Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22111176
Permit Number 22111176
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2023-03-14 16:29:31WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION
 SERVICES/ BUILDING DIVISION
 2020 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 22111176
 ADD: 424 PARK PLACE # 442 PCN: 74-43-43-28-06-001-0011
 CONT: GNEISS CORPORATION
 TEL: 561-797-5274
 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. MARCH 14TH/2023
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1A) COMPLIED. ADDRESS & OVERALL BUILDING PLAN.
  
 1B) THE TITLEBLOCK SHEET IS MISSING PLANS IN THE SHEET
 INDEX, NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. 2020 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1. 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.
  
 2) 2ND REQUEST NOT ADDRESSED; VALUE IS EXTREMELY LOW.
 THE PERMIT APPLICATION DESCRIPTION OF WORK IS LEFT
 BLANK, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT GIVEN FOR THIS PERMIT IS
 $7,500.00 DOLLARS. 2020 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO
 THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION
 107.2.1. 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. THE TITLE SHEET STATES NEW
 MEZZANINE.
  
 3) SHEET S1:
 3A) NEW. SEMI-COMPLIED. ROW HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS.
 RESPONSE LETTER STATES THIS SPACE WILL BE USED TO SELL
 HOME AND D??COR COLLECTIONS. OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
 IS INDICATED AS BUSINESS OCCUPANCY. A BETTER FIT FOR
 THE TYPE OF OCCUPANCY WOULD BE MERCANTILE, FOR THE
 DISPLAY AND SALES OF MERCHANDISE, AND INVOLVES STOCKS
 OF GOODS, WARES AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 2020
 FBC-BUILDING CODE SECTION 309.1.
 3B) MEAN ROOF HEIGHT IS GIVEN AT 15 FEET. PLEASE UPDATE
 THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT, WHEN YOU ADD ALL THE VERTICAL
 DIMENSIONS + 1 FOOT FOR ROOF FRAMING, ROOF DECK =
 19FEET MEAN ROOF HEIGHT. DISCREPANCY IN PLANS.
 ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1. 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.
  
 3C) BUILDING TYPE IS LISTED AS TYPE III. PLEASE NOTE
 THE SHELL PERMIT (21051228) FOR THIS LOCATION WAS
 CONSTRUCTION TYPE V-B SPRINKLERED. DISCREPANCY.
  
 4) 2ND REQUEST/ SEMI-COMPLIED. SHEET S1 DIMENSION FLOOR
 PLAN, THE DESIGN CRITERIA LIST THE CONSTRUCTION TYPE AS
 TYPE II, OCCUPANCY TYPE AS BUSINESS, BASE AREA AS 1305
 SQ. FT. NEW ADDITIONAL SQ. FT. 392 SQ. FT. AND
 ALTERATION TYPE LEVEL 2. THE PLANS STATE NOT DRAWN TO
 SCALE AND THE OVERALL BASE AREA IS GIVEN AT 1305 SF.
 THE ORIGINAL PERMIT 21051228 / REVISION 22041143 GIVES
 DIMENSIONS FOR THIS SPACE 44X27.5= 1,210 SF. WHY THE
 DIFFERENCE OF 95 FEET IN FLOOR AREA? 107.2.1 ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
 THE OTHER ISSUE IS ALTERATION LEVEL 2. YOU ARE ADDING
 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE BASE BUILDING PLAN, A
 VERTICAL ADDITION SEE THE 2020 EXISTING BUILDING CODE
 SECTION 1103.3.1 VERTICAL ADDITIONS.
  
 4A) COMPLIED.
  
 4B) SHEET S1: 2ND REQUEST V-B SPRINKLERED. 1ST ROUND
 COMMENTS. THE DESIGNER OF RECORD LIST THIS BUILDING AS
 TYPE II CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE PROVIDE THE ROOF FRAMING
 AND DECKING MATERIAL FOR THIS BUILDING BUILT IN 1950.
 TABLE 601 CONSTRUCTION TYPE II IS THIS TYPE A OR B
 CONSTRUCTION.
  
 4C) (1) SHEET S1: SEMI-COMPLIED. WITH THE OCCUPANCY
 BEING MERCANTILE THE OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR WILL BE 60
 SQ. FT./ OCCUPANT, SEE TABLE 1004.5 IN THE 2020
 FBC-BUILDING CODE. 392/60= 7 OCCUPANTS FOR THE
 MEZZANINE.
 1ST ROUND COMMENTS. THE NEW MEZZANINE PLEASE PROVIDE
 THE USEAGE AND OCCUPANT LOAD FOR THE NEW MEZZANINE.
 MISSING INFORMATION MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA
 107.3.5.
  
 4C)(2) SHEET S1: NEW COMMENT WHEN THE MEZZANINE HAS AN
 OCCUPANT LOAD OF MORE THAN 5 OCCUPANTS VERTICAL
 ACCESSIBILITY IS TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2020
 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION 201.1.1. DRAWING NOT
 DRAWN TO SCALE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH:
 A) CLEAR FLOOR SPACE DIAGRAM & DIMENSIONS FOR THE WATER
 CLOSET. SECTION 604.3
 B) CLEAR FLOOR SPACE DIAGRAM & DIMENSIONS FOR THE
 LAVATORIES. SECTION 606.2.
 C) TURNING SPACE DIAMETERS. SECTION 304.3
 D) CENTERLINE OF THE WATER CLOSETS FROM THE NEAREST
 SIDE WALL. SECTION 604.2.
 E) HEIGHT OF THE WATERCLOSET SEATS FROM FINISH FLOOR.
 SECTION 604.4.
 F) HEIGHT OF THE LAVATORIES AND OR SINKS OR COUNTER
 SURFACES FROM THE FINISH FLOOR. SECTION 606.3.
 G) HEIGHT OF THE MIRRORS FROM THE FINISHED FLOORS TO
 THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE REFLECTIVE SURFACE, MIRRORS
 ABOVE SINKS. SECTION 606.3.
 H) LOCATIONS, LENGTHS AND MOUNTING HEIGHTS OF GRAB BARS
 FOR THE WATER CLOSETS SEE SECTION 604.5, 609.4 &.
 FIGURE 604.
 I) LOCATIONS OF THE WATER CLOSET FLUSH CONTROLS.
 SECTION 604.6.
 J) TOILET PAPER DISPENSERS. 604.7.
  
 4D) SHEET S3: SEMI COMPLIED. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FLOOR
 LOADING FOR THE MEZZANINE MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY, LIVE
 FLOOR LOADS2020 FBC-BUILDING TABLE 1607.1.32 75 PSF AND
 THE LIVE FLOOR LOADS FOR THE PROPOSED STAIRWAY. 2020
 FBC-BUILDING. TABLE 1607. 1. 30. 100 PSF/ 300 FOOTNOTE
 F. ALSO SEE DESIGN CRITERIA SHEET S4 CORRECT.
  
 4E) (1) COMPLIED.
  
  
 4E)(2) 2ND REQUEST. THERE IS A SECOND ROOM BENEATH THE
 STAIRS A STORAGE AREA. PLEASE REVIEW 2020 FBC-BUILDING
 CODE SECTION 1011.7.3.
  
 4F) SEMI-COMPLIED. PROVIDES (2) 2X12 STRINGERS MISSING
 SPECIES AND GRADE. THE STAIRS DO NOT INDICATE WHAT
 MATERIAL THE STRINGERS GOING TO BE MADE NOR RISERS AND
 TREADS. 2020 W. P. B. ADMINISTRATIVE CODE107.3.5
 MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA
  
 4G) 2ND REQUEST. MISSING GUARDRAIL AND HANDRAIL DESIGN
 CRITERIA 1607.8.1., HANDRAILS SECTION 1014, - 1014.6
 AND GUARDS SECTION 1015.
  
 5) SHEET S2 DETAIL 5 SHOWS A LOAD BEARING WALL WITH A
 EXISTING SLAB AND MONOLITHIC FOOTER. THE NEW BEARING
 WALL ONLY HAS A 4 INCH CONCRETE SLAB, DISCREPANCY. 2020
 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1. 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.
  
 6) ADDRESSED IN COMMENT 4C)(2).
 7)ADDRESSED IN 4C)(1).
  
 8) 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.
 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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