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| 2021-12-27 13:14:31 | WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION |
| | SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION |
| | 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 21091170 |
| | ADD: 1900 PALM BEACH LAKES BLVD. |
| | CONT: CONKLING & LEWIS |
| | TEL: 561-833-4441 |
| | E-MAIL: KLEWIS@CONKLING AND LEWIS.COM |
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| | 2020 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2020 WEST PALM BEACH |
| | AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| | ADMINISTRATION |
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| | 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. |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | DATE: MON. DEC. 27TH/ 2021 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE THE FURNITURE |
| | LAYOUT FOR THE ROOM 104 THE CONFERENCE ROOM NOR THE |
| | DIMENSIONS TO DETERMINE THE OCCUPANT LOAD. SHEET G1-1 |
| | AREA OF WORK SHOWS THE SQ. FT. OF AREA PER ROOM BUT NOT |
| | THE OCCUPANT LOAD, NOR THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR. 2020 |
| | FBC-BUILDING TABLE 1005.4. |
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| | 2) THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE THE FURNITURE |
| | LAYOUT FOR THE ROOM 110 A & B THE MEETING ROOM NOR THE |
| | DIMENSIONS TO DETERMINE THE OCCUPANT LOAD. SHEET G1-1 |
| | AREA OF WORK SHOWS THE SQ. FT. OF AREA 332SQ. FT. BUT |
| | NOT THE OCCUPANT LOAD, NOR THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR. |
| | 2020 FBC-BUILDING TABLE 1005.4. |
| | STANDING 332/5 = 67 OCCUPANTS, CHAIRS 332/7= 48 WITH |
| | THE MOST RESTRICTIVE USE THE OCCUPANT LOAD WOULD BE |
| | OVER 50 REQUIRING THE DOORS TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION |
| | OF EXIT TRAVEL. 1010.1.2.1. |
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| | 2A) MEETING ROOMS 110A & 100B THE COMBINED OCCUPANT |
| | LOADS OF BOTH ROOMS IS OVER 30 WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE |
| | CORRIDOR OUTSIDE ROOM 110 A TO BE A 1 HOUR FIRE RATED |
| | CORRIDOR. WHEN YOU TAKE THE OCCUPANT LOAD OF ROOM 110A |
| | AND THE ROOMS 121 PREP AREA, STORAGE 119, MECH. 118, |
| | STORAGE 117 AND DISHWASHING ROOM 121 THE TOTAL AREA, |
| | THE OCCUPANT LOAD IS OVER 30 REQUIRING A FIRE RATED |
| | CORRIDOR, THE OTHER ISSUE IS YOU CAN NOT EXIT THROUGH A |
| | KITCHEN SUPPLY ROOMS OR AREAS USED FOR SIMILAR |
| | PURPOSES. SEE SECTION 1016.2.5. |
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| | 2B) MEETING ROOM 110A AND PREP AREA, KITCHEN SHOW |
| | EXITING THROUGH TO THE SERVICE YARD 120, YOU CAN NOT |
| | EXIT THROUGH A KITCHEN SUPPLY ROOMS OR AREAS USED FOR |
| | SIMILAR PURPOSES. SEE SECTION 1016.2.5. |
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| | 2C) MEETING ROOM 110A PLEASE SHOW PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE |
| | RESTROOMS. 107.2.1.2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS |
| | REQUIRED. |
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| | 2D) WILL THIS BANQUET HALL EVER BE RENTED OUT? WILL THE |
| | BUILDING EVER BE RENTED TO MORE THAN ONE PARTY AT THE |
| | SAME TIME, ANOTHER WORDS MULTIPLE MEETING AND OR |
| | PARTIES BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE? |
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| | 2E) DOORS 120A & 120B SHEET A6.0 INDICATE EXISTING, MAG |
| | LOCK, MOTION, REQUEST TO EXIT, RELEASE CARD, THESE |
| | DOORS NOW WITH THE RECONFIGURE OF SPACE AND USE NEED TO |
| | HAVE COMPLIANCE WITH 2020 FBC-BUILDING SECTION |
| | 1010.1.10 PANIC AND FIRE EXIT HARDWARE. |
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| | 3) THE LIFE SAFETY PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE THE FURNITURE |
| | LAYOUT FOR THE ROOM 108 THE BAR ROOM THE PLAN INDICATES |
| | AN OCCUPANT LOAD OF 35. SHEET G1-1 AREA OF WORK SHOWS |
| | THE SQ. FT. OF AREA PER ROOM AT 756 SQ. FT. AND |
| | OCCUPANT LOAD OF 35. THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR IS NOT |
| | GIVEN PER 2020 FBC-BUILDING TABLE 1005.4. |
| | PLEASE NOTE ROOM 108 (BAR) SHOULD HAVE THE OCCUPANT |
| | LOAD BROKEN UP TO BAR TAKEN AT 5 SQ. FT. STANDING / |
| | OCCUPANT, 15 SQ. FT. TABLE AND CHAIRS & BACK OF BAR @ |
| | 200. IF THE OCCUPANT LOAD, THEN IS 50 AND OVER THE 2 |
| | EGRESS DOORS WILL NEED TO ALSO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH: |
| | 2020 FBC-BUILDING SECTION 1010.1.2.1 WHEN THE OCCUPANT |
| | LOAD WOULD BE 50 OR MORE THE DOORS TO SWING IN THE |
| | DIRECTION OF EXIT TRAVEL. PLEASE SHOW 2 MEANS OF |
| | EGRESS. |
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| | 3A) PLEASE NOTE THE BANQUET HALL ROOM 107 NO WORK |
| | OCCURRING AS SHOWN. ASSUMING DOOR 107A THE DOOR SET IS |
| | 72 INCHES WIDE YOU CAN NOT TAKE 360 OCCUPANT LOAD. YOU |
| | MUST TAKE THE REDUCED OPENING OF 70 INCHES DOOR STOPS |
| | DOORS SWING 180 DEGREES GIVING YOU A OCCUPANT LOAD OF |
| | 340. THE SAME WITH DOOR 107B A REDUCED OPENING OF 34 |
| | INCHES AND OCCUPANT LOAD OF 170. EVEN THOUGH NO WORK IS |
| | SHOWN FOR THIS ROOM IF THE DOUBLE DOORS 107A CAN NOT BE |
| | USED (FIRE) PART OF THE OCCUPANT LOAD WOULD NEED TO BE |
| | DIRECTED TO THE FRONT ENTRY DOORS. THE ISSUE WOULD BE |
| | DOOR 101 WOULD NEED TO BE IN THE DIRECTION OF EGRESS |
| | TRAVEL. THE FRONT ENTRY DOOR 101 IS SHOWN ON THIS PLAN |
| | AS THE ENTRY LOBBY. 2020 FBC-B 1005.5. |
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| | 3B) DOOR 101 WILL NEED TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION OF |
| | EGRESS TRAVEL TOWARD THE FRONT ENTRANCE. 2020 |
| | FBC-BUILDING SECTION 1010.1.2.1 WHEN THE OCCUPANT LOAD |
| | WOULD BE 50 OR MORE THE DOORS TO SWING IN THE DIRECTION |
| | OF EXIT TRAVEL. |
| | 3C) THE RECONFIGURATION OF CORRIDOR 101 WITH AN |
| | OCCUPANT LOAD OF OVER 30 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY REQUIRES |
| | THE CORRIDOR AND OPENING PROTECTIVES TO BE IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE TABLE |
| | 1020.1, SECTION 1020.1 CONSTRUCTION AND TABLE 716.5. |
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| | 3D) THE RECONFIGURATION OF CORRIDOR 101 WITH AN |
| | OCCUPANT LOAD OF OVER 30 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY REQUIRES |
| | THE CORRIDOR TO BE 1-HOUR FIRE RATED AS PER SECTION & |
| | TABLE 1020.1. SHEET M2-0 DOES NOT SHOW FIRE DAMPERS IN |
| | EITHER THE WALLS OR CEILING. SEE SECTION 1020.5 AIR |
| | MOVEMENT IN CORRIDORS, ALSO SECTION 717.5.4.1 |
| | CORRIDORS. |
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| | 4) THE LIFE SAFETY SHEET DOES NOT SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | THE 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE. |
| | 3A) 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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| | 4B) 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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| | 4C) 206.2.5 206.2.5 RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS. IN |
| | RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS, AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE SHALL |
| | BE PROVIDED TO ALL DINING AREAS, BARS, INCLUDING RAISED |
| | OR SUNKEN DINING AREAS, AND OUTDOOR DINING AREAS. |
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| | 4D) 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 WORKSTATIONS. |
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| | 4E)(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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| | 4E)(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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| | 5) SHEET A1.1 INDICATES THERE IS TO BE A NEW |
| | RETRACTABLE WALL MOUNTED STAGE, REFER TO STRUCTURAL |
| | DRAWINGS? WHERE. PLEASE PROVIDE FOR THE RETRACTABLE |
| | STAGE HOW VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY IS GOING TO BE |
| | ACHIEVED. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2020 |
| | FBC-ACCESSIBILITY SECTION 201.1.1 VERTICAL |
| | ACCESSIBILITY. |
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| | 6) 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. |
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| | PLEASE NOTE WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THIS |
| | REVIEW, SUBSEQUENT REMARKS MAYBE MADE IN THE NEXT |
| | REVIEW CYCLE. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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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