Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20011267
Permit Number 20011267
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-03-11 09:03:47CODES 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
 FAC = FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 1. FIRE ALARM, LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEMS, DAS, LIGHTNING
 PROTECTION, GENERATORS, COMMERCIAL HOOD SYSTEMS, WALK
 IN COOLERS, SIGNS, SITE LIGHTING, AND SWIMMING POOLS
 (WHERE APPLICABLE) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF
 THIS PLAN REVIEW. PROVIDE A BLOCK NOTE INDICATING THE
 REQUIRED SEPARATE PERMITS AND PLAN SUBMITTALS FOR ANY
 OF THESE SYSTEMS PRESENT. WPB FBC 105.1, 107.2.1
 2. PROVIDE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT EMERGENCY RESPONDER
 RADIO COVERAGE WILL BE SUPPLIED UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT.
 FBC 403.4.5; WPB FBC 107.2.1
 3. RISER DIAGRAM DOES NOT CONTAIN INFORMATION FOR THE
 SERVICE TO THE FIRE PUMP. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC
 215.5; WPB FBC 107.2.1
 4. PROVIDE MULTIPLE SOURCES FOR RELIABLE POWER TO THE
 FIRE PUMP. NEC 695.3(B)
 5. PROVIDE STANDBY AND EMERGENCY POWER FOR STANDBY
 POWER LOADS SPECIFIED IN FBC 403.4.8.3 AND EMERGENCY
 POWER LOADS SPECIFIED IN FBC 403.4.8.4. FBC 403.4.8
 6. RISER DIAGRAM INDICATES THAT EXCEPTION 3 TO NEC
 230.90(A) WILL BE USED FOR THE 6000 AMP DISTRIBUTION
 CENTER, BUT NO DETAILS ARE PROVIDED ABOUT THE
 OVERCURRENT PROTECTION IN THIS EQUIPMENT. THE 6 MAINS
 PERMITTED ARE REQUIRED TO BE GROUPED IN THE SAME
 LOCATION. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND/OR CORRECTIONS AS
 NEEDED. PROVIDE PANEL SCHEDULE FOR THIS DISTRIBUTION
 EQUIPMENT TO CONFIRM CODE COMPLIANCE. WPB FBC 107.2.1;
 NEC 230.90, 230.72
 7. PROVIDE NAME OF METER CENTERS ON THE METER CENTER.
 THE LOAD CALCULATION FOR EACH METER CENTER ARE SHOWN
 TOGETHER, SO IT IS UNCLEAR WHICH CALCULATION IS FOR
 WHICH METER CENTER. WPB FBC 107.2.1
 8. PROVIDE LOAD CALCULATION FOR EACH BUSWAY FEEDING THE
 METER CENTERS. WPB FBC 107.2.1; NEC 215.2, 220
 9. PROVIDE CONDUCTOR SIZE FEEDING EACH BUSWAY. WPB FBC
 107.2.1; NEC 215.2, 220
 10. PROVIDE VOLTAGE DROP CALCULATIONS FOR EACH BUSWAY.
 FBC EC C405.6.3
 11. PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL INTERIOR LIGHTING CONTROLS
 STIPULATED IN THE FBC ENERGY CODE. MANY AREAS DO NOT
 SHOW THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL REQUIRED. FBC EC C405.2,
 C405.2.1
 12. SHEET E2-04 SHOWS LIGHTING BEING INSTALLED WITHIN 5
 FEET OF THE POOL. WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF THESE FIXTURES?
 LIGHTING SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED AT A HEIGHT LESS THAN
 12 FEET WHEN WITHIN 5 FEET OF THE INSIDE WALL OF THE
 POOL. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION AND/OR CORRECTION. NEC
 680.22(B)(1)
 13. RISER DIAGRAM INDICATES AIC FAULT CURRENT IS
 ASSUMED. PROVIDE ACTUAL AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT
 CALCULATION FOR SERVICE INCLUDING INFORMATION FROM THE
 POWER COMPANY STATING WHAT THE AVAILABLE SHORT CIRCUIT
 CURRENT IS FOR THE SERVICE TO CONFIRM THE STATED AIC
 RATING OF THE SERVICE EQUIPMENT IS ADEQUATE. AS AN
 ALTERNATIVE, A BLOCK NOTE WILL BE ACCEPTED INDICATING
 THIS WILL BE A DEFERRED SUBMITTAL PROVIDED PRIOR TO
 RELEASE OF POWER. NEC 110.9, 110.10
 14. PROVIDE NOTES TO INDICATE THE REQUIRED MARKING OF
 SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOR ARC FLASH HAZARD WARNING AND
 AVAILABLE FAULT CURRENT PER CODE. NEC 110.16, 110.24
 15. PROVIDE BLOCK NOTE INDICATING COMPLIANCE: WITHIN 30
 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE, RECORD
 DRAWINGS OF THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION SHALL BE PROVIDE TO
 THE BUILDING OWNER, INCLUDING: 1. A SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM
 OF THE BUILDING ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND 2.
 FLOOR PLANS INDICATING LOCATION AND AREA SERVED FOR ALL
 DISTRIBUTION. FBC EC C405.6.4.1
 16. PROVIDE CHART OF INTERIOR LIGHTING POWER ALLOWANCES
 EXPRESSED IN WATTAGE PER THE FBC ENERGY CODE IN
 RELATION TO THE WATTAGE OF THE CONNECTED INTERIOR
 LIGHTING PROPOSED TO COMPLY WITH CODE. FOR RESIDENTIAL
 AREAS, 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. FBC EC C405.1, C405.4.2
 17. FOR POOL ROOM EQUIPMENT, PROVIDE ENCLOSURE TYPES
 DESIGNED TO PROTECT AGAINST CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENTS. NEC
 TABLE 110.28
 18. PROVIDE DETAILS OF SELECTIVE COORDINATION PER NEC
 700.28 AND 701.27.
 19. PROVIDE DETAILS OF ARC ENERGY REDUCTION PER NEC
 240.87.
  
 END OF COMMENTS.
  
 PLEASE NOTE: SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED
 MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. WHEN
 RESUBMITTING, 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.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  
  


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