Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20120964
Permit Number 20120964
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2021-09-07 15:27:44WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 20120964
 ADD: 1301 BELVEDERE RD.
 CONT: OCC CONSTRUCTION LLC
 TEL: 561-281-0454
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2020 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2020 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 2020 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: TUES. SEPT. 07/2021
 ACTION: DENIED
 1) THE LS-101 GROUND FLOOR LIFE SAFETY PLAN, A-102 &
 A-102A DOES NOT SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017
 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE.
  
 1A) 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.
  
 1B) 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.
  
 1C) 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 HIGH TOPS, AND OUTDOOR DINING
 AREAS.
  
 1D) 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,
 HIGH TOPS, 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 WORKSTATIONS.
  
 1E)(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.
  
 1F)(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.
  
 1G) BUFFET AREA ROOM 131 DOES NOT SHOW COMPLIANCE THE
 2017 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 904.5 FOOD SERVICE LINES.
 SECTIONS 904.5.1 THROUGH 904.6.
  
 1H) THE RECEPTION AREA IT MAY APPEAR THERE MAYBE A
 DROPPED PORTION OF THE DESK WITH SIDE APPROACH. IF SIDE
 APPROACH NOT INDICATED AS A SIDE APPROACH. CHECK
 WRITING SURFACES. 2017 ACCESS. CODE 904.3.3 CHECK
 WRITING SURFACES. WHERE PROVIDED, CHECK WRITING
 SURFACES SHALL COMPLY WITH 902.3HEIGHT.
 THE TOPS OF WORK SURFACES SHALL BE 28 INCHES MINIMUM
 AND 34 INCHES MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND.
 HOW 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.
 904.4 SERVICE COUNTERS. 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.
  
 2A) SHEET LS-102 2NSD FLOOR LIFE SAFETY PLAN. 107.3.5
 MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA
 2020 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2020 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION: 107.3.5 MINIMUM PLAN
 REVIEW CRITERIA FOR BUILDINGS AND OR STRUCTURES.
 107.3.5.1 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
 107.3.5.1.1. BUILDING
 MISSING CODE DATA:
 LIFE SAFETY PLANS SHALL DETERMINE AND SHALL INCLUDE THE
 FOLLOWING:
 CODE DATA/ BUILDING DATA
 OCCUPANCY GROUP
 OCCUPANT LOAD AND EGRESS CAPACITIES
 GROSS OR NET
 MEANS OF EGRESS EXIT ACCESS
 EXIT
 EXIT DISCHARGE
  
 2B)(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.
  
 2B)(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.
  
 2B)(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.
  
 2B)(4) SPOUT OUTLETS/ DRINKING FOUNTAINS. 2017 ACCESS.
 CODE. SPOUT OUTLETS SHALL COMPLY WITH:
 602.4 SPOUT HEIGHT. 36 INCHES MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH
 FLOOR OR GROUND FOR WHEELCHAIR BOUND INDIVIDUALS.
 602.7 SPOUT HEIGHT FOR THE STANDING PERSONS SHALL BE
 BETWEEN 38 TO 43 INCHES ABOVE FINISH FLOOR.
  
 3) AS-101 NOTE# 3 INDICATES RESEAL AND RESTRIPE PARKING
 LOT. PROVIDE THE TOTAL PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE. SHOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2017 FBC-ACCESS. CODE TABLE 208.2
 MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES.
  
 3A) 2017 ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 502.2 VEHICLE
 SPACES. EACH PARKING SPACE MUST BE AT LEAST 12 FEET
 WIDE, SHALL BE MARKED TO DEFINE THE WIDTH, AND SHALL
 HAVE AN ADJACENT ACCESS AISLE COMPLYING WITH 502.3.
 ADVISORY 502.3.3MARKING THE METHOD AND MARKING OF COLOR
 OF MARKING ARE NOT SPECIFIED BY THESE REQUIREMENTS BUT
 MAY BE ADDRESSED BY STATE OR LOCAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS.
 WEST PALM MUNI-CODE ARTICLE XV PARKING DETAIL, 94-485
 ILLUSTRATES WITH MEASUREMENTS FOR DOUBLE STRIPE STALL
 PAINTING.
  
 3B) 502.4 ACCESS AISLE & PARKING SPACE SAME LEVEL/
 502.4, FLOOR AND GROUND SURFACES. PARKING SPACES AND
 THE ACCESS AISLES SERVING THEM SHALL COMPLY WITH 302.
 ACCESS AISLES SHALL BE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE PARKING
 SPACES THEY SERVE.
 CHANGES IN LEVEL ARE NOT PERMITTED. EXCEPTION: SLOPES
 NOT GREATER THAN 1:48 SHALL BE PERMITTED.
  
 4) AS-101A POOL DECK. 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.
  
 5A ) SHEET A-102 THE FITNESS ROOM 107 SHOWS THE USE OF
 A WATER COOLER RATHER THAN DRINKING FOUNTAINS. 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.
  
 5B) 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.
  
 5C) 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.
  
 5D) SPOUT OUTLETS/ DRINKING FOUNTAINS. 2017 ACCESS.
 CODE. SPOUT OUTLETS SHALL COMPLY WITH:
 602.4 SPOUT HEIGHT. 36 INCHES MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH
 FLOOR OR GROUND FOR WHEELCHAIR BOUND INDIVIDUALS.
 602.7 SPOUT HEIGHT FOR THE STANDING PERSONS SHALL BE
 BETWEEN 38 TO 43 INCHES ABOVE FINISH FLOOR.
  
 5E) 211.3 MORE THAN MINIMUM NUMBER. WHERE MORE THAN THE
 MINIMUM NUMBER OF DRINKING FOUNTAINS SPECIFIED IN
 211.2ARE PROVIDED, 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
 DRINKING FOUNTAINS PROVIDED SHALL COMPLY WITH 602.1
 THROUGH 602.6 AND 50 PERCENT SHALL OF THE TOTAL NUMBER
 OF DRINKING FOUNTAINS PROVIDED SHALL COMPLY WITH 602.7.
  
 6) NEW COMMENT 11/09/2021 TO ADDRESS THE DESIGNER OF
 RECORD E-MAIL. FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION:
 DISPROPORTIONATE COST 202.4.1. PLEASE REVIEW HOW YOU
 ARE TO MEET DISPROPORTIONATE COST. EITHER THE
 CONTRACTOR OR THE DESIGNER OF RECORD ON THEIR
 LETTERHEAD NEED TO SHOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND UP
 TO THE 20% ($585,000.00 X 0.20= $117,000.00 UP TO)
 DISPROPORTIONATE FUNDS LISTED FOR EACH ELEMENT WHERE
 THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT AND IN THE ORDER LISTED IN
 SECTION 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST OF THE 2020
 ACCESSIBILITY CODE.
  
 202.4.1. DISPROPORTIONATE COST. ALTERATIONS MADE TO
 PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED
 AREA WILL BE DEEMED DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL
 ALTERATION WHEN THE COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE
 ALTERATION TO THE PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COST THAT MAY
 BE COUNTED AS EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN
 ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COST
 ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN
 ACCESSIBLE ROUT TO THE ALTERED AREA; (II) COST
 ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS
 INSTALLING GRAB BARS, ENLARGING TOILET STALLS,
 INSULATING PIPES, OR INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET
 CONTROLS; (III) COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING
 ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE
 TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION
 DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV)
 COST ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING AN ACCESSIBLE DRINKING
 FOUNTAIN.
  
  
  
 7) 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.
  
  
 MONDAY AUGUST 02ND/ 2021 ALL PLANS EXAMINERS WILL BE
 WORKING FROM CITY HALL.
 MY WORK HOURS ARE USUALLY TUES. & WED. 7:30 AM- 4:30 PM
 PART-TIME/ RETIRED.
  
 IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK WITH A PLANS EXAMINER BEFORE I GET
 BACK INTO THE OFFICE CALL
 (561)805-6700 AND ASK FOR THE PLANS EXAMINER ON-CALL.
 THANK YOU.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, SFP, CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 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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