Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22111176
Permit Number 22111176
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2023-04-11 09:21:02WEST 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.
  
 3RD REVIEW
 DATE: TUES. MARCH 14TH/2023
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1A) COMPLIED. ADDRESS & OVERALL BUILDING PLAN.
  
 1B) COMPLIED. INDEX.
  
 2) SEMI-COMPLIED BUT STILL LOW AT $17,500.00 DOLLARS.
 2ND REQUEST NOT ADDRESSED; VALUE IS NOW LOW. THE PERMIT
 APPLICATION DESCRIPTION OF WORK IS LEFT BLANK, THE
 DOLLAR AMOUNT GIVEN FOR THIS PERMIT IS $17,500.00
 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) COMPLIED.
 3B) SEMI-COMPLIED. 3RD REVIEW. MEAN ROOF HEIGHT IS NOW
 GIVEN AT 17 FEET 7 INCHES TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RAFTERS
 MEAN ROOF HEIGHT. PLEASE SEE HEIGHT, BUILDING
 DEFINITION. HEIGHT, BUILDING THE VERTICAL DISTANCE FROM
 GRADE PLANE TO THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST ROOF
 SURFACE. 2020 FBC-BUILDING CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS.
  
 PLEASE UPDATE THE MEAN ROOF HEIGHT, WHEN YOU ADD ALL
 THE VERTICAL DIMENSIONS + 1 FOOT FOR ROOF FRAMING, ROOF
 DECK = 19 FEET 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) COMPLIED.
  
 4) 3RD REQUEST/ SEMI-COMPLIED. THE RESPONSE LETTER
 STATES THE OVERALL INTERIOR OF THIS TENANT SPACE IS
 1,320 SF. THE PLANS STATES NOT TO SCALE PLEASE PROVIDE
 THE SQ. FOOTAGE BENEATH THE MEZZANINE AREA AND STAIRS
 SINCE YOU LABELED THIS AS STORAGE. THIS SQUARE FOOTAGE
 OF THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE 1,320 SQ.
 FT. THIS IS THE AREA THAT YOU DIVIDE BY 3 TO SEE IF IT
 MEETS THE AREA LIMITATION IN 505.2.1., 2020
 FBC-BUILDING CODE. THE ENCLOSED PORTION OF A ROOM SHALL
 NOT BE INCLUDED IN A DETERMINATION OF FLOOR AREA OF THE
 ROOM IN WHICH A MEZZANINE IS LOCATED.
 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) COMPLIED.
  
 4C)(1) COMPLIED, MEZZANINE STORAGE AREA, < THAN 5
 OCCUPANTS.
 4C)(2) COMPLIED.
  
 4D) SHEET S3: SEMI COMPLIED. THERE MAYBE A DISCREPANCY
 IN USE IN THE AREA BENEATH THE MEZZANINE AND THE
 MEZZANINE FLOOR AREA. SHEET S3 KEY NOTES STATE USAGE
 AND OCCUPANCY FOR THE NEW MEZZANINE 1-OCCUPANT
 CLASSIFICATION: GROUP M, MERCANTILE. MERCANTILE
 OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR IS TAKEN AT 60 SQ. FT/ OCCUPANT
 THE MEZZANINE IS LARGER THAN 60 FEET, YOU NEED TO
 PROVIDE THE ACTUAL SQ. FT. OF MEZZANINE AREA. SHEET S1
 STORAGE AREA, IS THIS BELOW THE MEZZANINE, UNDER THE
 STAIRS IS TAKEN AS STORAGE.
 PLEASE PROVIDE THE FLOOR LOADING FOR THE MEZZANINE
 STORAGE OCCUPANCY, LIVE FLOOR LOADS 2020 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) SEMI-COMPLIED, STILL ISSUES, THE AREA BENEATH
 THE STAIRS TO BE USED AS STORAGE BOTH THE CEILING AND
 WALL HAVE TO BE 1 HOUR FIRE RATED. THE SECOND ISSUE IS
 SHEET S1 STATES THE WALL TO BE 1 HOUR FIRE RATED BUT
 NON-BEARING WALL. IN THIS AREA OF THE STAIRS THE
 MEZZANINE FLOOR JOIST BEAR ON THIS WALL MAKING IT A
 LOAD BEARING WALL.
 2ND REQUEST. THERE IS A SECOND ROOM BENEATH THE STAIRS
 A STORAGE AREA. PLEASE REVIEW 2020 FBC-BUILDING CODE
 SECTION 1011.7.3.
  
 4F-G) COMPLIED.
  
 5-7) COMPLIED.
  
 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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