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| 2020-10-13 16:31:03 | WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION |
| | SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION |
| | 2017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 20090622 |
| | ADD: 428 CLEMATIS ST. |
| | CONT: FOREMOST GENERAL CONTRACTING INC. |
| | TEL: 954-953-7991 |
| | 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: TUES. OCT. 13TH/ 2020 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) LIFE SAFETY PLAN LS1: |
| | 1A) THIS SPACE THE DESIGNER OF RECORD LABELS AS A |
| | BUSINESS OCCUPANCY. I AGREE. THE DESIGNER OF RECORD |
| | ALSO STATES THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY OR USE |
| | SINCE THE SPACE IS VACANT CURRENTLY. PLEASE NOTE THIS |
| | IS A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY. |
| | THIS TENANT SPACE WAS PART OF THE MAC FABRIC MERCANTILE |
| | STORE THE ADDRESS 426 CLEMATIS ST. WHEN SUFFOLK |
| | CONSTRUCTION CAME IN AND REMODELED THE TENANT SPACE OF |
| | 426 CLEMATIS ST. THE TENANT SEPARATION WALL WENT UP |
| | CREATING THE 428 CLEMATIS ST. IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT THE |
| | NEW TENANT SPACE CREATED AT 428 CLEMATIS WAS LEFT AS A |
| | VANILLA SHELL, BUT THE LAST KNOWN USE OCCUPATIONAL |
| | LICENSE/ BUSINESS TAX WAS MAC FABRIC. THE ADDRESS OF |
| | 426 THE BUSINESS TAX LICENSE IS FOR SUFFOLK |
| | CONSTRUCTION, THEIR OFFICE. THE 2017 EXISTING BUILDING |
| | CODE SECTION 1001.2.2.1 LIST THIS TENANT SPACE AS A |
| | PARTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY. WHERE A PORTION OF THE |
| | EXISTING BUILDING IS CHANGED. |
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| | 1B) THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR TAKEN FOR THE BUSINESS |
| | OCCUPANCY IS TAKEN AT 100 GROSS AREA. FLOOR AREA, |
| | GROSS. THE FLOOR AREA WITHIN THE INSIDE PERIMETER OF |
| | THE EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE BUILDING UNDER CONSIDERATION, |
| | EXCLUSIVE OF VENT SHAFTS AND COURTS, WITHOUT DEDUCTION |
| | FOR CORRIDORS, STAIRWAYS, CLOSETS, THE THICKNESS OF |
| | INTERIOR WALLS, COLUMNS OR OTHER FEATURES. THE FLOOR |
| | AREA OF A BUILDING, OR PORTION THEREOF, NOT PROVIDED |
| | WITH SURROUNDING EXTERIOR WALLS SHALL BE THE USABLE |
| | AREA UNDER THE HORIZONTAL PROJECTION OF THE ROOF OR |
| | FLOOR ABOVE. |
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| | 1C)(1) THE OFFICE AREA WAS TAKEN 15 GROSS. PLEASE NOTE |
| | TABLE 1004.1.2 THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR IS TAKEN AT 100 |
| | SQ. FT./ OCCUPANT. 48 SQ. FT./ 100= 1 OCCUPANT. |
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| | 1C)(2) KITCHEN AREA NOT IN YOUR CALCULATIONS IS TAKEN |
| | AT 200 GROSS (2017 FBC-B TABLE 1004.1.2) MAY VARY IN |
| | THE FIRE CODES, 8X65= 520 SQ. FT. /200= 3 OCCUPANTS. |
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| | 1C)(3) RESTROOM 61 SQ. FT./ 100= 1 OCCUPANT. |
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| | 1C)(4) STORAGE 8X10= 80 SQ. FT./ 300= 1 OCCUPANT. |
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| | 1C)(5) STANDING AND SEATING AREA 615 SQ. FT. LESS THAN |
| | 750 SQ. FT. CONSIDERED BUSINESS OCCUPANCY. 615/ 100=7 |
| | OCCUPANTS. |
| | PLEASE NOTE SHEET A2 SHOWS 15 INDOOR SEATS AND 8 |
| | SEASONAL SEATS. |
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| | 1C)(6) TOTAL OCCUPANCY 13 OCCUPANTS. BUSINESS OCCUPANCY |
| | BY THE MATH METHOD, BUT SHEET A2 SHOWS 15 SEATS + 6 |
| | FROM (BUSINESS, RESTROOM, KITCHEN, OFFICE & STORAGE) = |
| | 21 STILL LESS THAN 30 OCCUPANTS ALLOWING A SINGLE EXIT |
| | AT 100 FEET. WOULD RECOMMEND POSTING A PLACARD FOR 30 |
| | OR LESS OCCUPANTS NEAR THE EXIT. 2017 FBC-B 1004.3. |
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| | 1D) PLEASE CORRECT WITHIN THE BLOCK LABELED OCCUPANT |
| | LOAD CALCULATION THE STATEMENT READS: NUMBER OF |
| | REQUIRED EXITS 2, NUMBER OF EXITS 2. |
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| | 1E) PLEASE REVIEW IN THE 2017 FBC-B TABLE 1006.2.1 |
| | SPACES WITH ONE EXIT OR EXIT ACCESS DOORWAY, THIS TABLE |
| | IS TO BE USED ONLY AT GRADE LEVEL!!!! FOR A BUSINESS |
| | OCCUPANCY, WITHOUT SPRINKLERS, 30 OR LESS OCCUPANTS THE |
| | COMMON PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL IS 100 FT. PLEASE USE THIS |
| | LANGUAGE TO CORRECT COMMENT (1D) FOR CODE COMPLIANCE. |
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| | 2) SHEET A2 THE FLOOR PLAN SHOWS SEATING AND COUNTER |
| | SALES AREA & CASHIER BUT THE PLAN DOES NOT SHOW |
| | ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS: |
| | 2A) THE ENTRANCE NEEDS TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH: ACCESS. |
| | CODE 404.2.5. THRESHOLDS. THRESHOLDS, IF PROVIDED AT |
| | DOORWAYS, SHALL BE ? INCH HIGH MAXIMUM. RAISED |
| | THRESHOLDS AND CHANGES IN LEVEL AT DOORWAYS SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH 302 & 303. |
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| | 2B) THE ENTRANCE ALSO NEEDS TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH: |
| | ACCESS. CODE 404.2.4 MANEUVERING CLEARANCES. DOORS. |
| | MINIMUM MANEUVERING CLEARANCES AT DOORS AND GATES SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH 404.2.4. MANEUVERING CLEARANCES SHALL |
| | EXTEND THE FULL WIDTH OF THE DOORWAY AND THE REQUIRED |
| | LATCH SIDE FOR SIDE CLEARANCE. FIGURE 404.2.4.1(A). |
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| | 2C) SHEET A2 NOR THE LIFE SAFETY SHEET SHOW COMPLIANCE |
| | WITH THE 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE; |
| | 1) 226.1 WHERE DINING SURFACES ARE PROVIDED FOR THE |
| | CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR DRINK, AT LEAST 5 PERCENT OF THE |
| | SEATING SPACES AND STANDING SPACES AT THE DINING |
| | SURFACES SHALL COMPLY WITH 902. |
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| | 2D) 226.2 DISPERSION. DINING SURFACES AND WORK SURFACES |
| | REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH 902 SHALL BE DISPERSED |
| | THROUGHOUT THE SPACE OR FACILITY CONTAINING DINING |
| | SURFACES AND WORK SURFACES. |
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| | 2E) 206.2.5 206.2.5 RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS. IN |
| | RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS, AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE SHALL |
| | BE PROVIDED TO ALL DINING AREAS, INCLUDING RAISED OR |
| | SUNKEN DINING AREAS, AND OUTDOOR DINING AREAS. |
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| | 2F) 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. EXAMPLES OF WORK |
| | SURFACES INCLUDE WRITING SURFACES, STUDY CARRELS, |
| | STUDENT LABORATORY STATIONS, BABY CHANGING AND OTHER |
| | TABLES OR FIXTURES FOR PERSONAL GROOMING, COUPON |
| | COUNTERS, AND WHERE COVERED BY THE ADA SCOPING |
| | PROVISIONS, EMPLOYEE WORK STATIONS. |
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| | 2F)(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. |
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| | 2F)(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. |
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| | 2G) THE TOPS OF WORK SURFACES SHALL BE 28 INCHES (710 |
| | MM) MINIMUM AND 34 INCHES (865 MM) MAXIMUM ABOVE THE |
| | FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND. |
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| | 2H) 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. |
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| | 2I) 904.4 SALES AND SERVICE COUNTERS. SALES COUNTERS |
| | AND SERVICE COUNTERS SHALL COMPLY WITH 904.4.1 OR |
| | 904.4.2. THE ACCESSIBLE PORTION OF THE COUNTERTOP SHALL |
| | EXTEND THE SAME DEPTH AS THE SALES OR SERVICE |
| | COUNTERTOP. |
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| | 2J) (1) 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE. 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. |
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| | 2J)(2) PROTRUDING OBJECTS 307.2 PROTRUSION LIMITS |
| | 307.2. OBJECTS WITH LEADING EDGES MORE THAN 27 INCHES |
| | AND NOT MORE THAN 80 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR SHALL NOT |
| | PROTRUDE MORE THAN 4 INCHES HORIZONTALLY INTO THE |
| | CIRCULATION PATH. |
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| | 2J)(3) 602.2 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE. A CLEAR FLOOR SPACE |
| | COMPLYING WITH 305, POSITIONED FOR A FORWARD APPROACH, |
| | AND KNEE AND TOE CLEARANCE COMPLYING WITH 306 SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED. |
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| | 2K) EXISTING RESTROOM ELEVATIONS DO NOT PROVIDE WALL |
| | FINISHES. 2017 FBC-B 1210.2.2. WALLS & PARTITIONS. THIS |
| | COMMENT IS A RESULT OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL |
| | INTERPRETATION. IN RESTROOMS EPOXY PAINT IS NO LONGER |
| | CONSIDERED A SMOOTH HARD, NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. WALLS |
| | & PARTITIONS WITHIN 2 FEET OF SERVICE SINKS, URINALS, |
| | AND WATER CLOSETS SHALL HAVE A SMOOTH, HARD, |
| | NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE TO A HEIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 4 |
| | FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR, EXCEPT FOR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, |
| | THE MATERIAL USED IN SUCH WALLS SHALL BE OF A TYPE THAT |
| | IS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY MOISTURE. |
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| | 2K)(1) FBC-B2509.1. WET AREAS. SHOWERS AND PUBLIC |
| | TOILET WALLS SHALL COMPLY WITH 1210.2. |
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| | 2K)(2) FBC-B1210.2. FINISH MATERIALS. WALLS, FLOORS AND |
| | PARTITIONS IN TOILET AND BATHROOMS SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | SECTIONS 1210.1 THROUGH 1210.4. |
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| | 2L) PLEASE REVIEW THE DIMENSIONING HEIGHT OF GRAB BARS, |
| | NOT CENTERLINE. 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. |
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| | 2M) TOILET PAPER DISPENSERS. 604.7. THE TOILET PAPER |
| | DISPENSER SHALL COMPLY WITH 309.4 AND SHALL BE 7 INCHES |
| | MINIMUM TO 9 INCHES MAXIMUM IN FRONT OF THE WATER |
| | CLOSET MEASURED TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE DISPENSER. |
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| | 2N) 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. |
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| | 3) 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. |
| | |
| | PLEASE NOTE WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THIS |
| | REVIEW, SUBSEQUENT REMARKS MAYBE MADE IN THE NEXT |
| | REVIEW CYCLE. |
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| | PLEASE NOTE WE ARE WORKING FROM HOME BECAUSE OF COVID |
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| | 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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