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| 2022-07-13 09:55:40 | PLAN REVIEW BUILDING |
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| | CHRISTOPHER S. THROOP, C.B.O., CFM |
| | PLANS EXAMINER II PX3169/SFP306 |
| | BU1635 BN4338 |
| | ASFPM CFM US-21-11935 |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | (561) 805-6726 |
| | [email protected] |
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| | CODES IN EFFECT: |
| | 2020 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 7TH EDITION W/2017 WEST |
| | PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, |
| | CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION |
| | NFPA 70 2017 EDITION NEC 2017 |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
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| | RESULTS: DENIED |
| | ADDRESS THE ATTACHED COMMENTS AND RE-SUBMIT |
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| | NOTICE: POTENTIAL SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT (S/I). SURVEY |
| | REQUIRED TO DETERMINE IF EXISTING STRUCTURE OR PROPOSED |
| | ADDITION ENCROACHES INTO FLOOD ZONE. |
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| | 1.THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD |
| | AREA (SFHA). THE FLOOD ZONE DESIGNATION FOR THIS SITE |
| | IS AE WITH A BASE FLOOD ELEVATION (BFE) OF 6'0" NAVD. |
| | THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH (THROUGH ORDINANCE NO. |
| | 4729-17) REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL 24 INCHES OF FREEBOARD. |
| | THE DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION (DFE) SHALL BE AT OR ABOVE |
| | 8?0? NAVD. |
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| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA ORDINANCE NO. 4729-17 |
| | SECTION 4: THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IS HEREBY AMENDED AT |
| | CHAPTER 18, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS, ARTICLE |
| | II, BUILDING CODE, TO ADD SECTION 18-33, TECHNICAL |
| | AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL, WHICH |
| | SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: |
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| | SEC. 18-33 - TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA BUILDING |
| | CODE, RESIDENTIAL. |
| | R322.2.1 ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS. |
| | 1. BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS NOT |
| | DESIGNATED AS COASTAL A ZONES SHALL HAVE THE LOWEST |
| | FLOORS ELEVATED TO OR ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION |
| | PLUS TWO FEET OR THE DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION, WHICHEVER |
| | IS HIGHER. |
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| | 2.PROVIDE A COPY OF THE MOST RECENT BOUNDY LINE SURVEY. |
| | 107.2 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS |
| | SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS107.2.1 THROUGH |
| | 107.2.5. |
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| | 3. PROVIDE A SITE DRAINAGE PLAN PER FBC R401.3 |
| | IT SHALL BE DRAWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACCURATE AND |
| | INCLUDED BOUNDARY LINE SURVEY. |
| | FBC R401.3 SITE DRAINAGE |
| | SURFACE DRAINAGE SHALL BE DIVERTED TO A STORM SEWER |
| | CONVEYANCE OR OTHER APPROVED POINT OF COLLECTION THAT |
| | DOES NOT CREATE A HAZARD. |
| | LOTS SHALL BE GRADED TO DRAIN SURFACE WATER AWAY FROM |
| | FOUNDATION WALLS. THE GRADE SHALL FALL A MINIMUM OF 6 |
| | INCHES WITHIN THE FIRST 10 FEET. |
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| | 4. PROVIDE A SOILS REPORT. |
| | R401.4 SOIL TESTS. |
| | WHERE QUANTIFIABLE DATA CREATED BY ACCEPTED SOIL |
| | SCIENCE METHODOLOGIES INDICATE EXPANSIVE, COMPRESSIBLE, |
| | SHIFTING OR OTHER QUESTIONABLE SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ARE |
| | LIKELY TO BE PRESENT, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL SHALL |
| | DETERMINE WHETHER TO REQUIRE A SOIL TEST TO DETERMINE |
| | THE SOILS CHARACTERISTICS AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION. |
| | THIS TEST SHALL BE DONE BY AN APPROVED AGENCY USING AN |
| | APPROVED METHOD. |
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| | 5. PROVIDE THE PRODUCT APPROVALS FOR THOSE PRODUCTS |
| | WHICH ARE REGULATED BY FAC RULE 9N-3 REVIEWED AND |
| | APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD. FBC |
| | 107.3.4, |
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| | DEFERRAL OPTION: |
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| | 107.3.4.1 DEFERRED SUBMITTALS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS |
| | SECTION, DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE |
| | PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN THAT ARE NOT SUBMITTED AT THE |
| | TIME OF THE APPLICATION AND THAT ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO |
| | THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD. |
| | DEFERRAL OF ANY SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL HAVE THE PRIOR |
| | APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. THE REGISTERED |
| | DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE SHALL LIST |
| | THE DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ON |
| | THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW BY THE BUILDING |
| | OFFICIAL. |
| | DOCUMENTS FOR DEFERRED SUBMITTAL ITEMS SHALL BE |
| | SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL IN |
| | RESPONSIBLE CHARGE WHO SHALL REVIEW THEM AND FORWARD |
| | THEM TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH A NOTATION |
| | INDICATING THAT THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE |
| | BEEN REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE TO |
| | THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. THE DEFERRED SUBMITTAL |
| | ITEMS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED UNTIL THE DEFERRED |
| | SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUILDING |
| | OFFICIAL. |
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| | 6.PROVIDE A ROOF SHEATHING FASTENER SCHEDULE PER THE |
| | CALCULATED DESIGN PRESSURES. |
| | TABLE R301.2.1.2 WINDBORNE DEBRIS PROTECTION FASTENING |
| | SCHEDULE FOR WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS. |
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| | PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED |
| | MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. |
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| | WHEN RESUBMITING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE |
| | LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY |
| | RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. |
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