Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 23021192
Permit Number 23021192
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2023-04-17 11:13:07AUDIT ON POOL PLAN REVIEW FAILED.
  
 1) THE POOL BARRIER REQUIREMENT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.
 THERE IS NO RECORD OF AN EXISTING FENCE OR A PROPOSED
 POOL BARRIER FENCE FOR THIS PROPERTY. FBC- R4501.17
 RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING BARRIER REQUIREMENT. RESIDENTIAL
 SWIMMING POOLS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTIONS R4501.17.1
 THROUGH R4501.17.3. EXCEPTION: A SWIMMING POOL WITH AN
 APPROVED SAFETY POOL COVER COMPLYING WITH ASTM F1346.
  
 2) THE PROPOSED POOL ALARM ADDRESSES THIS REQUIREMENT.
 FBC- 4501.17.1.9 WHERE A WALL OF A DWELLING SERVES AS
 PART OF THE BARRIER, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
 1. ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS FROM
 THE HOME TO THE POOL SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN EXIT
 ALARM COMPLYING WITH UL 2017 THAT HAS A MINIMUM SOUND
 PRESSURE RATING OF 85 DBA AT 10 FEET (3048 MM). ANY
 DEACTIVATION SWITCH SHALL BE LOCATED AT LEAST 54 INCHES
 (1372 MM) ABOVE THE THRESHOLD OF THE ACCESS. SEPARATE
 ALARMS ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR EACH DOOR OR WINDOW IF
 SENSORS WIRED TO A CENTRAL ALARM SOUND WHEN CONTACT IS
 BROKEN AT ANY OPENING.
 EXCEPTIONS:
 A. SCREENED OR PROTECTED WINDOWS HAVING A BOTTOM SILL
 HEIGHT OF 48 INCHES (1219 MM) OR MORE MEASURED FROM THE
 INTERIOR FINISHED FLOOR AT THE POOL ACCESS LEVEL.
 B. WINDOWS FACING THE POOL ON FLOOR ABOVE THE FIRST
 STORY.
 C. SCREENED OR PROTECTED PASS-THROUGH KITCHEN WINDOWS
 42 INCHES (1067 MM) OR HIGHER WITH A COUNTER BENEATH.
 2. ALL DOORS PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE HOME TO
 THE POOL MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH A SELF-CLOSING,
 SELF-LATCHING DEVICE WITH POSITIVE MECHANICAL
 LATCHING/LOCKING INSTALLED A MINIMUM OF 54 INCHES (1372
 MM) ABOVE THE THRESHOLD, WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE
 AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION.
 3. A SWIMMING POOL ALARM THAT, WHEN PLACED IN A POOL,
 SOUNDS AN ALARM UPON DETECTION OF AN ACCIDENTAL OR
 UNAUTHORIZED ENTRANCE INTO THE WATER. SUCH POOL ALARM
 MUST MEET AND BE INDEPENDENTLY CERTIFIED TO ASTM
 STANDARD F2208, TITLED "STANDARD SAFETY SPECIFICATION
 FOR RESIDENTIAL POOL ALARMS," WHICH INCLUDES SURFACE
 MOTION, PRESSURE, SONAR, LASER, AND INFRARED ALARMS.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "SWIMMING POOL
 ALARM" DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SWIMMING PROTECTION ALARM
 DEVICE DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUAL USE, SUCH AS AN ALARM
 ATTACHED TO A CHILD THAT SOUNDS WHEN THE CHILD EXCEEDS
 A CERTAIN DISTANCE OR BECOMES SUBMERGED IN WATER.
  
 AUDITED BY:
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
  
  


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