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| 2020-01-03 15:47:35 | 2017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 19111287 |
| | ADD: 515 N FLAGLER DR. / 5TH FLOOR RENOVATION/ SUITES |
| | 500, 510, 520, 530, 540 & 550. |
| | CONT: TBD/ TO BE DETERMINED |
| | TEL: 561-251-2459 |
| | 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: FRI. JAN. 02/2020 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) SHEET A0.02 THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN FOR OFFICE # 540 |
| | THE TRAVEL DISTANCE (EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL DISTANCE TABLE |
| | 1017.2 OF THE 2017 FBC-B) IS GIVEN BUT NOT THE COMMON |
| | PATH OF TRAVEL (TABLE 1006.2.1 OF THE 2017 |
| | FBC-B). THE CODE ANALYSIS FOR THIS UNIT LIST 95 FEET, |
| | WHEN MEASURED ALONG THE EXIT TRAVEL DISTANCE IT WOULD |
| | APPEAR CLOSER TO EXACTLY 100 FT. WITH CALIBRATING THE |
| | PLAN. |
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| | 2) SHEET A0.02 SHOWS ALL OF THE TENANT SEPARATION WALLS |
| | AND CORRIDOR WALLS AS ONE HOUR FIRE RATED WALLS. |
| | SHEET A1.11 FLOOR PLAN SHOWS THE ENTRY DOORS FOR THE |
| | VARIOUS SUITES WITH DOOR IDENTIFICATION TAGS. THE |
| | DESIGNER OF RECORD CAN DESIGN TO A MORE STRINGENT |
| | REQUIREMENT THAN THE MINIMUM CODE. IN DOING SO YOU |
| | WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE ALL OF THE ENTRY DOORS |
| | INTO EACH TENANT SPACE RATED SEE THE 2017 FBC-B TABLE |
| | 716.5. IN THE DOOR SCHEDULE FOUND ON SHEET A0.15 NONE |
| | OF THE ENTRY DOORS SHOW A RATING. |
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| | 3A) IN THE CORRIDOR IT APPEARS THERE IS ONLY A SINGLE |
| | WATER FOUNTAIN. PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017 |
| | FBC-ACCESSIBILITY 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. |
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| | 3B) THE PROJECT VALUE OF THE PROJECT IS INDICATED TO BE |
| | $1,375,800.00 IN VALUE. THE ACCESSIBILITY CODE STATES |
| | THAT UP TO 20% OF THE PROJECT CAN BE ASSESSED FOR |
| | ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES, THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE WATER |
| | FOUNTAINS. PLEASE REVIEW THE ORDER IN WHICH THE FUNDS |
| | ARE TO BE SPENT. |
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| | DISPROPORTIONATE COST. PLEASE PROVIDE A LETTER EITHER |
| | FROM THE CONTRACTOR OR DESIGNER OF RECORD ON THEIR |
| | LETTERHEAD WHERE UP TO 20 % OF THE CONTRACT VALUE IS |
| | GOING TO BE SPENT IN ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES TO THE |
| | PROJECT. IF ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE COMPLETED |
| | (COMPLIED) BEFORE DISPROPORTIONATION COST IS MET A |
| | LETTER IS NOT REQUIRED. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE: |
| | 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 202.4.1 |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE COST. ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN |
| | ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA WILL BE |
| | DEEMED DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN |
| | THE COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION TO |
| | THE PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COSTS THAT MAY BE COUNTED AS |
| | EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| | TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING |
| | AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE |
| | ALTERED AREA; (II) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING |
| | RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS INSTALLING GRAB BARS, |
| | ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, INSULATING PIPES, OR |
| | INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET CONTROLS; (III) COSTS |
| | ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH |
| | AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, |
| | INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT |
| | TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING |
| | AN INACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. |
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| | 4) SHEET M5.1 IS MISSING FIRE RATED WALLS BETWEEN |
| | TENANT SPACES. THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD HAS REQUIRED A |
| | MORE STRINGENT RATING ON THE TENANT SEPARATION WALLS |
| | AND CORRIDOR WALLS, A 1 HOUR FIRE RATING SEE THE |
| | ARCHITECTURAL LIFE SAFETY PLAN. FIRE DAMPERS ARE |
| | MISSING IN ALL OF THESE WALLS. SEE SECTION 717.5 WHERE |
| | REQUIRED OF THE 2017 FBC-B. |
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| | 5) 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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| | 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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