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| 2022-11-14 13:26:09 | WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION |
| | SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION |
| | 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | W. P. B. PERMIT: 22061262 |
| | ADD: 1911 N TAMARIND AVE |
| | CONT: BELACRIS CONSTRUCTION |
| | TEL: 305-244-0277 |
| | 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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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | DATE: MON. NOV. 14TH/ 2022 |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) PLEASE ADDRESS THE ADDRESSING CONCERNS BEING THIS |
| | PROPERTY IS A CORNER PROPERTY WITH MULTIPLE PROPOSED |
| | TENANTS AND USES. 2020 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO |
| | THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION |
| | 107.2.1 INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. |
| | CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SHALL BE OF SUFFICIENT CLARITY |
| | TO INDICATE THE LOCATION, NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE WORK |
| | PROPOSED |
| | 2) PLEASE REVIEW THE SUBMITTED (UPLOADED) PLAN AND |
| | LABELING. EXAMPLE THE UPLOADED LIFE SAFETY PLAN IS |
| | ACTUALLY THE M1-0 PLAN. THE E-1.0 IS ACTUALLY |
| | ELEVATIONS. . A-3.0 IS LABELED THE ELEVATIONS BUT IS |
| | ACTUALLY E-1.0, ETC??? |
| | DISCREPANCY IN PLANS. 107.2.1 INFORMATION ON |
| | CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SHALL BE |
| | OF SUFFICIENT CLARITY TO INDICATE THE LOCATION, NATURE |
| | AND EXTENT OF THE WORK PROPOSED. |
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| | 3) THERE IS NO EXISTING FLOOR PLAN SHEET A-2.0 SHOWS |
| | THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN WITH THE PROPOSED BEDROOMS 3 & |
| | 4 WHAT WERE THESE AREAS PREVIOUSLY USED AS? WITH THE |
| | NEW PROPOSED USE, THE PROPERTY LINE IS LISTED AS 2FEET |
| | 2 INCHES. THE 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE TABLE 602 |
| | FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERIOR WALLS |
| | BASED ON DISTANCE & TABLE 705.8 MAXIMUM AREA OF |
| | EXTERIOR WALL OPENINGS BASED ON FIRE SEPARATION |
| | DISTANCE AND DEGREE OF OPENING PROTECTION. THIS SAME |
| | WALL THE SURVEY SHOWS APPROXIMATELY 9 FEET FROM THE |
| | PROPERTY LINE, WHY THE DISCREPANCY? |
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| | 4) SHEET A-2.0 SHOWS ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING NINE |
| | FEET EIGHT INCHES TO THE PROPERTY LINE WHEREAS THE |
| | SURVEY INDICATES 5.4 FEET AND 5.2 FEET. THE 2020 |
| | FBC-BUILDING CODE TABLE 602 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING |
| | REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERIOR WALLS BASED ON DISTANCE & |
| | TABLE 705.8 MAXIMUM AREA OF EXTERIOR WALL OPENINGS |
| | BASED ON FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE AND DEGREE OF OPENING |
| | PROTECTION. THIS SAME WALL THE SURVEY SHOWS |
| | APPROXIMATELY 9 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, WHY THE |
| | DISCREPANCY? |
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| | 5) SHEET A-2.0 PLEASE SHOW FOR THE PROPOSED BEDROOM |
| | NUMBER THREE THE NEW LOCATION FOR THE EGRESS WINDOW IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE 1030.2 & 1030.3. |
| | |
| | 6A) SHEET A-2.0 PLEASE PROVIDE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
| | FOR THE PROPOSED 4 BEDROOM AND STUDIO APARTMENT? 2020 |
| | FBC-BUILDING CODE 310.4 R-2, 310.5 R-3 OR 310.6 R-4. |
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| | 6B) DEPENDING ON OCCUPANCY TYPE THERE MAYBE |
| | REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSIBILITY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| | IS REQUIRED. 107.2.1. |
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| | 7A) SHEET A-2.0 THE PROPOSED 4 BEDROOM NOR THE PROPOSED |
| | STUDIO APARTMENT SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 420.4 |
| | SEPARATION WALLS AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN 708.4. |
| | 7B) PROVIDE THE UL OR GYPSUM ASSOCIATION LISTING NUMBER |
| | FOR THE FIRE PARTITION SEE 708.3 FIRE RESISTANCE |
| | RATING. |
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| | 8A) SHEET A-2.0 FLOOR PLAN THE EXISTING FRONT PORCH AT |
| | 4-BEDROOM UNIT INDICATES NEW GWB (GYPSUM WALL BOARD) |
| | BUILDOUT OVER EXISTING STRUCTURAL COLUMN. GYPSUM WALL |
| | BOARD IS USED FOR INTERIOR WALLS AND CEILINGS. GYPSUM |
| | SHEATHING IS FOR EXTERIOR USE WITH A STUCCO OR SIMILAR |
| | FINISH PRODUCT. PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE THE FRAMING SINCE |
| | THIS IS AN EXTERIOR ELEMENT, 170 VULT WIND SPEED. |
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| | 8B) PROVIDE COMPLIANCE WITH FBC-BUILDING SECTION 420.6 |
| | FIRE & SMOKE ALARMS. |
| | |
| | 9) SHEET A-2.0 DETAIL # 4 & 5 SHOW A WALL SECTION BUT |
| | THE SECTION INDICATES #5 REBAR DOWELED INTO THE |
| | FOUNDATION, THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROVIDE A BEAM AT THE |
| | TOP TO DOWEL INTO OR IF A NEW BEAM IS TO BE REQUIRED, |
| | PART OF THE MAIN WIND FORCE RESISTING SYSTEM (MWFRS). |
| | THE SAME HOLDS TRUE WITH WALL DETAIL # 5. 107.2.1. |
| | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | 10) SHEET A-2.0 WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LIVE/ WORK UNIT |
| | THAT WILL NEED SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2020 |
| | FBC-BUILDING CODE SECTION 419. |
| | |
| | 10A) SHOW AREA LIMITATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 419.1.1 |
| | LIMITATIONS. |
| | |
| | 10B) THE FLOOR PLAN SHOWS 2 EGRESSES TO THE COMMERCIAL |
| | AREA ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC. AT LEAST ONE ENTRANCE |
| | NEEDS TO BE A ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE LEVEL WITH THE |
| | EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. 2020 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE |
| | SECTION 207.1 MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION |
| | 1003.2.13 OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE (2000 |
| | EDITION AND 2001 SUPPLEMENT) OR SECTION 1007 OF THE |
| | INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE (2003 EDITION). |
| | |
| | 2003 IBC-B 1007.1 WHERE MORE THAN ONE MEANS OF EGRESS |
| | IS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 1014.1 OR 1018.1 FROM ANY |
| | ACCESSIBLE SPACE, EACH ACCESSIBLE PORTION OF THE SPACE |
| | SHALL BE SERVED BY NOT LESS THAN TWO MEANS OF EGRESS. |
| | NEW BUILDINGS ONLY, SEE EXCEPTIONS IN EXISTING |
| | BUILDINGS. |
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| | 10C) THE FLOOR PLAN SHOWS A POWDER ROOM WITH A LAV AND |
| | WATER CLOSET, DOES NOT MEET SECTION CLEARANCES AT WATER |
| | CLOSETS. 604.3 CLEARANCE. CLEARANCES AROUND THE WATER |
| | CLOSETS AND IN TOILET COMPARTMENTS SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | 604.3. |
| | 604.3.1. SIZE. CLEARANCE AROUND A WATER CLOSET SHALL BE |
| | 60 INCHES MINIMUM MEASURED PERPENDICULAR FROM THE SIDE |
| | WALL AND 56 INCHES MINIMUM PERPENDICULAR FROM THE REAR |
| | WALL. |
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| | 10D) PLEASE PROVIDE WALL ELEVATIONS FOR THE POWDER ROOM |
| | FOR ALL OF THE GRAB BAR REQUIREMENTS, PAPER HOLDER, LAV |
| | AND MIRROR. SEE CHAPTER 6 OF THE 2020 ACCESSIBILITY |
| | CODE. |
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| | 10E) 2020 FBC-B 1210.2.2. WALLS & PARTITIONS. THIS |
| | COMMENT IS A RESULT OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL |
| | INTERPRETATION ON 06/2020. IN BATHROOMS, RESTROOMS & |
| | SERVICE SINK AREAS EPOXY PAINT IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED |
| | A SMOOTH HARD, NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. 1210.2.2 WALLS & |
| | PARTITIONS WITHIN 2 FEET OF SERVICE SINKS, URINALS, AND |
| | WATER CLOSETS SHALL HAVE A SMOOTH, HARD, NON-ABSORBENT |
| | SURFACE TO A HEIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 4 FEET ABOVE THE |
| | FLOOR, EXCEPT FOR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, THE MATERIAL |
| | USED IN SUCH WALLS SHALL BE OF A TYPE THAT IS NOT |
| | ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY MOISTURE. |
| | |
| | 10F) THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THE LIVE/ WORK UNIT NEEDS TO |
| | SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 420 FIRE & SMOKE ALARMS. |
| | |
| | 10G) SHEET A-2.0 THE LIVE/ WORK UNIT BEDROOM # 2 DOES |
| | NOT HAVE AT LEAST ONE EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE |
| | OPENING, 2020 FBC-BUILDING SECTION 1030.1 & 1030.2. |
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| | 11) ARIEL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY SHOWS IN THE MIDDLE OF |
| | THE LIVE WORK UNIT WHAT APPEARS A BEARING WALL ABOVE |
| | THE ROOF LINE PARALLEL WITH STATE ST. THERE IS NO |
| | MENTION OF WHERE THIS WALL IS IN THE FLOOR PLAN, |
| | ALREADY REMODELED? 107.2.1. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS |
| | REQUIRED. |
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| | 12) SHEETS A-3.0 & A-4.0 BOTH SHOW EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS |
| | AND NEW EXTERIOR OPENINGS, WINDOWS AND DOORS. THERE IS |
| | NO WIND DESIGN CRITERIA. 2020 FBC-B 1603.1.4 WIND |
| | DESIGN CRITERIA. |
| | THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RELATED TO WIND LOADS SHALL |
| | BE SHOWN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WIND LOADS GOVERN THE |
| | DESIGN OF THE LATERAL FORCE-RESISTING SYSTEM OF THE |
| | STRUCTURE: |
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| | 12.1. ULTIMATE DESIGN WIND SPEED, VULT, (3-SECOND |
| | GUST), MILES PER HOUR AND NOMINAL DESIGN WIND SPEED, |
| | VASD, AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION |
| | 1609.3.1. |
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| | 12.2. RISK CATEGORY. |
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| | 12.3. WIND EXPOSURE. APPLICABLE WIND DIRECTION IF MORE |
| | THAN ONE WIND EXPOSURE IS UTILIZED. TABLE 1609.7.2. |
| | HEIGHT AND EXPOSURE. ASCE 7-16 TABLE 30.3.1. |
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| | 12.4. APPLICABLE INTERNAL PRESSURE COEFFICIENT. |
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| | 12.5. DESIGN WIND PRESSURES TO BE USED FOR EXTERIOR |
| | COMPONENTS AND CLADDING MATERIALS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED |
| | BY THE REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBLE FOR |
| | THE DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE, PSF. |
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| | 12.6. TABLE 1609.7(2) ADJUSTMENT FACTORS FOR HEIGHT & |
| | EXPOSURE. PROVIDE THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT FOR THE |
| | BUILDING. ASCE 7-10 TABLE 30.3.1. 1609.3.1 WIND SPEED |
| | CONVERSION VULT TO VASD. |
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| | 13) . PLEASE SUBMIT THE COMPONENTS AND CLADDING PRODUCT |
| | APPROVALS. 2020 FBC-B 1609.1.2 PROTECTION OF OPENINGS, |
| | 1609.6.4.4.1 COMPONENTS & CLADDING. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT |
| | OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 61G20-3.005, |
| | RULE 9N-3 NOV. 01/ 2010 (31) SUB-CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS |
| | OR CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT |
| | APPROVALS: |
| | (31)(A) EXTERIOR DOORS |
| | (B) WINDOWS |
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| | 14) W. P. B. 107.3.4. PRODUCT APPROVALS. THOSE PRODUCTS |
| | WHICH ARE REGULATED BY FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RULE |
| | 61G20 SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING (SHOP |
| | DRAWING STAMP OF APPROVAL) BY THE DESIGNER OF RECORD |
| | PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL FOR JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL. |
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| | 15) 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. |
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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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