORCED
 INFORMATION IF REQUIRED, ATTACHMENTS AND ASSOCIATE
 PRESSURES FOR EACH OPENING SIZE. 2014 FBC-B 1405.13.1
 INSTALLATION. WINDOWS AND DOORS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED MANUFACTURER?S INSTRUCTIONS.
 FASTENER SIZE AND SPACING SHALL BE PROVIDED IN SUCH
 INSTRUCTIONS AND SHALL BE CALCULATED BASED ON MAXIMUM
 LOADS AND SPACING USED IN THE TESTS.
  
 9A) W. P. B. 107.3.4.1 PRODUCT APPROVALS. THOSE
 PRODUCTS WHICH ARE REGULATED BY THE DCA RULE 9N-03
 SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL FOR
 JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL. FL 61G1-23.015 (2) THE
 ARCHITECT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING AND REVIEWING
 ALL PROJECT DATA, REPORTS, SHOP DRAWINGS ETC..
  
  
 9B) 107.3.4.2 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE
 PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN THAT ARE NOT SUBMITTED AT THE
 TIME OF THE APPLICATION AND THAT ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO
 THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD.
 DEFERRAL OF ANY SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL HAVE THE PRIOR
 APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE REGISTERED
 DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE SHALL LIST
 THE DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
 FOR REVIEW BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
  
 DOCUMENTS FOR DEFERRED SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN
 RESPONSIBLE CHARGE WHO SHALL REVIEW THEM AND FORWARD
 THEM TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH A NOTATION
 INDICATING THAT THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE
 BEEN REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE TO
 THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL
 ITEMS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL THE DEFERRED
 SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL.
  
 10) ROOFING/ FLAT ROOFS: FOR ALL ROOFING PRODUCTS
 PLEASE IDENTIFY ALL ROOFING SUB-SYSTEMS AND THEIR
 ASSOCIATED PRESSURES FOR ROOF ZONE # 1. REVIEW THE
 PRODUCT APPROVAL LIMITATIONS, IF ENHANCED FASTENING IS
 ALLOWED FOR ROOF ZONES 2 & 3. FASTENER DENSITIES SHALL
 BE INCREASED FOR BOTH INSULATION & THE BASE SHEET AS
 CALCULATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ROOFING APPLICATION
 STANDARDS RAS 117. CALCULATION PREPARED, SIGNED AND
 SEALED BY A FLORIDA REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER OR
 REGISTERED ARCHITECT. 1609.6.4.4.1 COMPONENTS &
 CLADDING.
  
 11A) LATERAL FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM FOR ALL ROOF TOP
 EQUIPMENT, CURBS, FANS OR A/C STANDS, AND OR VENTS,
 DETAILED ATTACHMENT TO THE ROOF FRAMING & DECK AS WELL
 AS FROM THE CURB OR ROOF STAND TO THE EQUIPMENT ABOVE.
 2014 FBC-B 1604.4 ANALYSIS. LOAD EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL
 MEMBERS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
 METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
 EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL STABILITY, GEOMETRIC COMPATIBILITY
 AND BOTH SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MATERIAL PROPERTIES.
 EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 OVERTURNING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE LATERAL FORCES
 SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. SEE SECTION 1609 FOR WIND
 LOADS.
  
  
 11B) FOR ROOF TOP A/C STAND PRODUCT APPROVAL A
 MIAMI-DADE OR FLORIDA PRODUCT APPROVAL IS TO BE
 SUBMITTED, REVIEWED BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD. PLEASE
 IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS CALCULATING THE
 AREA (SIDE VIEW) OF THE ROOF TOP COMPRESSORS,
 CONFIGURATION ON STAND, THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT OF THE
 STAND AND COMPRESSORS, WEIGHT, CIRCLED THE DESIGN
 PARAMETERS IN THE TABLES, ANCHORS AND UPLIFT VERSES
 MOMENT FOR THE UNIT TO THE STAND AND THE STAND TO THE
 ROOF. THE PRODUCT APPROVAL IS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD, APPROVED BEFORE SUBMISSION TO THE
 BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
  
 12) SHEET S304 THE WIND DESIGN PRESSURES FOR COMPONENTS
 AND CLADDING ARE IN VASD ARE GOOD IN ROOF ZONES 1, 2,
 AND 3 AND WALL ZONE 4. THE NEGATIVE PRESSURES FOR WALL
 ZONE 5 APPEAR TO BE 3 LBS. LESS CONSISTENTLY FOR ALL
 SQUARE FEET IN AREA THAN OUR CHARTS, 2014 FBC-B TABLE
 1609.6.2.
  
 13) SHEET A401 IS A FLOOR PLAN WITH SEATING BUT DOES
 NOT SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY
 CODE;
  
 13A) 226.1 WHERE DINING SURFACES ARE PROVIDED FOR THE
 CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR DRINK, AT LEAST 5 PERCENT OF THE
 SEATING SPACES AND STANDING SPACES AT THE DINING
 SURFACES SHALL COMPLY WITH 902.
  
 13B) 226.2 DISPERSION. DINING SURFACES AND WORK
 SURFACES REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH 902 SHALL BE DISPERSED
 THROUGHOUT THE SPACE OR FACILITY CONTAINING DINING
 SURFACES AND WORK SURFACES.
  
 13C) 902.1 .DINING SURFACES AND WORK SURFACES SHALL
 COMPLY WITH 902.2 AND 902.3. ADVISORY 902.1 GENERAL.
 DINING SURFACES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, BARS,
 TABLES, LUNCH COUNTERS, AND BOOTHS. EXAMPLES OF WORK
 SURFACES INCLUDE WRITING SURFACES, STUDY CARRELS,
 STUDENT LABORATORY STATIONS, BABY CHANGING AND OTHER
 TABLES OR FIXTURES FOR PERSONAL GROOMING, COUPON
 COUNTERS, AND WHERE COVERED BY THE ABA SCOPING
 PROVISIONS, EMPLOYEE WORK STATIONS.
  
 14)(A) 902.2 CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE. A CLEAR FLOOR
 SPACE COMPLYING WITH 305 POSITIONED FOR A FORWARD
 APPROACH SHALL BE PROVIDED. KNEE AND TOE CLEARANCE
 COMPLYING WITH 306 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 14)(B) 902.3 HEIGHT. THE TOPS OF DINING SURFACES AND
 WORK SURFACES SHALL BE 28 INCHES MINIMUM AND 34 INCHES
 MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND.
  
 15) SIGNAGE 703. 703.1 SIGNS SHALL COMPLY WITH 703.
 WHERE BOTH VISUAL AND TACTILE CHARACTERS ARE REQUIRED,
 EITHER ONE SIGN WITH BOTH VISUAL AND TACTILE
 CHARACTERS, OR TWO SEPARATE SIGNS, ONE WITH VISUAL, AND
 ONE WITH TACTILE CHARACTERS, SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 15A) 2014 ACCESSIBILITY CODE. 703.4.1 HEIGHT ABOVE
 FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND. TACTILE CHARACTERS ON SIGNS
 SHALL BE LOCATED 48 INCHES MINIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH
 FLOOR OR GROUND SURFACE, MEASURED FROM THE BASELINE OF
 THE LOWEST TACTILE CHARACTER AND 60 INCHES MAXIMUM
 ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND SURFACE, MEASURED FROM
 THE BASELINE OF THE HIGHEST TACTILE CHARACTER.
  
 15B) SIGNAGE. 703.4.1 HEIGHT ABOVE FINISH FLOOR OR
 GROUND. TACTILE CHARACTERS ON SIGNS SHALL BE LOCATED 48
 INCHES MINIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND
 SURFACE, MEASURED FROM THE BASELINE OF THE LOWEST
 TACTILE CHARACTER AND 60 INCHES MAXIMUM ABOVE THE
 FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND SURFACE, MEASURED FROM THE
 BASELINE OF THE HIGHEST TACTILE CHARACTER.
  
 16) CLOSING. WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE
 THE REVISION & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY
 PAGES AS NECESSARY. 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
 BUILDING 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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