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Plan Review Notes For Permit 20010651
Permit Number 20010651
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2020-02-10 10:32:212017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 20010651
 ADD: 931 VILLAGE BLVD. SUITE: 602 B/C
 CONT: JLO BUILDERS INC.
 TEL: 321-695-8295
 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. FEB. 10TH/ 2020
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) THE COVERSHEET CS HAS A LIST OF CODE
 CLASSIFICATIONS. MISSING FROM THIS LIST IS THE 2017
 FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE. THE DESIGNER OF RECORD
 HAS NOT INDICATED TO WHICH METHOD THE PLANS WERE
 DEVELOPED. PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017
 FBC-EXISTING BUILDING CODE SECTION 301.1. ALL EXISTING
 BUILDINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH ONE OF THE METHODS LISTED
 IN SECTIONS 301.1.1 THROUGH 301.1.3AS SELECTED BY THE
 APPLICANT.
  
 2) SHEET A-1 FLOOR PLAN/ LIFE SAFETY PLAN AND SHEET
 A-2:
 2A) THIS SHEET THE SEATING PLAN IS VERY LIGHT, THE
 ACCESSIBLE SEATS, RESTROOMS, CERTAIN KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
 & THE PRINTED WORDS ON THE PLANS, EXAMPLE OFFICE, ADA
 COUNTER AND WAITING AREA, ETC. WILL NOT SHOW UP ON THE
 PLANS WHEN SCANNED FOR RECORD RETENTION.
 2017 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, CHAPTER 1 THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION
 107.2.1.3 QUALITY OF BUILDING PLANS. THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL MAY ESTABLISH THROUGH DEPARTMENTAL POLICY,
 OTHER STANDARDS FOR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, IN ORDER
 TO PROVIDE CONFORMITY TO ITS RECORD RETENTION PROGRAM.
 THIS POLICY MAY INCLUDE SUCH THINGS AS MINIMUM
 CONTRAST, CLARITY, OR OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO RECORDS
 MANAGEMENT. ELECTRONIC MEDIA MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH
 THE ARCHIVE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA STATUTES.
  
 2B) SHEET A-1 THE STOREFRONT TO THE FAR LEFT SHOWS A
 NEW SINGLE DOOR AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN EXISTING
 EXTERIOR SECTION OF WALL WHERE AS IN THE DEMO PLAN ONE
 EXTERIOR DOOR IS REMOVED THEN THE EXISTING EXTERIOR
 SECTION OF WALL. SHOULD THERE BE THE EXISTING DOOR
 (SINGLE), A NEW STOREFRONT GLAZED PANEL AND THEN THE
 EXISTING EXTERIOR SECTION OF WALL? 107.2.1.2 ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION REQUIRED, THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCREPANCY
 IN THE PLANS.
  
 2C) THE SHEET A-1 INDICATES A ADA COUNTER ALSO A WHEEL
 CHAIR POSITIONED AT THE BAR. NEITHER AREA OF THE PLANS
 SHOW A SECTION OR DETAIL MARKER TO SHOW THESE ELEMENTS
 COMPLY WITH ACCESSIBILITY. SHEET A-4 SHOWS A COUNTER
 DETAIL BUT THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO WHERE THIS COUNTER
 IS ON THE FLOOR PLAN, THE PLAN STATES THE COUNTER IS 18
 FEET 9 INCHES WHERE IS THIS COUNTER LOCATED.
 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 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.
  
 2C))(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.
  
 2C)(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.
  
 3) SHEET A-5:
 3A) SHEET A-5 SHOWS THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED NEW STORE
 FRONT ELEVATIONS. THE PLAN ALSO SHOWS WINDOW ELEVATIONS
 LABELED W01 THROUGH W05. ON THE PROPOSED STORE FRONT
 ELEVATION THERE IS NO IDENTIFIER AS TO WHERE THE WINDOW
 ELEVATION DETAILS ALIGN. IT ALMOST APPEARS CERTAIN
 WINDOW SECTIONS DO NOT BELONG IN THE STOREFRONT.
 107.2.1.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. POSSIBLE
 DISCREPANCY IN PLANS.
  
 3B) SHEET A-5 ALSO LIST THE WALL PRESSURES FOR
 COMPONENTS AND CLADDING AS +30/ -39.2 PSF. THE PLAN
 DOES NOT PROVIDE THE WIND DESIGN CRITERIA TO STATE WHAT
 THESE PRESSURES REPRESENT.
 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 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.
  
 6. 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.
  
 3C) NOTED, NO ACTION NEEDED. PLANS STATE THE STOREFRONT
 SYSTEM IS TO BE UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT.
  
 4A) SHEET M-1INDICATES EF1 AND EF-2 AS THE BATHROOM
 EXHAUST BUT SHEET M-2 SHOWS EF-1 AND EF-2 AS EXHAUST
 FOR THE HOOD. DISCREPANCY IN PLANS. 107.2.1.2.
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED.
  
 4B) SHEET M-1 WILL NEED TO SHOW AT WHAT HEIGHT THE EDGE
 OF THE ROOF IS TO SEE IF PERMANENT ACCESS IS REQUIRED
 FOR THE ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. 2017 FBC-M 306.5.
 EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES ON ROOFS OR ELEVATED
 STRUCTURES. WHERE EQUIPMENT REQUIRING ACCESS OR
 APPLIANCES ARE LOCATED ON AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE OR ROOF
 OF A BUILDING SUCH AS PERSONNEL WILL HAVE TO CLIMB
 HIGHER THAN 16 FEET ABOVE GRADE TO ACCESS SUCH
 EQUIPMENT OR APPLIANCES, AN INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR MEANS
 OF EGRESS SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 5) SHEET M-2:
 5A) SHEET M-2 HAS A GENERIC ROOF TOP DETAIL WITH A NOTE
 FOR ? INCH STAINLESS STEEL LAG SCREWS THROUGH CURB AND
 THROUGH RTU BASE RAIL. PLEASE NOTE AS DETECTED WITH THE
 LAG SCREW VERTICALLY THERE WOULD BE NO CONNECTION
 BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE CURB AND RTU BASE RAIL.
 LATERAL FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM. FOR ALL ROOF TOP
 EQUIPMENT, CURBS, FANS OR A/C STANDS, AND OR VENTS,
 DETAILED ATTACHMENT TO THE ROOF FRAMING & DECK AS WELL
 AS FROM THE CURB OR ROOF STAND TO THE EQUIPMENT ABOVE.
 2017 FBC-B 1604.4 ANALYSIS. LOAD EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL
 MEMBERS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
 METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
 EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL STABILITY, GEOMETRIC COMPATIBILITY
 AND BOTH SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MATERIAL PROPERTIES.
 EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 OVERTURNING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE LATERAL FORCES
 SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. SEE SECTION 1609 FOR WIND
 LOADS.
  
 5B) SHEET M-2 HAS A GENERIC ROOF TOP DETAIL INDICATES
 THE USE OF ? INCH STAINLESS STEEL LAG SCREWS. THE
 CONNECTION WITH LAG SCREWS WOULD BE USED IF YOU WERE
 MAKING A CONNECTION TO WOOD FRAMING MEMBERS.
 THE PLANS SHOW A BAR JOIST ROOF FRAMING, STEEL B
 DECKING, EITHER LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE OR ROOF TOP
 INSULATION BUT NO WOOD. THERE MAY BE FIRE TREATED OR
 PRESSURE TREATED FRAMING ABOVE THE METAL B DECK TO BOLT
 THE BOTTOM FLANGE OF THE EXHAUST FAN TO? ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION REQUIRED. 107.2.1.2.
  
 5C) JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE GENERIC ROOF TOP CURB
 DETAIL THE PLANS SHOW A ROOF TOP CURB, A CURB EXTENSION
 AND ROOFTOP EXHAUST FAN. THE DETAIL DOES NOT PROVIDE
 THE CONNECTION OF THE EXHAUST FAN TO THE CURB EXTENSION
 NOR THE CURB EXTENSION TO THE ROOF TOP CURB. LATERAL
 FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM. FOR ALL ROOF TOP EQUIPMENT,
 CURBS, FANS OR A/C STANDS, AND OR VENTS, DETAILED
 ATTACHMENT TO THE ROOF FRAMING & DECK AS WELL AS FROM
 THE CURB OR ROOF STAND TO THE EQUIPMENT ABOVE.
 2017 FBC-B 1604.4 ANALYSIS. LOAD EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL
 MEMBERS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
 METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
 EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL STABILITY, GEOMETRIC COMPATIBILITY
 AND BOTH SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MATERIAL PROPERTIES.
 EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 OVERTURNING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE LATERAL FORCES
 SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. SEE SECTION 1609 FOR WIND
 LOADS.
  
 6) SHEET M-3:
  
 6A) CONFLICT BETWEEN SHEET M1 AND M3. SHEET M1
 INDICATES AN EXPOSURE C WHEREAS SHEET M3 INDICATES AN
 EXPOSURE B. THE CITY INTERPRETS THE EXPOSURE AS A C
 EXPOSURE. DISCREPANCY IN PLANS. 107. 2.1.2. ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 6B) ON SHEET M-3 THERE ARE 2 DETAILS THE RTU FRAMING
 ANGLE DETAIL AND THE RTU MOUNTING DETAILS. WITHIN THE
 RTU MOUNTING DETAILS THERE IS A COMMENT STATING, ALL
 STRUCTURAL STEEL FABRICATION REQUIRED FOR THE SUPPORT
 STRUCTURE SHALL BE INSTALLED STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE SHELL STRUCTURAL
 ENGINEER. THERE ARE NO STRUCTURAL SHEETS IN THIS SET OF
 PLANS. WHO IS GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
 STRUCTURAL STEEL SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE RTU UNITS AND
 THE STEEL INFILL BETWEEN THE BAR JOIST?
 2017 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, CHAPTER 1 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION
 107.3.4. DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE.
  
 6C) SHEET M-3 SHOWS STEEL INFILL FRAMING MEMBERS SHOWS
 BOTH BOLTED AND WELDED CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING BAR
 JOIST ROOF FRAMING MEMBERS. PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE
 WITH:
 WELDED OR BOLTED CONNECTIONS
 THE CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE WELD PROCEDURE
 SPECIFICATIONS & WELDER OPERATOR PERFORMANCE
 QUALIFICATION RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCED
 STANDARDS AT TIME OF INSPECTION. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY.
 2017 FBC-B 2204.1 WELDING
 2017 FBC-B 2204.2 BOLTING.
 IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CODE REQUIREMENTS
 FOR THIS SECTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE CHIEF BUILDING
 INSPECTOR KEN CONRAD AT 561-805-6666. THANK YOU.
  
 6D) SHEET M-3 SHOWS DETAIL M ROOF TOP CONDENSING RACK
 DETAIL. THE DETAIL SHOWS THE RACK BEING BOLTED DIRECTLY
 THROUGH THE BAR JOIST. THE SIZE OF THE STAND IS 28.5X
 42 INCHES, UNLESS THE BAR JOIST ARE EITHER SPACED 28.5
 INCHES APART OR 42 INCHES APART PLEASE SUPPLY THE
 ANCHORING CONNECTION TO THE ROOF FRAMING.
 2017 FBC-B 1604.4 ANALYSIS. LOAD EFFECTS ON STRUCTURAL
 MEMBERS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
 METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
 EQUILIBRIUM, GENERAL STABILITY, GEOMETRIC COMPATIBILITY
 AND BOTH SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MATERIAL PROPERTIES.
 EVERY STRUCTURE SHALL BE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 OVERTURNING EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE LATERAL FORCES
 SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. SEE SECTION 1609 FOR WIND
 LOADS.
  
 6E) COMPONENTS & CLADDING. 2017 FBC-B, 1609.6.4.4.1
 COMPONENTS & CLADDING. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
 AFFAIRS, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 61G20-3.005, RULE 9N-3
 NOV. 01/ 2010 (31) SUB-CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS OR
 CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT
 APPROVALS:
 (31)(D) ROOFING PRODUCTS AND ASSEMBLIES, CURBS, ROOF
 TOP INTAKE & EXHAUST FANS, ROOF TOP VENTILATORS
 (G) PRE-ENGINEERED A/C STANDS
  
 6F) ROOF TOP A/C STANDS. BEFORE SUBMITTING THE PRODUCT
 APPROVAL FOR ROOF TOP A/C STANDS PLEASE HAVE THE
 PRODUCT APPROVAL REVIEWED BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD.
 PLEASE IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS CALCULATING
 THE AREA (SIDE VIEW) OF THE ROOF TOP COMPRESSORS,
 CONFIGURATION ON STAND, THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT OF THE
 STAND AND COMPRESSORS, WEIGHT, CIRCLED THE DESIGN
 PARAMETERS IN THE TABLES, ANCHORS AND UPLIFT VERSES
 MOMENT FOR THE UNIT TO THE STAND AND THE STAND TO THE
 ROOF. THE PRODUCT APPROVAL IS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD, APPROVED BEFORE SUBMISSION TO THE
 BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
  
 6G) 2017 FBC-B1509.6 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.
  
 2017 FBC-B 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.
  
  
 7) 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.
  
 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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