Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22050840
Permit Number 22050840
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2022-11-08 14:18:09WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 22050840
 ADD: 4393 WINDSOR AVE.
 CONT: MASTER PLAN INC. HOLD: 4X FEE/ WORK WITHOUT
 PERMIT
 TEL: 954-328-3153
 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.
  
 2ND REVIEW
 DATE: TUES. NOV.08TH/ 2022
 ACTION: DENIED
 SHEET A-1 SITE PLAN & NOTES, RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF
 MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS R-2, TYPE V-B CONSTRUCTION, FIRE
 SPRINKLERS, FIRE ALARM, SMOKE DETECTORS.
  
 SHEET A-3 NOTE # 2 INDICATES VINYL PLANK FLOORING TO BE
 INSTALLED DIRECT ADHESIVE TO EXISTING CONCRETE FLOORS.
 THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE 1ST FLOOR UNITS, BUT
 BUILDING 106 DOES HAVE A 2ND FLOOR. IS THE 2ND FLOOR
 LEVEL HAVE WOOD FLOOR TRUSSES SINCE IT IS LABELED TYPE
 V-B CONSTRUCTION?
 TYPE III-TYPE V CONSTRUCTION:
 1A) FBC-B 2017 1207.3 STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND.
 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS OR
 BETWEEN A DWELLING UNIT AND A PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREA
 WITHIN THE STRUCTURE SHALL HAVE AN IMPACT INSULATION
 CLASS (IIC) RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD
 TESTED) WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 492.
  
 1B) FBC-B 2017 1207.2 AIR-BORNE SOUND. WALLS,
 PARTITIONS AND FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING
 DWELLING UNITS FROM EACH OTHER OR FROM PUBLIC OR
 SERVICE AREAS SHALL HAVE A SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS
 (STC) OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD TESTED) FOR
 AIR-BORNE NOISE WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E
 90.
  
 1C) FBC-B 804.4.4.1 SOFT FLOOR FINISHES (LVT/ LPT OR
 LAMINATED OR ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORING) WITHIN TENANT
 SPACE. INTERIOR FLOOR COVERING MATERIALS SHALL COMPLY
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COC FF-1 ???PILL TEST???
 (CPSC 16 CFR PART 1630) OR WITH ASTM D2859.
 LVT & LPT LUXURY VINYL TILE. FLOOR FINISH
 CLASSIFICATION AS REQUIRED IN SECTION 804.2
 CLASSIFICATION AND 804.3 TESTING AND IDENTIFICATION OF
 THE 2020 FBC-B. 804.2 & 804.3/ ASTM E648 OR NFPA 253
 FLAME SPREAD INDEX. A COMPARATIVE MEASURE, EXPRESSED AS
 A DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER, DERIVED FROM VISUAL
 MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPREAD OF FLAME VERSUS TIME FOR A
 MATERIAL TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 OR UL 723.
  
  
 2) THE PLANS ARE SILENT AS TO WHAT FIRE RATING IS TO BE
 MAINTAINED (PATCHED DRYWALL) BETWEEN TENANT SEPARATION
 WALLS, AND FLOOR CEILING ASSEMBLIES REVIEW SECTIONS
 420.2 & 420.3 SEPARATION WALLS & HORIZONTAL SEPARATION.
 THEY WILL REFER YOU TO 708.3 SEE EXCEPTION # 2. WE DO
 NOT KNOW WHAT TYPE OF FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLED.
  
 3) 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. PLEASE NOTE WITH THE LACK OF
 INFORMATION FOR THIS REVIEW, SUBSEQUENT REMARKS MAYBE
 MADE IN THE NEXT REVIEW CYCLE.
  
  
 MY WORK HOURS ARE USUALLY TUES. & WED. 7:30 AM- 4:30 PM
 PART-TIME/ SEMI-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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