Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 21091170
Permit Number 21091170
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2022-03-01 07:58:44WEST 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
  
 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: MON. DEC. 27TH/ 2021
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 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.
  
 2) COMPLIED.
  
 2A) COMPLIED.
  
 2B) 2ND REQUEST. MEETING ROOMS 110A & B BOTH AE MISSING
 EXIT LIGHTS SHOWING THE MEANS OF EGRESS TO AN EXIT.
 SECONDLY TO GET TO THE MEETING ROOM 110A YOU WILL NEED
 TO GO THROUGH ROOM 110B, THIS CAN BE COMPLETED IF EXITS
 LIGHT IS SHOWN IN ROOM !!0 A. THIS ACCORDION WALL WOULD
 NEED TO BECOME A PANEL WALL SYSTEM FOR A MAN DOOR TO
 OCCUR. 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE 1016.2 EGRESS THROUGH
 INTERVENING SPACES. THE 2ND ISSUE IS THE ISSUE OF
 EXITING THROUGH EXTERIOR SERVICE YARD, SEE SECTION
 1016.2.5.
 1ST ROUND COMMENT. MEETING ROOM 110A AND PREP AREA,
 KITCHEN SHOW EXITING THROUGH TO THE SERVICE YARD 120,
 YOU CANNOT EXIT THROUGH A KITCHEN SUPPLY ROOMS OR AREAS
 USED FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES. SEE SECTION 1016.2.5.
  
 2C) 2ND REQUEST. MEETING ROOM 110A PLEASE SHOW PATH OF
 TRAVEL TO THE RESTROOMS. PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE
 RESTROOMS CAN NOT GO THROUGH THE PREP AREA. THE PREP
 AREA IS TO BE USED ONLY FOR THE BACK OF HOUSE STAFF
 ONLY.
  
 2020 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1.
 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. 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.
  
 2020FBC-B 1016.2 .5. EGRESS THROUGH INTERVENING SPACES.
  
  
  
 2D-E) COMPLIED.
  
  
 3A-B) COMPLIED.
  
 3C)2ND REQUEST. THE CORRIDOR 101 MAY HAVE A OCCUPANT
 LOAD OF 45, THERE HAS BEEN NO IDENTIFICATION OF WHAT
 EXITING ROOMS 110 A& B WILL USE, AGAIN THESE ROOMS
 CANNOT EXIT THROUGH THE KITCHEN PREP AREA MEANING THEY
 HAVE TO USE THE CORRIDOR 101 TO GAIN ACCESS TO ONE OF
 THE 2 EXIT DIRECTIONAL LIGHTS SHOWN ON THE LIFE SAFETY
 PLAN.
  
 1ST ROUND OF COMMENTS.
 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.
  
 3D) 2ND REQUEST. 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.
  
 3)SEMI-COMPLIED.
 3A) THE FLOOR PLAN SHOWS 6 ACCESSIBLE SEATS WHEREAS THE
 OCCUPANT LOAD IS SHOW AS 194 X 0.05= 9.7 OR 10
 ACCESSIBLE SEATS REQUIRED.
  
 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.
  
 4B) SEMI-COMPLIED, NEEDS MORE ACCESSIBLE SEATING. 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.
  
 4C) SEMI-COMPLIED. SEE 4D. 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.
  
 4D) A ACCESSIBLE BAR, THERE ARE NOTES 1 & 2 ON THE
 PLANS FOE CLEAR FLOOR SPACE AND COUNTER TOPS BUT SAYING
 THIS WILL BE COMPLETED DOES NOT SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE.
 SHEET A4.2 DETAIL A1 SHOWS A FLIP UP ACCESSIBLE PORTION
 OF THE BAR, THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED AN ACCESSIBLE
 ELEMENT. THE PATRON ONLY NEEDS TO WHEEL UP IN THEIR
 WHEELCHAIR FOR THE BAR TO BE CONSIDERED ACCESSIBLE.
  
 2020 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1.
 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 "CODE SECTIONS 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.
  
 1SR ROUND OF COMMENTS. 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.
  
 4E)(1) SEMI-COMPLIED. NEED ADDITIONAL ACCESSIBLE SEATS
 IN ROOM 107. 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.
  
 4E)(2) 2ND REQUEST. PLEASE NOTE STATING THE OWNER IS
 GOING TO PURCHASE THE FURNITURE DOES NOT RELINQUISH THE
 DESIGNER OF RECORD SHOWING CODE COMPLIANCE UNDER THE
 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE NOR THE FEDRAL ADA WHERE
 LAWSUITS ARE FILED PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS!!!!!
 1ST ROUND OF COMMENTS. 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.
  
 5) COMPLIED.
  
 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.
  
 PLEASE NOTE WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THIS
 REVIEW, SUBSEQUENT REMARKS MAYBE MADE IN THE NEXT
 REVIEW CYCLE.
  
  
 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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