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Plan Review Notes

Notes

Date	Text
2023-06-14 16:00:10	ROOFING
	REVIEWED BY ROGER MCPHERSON
	561-805-6716
	[email protected]
	CODE USED FOR REVIEW - 2020 FBC WITH WPB CHAPTER 1
	AMENDMENT

	CORRECTIONS NEEDED -

	AS NOTED ON THE PREVIOUS REVIEW -

	1. FBC EB 706.8. SHOW THAT THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE
	IS LESS THAN $300,000.00 OR SPECIFY HOW THE ROOF TO
	WALL CONNECTIONS WILL BE IMPROVED.

	706.8
	WHEN A ROOF COVERING ON AN EXISTING STRUCTURE WITH A
	SAWN LUMBER, WOOD PLANK OR WOOD STRUCTURAL PANEL ROOF
	DECK IS REMOVED AND REPLACED ON A BUILDING THAT IS
	LOCATED IN THE WIND-BORNE DEBRIS REGION AS DEFINED IN
	THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING AND THAT HAS AN
	INSURED VALUE OF $300,000 OR MORE OR, IF THE BUILDING
	IS UNINSURED OR FOR WHICH DOCUMENTATION OF INSURED
	VALUE IS NOT PRESENTED, HAS A JUST VALUATION FOR THE
	STRUCTURE FOR PURPOSES OF AD VALOREM TAXATION OF
	$300,000 OR MORE:

	(A)ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS SHALL BE IMPROVED AS
	REQUIRED BY SECTION 706.8.1.

	(B)MANDATED RETROFITS OF THE ROOF-TO-WALL CONNECTION
	SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED BEYOND A 15 PERCENT INCREASE IN
	THE COST OF REROOFING.