| Date |
Text |
| 2019-09-17 12:21:35 | CODES IN EFFECT: |
| | FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | WPB FBC = WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC 2017 |
| | 6TH ED, CHAPTER 1. |
| | FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2017 |
| | 6TH EDITION |
| | FBC EX = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE EXISTING BUILDING 2017 |
| | 6TH EDITION |
| | FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | NEC = NFPA 70 2014 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE |
| | FS = FLORIDA STATUTES |
| | |
| | ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW. |
| | |
| | PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED |
| | SATISFACTORILY ARE MARKED AS CORRECTED. PREVIOUS |
| | COMMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED SATISFACTORILY |
| | HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN PARENTHESES. ANY NEW |
| | COMMENTS WILL BE LISTED AFTER PREVIOUS COMMENTS. |
| | |
| | 1. PANEL SCHEDULES SHOW AN ELECTRICAL TANKLESS WATER |
| | HEATER, BUT THE PLAN SHOWS A GAS WATER HEATER. WHICH |
| | WILL BE USED? PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION BASED |
| | ON THIS. NEC 220 FBC RE E3602.2 (LOAD CALCULATION STILL |
| | NOT CORRECT. IF THE WATER HEATER IS GAS, WHY DOES IT |
| | HAVE A 4500 VA LOAD ON A 30 AMP CIRCUIT? ALSO, SEE |
| | COMMENT 13 BELOW.) |
| | 2. CORRECTED. |
| | 3. PROVIDE COMPLIANCE: A MINIMUM OF 75 PERCENT OF THE |
| | LAMPS IN PERMANENTLY INSTALLED LIGHTING FIXTURES SHALL |
| | BE HIGH-EFFICACY LAMPS OR A MINIMUM OF 75 PERCENT OF |
| | THE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED LIGHTING FIXTURES SHALL |
| | CONTAIN ONLY HIGH EFFICACY LAMPS. A NOTE WILL SUFFICE. |
| | FBC EC C405.1, R404.1 (NOT PROVIDED.) |
| | 4. CORRECTED. |
| | 5. CORRECTED, NO FEED TO GUEST HOUSE SHOWN. |
| | 6. CORRECTED, NO GUEST HOUSE SHOWN. |
| | 7. CORRECTED, NO GUEST HOUSE SHOWN. |
| | 8. PROVIDE SMOKE/CO ALARMS IN EACH LOCATION REQUIRED |
| | PER CODE. FBC RE R314.3, R315.1; WPB FBC 107.2.1 (SMOKE |
| | ALARMS MUST BE INSTALLED AT LEAST 3 FEET FROM BATHROOM |
| | DOOR, 3 FEET FROM CEILING FANS, AND 3 FEET FROM ANY |
| | MECHANICAL DUCT. PROVIDE CORRECTIONS. FBC RE R314.3(4), |
| | NFPA 72:29.8.3.4) |
| | 9. SEVERAL AREAS DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE WALL SPACING |
| | REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTLETS. RECEPTACLES SHALL BE |
| | INSTALLED SO THAT NO POINT MEASURED HORIZONTALLY ALONG |
| | THE FLOOR LINE OF ANY WALL SPACE IS MORE THAN 6 FEET |
| | FROM A RECEPTACLE OUTLET. THE WALL SPACING REQUIREMENTS |
| | FOR KITCHEN COUNTER SPACE STATE THAT RECEPTACLE OUTLETS |
| | SHALL BE INSTALLED SO THAT NO POINT ALONG THE WALL LINE |
| | IS MORE THAN 24 INCHES MEASURED HORIZONTALLY FROM A |
| | RECEPTACLE OUTLET IN THAT SPACE. THE PLAN PROVIDED DOES |
| | NOT MEET THIS CODE IN SOME AREAS. PROVIDE CORRECTION. |
| | NEC 210.52(C)(1); FBC RE E3901 (NOT CORRECTED.) |
| | 10. CORRECTED, NO GUEST HOUSE SHOWN. |
| | 11. CORRECTED, NO GUEST HOUSE SHOWN. |
| | 12. CORRECTED, NO GUEST HOUSE SHOWN. |
| | |
| | NEW COMMENTS: |
| | |
| | 13. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION. NEW CALCULATION |
| | PROVIDED DID NOT INCLUDE THE RANGE, OR THE REQUIRED |
| | 1500 VA FOR THE LAUNDRY CIRCUIT. NEC 220; FBC RE |
| | E3602.2 |
| | 14. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION. IS THERE NO MAIN HOUSE AND |
| | SEPARATE GUEST HOUSE NOW? THE PLAN SHOWS ONLY ONE |
| | STRUCTURE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LARGER STRUCTURE THAT |
| | WAS ON THE PREVIOUS PLANS? WPB FBC 107.2.1 |
| | 15. WHERE IS THE LOCATION OF THE AC EQUIPMENT? PROVIDE |
| | GFCI PROTECTED RECEPTACLE OUTLET FOR SERVICING OF A/C |
| | EQUIPMENT WITHIN 25 FEET OF THE EQUIPMENT PER CODE. NEC |
| | 210.63; FBC RE E3901.12 |
| | 16. FOR A ONE FAMILY DWELLING AND EACH UNIT OF A |
| | TWO-FAMILY DWELLING THAT IS AT GRADE LEVEL, AT LEAST |
| | ONE RECEPTACLE OUTLET READILY ACCESSIBLE FROM GRADE AND |
| | NOT MORE THAN 2.0 M (6.5 FT) ABOVE GRADE LEVEL SHALL BE |
| | INSTALLED AT THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE DWELLING. |
| | PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 210.52(E)(1) FBC RE E3901.7 |
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| | END OF COMMENTS. |
| | |
| | PLEASE NOTE: SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED |
| | MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. WHEN |
| | RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE |
| | LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY |
| | RESUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, INSERT CORRECTED PAGES |
| | INTO THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE THE PREVIOUSLY |
| | REVIEWED SHEETS. ONE COPY OF THE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED |
| | SHEETS SHOULD REMAIN IN PACKAGE AND BE MARKED OLD |
| | SHEETS. |
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| | SINCERELY, |
| | |
| | JOHN PEARSON |
| | ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER |
| | 561-805-6746 |
| | [email protected] |
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