Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22050891
Permit Number 22050891
Review Stop P
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2022-12-06 17:37:232ND REVIEW FBC-2017 PLUMBING
 PERMIT- 22050891
 12/2/2022
  
 CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC P- FLORIDA PLUMBING CODE 6TH EDITION 2017
 FBC ACC- FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY CODE 6TH EDITION 2017
 FBC EC- FLORIDA ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE 6TH EDITION
 2017
 FS- FLORIDA STATUTES
 FAC- FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 WPB- WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED. FAILED COMMENTS FROM THE
 1ST REVIEW ARE LISTED BELOW WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES.
  
 1) FAILED. THE REQUESTED PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE
 POTABLE WATER BACKFLOW PREVENTER AND THE SAND
 INTERCEPTOR WERE NOT PROVIDED.
  
 THE SUBMITTED PLUMBING PLANS FOR THE BUILDING WILL NOT
 BE APPROVED UNTIL PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE BACKFLOW
 AND INTERCEPTOR HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. YOU CAN SUBMIT AN
 APPLICATION TBD (TO BE DETERMINED) IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A
 CONTRACTOR SELECTED BY EMAILING A COMPLETED PERMIT
 APPLICATION TO [email protected]. YOU WILL
 RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO PAY FEES AND UPLOAD PLANS. YOU
 MAY UPLOAD PLANS AND PAY FEES AT A FUTURE DATE, BUT THE
 APPLICATION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. WE RECOMMEND THAT
 YOU PAY FEES AND UPLOAD PLANS AT THE SAME TIME. AFTER
 YOU HAVE THE PERMIT GENERATED, NOTIFY ME VIA EMAIL AND
 I WILL CHANGE THE REVIEW STATUS TO PASS.
  
 2) FAILED. NO CORRECTIONS WERE MADE TO SHOW POOL
 WASTEWATER IN THE POOL EQUIPMENT ROOM VIA THE FLOOR
 DRAINS WILL BE DECHLORINATED AND DISCHARGED INTO THE
 CITY STORMWARTER SYSTEM- SEC. 90-205(1) WPB CODE OF
 ORDINANCES.
  
  
 3) FAILED. PLUMBING FIXTURE CALCULATIONS- SHEETS LS100,
 LS101, LS2102, LS103, LS104, P SHEETS. CONCERNING THE
 REQUIRED NUMBER OF PLUMBING FIXTURES FOR LEVELS 3 & 4
 WHICH ARE NOW GROUPED TOGETHER IN THE CALCULATION
 TABLES, THE ARCHITECT'S NARRATIVE RESPONSE CITES SEC.
 403.3.3 OF THE FBC- P. "THE REQUIRED PUBLIC AND
 EMPLOYEE TOILET FACILITIES SHALL BE LOCATED NOT MORE
 THAN ONE STORY ABOVE OR BELOW THE SPACE REQUIRED TO BE
 PROVIDED WITH TOILET FACILITIES". THIS SECTION DOES NOT
 APPEAR TO APPLY TO THE POOL DECK AND AMENITY AREAS
 WHICH THE ARCHITECT STATES IN THE NARRATIVE ARE
 "NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE SPACES". CONCERNING THE LEVEL 4
 POOL AND AMENITY BATHROOMS, THE ARCHITECT STATES "PER
 EXCEPTION B ADDITIONAL FIXTURES ARE LOCATED INSIDE THE
 BUILDING". IT APPEARS THE EXCEPTION BEING CITED IS THE
 EXCEPTION UNDER SEC. 454.1.6.1.1 FBC B WHICH IS COPIED
 HERE FOR CLARITY.
  
 EXCEPTION: WHEN A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL MEETS ALL OF THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
 1. THE POOL SERVES ONLY A DESIGNATED GROUP OF DWELLING
 UNITS,
 2. THE POOL IS NOT FOR THE USE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
 AND
 3. A BUILDING PROVIDES SANITARY FACILITIES;
 THE FIXTURE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUILDING SHALL BE
 DETERMINED AND IF IT EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENT IN TABLE
 454.1.6.1 THEN THE BUILDING REQUIREMENT SHALL REGULATE
 THE FIXTURE COUNT, OTHERWISE THE FIXTURE COUNT SHALL BE
 BASED ON THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE POOL. UNDER NO
 CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE FIXTURE COUNTS BE CUMULATIVE.
 AN ADDITIONAL SET OF FIXTURES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE
 MEN'S RESTROOM FOR EVERY 7,500 SQUARE FEET OR MAJOR
 FRACTION THEREOF FOR POOLS GREATER THAN 10,000 SQUARE
 FEET.
 WOMEN'S RESTROOMS SHALL HAVE A RATIO OF THREE TO TWO
 WATER CLOSETS PROVIDED FOR WOMEN AS THE COMBINED TOTAL
 OF WATER CLOSETS AND URINALS PROVIDED FOR MEN.
 LAVATORY COUNTS SHALL BE EQUAL.
  
 BASED ON THIS EXCEPTION IT APPEARS THE ARCHITECT IS
 CHOOSING THE BUILDING REQUIREMENT TO REGULATE THE
 FIXTURE COUNT WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE HOWEVER THE EXCEPTION
 ALSO REQUIRES THE THREE TO TWO WATER CLOSET RATIO FOR
 WOMEN IN THE RESTROOMS. PLEASE REVISE THE PLANS
 ACCORDINGLY.
 A SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO LABEL THE BATHROOMS BY THE
 POOL AS POOL BATHROOMS FOR MALE AND FEMALE AND SHOW
 SEPARATE CALCULATIONS FOR THE POOL (NOTE: THE CALCS
 ASSUME A DECK AREA THREE TIMES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF
 THE POOL). CALCULATIONS WOULD THEN HAVE TO SHOW THE TWO
 REMAINING UNISEX RESTROOMS WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE
 REMAINING ASSEMBLY OCCUPANT LOAD ON THE FLOOR.
  
 CONCERNING THE POOL BATHROOMS PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING
 REQUIREMENTS.
  
 A) SEC. 403.6.1 FBC P: POOL BATHROOMS FOR FEMALE USE
 SHALL HAVE A RATIO OF THREE TO TWO WATER CLOSETS
 PROVIDED AS THE COMBINED TOTAL OF WATER CLOSETS AND
 URINALS PROVIDED FOR MALE USE.
  
 B) SEC. 454.1.6.1.1 FBC B REQUIRES EACH BATHROOM TO
 CONTAIN A DIAPER CHANGING STATION- SEC. 454.1.6.1.1.
  
 C) SEC. 454.1.6.1.3 FBC B REQUIRES EACH BATHROOM TO
 CONTAIN A FLOOR DRAIN- SEC. 454.1.6.1.3.
  
 D) SEC. 454.1.6.1.4 REQUIRES A HOSE BIB WITH A VACUUM
 BREAKER TO BE INSTALLED WITHIN 25 FT. OF EACH BATHROOM.
  
 4) A408 DETAIL 2- FBC ACC COMPLIANCES
 A) PROVIDE THE SHOWER DIMENSIONS AND OPENING WIDTHS-
 SEC. 608.2.3
 B) SHOW THE 30X60-INCH CLEAR FLOOR APPROACH SPACES AT
 THE SHOWERS- SEC. 608.2.2.1.
 C) SHOW THE SHOWER GRAB BAR LENGTHS AND MOUNTING
 HEIGHTS- SECS. 608.3.3 & 609.4. PLEASE NOTE THE DETAILS
 ON SHEET A810 ARE NOT COMPLIANT FOR THE ALTERNATE-TYPE
 SHOWERS SHOWN ON THE PLAN.
 D) SHOW THE SHOWER CONTROL LOCATIONS- SEC. 608.5.3.
 PLEASE NOTE THE DETAILS ON SHEET A810 ARE NOT COMPLIANT
 FOR THE ALTERNATE-TYPE SHOWERS SHOWN ON THE PLAN.
  
 5) A408 DETAIL 2: PROVIDE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE
 STANDARD WATER CLOSET COMPARTMENTS- WIDTHS AND DEPTHS-
 SEC. 405.3.1 FBC P.
  
 6) A408 DETAIL 4: THE DOORS ARE SWINGING INTO THE CLEAR
 FLOOR SPACES FOR THE LAVATORIES AND THE 30X48 CLEAR
 FLOOR SPACE WHICH SHOULD BE LOCATED BEYOND THE ARC OF
 THE DOOR- SEC. 603.2.3 EXCEPTION 2 FBC ACC.
  
 7) A408 DETAIL 4: SHOW THE CLEAR FLOOR SPACE DIAGRAMS
 AND DIMENSIONS POSITIONED FOR A FORWARD APPROACH TO THE
 LAVATORIES- SEC. 606.2 FBC ACC. PARALLEL APPROACHES TO
 ACCESSIBLE LAVATORIES ARE NOT ALLOWED.
  
 8) SHEETS A600- A-611, & A640- A645, A660- A665,
 A670-A681 & A810: IN RESPONSE TO THE PREVIOUS COMMENT
 REQUESTING THE DESIGN INTENTION FOR THE DWELLING UNITS
 THE ARCHITECT STATES IN THE NARRATIVE- "DRAWINGS
 ILLUSTRATE FHA REQUIREMENTS". HOWEVER NO DESIGN
 STANDARD IS INDICATED ON THE PLAN. PLEASE NOTE THERE
 ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT COMPLIANCE PATHS THAT WILL PROVIDE
 SAFE HARBOR FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS
 INDICATED IN THE FAIR HOUSING DESIGN ACT MANUAL. SINCE
 MOST OF THE UNITS FLOOR PLANS SHOWN ARE LABELED AS TYPE
 B IT APPEARS THAT THE DESIGN STANDARD USED IS THE
 ICC/ANSI A117.1. TYPE B UNITS ARE SPECIFIED IN SEC.
 1001.1 OF THE ANSI STANDARD. SEC. 1001.1 REFERS TO SEC.
 1002.11.2 WHICH STATES A MINIMUM OF ONE BATHROOM SHALL
 HAVE FIXTURES INSTALLATIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECS.
 603- 610. LOOKING AT THE CLEAR FLOOR SPACE OUTLINES FOR
 THE FIXTURES SHOWN ON THE PLANS IT APPEARS MANY OF THE
 BATHROOMS WILL NOT COMPLY AS TYPE B, BUT RATHER AS TYPE
 A BECAUSE THE FIXTURE CLEARANCES SHOWN DO NOT PROVIDE
 THE GREATER ACCESS PROVIDED UNDER TYPE B. AS STATED IN
 THE FIRST REVIEW A COMPLETE FHA REVIEW CANNOT BE
 COMPLETED WITHOUT THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CLEAR FLOOR
 SPACES WHICH STILL HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED.
  
  
 9) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #13, NEW SHEETS P360, P361,
 362 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED PER THE ENGINEER'S NARRATIVE
 AND ALSO DETAIL 13.
 A) P360: CORRECT THE NOTE AT THE TOP OF THE RISER TO
 INDICATE P361 FOR CONTINUATION- SEC. 107.2.1 WPB.
 B) P360, P361, P362: MANY OF THE VENT SIZES ARE NOT
 SHOWN INCLUDING THE STACK VENTS ON P362, AND FOR
 CLARITY PLEASE EXTEND THE SOME OF BLUE LINES
 REPRESENTING VENTS ON P360 A LITTLE HIGHER SO THEY CAN
 BE LOCATED EASIER- SEC. 107.2.1 WPB.
 C) P360, P361, P362: VENT STACKS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE
 DRAINAGE STACKS THAT HAVE FIVE BRANCH INTERVALS OR
 MORE. PLEASE SHOW THESE VENTS IN BLUE LINES
 CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE POINTS OF CONNECTIONS AT OR BELOW
 THE LOWEST HORIZONTAL BRANCH, AND WHERE THEY ARE
 CONNECTING TO THE BUILDING DRAIN, SHOW THE CONNECTIONS
 DOWNSTREAM OF THE DRAINAGE STACK WITHIN A DISTANCE OF
 10 TIMES THE DIAMETER OF THE STACK- SEC. 904.4 FBC P.
 IF NOT ABLE TO SHOW THE RUNS PLEASE LABEL THEM AS VENT
 STACKS.
 D) P362: THIS SHEET IS TITLED PH1 TO ROOF, BUT IT SHOWS
 CONTINUATIONS FROM P361 WHICH WOULD INDICATE LEVEL 7 TO
 ROOF. PLEASE CORRECT.
 E) P360, P361, & P362: PLEASE LABEL THE WASTE STACKS
 FOR WASHING MACHINES AND SINKS TO VERIFY THERE ARE NOT
 OFFSETS BETWEEN THE LOWEST FIXTURE DRAIN AND CONNECTION
 AND HIGHEST DRAIN CONNECTION- SEC.913.2 FBC P.
 F) P361 & P362: PLEASE LABEL THE RELIEF VENT LOCATIONS
 AND WHICH FLOOR INTERVALS THEY ARE LOCATED AT. SHOW THE
 VENT SIZES, AND FOR CLARITY, SHOW THE VENT RUNS
 CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE LOWER AND UPPER POINTS OF
 CONNECTIONS- SEC. 908.2 FBC P.
 G) I WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATED DETAIL 13.
  
 10) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #18, NEW SHEETS P220, P221,
 & P222 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. PLEASE SHOW THE DW RISER
 NUMBERS ON SHEET P222 AS THEY ARE SHOWN ON P220 & P221.
  
 11) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #21 THE ENGINEER REFERENCES
 NOTES 41 & 43 ON SHEET P001, HOWEVER THE LAVATORY
 DETAIL 10 ON P501 DOES NOT SHOW THE TEMPERED WATER
 MIXING VALVE. PLEASE REVISE THE DETAIL TO SHOW THE
 LOCATION OF THE VALVE AND PIPING CONNECTIONS. PLEASE
 NOTE A DEDICATED FULL OPEN SHUTOFF VALVE IS REQUIRED
 FOR THE COLD WATER LINE TO THE POINT OF USE WATER
 HEATER- SEC. 503.1 FBC P.
  
 12) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #25 A DOUBLE CHECK VALVE
 BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY IS SPECIFIED FOR THE MAKEUP WATER
 LINE TO THE COOLING TOWERS, HOWEVER AN RPZ IS REQUIRED
 PER SEC. E TABLE 1.1 WPB UTILITIES CROSS-CONNECTION
 MANUAL. PLEASE CORRECT THE NOTE AND ADD THE MAKE AND
 MODEL OF THE ASSEMBLY TO THE BACKFLOW SCHEDULE ON P504.
  
 13) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #26, WATER HAMMER ARRESTORS
 ARE PROVIDED FOR THE WASHING MACHINE SUPPLY LINES
 HOWEVER NOT PROVIDED FOR THE ICE MAKER AND DISHWASHER
 LINES- SEC. 604.9 FBC P.
  
 14) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #29 THE ENGINEER REFERENCES
 SHEET P329 FOR THE SANITARY PLAN AND RISER WHICH ARE
 NOT SHOWN ON THE PLAN- SECS. 107.2.1 & 107.3.5.1.3 WPB.
  
 15) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #29 THE SANITARY RISERS AND
 LAYOUT PLANS WERE NOT PROVIDED FOR THE DWELLING UNIT
 PLANS ON P333- P340- SEC. 107.2.1 & 107.3.5.1.3 WPB.
  
 16) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS 30-32 STORM DRAINAGE AREA
 PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
  
 A) SHEET P402: IT APPEARS SECONDARY OR OVERFLOW DRAINS
 HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED IN AREAS L1- L8 WHERE THERE THE
 SIZING TABLE SHOWS VERTICAL WALL CALCULATIONS- SEC.
 1108.1 FBC P.
  
 B) SHEET P404: IT APPEARS SECONDARY OR OVERFLOW DRAINS
 HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED IN AREAS T8, T9, T29, T30, T43,
 T44, T45, & T46 WHERE THE SIZING TABLE SHOWS VERTICAL
 WALL CALCULATIONS- SEC. 1108.1 FBC P. SECONDARY DRAINS
 ARE SHOWN ON THE PLANS IN OTHER AREAS NOT HAVING
 VERTICAL WALL CALCULATIONS SUCH AS T3, T4, T5 ETC.
 PLEASE CLARIFY.
  
 17) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #32 A GREASE WASTE LINE HAS
 BEEN ADDED ON SHEET P104C. PLEASE SHOW THE NEW LINE
 CONNECTION ON SHEET P101C- SEC. 107.2.1 WPB. PLEASE
 REVISE THE GREASE WASTE CALCULATIONS ON SHEET P505-
 SEC. 1003.3.4 FBC P.
  
 18) IN RESPONSE TO COMMENT #33 DRAINS HAVE BEEN
 PROVIDED IN THE STEAM ROOMS, HOWEVER THE PLAN DOES NOT
 SHOW DRAINS IN THE SHOWERS- SEC. 417.3 FBC P. PLEASE
 PROVIDE A SHOWER PAN DETAIL- SEC. 417.5.2.
  
 19) IN REPONSE TO COMMENT #33 STEAM GENERATOR SPEC
 SHEETS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED INDICATING THE UNITS ARE
 EQUIPPED WITH 3/4-INCH SAFETY VALVES REQUIRING INDIRECT
 WASTE PIPES AND WASTE RECEPTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE
 DETAILS- SEC. 107.2.1 WPB.
  
 20) NO RESPONSE WAS MADE TO COMMENT #36 COPIED HERE.
 P101B: AN OIL INTERCEPTOR MAY BE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE
 THE DRAINAGE FROM THE TRASH COMPACTOR FOR SEPARATION
 AND DISPOSAL. PLEASE SUBMIT MANUFACTURER'S
 SPECIFICATIONS FOR REVIEW- SEC. 1003.4 FBC P.
  
  
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RE-SUBMITTAL FORM.
  
 CHRISTOPHER L. COLE
 MECHANICAL/PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER
 401 CLEMATIS STREET
 WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
 561-805-6719
 [email protected]
  


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