Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20040228
Permit Number 20040228
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-04-16 08:06:38PLAN
 REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 1ST REVIEW: FBC SIXTH EDITION (2017)
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) THIS POOL APPEARS TO BE AN AMENITY OF A RESIDENTIAL
 GROUP R OCCUPANCY AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY THE
 2017 FBC ACCESSIBILITY. SHOW HOW THE NEW POOL WILL
 COMPLY WITH FBC ACCESSIBILITY SECTION 242.2 SWIMMING
 POOLS.
 AT LEAST TWO ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF ENTRY SHALL BE
 PROVIDED FOR SWIMMING POOLS. ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF ENTRY
 SHALL BE SWIMMING POOL LIFTS COMPLYING WITH 1009.2;
 SLOPED ENTRIES COMPLYING WITH 1009.3; TRANSFER WALLS
 COMPLYING WITH 1009.4; TRANSFER SYSTEMS COMPLYING WITH
 1009.5; AND POOL STAIRS COMPLYING WITH 1009.6. AT LEAST
 ONE ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF ENTRY PROVIDED SHALL COMPLY
 WITH 1009.2 OR 1009.3.
  
 EXCEPTIONS:
  
 1. WHERE A SWIMMING POOL HAS LESS THAN 300 LINEAR FEET
 (91 M) OF SWIMMING POOL WALL, NO MORE THAN ONE
 ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF ENTRY SHALL BE REQUIRED PROVIDED
 THAT THE ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF ENTRY IS A SWIMMING POOL
 LIFT COMPLYING WITH 1009.2 OR SLOPED ENTRY COMPLYING
 WITH 1009.3.
  
 2. WAVE ACTION POOLS, LEISURE RIVERS, SAND BOTTOM
 POOLS, AND OTHER POOLS WHERE USER ACCESS IS LIMITED TO
 ONE AREA SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MORE THAN ONE
 ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF ENTRY PROVIDED THAT THE ACCESSIBLE
 MEANS OF ENTRY IS A SWIMMING POOL LIFT COMPLYING WITH
 1009.2, A SLOPED ENTRY COMPLYING WITH 1009.3, OR A
 TRANSFER SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH 1009.5.
  
 3. CATCH POOLS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN
 ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF ENTRY PROVIDED THAT THE CATCH POOL
 EDGE IS ON AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE.
  
 ADVISORY 242.2 SWIMMING POOLS. WHERE MORE THAN ONE
 MEANS OF ACCESS IS PROVIDED INTO THE WATER, IT IS
 RECOMMENDED THAT THE MEANS BE DIFFERENT. PROVIDING
 DIFFERENT MEANS OF ACCESS WILL BETTER SERVE THE VARYING
 NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN GETTING INTO AND
 OUT OF A SWIMMING POOL. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT
 WHERE TWO OR MORE MEANS OF ACCESS ARE PROVIDED, THEY
 NOT BE PROVIDED IN THE SAME LOCATION IN THE POOL.
 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WILL PROVIDE INCREASED OPTIONS FOR
 ENTRY AND EXIT, ESPECIALLY IN LARGER POOLS.
 ADVISORY 242.2 SWIMMING POOLS EXCEPTION 1. POOL WALLS
 AT DIVING AREAS AND AREAS ALONG POOL WALLS WHERE THERE
 IS NO POOL ENTRY BECAUSE OF LANDSCAPING OR ADJACENT
 STRUCTURES ARE TO BE COUNTED WHEN DETERMINING THE
 NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF ENTRY REQUIRED.
  
 2) SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY SECTION
 206 ACCESSIBLE ROUTES.
 206.1 GENERAL.
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 206 AND SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 4.
  
 206.2.2 WITHIN A SITE.
 AT LEAST ONE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE SHALL CONNECT ACCESSIBLE
 BUILDINGS, ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES, ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS,
 AND ACCESSIBLE SPACES THAT ARE ON THE SAME SITE.
  
  
 COMMUNITY POOLS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A PRIVATE
 RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT RECEIVE GOVERNMENTAL
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR SPONSORSHIP AND ARE LIMITED TO
 THE EXCLUSIVE OF RESIDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS ARE NOT
 COVERED BY THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS,
 INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR POOL LIFTS OR SLOPED ENTRIES.
 IF A SWIMMING POOL LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR RENTAL OR USE IT IS
 REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH TITLE II OF THE ADA. SPECIFY ON
 THE PLANS THE FORMER OR SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE LATTER
 STATEMENTS. SEE DECLARATORY STATEMENT, DS 2013-011.
  
 NOTE: ALTHOUGH THE POOL MAY NOT HAVE TO APPLY WITH THE
 FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY CODE, IT WILL STILL NEED NEED TO
 COMPLY WITH FAIR HOUSING.
  
 2) PORTIONS OF THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN A SPECIAL
 FLOOD HAZARD AREA, "AE" WITH A BFE OF 14.1'
 NAVD(INCLUDING THE CITY'S 2 FOOT FREEBOARD). ALL OF THE
 POOL EQUIPMENT LOCATED IN THE SFHA IS REQUIRED TO BE
 LOCATED ABOVE THE BFE OR BE FLOOD PROOFED.
  
 3) WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A
 RESPONSE LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE
 CITY RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE INSERT
 CORRECTED PLAN SHEETS INTO THE SETS, REMOVE THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS AND MARK VOID ON THEM, AND
 KEEP THEM WITH THE SUBMITTALS.
  
  
  
  


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