Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 05121217
Permit Number 05121217
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 4
Notes
Date Text
2007-03-08 19:01:59DENIED BY BUILDING
  
 2004 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
 4 STORY OFFICE BUILDING (SHELL)
 TYPE II-B (SPRINKLERED)
 BUSINESS OCCUPANCY
 FLOOD ZONE A9 BFE 13' (+6" CITY REQ)
 REQUIRED SOIL BEARING CAPACITY 2500 AND
 8000 PSF
  
 NOTE: STRUCTURE IS LOCATED IN AN A9 FLOOD
 ZONE. AN ELEVATION CERTIFICATE WILL BE
 REQUIRED.
  
 1) A RECORDED COPY OF THE NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT
 MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE A
 PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED. WORK MUST COMMENCE WITHIN 90 DAYS
 OF RECORDING DATE. THE ONE SUBMITTED WILL NEED TO BE
 RE-RECORDED.
  
 2)A PAID IN FULL RECEIPT IS REQUIRED BEFORE PERMIT
 CAN BE ISSUED.
  
 3) THE MAXIMUM DESIGN PRESSURE FROM THE MODIFIED
 ROOFING PRODUCT APPROVAL IS TOO LOW BASED ON THE ROOF
 PRESSURES ON PAGE S12 OF PLANS. THE PRODUCT APPROVAL
 ALLOWS FOR INCREASED PRESSURES THROUGH ENHANCED
 FASTENING (SEE LIMITATION #7 ON NOA) WITH SIGNED AND
 SEALED RAS 117 CALCULATIONS.PLEASE SUBMIT THE SIGNED
 AND SEALED RAS 117 CALCULATIONS.
 PER YOUR RESPONSE THIS WILL BE A PROVISO ITEM, UNTIL
 AFTER A PULL TEST IS COMPLETED ON THE LIGHT WEIGHT ROOF
 INSULATION.
  
 4)FBC 1406.2.2REQUIRES ARCHITECTURAL TRIM THAT
 EXCEEDS 40 FEET (12 192 MM) IN HEIGHT ABOVE GRADE PLANE
 SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF APPROVED NONCOMBUSTIBLE
 MATERIALS AND SHALL BE SECURED TO THE WALL WITH METAL
 OR OTHER APPROVED NONCOMBUSTIBLE BRACKETS. FOAM BANDING
 AT PARAPET AND MEDALLIONS AS SHOWN ON A3.1.1 ARE
 NON-COMPLIANT. DETAIL 19 ON 5.1.1 IS LABELED TYPICAL
 FOAM BANDING.
  
 5) ONE OF THE PLANS IS MISSING SHEETS A9.1.2 AND
 A3.2.1.
  
 6) THE DOOR SCHEDULE SPECIFIES A 20 MINUTE FIRE RATED
 DOOR AT THE ROOF FOR DOOR # 525. THIS IS A 2 HOUR RATED
 STAIR SHAFT. A 90 MINUTE RATED DOOR IS REQUIRED.
  
 7) SHEET A2.1.2IS TITLED SECOND-FOURTH FLOOR PLANS.
 THE DRAWING INDEX SPECIFIES SECOND -THIRD FLOOR FOR
 A2.1.2. THE DOOR SCHEDULE ON A8.1.1 LISTS DOORS FOR THE
 FORTH FLOOR. PLEASE CLARIFY.
  
 8) THE PRODUCT APPROVAL FROM YKK AP AMERICA, INC. FOR
 THE YHS-50 STOREFRONT (NOA 02-0215.17 HAS MULLION
 CAPACITY PRESSURES TOO LOW FOR WINDOWS A & E (+45.5 /
 -45.6 PSF)AND WINDOWS B AND F (+65 / - 65 PSF). SEE
 REQUIRED PRESSURES ON SHEET S12.
  
 9) THE PRODUCT APPROVAL FROM MILLER GLASS AND GLAZING
 FOR THE STOREFRONTS HAS PRESSURES THAT ARE TOO LOW FOR
 SOME OF THE PRESSURE ZONES SPECIFIED ON THE PLANS.
 THERE ARE TWO DRAWINGS FOR LARGE MISSILE IMPACT, ONE
 WITH MAXIMUM FRAME HEIGHT OF 86-1/2"WITH A HORIZONTAL
 MULLION (+58 /-65 PSF)AND ONE WITH MAXIMUM FRAME
 HEIGHT OF 108" WITH HORIZONTAL MULLION ( + 60 / - 65).
 THE FRAME HEIGHT FOR WINDOWS A AND E IS 116". THE OTHER
 DRAWING IS FOR SMALL MISSILE IMPACT WITH MAXIMUM FRAME
 HEIGHT OF 86-1/2" FRAME HEIGHT (+60 / -67).
  
 10) THE SECTION OF EXTERIOR WALL ON THE EAST ELEVATION
 THAT IS LESS THAN 10 FEET FROM THE CONDO PROPERTY LINE
 (FIRE SEPARATION DISTANCE) IS REQUIRED BY FBC TABLE 602
 TO HAVE A ONE HOUR FIRE RATING FOR TYPE II-B
 CONSTRUCTION. IN ADDITION, FBC TABLE 704.8 LIMITS THE
 ALLOWABLE AREA OF UNPROTECTED OPENINGS TO 10% OF THE
 WALL AREA. PER YOUR COMMENTS, FBC 704.8.1 DOES ALLOW
 UNPROTECTED WALL OPENINGS OF 25% OF THE WALL AREA
 BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS FULLY SPRINKLERED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH FBC 903.3.1.1.HOWEVER, YOUR CALCULATIONS OF WALL
 AREA APPEAR TO HAVE INCLUDED THE AREA OF THE PARAPET
 WALL, WHICH SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED. SEE FBC CHAPTER 2
 FOR DEFINITIONS OF STORY. THAT PORTION OF A BUILDING
 INCLUDED BETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACE OF A FLOOR AND THE
 UPPER SURFACE OF THE FLOOR OR ROOF NEXT ABOVE (ALSO SEE
 "BASEMENT," "MEZZANINE" AND SECTION 502.1 ). IT IS
 MEASURED AS THE VERTICAL DISTANCE FROM TOP TO TOP OF
 TWO SUCCESSIVE TIERS OF BEAMS OR FINISHED FLOOR
 SURFACES AND, FOR THE TOPMOST STORY, FROM THE TOP OF
 THE FLOOR FINISH TO THE TOP OF THE CEILING JOISTS OR,
 WHERE THERE IS NOT A CEILING, TO THE TOP OF THE ROOF
 RAFTERS. 52' X 60' 5-1/2" = 3,143.92 SQFT X 25% =
 785.98 SQFT OF OPENINGS ALLOWED.
  
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL
 BLDG. PLAN REVIEW
 (561)805-6714


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