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| 2018-02-28 08:27:13 | 2017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 18020933 |
| | ADD: 1009 BANYAN BLVD. |
| | CONT: THE CARPENTER?S SON |
| | TEL: 561-452-2191 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2017 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| | ADMINISTRATION |
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| | 2017 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. |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | DATE: WED. FEB. 28/ 2018 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) THE PLANS DO NOT STATE TO WHICH CODE THEY WERE |
| | CREATED. PLEASE NOTE ON DEC. 31/ 2017 THE 2017 FLORIDA |
| | BUILDING CODE THE 6TH EDITION WAS ADOPTED STATEWIDE. |
| | PLEASE LIST ON THE LIFE SAFETY SHEET. |
| | |
| | 2) UNDER THE 2017 FBC-EXISTING BUILDING CODE, THE |
| | DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT LISTED WHICH METHOD THE |
| | PLANS WERE CREATED. 2017 FBC-EXISTING BUILDING CODE |
| | SECTION 301.1. THE ALTERATION, CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY, |
| | ADDITION OR RELOCATION OF ALL EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE METHODS LISTED IN SECTIONS |
| | 301.1.1 THROUGH 301.1.3 AS SELECTED BY THE APPLICANT. |
| | SECTIONS 301.1.1 THROUGH 301.1.3 SHALL NOT BE APPLIED |
| | IN COMBINATION WITH EACH OTHER. PLEASE NOTE FOR THIS |
| | ROOM IT IS CONSIDERED A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY. |
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| | 3) FOR THIS PLAN REVIEW TO OCCUR A CHOICE OF COMPLIANCE |
| | METHOD WAS USED, THE WORK AREA METHOD. 2017 EXIST. |
| | BLDG. CODE 301.1.2 WORK AREA COMPLIANCE METHOD. |
| | REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS, CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY |
| | AND RELOCATED BUILDINGS COMPLYING WITH THE APPLICABLE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTERS 5 THROUGH 13 OF THIS CODE |
| | SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS |
| | OF THIS CODE. |
| | |
| | 3A) EXIST. BLDG. CODE 1001.2.2.1 PARTIAL CHANGE OF |
| | OCCUPANCY. WHERE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OR GROUP |
| | OF A PORTION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING IS CHANGED, |
| | SECTION 1012 SHALL APPLY. |
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| | 3B) SHEET 6 OF 6 THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN INDICATES THIS |
| | CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY IS FROM STORAGE TO BUSINESS |
| | OCCUPANCY. PLEASE NOTE THE PLANS INDICATE THE USE FOR |
| | THIS ROOM IS A CONFERENCE ROOM. THE FLOOR PLAN SHEET 2 |
| | OF 6 IS DIMENSIONED AND 836 SQ. FT. AND THE 1ST FLOOR |
| | IS 5,495 SQ. FT. THE CONFERENCE ROOM IS OVER 10% OF THE |
| | FLOOR AREA AND OVER 750 SQ. FT. CREATING A MIXED USE |
| | BUILDING AND THE OCCUPANCY FOR THE CONFERENCE ROOM |
| | BEING A3 NOT A BUSINESS USE. PLEASE CORRECT. |
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| | SEE 2017 FBC-B 508.1. EACH PORTION OF A BUILDING SHALL |
| | BE INDIVIDUALLY CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION |
| | 302.1. WHERE A BUILDING CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE |
| | OCCUPANCY GROUP, THE BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOF SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 508.2, |
| | 508.3 OR 508.4, OR A COMBINATION OF THESE SECTIONS. |
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| | 3C) THE DESIGNER OF RECORD WILL ALSO NEED TO INDICATE |
| | IF THE NEW CONFERENCE ROOM WILL MEET WHICH SECTION OF |
| | THE 2017 FBC-B CODE: |
| | 2017 FBC-EXIT. BLDG. CODE 1012.1.1.1 CHANGE OF |
| | OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITHOUT SEPARATION |
| | 2017 FBC-EXIT. BLDG. CODE 1012.1.1.2 CHANGE OF |
| | OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITH SEPARATION. |
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| | 4) BOTH SHEETS 5 OF 6 AND 6 OF 6 BOTH SHOW A SINGLE |
| | INSWING DOOR INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM FROM THE INTERIOR |
| | EXIT ACCESS CORRIDOR. PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH: |
| | 2017 FBC-B SECTION 1010.1.2.1 DIRECTION OF SWING. PIVOT |
| | OR SIDE-HINGED SWINGING DOORS SHALL SWING IN THE |
| | DIRECTION OF EGRESS TRAVEL WHERE SERVING A ROOM OR AREA |
| | CONTAINING AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 50 OR MORE PERSONS. |
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| | 5) 2017 FBC-EXIT. BLDG. CODE 1012.1.4 ACCESSIBILITY. |
| | ALL BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 1012.8. |
| | EXIST. BLDG. CODE. 1012.8 ACCESSIBILITY EXISTING |
| | BUILDINGS THAT UNDERGO A CHANGE OF GROUP OR OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE |
| | FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, ACCESSIBILITY. |
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| | 5A) PLEASE SHOW HOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRED |
| | ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS WILL BE OBTAINED. |
| | 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE. 206.4.1 PUBLIC ENTRANCES. |
| | (DOORWAYS). IN ADDITION TO ENTRANCES REQUIRED BY |
| | 206.4.2 THROUGH 206.4.9, AT LEAST 60 PERCENT OF ALL |
| | PUBLIC ENTRANCES SHALL COMPLY WITH 404. BARRIERS AT |
| | COMMON OR EMERGENCY ENTRANCES AND EXITS OF BUSINESS |
| | ESTABLISHMENTS CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH THE GENERAL |
| | PUBLIC THAT ARE EXISTING, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, OR UNDER |
| | CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION WHICH WOULD PREVENT A PERSON |
| | FROM USING SUCH ENTRANCES OR EXITS SHALL BE REMOVED. |
| | 2 REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS REQUIRED X 0.60% = 1.2 OR 2 |
| | ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS. THE FLOOR PLAN 5 OF 6 SHOWS |
| | 2 EXIT DOORS BUT NOT THE ACCESSIBLE EXIT DISCHARGE FROM |
| | THE BUILDING ACCESSIBLE FOR A WHEELCHAIR. |
| | |
| | 5B) SHEET 2 OF 6 & 6 OF 6 SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A |
| | SINK AND CABINETRY MAYBE A BREAK AREA. THE PLANS DO NOT |
| | SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017 FBC-ACCESS. CODE SECTION |
| | 606 SINKS. |
| | 606.2 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE. |
| | 606.3HEIGHT. |
| | 606.4 FAUCETS. |
| | 606.5 EXPOSED PIPES AND SURFACES. |
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| | 5C) THE PLANS ARE ALSO MISSING SIGNAGE FOR EXIT |
| | DOORWAYS. 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. |
| | |
| | SIGNAGE TACTILE CHARACTERS ABOVE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND |
| | 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. |
| | |
| | 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. |
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| | 6) THE PLAN SHEET 3 OF 6 INDICATE AN EXTERIOR WALL THAT |
| | HAS NEW DRYWALL BUT NO INSULATION. THE PLANS DO NOT |
| | INDICATE WHEN THIS SPACE WAS USED FOR STORAGE IF THERE |
| | WAS A/C IN THIS ROOM, NOT SHOWN ON THE PLANS. SHEET 3 |
| | OF 6 SHOWS NEW FURRING STRIPS ATTACHED TO CONCRETE |
| | BLOCK WORK AND DRYWALL. THE PLANS DO NOT INDICATE THE |
| | USE OF INSULATION IN THIS WALL. |
| | 2017 EXIST. BLDG. CODE SECTION1013 ENERGY CONSERVATION. |
| | SEE THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, ENERGY CONSERVATION. |
| | C401.2 APPLICATION. |
| | COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING: |
| | 1.THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1, EXCLUDING |
| | SECTION 9.4.1.1(G) OF THE STANDARD. |
| | 2.THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS C402 THROUGH C405. IN |
| | ADDITION, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | SECTION C406 AND TENANT SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | SECTION C406.1.1. |
| | 3.THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS C402.5, C403.2, C404, |
| | C405.2, C405.3, C405.5, C405.6 AND C407. THE BUILDING |
| | ENERGY COST SHALL BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN 85 PERCENT |
| | OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE DESIGN BUILDING. |
| | C402.1.3 INSULATION COMPONENT R-VALUE-BASED METHOD. |
| | BUILDING THERMAL ENVELOPE OPAQUE ASSEMBLIES SHALL MEET |
| | THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS C402.2 AND C402.4 BASED ON |
| | THE CLIMATE ZONE SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 3. |
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| | 7) 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. |
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| | A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PLANS COULD NOT HAPPEN SINCE |
| | THERE WAS A GREAT DEFICIENCY IN PLANS AND REQUIRED |
| | DOCUMENTATION. WITH THE NEXT PLAN REVIEW CYCLE THERE |
| | MAYBE ADDITIONAL REVIEW COMMENTS BECAUSE OF NEW PLANS |
| | AND INFORMATION LACKING UNDER THE PRIOR REVIEW. |
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| | 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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