| Date |
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| 2019-09-10 13:58:19 | 1ST REVIEW: 19080808 |
| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 6TH EDITION |
| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE - PLUMBING, SIXTH EDITION |
| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE - ACCESSIBILITY, SIXTH |
| | EDITION |
| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE - FUEL GAS, SIXTH EDITION |
| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE - RESIDENTIAL, SIXTH EDITION |
| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE - EXISTING BUILDING, SIXTH |
| | EDITION |
| | 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE - ENERGY CONSERVATION, SIXTH |
| | EDITION |
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| | PLUMBING COMMENTS: |
| | |
| | 1) SHEET A1.01 MISSING INFORMATION. 2017 WEST PALM |
| | BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER |
| | 1, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, 107.3.5 MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW |
| | CRITERIA FOR BUILDINGS. |
| | 107.3.5.1 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS: |
| | 107.3.5.1.1 BUILDING |
| | UNDER WHICH BUILDING CODE WERE THE PLANS DEVELOPED |
| | SITE REQUIREMENTS: |
| | PARKING |
| | DRIVING/TURNING RADIUS |
| | FIRE HYDRANT/WATER SUPPLY/POST INDICATOR VALVE (PIV) |
| | SET BACK/SEPARATION |
| | WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES |
| | OCCUPANCY GROUP AND SPECIAL OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS |
| | SHALL BE DETERMINED CHAPTER 4 FBC-B |
| | MINIMUM TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DETERMINED, NO |
| | SQ. FOOTAGE OF OCCUPANCIES ON PLANS, |
| | NOR TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE |
| | RATING OF FIRE BARRIER ASSEMBLIES, VERTICAL AND |
| | HORIZONTAL |
| | BUILDING FIRE SPRINKLERED OR NOT, FIRE SPRINKLER PLANS |
| | OCCUPANCY LOAD/EGRESS REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE: |
| | OCCUPANCY LOAD |
| | GROSS |
| | NET |
| | MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | EXIT ACCESS |
| | EXIT |
| | EXIT DISCHARGE |
| | STAIRS CONSTRUCTION/GEOMETRY AND PROTECTION |
| | DOORS |
| | EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND EXIT SIGNS |
| | ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: |
| | SITE REQUIREMENTS/ ACCESSIBLE ROUTE |
| | TOILET AND BATHING FACILITIES/ KITCHENETTE |
| | DRINKING FOUNTAINS |
| | |
| | 2) THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT DISCLOSED UNDER WHAT |
| | BUILDING CODE THESE PLANS WERE DEVELOPED. STATEWIDE THE |
| | 2017 FAMILY OF FLORIDA BUILDING CODES WERE ADOPTED ON |
| | DEC. 31/ 2017. UPDATE PLANS. |
| | |
| | 3) THE DESIGNER OF RECORD HAS NOT DISCLOSED UNDER THE |
| | 2017 FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE WHAT METHOD THE |
| | PLANS WERE DEVELOPED. FOR THIS REVIEW THE REVIEWER WILL |
| | BE USING BOTH THE 2017 FBC-B AND THE 2017 EXIST. |
| | BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 10 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY SECTION |
| | 1001.2.2. CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OR GROUP. |
| | WHERE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF A BUILDING |
| | CHANGES, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 1002 THROUGH 1012 |
| | SHALL APPLY. THIS INCLUDES A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| | CLASSIFICATION AND A CHANGE TO ANOTHER GROUP WITHIN AN |
| | OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. |
| | |
| | THIS BUILDING WE COULD NOT FIND A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT |
| | / BUT PALM BEACH COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISERS HAS THE |
| | OCCUPANCY TYPE LISTED AS WAREHOUSE/ STORAGE. THAT IS |
| | WHY WE ARE LISTING THIS REVIEW AS A CHANGE IN |
| | OCCUPANCY/ CHANGE IN USE. |
| | |
| | 4A) PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017 EXIST. BUILD. |
| | CODE SECTION 1002.1 COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUILDING CODE. |
| | WHERE THE CHARACTER OR USE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING OR |
| | PART OF AN EXISTING BUILDING IS CHANGED TO ONE OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING SPECIAL USE OR OCCUPANCY CATEGORIES AS |
| | DEFINED IN THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING, THE |
| | BUILDING SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE APPLICABLE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING: |
| | 406.3.MOTOR VEHICLE-RELATED OCCUPANCIES. |
| | EXIST BLDG. CODE 406.4.6 MIXED OCCUPANCY SEPARATION. |
| | PARKING GARAGES SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER |
| | OCCUPANCIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 508.1 OF THE |
| | FBC-B. 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. |
| | PLEASE NOTE PARKING GARAGES ARE PART OF THE SPECIALTY |
| | OCCUPANCIES FOUND IN CHAPTER 4 AND WILL REQUIRE FIRE |
| | SEPARATION AS PER TABLE 508.4 OF THE FBC-B. PLEASE ALSO |
| | NOTE FOOTNOTE B. THE REQUIRED SEPARATION FROM AREAS |
| | USED ONLY FOR PRIVATE OR PLEASURE VEHICLES SHALL BE |
| | REDUCED BY 1 HOUR BUT NOT LESS THAN 1 HOUR. OPENING |
| | PROTECTIVES FOR DOORS CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE FBC-B |
| | TABLE 716.5. PRIVATE GARAGES UNDER 1,000 SQ. IS TO BE |
| | CONSIDERED AN U OCCUPANCY (UTILITY). IN THE 2017 FBC-B |
| | 406.3.1 THE CLASSIFICATION FOR A PRIVATE GARAGE AS |
| | UTILITY STILL REQUIRES A 1 HOUR FIRE BARRIER IN |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 707 OF THE FBC-B. |
| | |
| | 4B) PLEASE NOTE THAT PRIVATE GARAGES NEED ONLY TO |
| | COMPLY WITH 406.3.1 THROUGH 406.3.6. VENTILATION |
| | REQUIREMENTS FOUND UNDER 406.6.2 ARE NOT REQUIRED! |
| | |
| | 5A) THE IDEA OF CALLING THIS STRUCTURE A LIVE/ WORK |
| | UNIT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOUND IN SECTION |
| | 419.1.1 LIMITATIONS OF THE 2017 FBC-B. THE |
| | NON-RESIDENTIAL AREA IS PERMITTED TO BE NOT GREATER |
| | THAN50 % OF THE AREA OF EACH LIVE/ WORK UNITS. |
| | |
| | 5B) THE OTHER OCCUPANCY SEPARATION THAT WILL NEED TO |
| | OCCUR IS THE RESIDENTIAL R-3 VERSES THE A-3 OCCUPANCY |
| | (GALLERY). TABLE 508.4 OF THE 2017 FBC-B WILL ALSO |
| | REQUIRE A 1 HOUR FIRE SEPARATION PER TABLE 508.4 FOR A |
| | SPRINKLERED BUILDING. |
| | |
| | 6) THE OCCUPANCY TYPE HAD NOT BEEN DECLARED BUT WITH AN |
| | AREA OF 1,250 S. F. / 30= 42 OCC. FOR THE GALLERY, |
| | LIBRARY 344 S. F. / 30= 12 OCC. AND STORAGE 236 S. F. / |
| | 300= 1 OCC. FOR A TOTAL OF 50 OCCUPANTS. THIS WOULD |
| | REQUIRE 2 EGRESS DOORS, BOTH THE GALLERY AND LIBRARY |
| | DOORS CAN SERVE THIS PURPOSE BUT WILL NEED TO SHOW EXIT |
| | LIGHTS OVER THESE DOORS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017 |
| | FBC-B SECTION 1108.2. PLEASE ALSO DEVELOP A LIFE SAFETY |
| | PLAN SHOWING MEANS OF EGRESS, COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL, |
| | AND OCCUPANT LOADS ON THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN. |
| | |
| | |
| | 8) PLEASE SHOW HOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017 EXIST. |
| | BUILD. CODE SECTION 1012.1.4 WILL BE ACHIEVED. 1012.1.4 |
| | ACCESSIBILITY. ALL BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF |
| | OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION |
| | 1012.8. 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. |
| | NOTICE: 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. |
| | |
| | 8A) WHEN STRUCTURES ARE ALTERED, AND OR GO THROUGH A |
| | CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY THE BUILDING IS LOOKED AT FOR |
| | ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. NEW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS HAVE TO |
| | COMPLY WITH ACCESSIBILITY. EXISTING ELEMENTS THAT DO |
| | NOT COMPLY ONLY 20 % OF THE CONTRACT VALUE (THAT MAY |
| | INCREASE DEALING WITH CODE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE |
| | BROUGHT UP TO CODE). THE PLANS WERE SUBMITTED WITH A |
| | CONSTRUCTION VALUE OF $75,000 DOLLARS OF VALUE, TO |
| | BRING ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS UP TO CODE UP TO AN |
| | ADDITIONAL $15,000.00 MAY HAVE TO BE SPENT AND IN THIS |
| | ORDER. |
| | 2017 FBC- ACCESS. CODE. 202.4.2 ACCESSIBLE FEATURES IN |
| | THE EVENT OF DISPROPORTIONALITY. WHEN THE COST OF |
| | ALTERATIONS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE |
| | ALTERED AREA FULLY ACCESSIBLE IS DISPROPORTIONATE TO |
| | THE COST OF THE OVERALL ALTERATION, THE PATH OF TRAVEL |
| | SHALL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT CAN BE |
| | MADE ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT INCURRING DISPROPORTIONATE |
| | COSTS. IN CHOOSING WHICH ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS TO |
| | PROVIDE, PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE ELEMENTS |
| | THAT WILL PROVIDE THE GREATEST ACCESS, IN THE FOLLOWING |
| | ORDER: (I) AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE; (II) AN ACCESSIBLE |
| | ROUTE TO THE ALTERED AREA; (III) AT LEAST ONE |
| | ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM FOR EACH SEX OR A SINGLE UNISEX |
| | RESTROOM; (IV) ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES; (V) ACCESSIBLE |
| | DRINKING FOUNTAINS; AND (VI) WHEN POSSIBLE, ADDITIONAL |
| | ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS SUCH AS PARKING, STORAGE, AND |
| | ALARMS. |
| | |
| | EITHER THE DESIGNER OF RECORD OR CONTRACTOR ON THEIR |
| | LETTERHEAD CAN SUBMIT A BREAK DOWN WHERE THESE FUNDS |
| | ARE TO BE SPENT IN THE CASE ALL OF THE ACCESSIBLE |
| | ELEMENTS CANNOT BE FIXED WITH THE STATED DOLLAR AMOUNT |
| | GIVEN. THE REMAINDER OF THE ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS THAT |
| | WERE NOT CORRECTED CAN BE LEFT AS IS, THE |
| | DISPROPORTIONALITY HAS BEEN MET. |
| | |
| | |
| | 8C) PLEASE NOTE THE SHEET A1.01 DOES NOT SHOW |
| | RESTROOMS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS NOR A SERVICE SINK IN THE |
| | GALLERY / LIBRARY OCCUPANCY. THE FLOOR PLAN A1.01 DOES |
| | NOT SHOW ANY RESTROOMS WITHIN THE GALLERY / LIBRARY |
| | OCCUPANCY. PLEASE PROVIDE THE OCCUPANT LOAD AND |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017 FBC-EXIST. BUILD. 1010.1 |
| | REVIEW 1010.6 AND IN THE 2017 FBC-B SECTIONS 2902.1.1, |
| | 2902.2 AND TABLE 2902.1 TO SHOW ACCESSIBLE DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAINS & RESTROOMS. |
| | |
| | 8D) THE FLOORPLAN FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNIT SHOWS A |
| | RESTROOM, WATERCLOSET AND LAV ONLY PLEASE SHOW WHAT |
| | SIZE THE POCKET DOOR IS TO THE RESTROOM. 2017 |
| | ACCESSIBILITY CODE 233.3.6 IF ONLY A TOILET ROOM IS |
| | PROVIDED AT GRADE LEVEL, SUCH TOILET ROOM SHALL HAVE A |
| | CLEAR OPENING OF 29 INCHES. |
| | |
| | 8E) THE FLOOR PLAN A1.1 DOES NOT SHOW A DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH 2017 FBC- |
| | ACCESS. CODE SECTION 211.2 MINIMUM NUMBER. |
| | NO FEWER THAN TWO DRINKING FOUNTAINS SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
| | ONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN SHALL COMPLY WITH 602.1 THROUGH |
| | 602.6 AND ONE DRINKING FOUNTAIN SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | 602.7. |
| | EXCEPTION: WHERE A SINGLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN COMPLIES |
| | WITH 602.1 THROUGH 602.6 AND 602.7, IT SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR TWO SEPARATE DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAINS. |
| | |
| | 9. HOT OR TEMPERED WATER SHALL BE REQUIRED AT ALL SINKS |
| | INCLUDING THE ONE IN GARAGE. PER FBC PL 607.1 |
| | |
| | 10. TEMPERED WATER SHALL BE DELIVERED FROM LAVATORIES |
| | AND GROUP WASH FIXTURES LOCATED IN PUBLIC TOILET |
| | FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR CUSTOMERS, PATRONS AND |
| | VISITORS. TEMPERED WATER SHALL BE DELIVERED THROUGH AN |
| | APPROVED WATER-TEMPERATURE LIMITING DEVICE THAT |
| | CONFORMS TO ASSE 1070 OR CSA B125.3. PER FBC PL 416.5 |
| | |
| | 11. PROVIDE A SANITARY AND WATER ISOMETRIC DRAWING |
| | SHOWING NEW AND EXISTING PIPING. PER WPB AMEND TO FBC |
| | 107.3.5.1.3(13) |
| | |
| | 12. PROVIDE A PLUMBING FLOOR PLAN WITH THE FOLLOWING |
| | WATER PIPING SANITARY AND BACKFLOW. PER WPB AMEND TO |
| | FBC 107.3.5.1.3 |
| | |
| | 13. A BACKFLOW IS REQUIRED ON THE WATER SERVICE LOCATED |
| | NEXT TO THE WATER METER IF EXISTING SHOW ON PLAN IF A |
| | NEW ONE WILL BE INSTALLED A SEPARATE PERMIT IS |
| | REQUIRED. PER WPB UTILITIES DEPARTMENT |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | PLEASE NOTE THAT 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 |
| | RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. PLEASE, ADDITIONALLY, INSERT |
| | CORRECTED PAGES INTO TO SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE OR VOID |
| | THE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS. |
| | |
| | GEORGE JOHNSON |
| | PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | 561-805-6711 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
