Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18070030
Permit Number 18070030
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-09-27 09:14:432ND REVIEW FBC-2017 BUILDING
 PERMIT #18070030
 415 SOUTHERN BLVD.
 TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION: II B
 OCCUPANCY TYPE: F-1
 SPRINKLERED BLDG: NO
 LEVEL OF ALTERATION: LEVEL III ALTERATION, CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY
  
 CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC B- FLORIDA BUILDING CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC M- FLORIDA MECHANICAL CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC EC- FLORIDA ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE SIXTH EDITION
 2017
 FBC FG- FLORIDA FUEL GAS CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC EX- FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE SIXTH EDITION
 2017
 FS- FLORIDA STATUTES
 FAC- FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 WPB- WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC SIXTH
 EDITION 2017
  
 PLAN
 REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 1ST REVIEW: FBC SIXTH EDITION (2017)
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) COMPLIED.
  
 2) COMPLIED. SEE NEW COMMENTS REGARDING LIFE SAFETY
 PLANS.
 A) WHEN DETERMINING OCCUPANT LOADS PER FBC 1004.1, THE
 DECIMALS OF A NUMBER ARE TO BE ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT
 HIGHER WHOLE NUMBER.
 B) SHOW THAT THE TWO EXIT ACCESS STAIRWAYS FROM THE
 SECOND FLOOR COMPLY WITH FBC1007.1 FOR THE REQUIRED
 SEPARATION DISTANCE OF ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF THE
 MAXIMUM OVERALL DIAGONAL DIMENSION OF THE BUILDING OR
 AREA TO BE SERVED MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN
 THEM.
 C) THE EXTERIOR EXIT STAIR IS REQUIRED BY FBC 1027.5 TO
 HAVE A MINIMUM FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE OF 10 FEET
 MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE EXTERIOR EDGE OF THE
 STAIRWAY. THIS STAIRWAY DOES NOT HAVE 10 FEET TO THE
 PROPERTY LINE OR TO THE BUILDING ON THE ADJACENT LOT.
  
 3) NOT COMPLIANT. (DESIGNER NEEDS TO REFERENCE 2017 FBC
 EXISTING BUILDING AND CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY ON THE
 PLANS.) IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE REVIEW, THE
 ARCHITECT SHALL INDICATE THE CLASSIFICATION OF WORK AS
 OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 5 FBC EXISTING BUILDING. THIS
 APPEARS TO BE A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION 202 FBC EX. PLEASE SEE SECTION 506 AND CHAPTER
 10 FOR ALL REQUIREMENTS.
  
 4) NOT COMPLIANT. (DESIGNER NEEDS TO SPECIFY ON THE
 PLANS THAT THIS BUILDING IS A NONSEPARATED MIXED USE
 OCCUPANCY, F-1, B AND S-1.) SEE FBC 508.3 THE BUILDING
 IS FUNCTIONING AS A MULTI-USE OCCUPANCY. INDICATE IF
 THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED FOR MIXED USE (NON-SEPARATED)
 OR SEPARATED USE PER SECTION 6.1.14.3 OF NFPA 101
 FLORIDA EDITION 2015. FOR NON-SEPARATED MIXED USE
 OCCUPANCIES, THE MOST STRINGENT FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY
 REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OCCUPANCY SHALL APPLY TO THE
 BUILDING.
  
 5) ADDRESSED.
  
 6) COMPLIED.
  
 7) SEE FIRE COMMENTS. NEW COMMENT: SPECIFY THE ITEMS
 AND QUANTITY OF THEM THAT WILL BE STORED ON THE SECOND
 FLOOR IN ROOM #204. SPECIFY THE REQUIRED UNIFORMLY
 DISTRIBUTED LIVE LOAD FOR THIS STORAGE AREA AND THE
 EXISTING FLOOR LIVE LOAD FOR THIS AREA. FBC 1607.1
  
 8) ADDRESSED.
  
 9) PROVIDE WIND LOAD ENGINEERING AND INSTALLATION
 DETAILS FOR THE CHILLER, BOILER, PUMPS, AND ALL OTHER
 ASSOCIATED EXTERIOR EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORTS. 2017 FBC-B
 1603.1.4 WIND DESIGN DATA.
 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RELATED TO WIND LOADS SHALL
 BE SHOWN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WIND LOADS GOVERN THE
 DESIGN OF THE LATERAL FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM OF THE
 STRUCTURE:
  
 1. ULTIMATE DESIGN WIND SPEED, VULT, (3-SECOND GUST),
 MILES PER HOUR (KM/HR) AND NOMINAL DESIGN WIND SPEED,
 VASD, AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 1609.3.1.
  
 2. RISK CATEGORY.
  
 3. WIND EXPOSURE. APPLICABLE WIND DIRECTION IF MORE
 THAN ONE WIND EXPOSURE IS UTILIZED. TABLE 1609.7.2.
 HEIGHT AND EXPOSURE.
  
 4. APPLICABLE INTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENT.
  
 5. DESIGN WIND PRESSURES TO BE USED FOR EXTERIOR
 COMPONENTS AND CLADDING MATERIALS NOT SPECIFICALLY
 DESIGNED BY THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL
 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE, PSF.
  
 TABLE 1609.7(2) ADJUSTMENT FACTORS FOR HEIGHT &
 EXPOSURE. PROVIDE THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT FOR THE
 BUILDING.
  
 1609.3.1 WIND SPEED CONVERSION VULT TO VASD.
  
 10) ADDRESSED.
  
 11) ADDRESSED.
  
 12) ADDRESSED.
  
 13) ADDRESSED.
  
 14) ADDRESSED.
  
 15) 2017 FBC- ACCESSIBILITY - ADA
 201.1 SCOPE.
 THIS CODE ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO
 PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION AND COMMERCIAL
 FACILITIES BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. THIS CODE
 SHALL ALSO APPLY: TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
 FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 553.503, F.S.; TO
 PRIVATE CLUBS PURSUANT TO SECTION 553.505, F.S.; AND TO
 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 553.504(2),
 F.S., AND THE ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN. ALL
 NEW OR ALTERED PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, PRIVATE
 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, PLACES OF PUBLIC
 ACCOMMODATION AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES SUBJECT TO THIS
 CODE SHALL COMPLY WITH THIS CODE.
 THIS CODE APPLIES TO: ALL AREAS OF NEWLY DESIGNED AND
 NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AS
 DETERMINED BY THE ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN;
 PORTIONS OF ALTERED BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AS
 DETERMINED BY THE ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN;
 A BUILDING OR FACILITY THAT IS BEING CONVERTED FROM
 RESIDENTIAL TO NONRESIDENTIAL OR MIXED USE AS DEFINED
 BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE WHERE SUCH BUILDING OR
 FACILITY MUST, AT A MINIMUM, COMPLY WITH S. 553.508,
 F.S., AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERATIONS AS
 DETERMINED BY THE ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN;
 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES WHERE THE ORIGINAL
 CONSTRUCTION OR ANY FORMER ALTERATION OR RENOVATION WAS
 CARRIED OUT IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE PERMITTING LAW.
  
 15-1) CLARIFY. (IF ACCESS TO THE PRIVATE RECEPTION
 TASTING AREA IS ALLOWED FOR PERSONS OTHER THAN THE
 EMPLOYEES, THEN THE ADA REQUIREMENTS APPLY. THE FBC
 ACCESSIBILTY ALSO APPLIES TO PRIVATE BUILDINGS, CLUBS,
 ETC. IT APPEARS THAT YOUR DESIGN DOES COMPLY WITH THE
 EXCEPTION OF VERTICAL ACCESSIBILTY.) THE PLANS SHOW A
 RECEPTION/TASTING AREA THAT APPARENTLY WILL BE OPEN TO
 THE PUBLIC. SPECIFY WHICH AREAS WILL BE OPEN TO THE
 PUBLIC FOR TOURS, ETC. FBC 107.2.1
  
 15-2) NOT COMPLIANT. ( THE RESPONSE TO THIS COMMENT
 STATES THAT THE SECOND FLOOR IS PRIMARILY STORAGE WITH
 ONE OFFICE WHICH HAS AN OCCUPANCY OF 3 PERSONS. THE
 PLANS SHOW TWO OFFICES AND AN OCCUPANCY OF 4 PERSONS IN
 EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 8. THE CALCULATED OCCUPANT LOAD FOR
 EACH SPACE IS REQUIRED TO BE ROUNDED UP THE NEXT HIGHER
 WHOLE NUMBER. THE MECHANICAL ROOM 206 SHOULD NOT HAVE
 AN OCCUPANT LOAD.) THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THE STORAGE
 AREA (3 PERSONS) DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD ACCESSIBILITY. )
 201.1.1 VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY. SECTIONS
 553.501-553.513, F.S., AND THE ADA STANDARDS FOR
 ACCESSIBLE DESIGN DO NOT RELIEVE THE OWNER OF ANY
 BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR FACILITY GOVERNED BY THOSE
 SECTIONS FROM THE DUTY TO PROVIDE VERTICAL
 ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL LEVELS ABOVE AND BELOW THE
 OCCUPIABLE GRADE LEVEL REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE
 STANDARDS REQUIRE AN ELEVATOR TO BE INSTALLED IN SUCH
 BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR FACILITY, EXCEPT FOR:
 (1)ELEVATOR PITS, ELEVATOR PENTHOUSES, MECHANICAL
 ROOMS, PIPING OR EQUIPMENT CATWALKS AND AUTOMOBILE
 LUBRICATION AND MAINTENANCE PITS AND PLATFORMS.
 (2)UNOCCUPIABLE SPACES, SUCH AS ROOMS, ENCLOSED SPACES
 AND STORAGE SPACES THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR HUMAN
 OCCUPANCY, FOR PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS OR FOR WORK AREAS.
 (3)OCCUPIABLE SPACES AND ROOMS THAT ARE NOT OPEN TO THE
 PUBLIC AND THAT HOUSE NO MORE THAN FIVE PERSONS,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EQUIPMENT CONTROL ROOMS
 AND PROJECTION BOOTHS.
 (4)THEATERS, CONCERT HALLS, AND STADIUMS, OR OTHER
 LARGE ASSEMBLY AREAS THAT HAVE STADIUM-STYLE SEATING OR
 TIERED SEATING IF SECTIONS 221 AND 802 ARE MET.
 (5)ALL PLAY AND RECREATION AREAS IF THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 CHAPTER 10 ARE MET.
 (6)ALL EMPLOYEE AREAS AS EXEMPTED BY 203.9.
 (7)FACILITIES, SITES AND SPACES EXEMPTED BY SECTION
 203.
 BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES MUST, AT A
 MINIMUM, COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ADA
 STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN.
 ADVISORY 201.1 SCOPE. THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO BE
 APPLIED TO ALL AREAS OF A FACILITY UNLESS EXEMPTED, OR
 WHERE SCOPING LIMITS THE NUMBER OF MULTIPLE ELEMENTS
 REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE. FOR EXAMPLE, NOT ALL MEDICAL
 CARE PATIENT ROOMS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE; THOSE
 THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE ARE NOT REQUIRED
 TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, COMMON USE
 AND PUBLIC USE SPACES SUCH AS RECOVERY ROOMS,
 EXAMINATION ROOMS, AND CAFETERIAS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM
 THESE REQUIREMENTS AND MUST BE ACCESSIBLE.
 FLORIDA VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY REQUIRES ALL LEVELS IN
 ALL NEW BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES AND ALL
 ALTERED AREAS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND
 FACILITIES TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO PERSONS WITH
 DISABILITIES. ALL NEW AND ALTERED AREAS MUST COMPLY
 WITH THE ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN INCLUDING
 REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSIBLE ROUTES. WHERE THE ADA
 STANDARDS DO NOT REQUIRE AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO EACH
 AND EVERY LEVEL, THE FLORIDA REQUIREMENT MAY BE WAIVED
 DOWN TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE ADA STANDARDS.
  
 15-3) NOT RESOLVED. PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO AND
 THROUGH THE PUBLIC AREAS. FBC-A 206.1 GENERAL.
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 206 AND SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 4.
  
 15-4) PARTICAL COMPLIANCE. ( BATHROOM MUST BE ON AN
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE.) PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM.
 FBC-A 213 TOILET FACILITIES AND BATHING FACILITIES
 213.1 GENERAL.
 WHERE TOILET FACILITIES AND BATHING FACILITIES ARE
 PROVIDED, THEY SHALL COMPLY WITH 213. WHERE TOILET
 FACILITIES AND BATHING FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED IN
 FACILITIES PERMITTED BY 206.2.3 EXCEPTIONS 1 AND 2 NOT
 TO CONNECT STORIES BY AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE, TOILET
 FACILITIES AND BATHING FACILITIES SHALL BE PROVIDED ON
 A STORY CONNECTED BY AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO AN
 ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE.
 213.2 TOILET ROOMS AND BATHING ROOMS.
 WHERE TOILET ROOMS ARE PROVIDED, EACH TOILET ROOM SHALL
 COMPLY WITH 603. WHERE BATHING ROOMS ARE PROVIDED, EACH
 BATHING ROOM SHALL COMPLY WITH 603.
  
 16) THE $320,000.00 PERMIT VALUE APPEARS TO BE LOW FOR
 THE SCOPE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. PLEASE PROVIDE
 CONTRACTS, INVOICES, ESTIMATES ETC. THAT SHOW THE TOTAL
 COST OF THE PROJECT INCLUDING, LABOR, MATERIALS,
 EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES, FIXTURES, DESIGN FEES, SITE
 WORK, OVERHEAD AND PROFIT- SECTION 109.3 WPB.
 109.3* BUILDING PERMIT VALUATION.
 IF, IN THE OPINION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, THE
 CLAIMED VALUATION OF BUILDING, ALTERATION, STRUCTURE,
 ELECTRICAL, GAS, MECHANICAL, OR PLUMBING SYSTEMS
 APPEARS TO BE UNDER ESTIMATED ON THE APPLICATION, THE
 PERMIT SHALL BE DENIED. FOR PERMITTING PURPOSES,
 VALUATION OF BUILDINGS AND SYSTEMS SHALL BE TOTAL
 REPLACEMENT PURPOSES, VALUATION OF BUILDINGS AND
 SYSTEMS SHALL BE THE TOTAL REPLACEMENT VALUE TO INCLUDE
 STRUCTURAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, INTERIOR
 FINISHES, NORMAL SITE WORK (EXCAVATION AND BACKFILL FOR
 BUILDINGS), ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN FEES, MARKETING
 COST, OVERHEAD AND PROFIT; EXCLUDING ONLY LAND VALUE.
 VALUATION REFERENCES MAY INCLUDE THE LATEST PUBLISHED
 DATA OF NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION COST ANALYSIS SERVICES
 (MARSHALL-SWIFT, MEANS, ETC.) WITH REGIONAL ADJUSTMENTS
 FOR LOCATION AS PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE
 CONGRESS.
  
 THIS MAIN BUILDING PERMIT WILL INCLUDE THE FEES FOR THE
 MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING & ROOFING PERMITS.
 WHEN THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR COMES IN FOR A BUILDING
 PERMIT WITH THE SIGNED PERMIT APPLICATION FORM BY THE
 QUALIFIER AND OWNER AND BRINGS IN THE LISTED
 SUB-PERMITS M-E-P & ROOFING PERMITS SIGNED BY THE
 QUALIFIER OF EACH COMPANY, THEIR INSURANCES AND
 LICENSURE UP TO DATE, THE M-E-P AND ROOFING PERMITS ARE
 FREE OF CHARGE. IF THE M-E-P & ROOFING PERMITS COME IN
 LATER THERE WILL BE AN $80.00 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FOR
 EACH PERMIT.
  
 ALL OTHER PERMITS FIRE SPRINKLER, FIRE ALARM, RACK
 STORAGE, EXHAUST HOODS, ANSUL SYSTEMS OR ALTERNATIVE
 AUTOMATIC FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS, WALK IN COOLERS &
 FREEZERS, ALL LOW VOLTAGE PERMITS, GENERATORS & FUEL
 TANKS, GAS PERMIT, POOL, JACUZZI AND ASSOCIATED
 SUB-PERMITS, AWNING, SCREEN ENCLOSURES, CANOPY, FENCE,
 LANDSCAPE, IRRIGATION, AUGER CAST PILE AND OR
 FOUNDATION OR STRUCTURE ONLY PERMIT WILL BE SEPARATE
 REVIEWS AND ASSOCIATED FEES WITH EACH PERMIT.
 PLEASE PROVIDE AN ITEMIZED LIST AND SUBTRACT THESE LINE
 ITEMS AND THEIR VALUE FROM THE OVERALL BUILDING VALUE
 STATED ON THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THIS PROJECT. THE
 REMAINING BALANCE WILL BE AFFECTIVELY THE VALUE OF THE
 BUILDING YOU WILL BE PAYING FOR THIS PERMIT. THE
 BUILDING DEPARTMENT DOES NOT WANT TO COLLECT TWICE FOR
 THE VALUE OF THESE SUB-PERMITS NOT COVERED UNDER THE
 PRIME OR MASTER PERMIT.
  
 17) WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A
 RESPONSE LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE
 CITY RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE INSERT
 CORRECTED PLAN SHEETS INTO THE SETS, REMOVE THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS AND MARK VOID ON THEM, AND
 KEEP THEM WITH THE SUBMITTALS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


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