Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20050837
Permit Number 20050837
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-06-14 10:29:162017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 20050837
 ADD: 2600 S. DIXIE HWY. / SUITE: D
 CONT: SEACOAST CONSTRUCTION
 TEL: 786-433-8740
 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: SUN. JUNE 14TH/ 2020
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) THE COVERSHEET:
  
 1A) THE PROJECT INFORMATION LIST THE PRIMARY OCCUPANCY
 AS BUSINESS WHEREAS UNDER THE HEADING OCCUPANT
 INFORMATION THE OCCUPANCY TYPE IS LISTED AS RESIDENCE.
 THERE IS A DISCREPANCY IN THE OCCUPANCY TYPE IN THE
 PLANS PLEASE CORRECT. 107.2.1.2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 IS REQUIRED. FOR THIS REVIEW PURPOSES THE PLAN WILL BE
 VIEWED AS A BUSINESS OCCUPANCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 2017 FBC-B SECTION 304.1.
  
 1B) UNDER BOTH HEADINGS TENANT INFORMATION AND OCCUPANT
 INFORMATION BOTH LIST 2,335 SQ. FT./ 23 OCCUPANTS.
 PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ALWAYS ROUND UP TO THE NEXT FULL
 OCCUPANTS, THERE ARE PARTS OF OCCUPANTS. SEE THE 2017
 FBC-B TABLE 1004.1.2, THE 2015 IBC COMMENTARY AND
 FLORIDA BUILDINGS CODE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR
 INTERPRETATIONS.
  
 2) THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN.
 2A) AN OVERALL DIMENSION IS NOT GIVEN FOR THE INTERIOR
 TENANT SPACE FOR WIDTH NOR THE LENGTH OF THE TENANT
 OFFICE SPACE. 107.2.1.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS
 REQUIRED.
  
 2B) UNDER TENANT INFORMATION THE PLANS STATE ONLY ONE
 EXIT IS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE LOW OCCUPANT LOAD BUT
 THE PLANS FAIL TO EXAMINE THE PLAN FOR COMMON PATH OF
 TRAVEL WITH A SPACE WITH ONE EXIT DOORWAY. PLEASE
 REVIEW 1006.2.1 THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE BUILDING IS
 NOT GIVEN NOR THE DISTANCE FROM THE REMOTE POINT
 FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE EXIT SEE LIFE SAFETY PLAN. THE
 WAY THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN SHOWS COMMON PATH OF TRAVEL TO
 2 EXITS THEN TWO EXITS ARE REQUIRED. THE LIFE SAFETY
 PLAN ALSO SHOWS 2 EXIT SIGNS ONE AT EACH EXIT.
  
 2C) PLEASE PROVIDE A SITE PLAN FOR THIS TENANT SPACE
 INCLUDING WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS LOCATED IN REGARDS
 TO THE OUTSWING DOORS. 2017 FBC-B 3202.2 DOORS AND
 WINDOWS SHALL NOT OPEN OR PROJECT INTO THE PUBLIC
 RIGHT?OF?WAY.
  
 2D) THE NOTE A STATES THE RECEPTION DESK IS TO BE
 SELECTED BY THE OWNER, SEE ELEVATIONS. THE SHEET A3.0
 DETAIL 8 SHOWS AN ELEVATION VIEW WITH THE TOP OF THE
 COUNTER AT 42 INCHES, SHEET ID 2.0 DETAIL 2 DOES SHOW A
 DROPPED SERVICE COUTER AT A HEIGHT OF 2 FEET 10 INCHES,
 34 INCHES, WHAT NONE OF THE PLANS SHOW IS A CLEAR FLOOR
 SPACE.
 SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACCESS. CODE 305.5 POSITION.
 UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE
 SHALL BE POSITIONED FOR EITHER A FORWARD OR PARALLEL
 APPROACH TO AN ELEMENT.
  
 2E) TREATMENT ROOM # 3 NOTE M INDICATES A NEW ROOF TOP
 UNIT (RTU), THE MECHANICAL SHEET IS SILENT TO IF THERE
 IS AN EXISTING HOLE THROUGH THE ROOF SYSTEM WITH CURB?
 NO DETAILS A TO HOW TO ANCHOR THE CURB TO THE EXISTING
 BAR JOIST, INFILL STEEL ANGLES FOR THE NEW WHOLE, IF
 ADDITIONAL BRACING OF THE BAR JOIST IS REQUIRED FOR
 POINT LOADING, NOR THE ANCHORING OF THE RTU TO THE
 CURB?
  
 2E)(1) 2017 FBC-M- 301.15 WIND RESISTANCE. MECHANICAL
 EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES AND SUPPORTS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO
 WIND SHALL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED TO RESIST THE WIND
 PRESSURES DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
 FBC-B-1609.6.4.4.1 COMPONENTS AND CLADDING. WIND
 PRESSURE FOR EACH COMPONENT OR CLADDING ELEMENT IS TO
 BE DESIGNED FOR WIND PRESSURES COMPONENTS AND
 ATTACHMENTS.
  
 2E)(2) 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.
  
 2E)(3)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.
  
 2E)(4) 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 THE ROOF OF A
 BUILDING SUCH THAT PERSONNEL WILL HAVE TO CLIMB HIGHER
 THAN 16 FEET (4877 MM) ABOVE GRADE TO ACCESS SUCH
 EQUIPMENT OR APPLIANCES, AN INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR MEANS
 OF ACCESS SHALL BE PROVIDED. SUCH ACCESS SHALL NOT
 REQUIRE CLIMBING OVER OBSTRUCTIONS GREATER THAN 30
 INCHES (762 MM) IN HEIGHT OR WALKING ON ROOFS HAVING A
 SLOPE GREATER THAN 4 UNITS VERTICAL IN 12 UNITS
 HORIZONTAL (33-PERCENT SLOPE). SUCH ACCESS SHALL NOT
 REQUIRE THE USE OF PORTABLE LADDERS. WHERE ACCESS
 INVOLVES CLIMBING OVER PARAPET WALLS, THE HEIGHT SHALL
 BE MEASURED TO THE TOP OF THE PARAPET WALL.
  
 2E)(5) WELDED OR BOLTED CONNECTIONS. BRACING REQUIRED
 FOR NEW ROOF TOP HOLE IN THE B-DECK AND RE-ENFORCING OF
 BAR JOIST.
 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. THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION WILL BE REQUIRED.
 2017 FBC-B 2204.1 WELDING
 1. WELD PROCEDURES SPECIFICATIONS
 2. QUALIFICATIONS OF WELDING PERSONAL
 2017 FBC-B 2204.2 BOLTING.
 IF FURTHER CLARIFICATION AND OR QUESTIONS IS REQUIRED
 PLEASE CONTACT THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR KEN CONRAD
 AT 561-805-6666.
  
 2E)(6) 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, ROOF TOP CURBS
  
 2F) WITH THE ADDITION OF NEW RTU ON THE ROOF TOP IN
 THIS REVIEW THERE WAS NO WIND DESIGN NOR PRESSURES
 PROVIDED. 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. ASCE 7-10 TABLE 30.3.1.
  
 4. APPLICABLE INTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENT.
  
 5. DESIGN WIND PRESSURES TO BE USED FOR EXTERIOR
 COMPONENTS AND CLADDING MATERIALS 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.
  
 3) SHEET A3.0 ADA REQUIREMENTS:
 3A) DETAIL # 3 MAKES REFERENCE TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE CHAPTER 11. PLEASE REFER TO THE 2017 FBC-B CHAPTER
 11 1102-1111 ARE RESERVED. UNDER THE 2017
 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE IT IS A SEPARATE CODE BOOK JUST
 LIKE THE ENERGY CODE, AND EXISTING BUILDING CODE PLEASE
 UPDATE PLANS TO THE CURRENT 2017 CYCLE. 107.2.1.2
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 3B) DETAIL # 4 NOTES THAT THE TOILET ROOM WATER CLOSET
 SHALL COMPLY WITH FBC SECTIONS 11-4.16.1 THRU.6 . AGAIN
 PLEASE UPDATE YOUR CODE SECTIONS TO THE 2017
 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE.
 2017 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1.
 W.P.B. ADMINISTRATIVE CODE/2017 DRAWINGS &
 SPECIFICATIONS SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION, IN THE FORM
 OF NOTES OR OTHERWISE, AS TO THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS,
 WHERE QUALITY IS ESSENTIAL TO CONFORMITY WITH THE
 TECHNICAL CODES. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE SPECIFIC TO
 THE TECHNICAL CODES "SHALL NOT BE CITED AS A WHOLE OR
 IN PART, NOR THE TERM "LEGAL" OR ITS EQUIVALENT BE USED
 AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION". CONSTRUCTION
 DOCUMENTS SHALL BE SUFFICIENT CLARITY TO INDICATE THE
 LOCATION, NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE WORK PROPOSED AND
 SHOW IN DETAIL THAT IT WILL CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS CODE AND RELEVANT LAWS, ORDINANCES, RULES AND
 REGULATIONS, AS DETERMINED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
  
 3C) DETAIL # 6 THE GRAB BARS ARE MEASURED WRONG. 2017
 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 609.4 POSITION OF GRAB
 BARS. GRAB BARS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN A HORIZONTAL
 POSITION, 33 INCHES MINIMUM AND 36 INCHES MAXIMUM ABOVE
 THE FINISH FLOOR MEASURED TO THE TOP OF THE GRIPPING
 SURFACE, NOT CENTERLINE.
  
 3D) DETAIL # 6 MIRROR IS MEASURED AS STATED FROM THE
 BOTTOM OF THE MIRROR. NO REFLECTIVE SURFACE. 603.3
 MIRRORS. 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE. MIRRORS LOCATED
 ABOVE LAVATORIES OR COUNTERTOPS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH
 THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE REFLECTING SURFACE 40 INCHES
 MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND.
  
 3E) THE PLANS DO NOT SHOW THE ELEVATION OF THE HIGH/
 LOW DRINKING FOUNTAIN NOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 ACCESSIBILITY CODE 307.2 PROTRUSION LIMITS. OBJECTS
 WITH LEADING EDGES MORE THAN 27 INCHES AND NOT MORE
 THAN 80 INCHES ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR SHALL PROTRUDE 4
 INCHES OR LESS MAXIMUM HORIZONTALLY INTO THE
 CIRCULATION PATH. SKIRTS MAYBE REQUIRED TO BE APPLIED
 TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
  
 3F) THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN NEEDS TO 606.2 CLEAR FLOOR
 SPACE FOR THE BREAK ROOM SINK.. A CLEAR FLOOR SPACE
 COMPLYING WITH 305, POSITIONED FOR A FORWARD APPROACH,
 AND KNEE AND TOE CLEARANCE COMPLYING WITH 306 SHALL BE
 PROVIDED, SEE EXCEPTIONS ALSO, BUT SHOW THE REQUIRED
 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE ON THE FLOOR PLAN.
  
 4) 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.
  
 A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PLANS COULD NOT HAPPEN SINCE
 THERE WAS A GREAT DEFICIENCY IN PLANS AND REQUIRED
 DOCUMENTATION. WITH THE NEXT PLAN REVIEW CYCLE THERE
 MAYBE ADDITIONAL REVIEW COMMENTS BECAUSE OF NEW PLANS
 AND INFORMATION LACKING UNDER THE PRIOR REVIEW.
  
 PLEASE NOTE WE ARE WORKING FROM HOME BECAUSE OF COVID
 19 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME, MY CELL NUMBER IS
 561-718-9724.
 JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, SFP, 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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