2010-06-30 15:22:02 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| PERMIT: 10060679 |
| ADD: 324 LYMAN PLACE |
| CONT:TO BE DETERMINED |
| CONTACT: TAYLOR, TRINETTA |
| TEL: (561)719-9138 |
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| FL BLD CODE= 2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE |
| W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS |
| * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS |
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| 1ST REVIEW |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE |
| 901.3 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. WHERE THE |
| OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF A BUILDING CHANGES, THE |
| PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 902 THROUGH 912 SHALL APPLY. |
| THIS INCLUDES A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
| WITHIN A GROUP AS WELL AS A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION FROM ONE GROUP TO A DIFFERENT GROUP. |
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| 901.4 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY REQUIRED. A CERTIFICATE |
| OF OCCUPANCY SHALL BE ISSUED WHERE A CHANGE OF |
| OCCUPANCY OCCURS THAT RESULTS IN BEING CLASSIFIED AS A |
| DIFFERENT OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AS DETERMINED BY THE |
| FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING |
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| 1) 110.2* W. P. B. ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, INFORMATION |
| THAT IS REQUIRED FOR RECORD KEEPING & FOR CERTIFICATE |
| OF OCCUPANCY: |
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| A) THE EDITION OFTHE CODE UNDER WHICH THE PROJECT IS |
| DESIGNED. 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE- CHAPTER 9 CHANGE |
| IN OCCUPANCY |
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| B) THE USE AND OCCUPANCY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE |
| PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 3. |
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| C) THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 5, |
| TABLE 503 FBC-BUILDING |
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| D) THE OCCUPANT LOAD, SEE TABLE1004.1.1. |
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| E) IF AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS PROVIDED? |
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| F) WHETHER THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS REQUIRED |
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| 2) EXT BLD CODE 903.1 GENERAL. BUILDING ELEMENTS AND |
| MATERIALS IN PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE |
| OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION |
| 912. |
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| EXT BLD CODE 904.1 GENERAL. FIRE PROTECTION |
| REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 912 SHALL APPLY WHERE A |
| BUILDING OR PORTIONS THEREOF UNDERGO A CHANGE OF |
| OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. |
| 912.2 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS. FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS |
| SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 912.2.1 |
| AND 912.2.2. |
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| EXT BLD CODE 912.2.1 FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. WHERE A |
| CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OCCURS THAT REQUIRES |
| AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO BE PROVIDED BASED |
| ON THE NEW OCCUPANCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 9 OF |
| THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING , SUCH SYSTEM SHALL |
| BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE THE CHANGE OF |
| OCCUPANCY OCCURS. |
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| FBC-BUILDING 903.3.1.4 IN GROUP R4 SMALL FACILITIES, AN |
| AUTOMATED SPRINKLER SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE |
| WITH NFPA 13D OR 13R WITH THEIR SCOPES SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED, PROVIDED THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS |
| NOT BE CONSIDERED AN ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS |
| OF THE CODE. |
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| 3) EXT BLD CODE 912.2.2 FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION |
| SYSTEM. WHERE A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION |
| OCCURS THAT REQUIRES A FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEM |
| TO BE PROVIDED BASED ON THE NEW OCCUPANCY IN ACCORDANCE |
| WITH CHAPTER 9 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING , |
| SUCH SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE |
| THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OCCURS. EXISTING ALARM |
| NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY |
| ACTIVATED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. WHERE THE BUILDING |
| IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, ALARM |
| NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT |
| THE AREA WHERE THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OCCURS AND SHALL |
| BE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED. |
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| FBC-BUILDING 907.2.10.1.2 GROUPS R-2, R-3, R-4 AND I-1. |
| SINGLE- OR MULTIPLE-STATION SMOKE ALARMS SHALL BE |
| INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED IN GROUPS R-2, R-3, R-4 AND |
| I-1, REGARDLESS OF OCCUPANT LOAD AT ALL OF THE |
| FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: |
| 3.1. ON THE CEILING OR WALL OUTSIDE OF EACH SEPARATE |
| SLEEPING AREA IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF BEDROOMS. |
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| 3.2. IN EACH ROOM USED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES. |
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| 3.3. IN EACH STORY WITHIN A DWELLING UNIT, INCLUDING |
| BASEMENTS BUT NOT INCLUDING CRAWL SPACES AND |
| UNINHABITABLE ATTICS. IN DWELLINGS OR DWELLING UNITS |
| WITH SPLIT LEVELS AND WITHOUT AN INTERVENING DOOR |
| BETWEEN THE ADJACENT LEVELS, A SMOKE ALARM INSTALLED ON |
| THE UPPER LEVEL SHALL SUFFICE FOR THE ADJACENT LOWER |
| LEVEL PROVIDED THAT THE LOWER LEVEL IS LESS THAN ONE |
| FULL STORY BELOW THE UPPER LEVEL. |
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| 4)EXT BLD CODE 912.3 INTERIOR FINISH. IN AREAS OF THE |
| BUILDING UNDERGOING THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION, THE INTERIOR FINISH OF WALLS AND |
| CEILINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE |
| FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING , FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION. |
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| FBC-BUILDING 803.5 INTERIOR FINISH REQUIREMENTS BASED |
| ON GROUP. INTERIOR WALL AND CEILING FINISH SHALL HAVE A |
| FLAME SPREAD INDEX NOT GREATER THAN THAT SPECIFIED IN |
| TABLE 803.5 FOR THE GROUP AND LOCATION DESIGNATED. |
| INTERIOR WALL AND CEILING FINISH MATERIALS, OTHER THAN |
| TEXTILES, TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 286 AND |
| MEETING THE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA OF SECTION 803.2.1, |
| SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE USED WHERE A CLASS A |
| CLASSIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 IS |
| REQUIRED. |
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| FBC-BUILDING 803.1 GENERAL. INTERIOR WALL AND CEILING |
| FINISHES SHALL BE CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E |
| 84. SUCH INTERIOR FINISH MATERIALS SHALL BE GROUPED IN |
| THE FOLLOWING CLASSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR FLAME |
| SPREAD AND SMOKE-DEVELOPED INDEXES. |
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| CLASS A: FLAME SPREAD 0-25; SMOKE-DEVELOPED 0-450. |
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| CLASS B: FLAME SPREAD 26-75; SMOKE-DEVELOPED 0-450. |
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| CLASS C: FLAME SPREAD 76-200; SMOKE-DEVELOPED 0-450. |
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| 5) EXT BLD CODE 905.1 GENERAL. MEANS OF EGRESS IN |
| PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 912. |
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| EXT BLD CODE 912.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS FOR CHANGE TO |
| HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY. WHEN A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| GROUP IS MADE TO A HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY (LOWER |
| NUMBER) AS SHOWN IN TABLE 912.4, THE MEANS OF EGRESS |
| SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE |
| FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING . |
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| FBC-BUILDING 1026.1 GENERAL. IN ADDITION TO THE MEANS |
| OF EGRESS REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER, PROVISIONS SHALL BE |
| MADE FOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE IN GROUP R |
| OCCUPANCY. BASEMENTS AND SLEEPING ROOMS BELOW THE |
| FOURTH STORY ABOVE GRADE PLANE SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE |
| EXTERIOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING IN |
| ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. WHERE BASEMENTS CONTAIN |
| ONE OR MORE SLEEPING ROOMS, EMERGENCY EGRESS AND RESCUE |
| OPENINGS SHALL BE REQUIRED IN EACH SLEEPING ROOM, BUT |
| SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED IN ADJOINING AREAS OF THE |
| BASEMENT. SUCH OPENINGS SHALL OPEN DIRECTLY INTO A |
| PUBLIC WAY OR TO A YARD OR COURT THAT OPENS TO A PUBLIC |
| WAY. THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING SHALL BE |
| PERMITTED TO OPEN INTO A SCREEN ENCLOSURE, OPEN TO THE |
| ATMOSPHERE, WHERE A SCREEN DOOR IS PROVIDED LEADING |
| AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE. SUCH OPENING SHALL BE |
| OPERATIONAL FROM THE INSIDE WITHOUT THE USE OF SPECIAL |
| KNOWLEDGE, KEYS OR TOOLS. |
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| 1026.2 MINIMUM SIZE. EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE |
| OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING OF 5.7 |
| SQUARE FEET (0.53 M2). |
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| EXCEPTION: THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING FOR EMERGENCY |
| ESCAPE AND RESCUE GRADE-FLOOR OPENINGS SHALL BE 5 |
| SQUARE FEET (0.46 M2). |
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| 1026.2.1 MINIMUM DIMENSIONS. THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR |
| OPENING HEIGHT DIMENSION SHALL BE 24 INCHES (610 MM). |
| THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING WIDTH DIMENSION SHALL BE |
| 20 INCHES (508 MM). THE NET CLEAR OPENING DIMENSIONS |
| SHALL BE THE RESULT OF NORMAL OPERATION OF THE OPENING. |
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| 1026.3 MAXIMUM HEIGHT FROM FLOOR. EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND |
| RESCUE OPENINGS SHALL HAVE THE BOTTOM OF THE CLEAR |
| OPENING NOT GREATER THAN 44 INCHES (1118 MM) MEASURED |
| FROM THE FLOOR. |
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| 6)EXT BLD CODE 906.1 GENERAL. ACCESSIBILITY IN PORTIONS |
| OF BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY |
| CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 11 OF THE |
| FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING . |
| EXT BLD CODE912.8 ACCESSIBILITY. EXISTING BUILDINGS OR |
| PORTIONS THEREOF THAT UNDERGO A CHANGE OF GROUP OR |
| OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 11 |
| OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
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| 7) BEFORE A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAY BE ISSUED, IMPACT |
| FEES MUST BE PAID TO PALM BEACH COUNTY. THE ACTUAL |
| PERMIT SET OF PLANS MUST BE STAMPED BY THAT OFFICE, AND |
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