Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18091119
Permit Number 18091119
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-11-05 10:55:512017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 18091119
 ADD: 851 VILLAGE BLVD. SUITE: 602A
 CONT: MASTER PLAN INC.
 TEL: 561-683-9972
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2017 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 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.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: MON. NOV. 5/ 2018
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) PLEASE SUBMIT AN ORIGINAL PERMIT APPLICATION BEFORE
 THE PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED.
 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2017 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION SECTION 105.1 REQUIRED SIGNATURES,
 ORIGINAL SIGNATURE NOT COPIES.
 2) SHEET A-1:
 2A) HEADING APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS INDICATES
 THE SUBMITTED PLANS WERE DESIGNED UNDER THE 2014 5TH
 EDITION OF THE FLORIDA FAMILY OF CODES. PLEASE UPDATE
 THE PLANS, DEC. 31/ 2017 STATEWIDE THE 2017 6TH EDITION
 OF THE FLORIDA FAMILY OF CODES WAS ADOPTED STATEWIDE.
 2B) UNDER THE HEADING BUILDING BASICS THE OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION IS A A-2 SMALL ASSEMBLY. PLEASE SEE 2017
 FBC-B SECTION 303.1.2 FOR SMALL ASSEMBLY, THE SMALL
 ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE AN ACCESSORY OCCUPANCY TO THE MAIN
 OCCUPANCY TYPE, AND A ROOM OR SPACE LESS THAN 750 SQ.
 FT. AND AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF LESS THAN 50. THIS TENANT
 SPACE IS AN A-2 OCCUPANCY RESTAURANT WITH A DECLARED
 OCCUPANT LOAD OF 92 OCCUPANTS, PLEASE UPDATE PLANS.
 3C) UNDER THE HEADING BUILDING BASICS THE MINIMUM
 BUILDING TYPE IS LABELED A TYPE III CONSTRUCTION.
 PLEASE IDENTIFY THE BUILDING TYPE AS EITHER TYPE IIIA
 OR IIIB? SEE 2017 FBC-B 504.4 & TABLE 506.2.
 3D) THE PLANS DOES NOT INDICATE IF THE BUILDING IS FIRE
 SPRINKLERED OR NOT, COMPLIANCE WITH 2017 FBC-B TABLE
 508.4 REQUIRING 1 OR 2 HOUR FIRE SEPARATION FROM OTHER
 OCCUPANCIES WALL TYPES AND RATINGS CANNOT BE
 DETERMINED?
 3E) THE COVERSHEET INDICATES THERE IS 84 SEATS FOR THIS
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY, 84X0.05%= 4.2 OR 5 REQUIRED
 ACCESSIBLE SEATS ARE REQUIRED TO BE SHOWN ON THE PLANS
 TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE
 SECTION 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.
  
 3E)(1) 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.
  
 3E)(2) 206.2.5 206.2.5 RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS. IN
 RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS, AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE SHALL
 BE PROVIDED TO ALL DINING AREAS, INCLUDING RAISED OR
 SUNKEN DINING AREAS, AND OUTDOOR DINING AREAS.
  
 3F) 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.
  
 3F)(1) 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.
  
 3F)(2) 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.
  
 3G) THE P. O. S. (POINT OF SALE) DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY
 ELEVATION VIEW OR CUT SECTION THROUGH THIS ELEMENT
 SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE
 SECTION CHECK WRITING SURFACES. 2017 ACCESS. CODE
 904.3.3 CHECK WRITING SURFACES.
 ? WHERE PROVIDED, CHECK WRITING SURFACES SHALL COMPLY
 WITH 902.3. 902.3HEIGHT.
 THE TOPS OF WORK SURFACES SHALL BE 28 INCHES (710 MM)
 MINIMUM AND 34 INCHES (865 MM) MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH
 FLOOR OR GROUND.
  
 904.4 SALES AND SERVICE COUNTERS. SALES COUNTERS AND
 SERVICE COUNTERS SHALL COMPLY WITH 904.4.1 OR 904.4.2.
 THE ACCESSIBLE PORTION OF THE COUNTER TOP SHALL EXTEND
 THE SAME DEPTH AS THE SALES OR SERVICE COUNTER TOP.
  
 4) ZONING HOLD ON PERMIT, NEW ROOF TOP MECHANICAL
 EQUIPMENT MUST BE SCREENED. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH
 2017 FBC-B 1509.6 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENS.
 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF
 THE MATERIALS SPECIFIED FOR THE EXTERIOR WALLS IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE
 BUILDING. WHERE THE FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE IS GREATER
 THAN 5 FEET (1524 MM), MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENS
 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE
 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING REQUIREMENTS.
  
  1509.6.1 HEIGHT LIMITATIONS. MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
 SCREENS SHALL NOT EXCEED 18 FEET (5486 MM) IN HEIGHT
 ABOVE THE ROOF DECK, AS MEASURED TO THE HIGHEST POINT
 ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREEN. EXCEPTION: WHERE
 LOCATED ON BUILDINGS OF TYPE IA CONSTRUCTION, THE
 HEIGHT OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENS SHALL NOT BE
 LIMITED.
  
  1509.6.4 EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES ON ROOFS OR ELEVATED
 STRUCTURES.
 WHERE EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES REQUIRING ACCESS ARE
 INSTALLED ON ROOFS OR ELEVATED STRUCTURES AT A HEIGHT
 EXCEEDING 16 FEET (4877 MM), SUCH ACCESS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED BY A PERMANENT APPROVED MEANS OF ACCESS, THE
 EXTENT OF WHICH SHALL BE FROM GRADE OR FLOOR LEVEL TO
 THE EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES? LEVEL SERVICE SPACE. SUCH
 ACCESS SHALL NOT REQUIRE CLIMBING OVER OBSTRUCTIONS
 GREATER THAN 30 INCHES HIGH OR WALKING ON ROOFS HAVING
 A SLOPE GREATER THAN 4 UNITS VERTICAL IN 12 UNITS
 HORIZONTAL (33-PERCENT SLOPE).
 PERMANENT LADDERS INSTALLED TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED
 ACCESS
  
 5) 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.
  
 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.
  
  
 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: 561-805-6717 / FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  


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