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| 2022-05-17 16:48:01 | WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION |
| | SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION |
| | 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. REVISION: 22021250 |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 21021446 |
| | ADD: 3114 TUXEDO AVE. |
| | CONT: S. MACDONALD CONTRACTING |
| | TEL: 561-689-8848 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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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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| | 2ND REVIEW |
| | DATE: TUES. MAY 17TH/2022 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) THE SHEET C-2 THE SITE PLAN & C3 ENLARGED SITE PLAN: |
| | 1A) A SEPARATE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR THE STRIPING OF |
| | THE PARKING LOT AND REQUIRED ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES |
| | AND ACCESS AISLES. 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION |
| | ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES. 208.3. LOCATION. |
| | PARKING SPACES COMPLYING WITH 502 THAT SERVE A |
| | PARTICULAR BUILDING OR FACILITY SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE |
| | SHORTEST ACCESSIBLE ROUTE FROM PARKING TO AN ENTRANCE |
| | COMPLYING WITH 206.4. |
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| | 1B) 2020 ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 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. |
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| | 1C) THERE IS NO DETAIL OF THE TRANSITION FROM THE |
| | SIDEWALK TO THE ACCESS AISLE SHOWING A DROPPED CURB. |
| | 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 406.5. LOCATION. |
| | CURB RAMPS AND THE FLARED SIDES OF THE CURB RAMPS SHALL |
| | NOT BE LOCATED SO THAT THEY DO NOT PROJECT INTO |
| | VEHICULAR TRAFFIC LANES, PARKING SPACES, OR PARKING |
| | ACCESS AISLES. CURB RAMPS AT MARKED CROSSINGS SHALL BE |
| | WHOLLY CONTAINS WITHIN THE MARKINGS, EXCLUDING FLARED |
| | SIDES. ALSO SEE FIGURE 406.4. LANDINGS AT THE TOP OF |
| | CURB RAMPS. |
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| | 1D) 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE, ACCESSIBLE PARKING |
| | SPACES MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF 302.1 GROUND AND |
| | FLOOR SURFACES SHALL BE STABLE, FIRM, AND SLIP |
| | RESISTANT AND SHALL COMPLY WITH 302. |
| | ADVISORY 302.1. A STABLE SURFACE IS ONE THAT REMAINS |
| | UNCHANGED BY CONTAMINANTS OR APPLIED FORCES SO THAT |
| | WHEN THE CONTAMINANT OR FORCE IS REMOVED, THE SURFACE |
| | RETURNS TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. |
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| | 1E) THE DRAWING INDEX INDICATES THERE SHOULD BE A SHEET |
| | S3.0 ATTIC FLOOR STRUCTURAL FRAMING PLAN, MISSING FROM |
| | PLAN SET. 107.2.1. 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. |
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| | 2) THE LIFE SAFETY SHEET LS1: |
| | 2A) THE LS1 SHEET AND A8 SHOW A UNISEX ACCESSIBLE |
| | BATHROOM (SHOWER). THE SHOWER IS DEPICTED AS A 3X3 FOOT |
| | MODULAR PAN SHOWER. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHOWER |
| | ENTRY IS AN EXTERIOR WALL. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE |
| | SHOWER THERE IS A WALL THAT PROJECTS OUT PAST THE |
| | SHOWER APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT. THE 3 X3 FOOT SHOWER IS |
| | CONSIDERED A TRANSFER TYPE SHOWER SEE 608.2.1 |
| | ACCESSIBILITY CODE AND REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL ONE-FOOT |
| | CLEARANCE BEYOND THE SHOWER OPENING TO BE ABLE TO |
| | TRANSFER FROM A WHEELCHAIR WHEN PARALLEL WITH THE FRONT |
| | OF THE SHOWER. SEE FIGURE 608.2.1. |
| | 2B) THE LS1 SHEET AND A8 SHOW HIGH/ LOW DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAINS. DETAILS ON SHEET A8 SHOW A SIDE VIEW OF THE |
| | LOW SIDE DRINKING FOUNTAIN AT A HEIGHT OF 2 FEET 3 |
| | INCHES FROM THE FLOOR LEVEL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE |
| | DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2020 |
| | ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 307.2 PROTRUSION LIMITS. THE |
| | LEFT-HAND SIDE DRINKING FOUNTAIN MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS |
| | FOR STANDING OCCUPANTS BUT DOES NOT AS DEPICTED MEET |
| | THE PROTRUSION LIMITS, THE BOTTOM OF THE DRINKING |
| | FOUNTAIN IS HIGHER THAN 27 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR. |
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| | 2C) NEITHER THE LS1 NOR SHEET A8 SHOW THE REQUIRED 30 X |
| | 48 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE FOR THE TRANSFER SHOWER (FIGURE |
| | 608.2.1) NOT THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN (602.2). |
| | |
| | 2D) GROUND FLOOR OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR IS TAKEN AT |
| | 1:100. THIS WAS TRUE UNDER THE 2017 FBC-BUILDING CODE. |
| | THE 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE TABLE 1004.5 FOR BUSINESS |
| | OCCUPANCY THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR CHANGED TO 150 NOT |
| | 100. PLEASE UPDATE THE PLANS. |
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| | |
| | 3) SHEET A6.0: |
| | 3A) PLEASE NOTE THE COVERSHEET LIST THIS CONSTRUCTION |
| | TYPE AS IIB NON-SPRINKLERED BUILDING. THE BUILDING |
| | SECTIONS ON SHEET A6.0 DO NOT INDICATE IF THE TRUSSED |
| | ARCH IS STEEL OR LAMINATED WOOD? THE SECTION ALSO |
| | FAILED TO DEFINE THE ROOF FRAMING MEMBERS/ PURLINS AND |
| | THE ROOF SHEATHING MATERIAL? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS |
| | REQUIRED. 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE 603.1 .1.3 ROOF |
| | CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING GIRDERS, TRUSSES FRAMING AND |
| | DECKING. ALL MUST BE FIRE RETARDANT TREATED WOOD. |
| | |
| | 3B) SECTION 2 & 3 BOTH SHOW A EXISTING CRAWL SPACE THE |
| | PLAN DOES NOT SHOW HOW THE ADDITIONAL GRAVITY LOADS |
| | PLUS STORAGE LOADS FROM THE NEW ATTIC SPACE ARE GOING |
| | TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT NEW COLUMNS OR |
| | PIERS BENEATH THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL. 107.2. 1.. 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. |
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| | 3C) THE BUILDING SECTIONS SHOWN ON THIS SHEET DO NOT |
| | INDICATE WHAT TYPE OF LIVE LOADS ARE GOING TO BE |
| | PRODUCED BY STORAGE IN THE ATTIC. TABLE 1607.1 STORAGE |
| | LIGHT IS 125 PSF, HEAVY AT 250 PSF |
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| | 3D) 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE SECTION 1603.1. THE DESIGN |
| | LOADS AND OTHER INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THE STRUCTURAL |
| | DESIGN SHALL BE INDICATED ON THE CONSTRUCTION |
| | DOCUMENTS. |
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| | 4) SHEET A8; |
| | 4A) THE ELEVATION VIEW OF THE ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS DO |
| | NOT COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRANSFER SHOWER GRAB BAR |
| | LOCATIONS NOR BACKING SEE FIGURE 603.1. |
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| | 4B) MISSING ELEVATION FOR THE TRANSFER SHOWER FOR |
| | CONTROL LOCATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH 608.5.1. |
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| | 4C) MISSING DETAIL FOR TRANSFER SHOWER SEAT IN |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH 608.4 AND BACKING FOR SEAT ALSO REVIEW |
| | 610.3. |
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| | 4D) PLEASE PROVIDE SPECS FOR THE RAINBOW ATTIC STAIRS. |
| | 107.2.1 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. |
| | |
| | 5) A TRANSMITTAL LETTER / NARRATIVE 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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| | MY WORK HOURS ARE USUALLY TUES. & WED. 7:30 AM- 4:30 PM |
| | PART-TIME/ SEMI-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. |
| | |
| | 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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