Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 07020336
Permit Number 07020336
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2007-03-02 16:47:32*** UNSAT **
  
 1) NOTE: PLEASE KNOW THAT PERMIT APPLICATION HAS BEEN
 SUBMITTED AFTER DECEMBER 8TH, 2006 WHICH PLACES
 PROJECTS UNDER THE NEW CODES ADOPTED BY THE STATE.
 PLEASE SEE THAT THIS SHALL INCLUDE 2006 REVISIONS TO
 THE 2004 FBC FOR ALL TRADES AND THE 2005 NFPA-70.
 PLEASE KNOW THERE ARE CHANGE SIN THE FBC WHICH WILL
 AFFECT DESIGNS FOR ALL TRADES.
 PLEASE ALSO SEE ELECTRICAL CHANGES UNDER THE 2005
 INCLUDING ANY SECTIONS OF CODES WHICH ARE REFLECTED ON
 PLANS FROM THE PREVIOUS 2002 NEC.
 PLEASE LIST THE FOLLOWING FOR THIS REVIEWER AT A
 MINIMUM.
 2004 FBC W/ 2006 REVISIONS.
 2005 NFPA-70
 2002 NFPA-72
 2003 NFPA-101
  
 2) NOTE: PLEASE SEE MISSING LICENSE INFORMATION AND
 OTHER INFORMATION ON TITLE BLOCKS FOR LANDSCAPE
 SHEETS.
 PLEASE SEE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 61G1-16.004 AND
 FS 481.219
 THIS IS REQUIRED WHETHER OR NOT COMMENT IS MADE BY
 OTHER TRADE(S).
  
 3) NOTE: PLEASE SEE PLANS APPEAR TO SHOW A *D* FOR WHAT
 IS BEING ASSUMED AS A SMOKE DETECTOR. PLEASE KNOW THAT
 AS THE SYMBOL LEGEND DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH PLANS IT
 CAN NOT BE CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME.
 PLEASE KNOW THAT A MEETING WAS HELD AT THE SOUTHERN
 SECTION MEETING IN OCT 06 WHERE WE WERE DIRECTLY
 INFORMED BY NFPA THAT THE USE OF SD FOR SMOKE DETECTORS
 ON PLANS FOR RESIDENTIAL HOMES IS NOT ACCEPTABLE WHEN
 THESE DEVICES ANY ACTUALLY FALL UNDER THE DEFINITIONS
 OF SMOKE ALARMS WHICH WOULD BE SHOWN AS SA/SMOKE
 ALARMS.
 THIS INFORMATION WAS NEW TO THIS AHJ AS THE GENERAL USE
 OF THE SD FOR SMOKE DETECTORS WAS ALWAYS ACCEPTED. BY
 THE DEFINITIONS AS STATED IN NFPA-72 A SD/ SMOKE
 DETECTOR IS ONLY A DEVICE WHICH WILL DETECT AND WILL
 NOT SOUND AN AUDIBLE ALARM. THIS WOULD BE DONE BY
 HORN/SIREN TYPE DEVICES. PLEASE SEE THE DEFINITIONS OF
 SA/SMOKE ALARMS; THESE ARE DEVICES WHICH ARE 120V (AS
 SHOWN) AND WOULD DETECT AND SOUND AN ALARM. THIS IS
 SOMETHING THAT IS NOW BEING COMMENTED ON OTHER REVIEWS
 FOR OTHER NEW HOMES.
 ** PLEASE SEE THAT SMOKE ALARMS ARE STATED IN THE FBC
 RESIDENTIAL CODE/ FBC AND IN NFPA-72.
 IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS COMMENT PLEASE DO
 NOT HESITATE IN CONTACTING THIS OFFICE*.
 PLEASE SEE NFPA-72 11.5.1.1, 11.8.3
  
 4) NOTE: PLEASE KNOW THATTHE PLANS NEED TO LABEL AND
 PROVIDE ROOM AND ARE DESIGNATIONS ON PLANS AND
 CORRELATE WITH THE PANEL SCHEDULES SHOWING ALL ROOMS
 AND AREAS IN WHICH CIRCUITS FEED WILL BE REQUIRED FOR
 EACH PANEL. PLEASE SEE TEXT WHICH IS TAKEN FROM
 COMMENTARY IN THE CODE WHICH STATES THE USE OF *GEN LT*
 ETC IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
  
 *SECTION 408.4 WAS REVISED FOR THE 2005 CODE TO REQUIRE
 THAT THE IDENTIFICATION FOR EVERY CIRCUIT SUPPLIED BY A
 PANEL-BOARD OR SWITCHBOARD BE LEGIBLE AND CLEARLY STATE
 THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE CIRCUIT IS USED.
 CIRCUITS USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE MUST BE IDENTIFIED
 AS TO THEIR LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, SMALL APPLIANCE
 BRANCH CIRCUITS CAN SUPPLY OUTLETS IN THE KITCHEN,
 DINING ROOM, AND KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS. IDENTIFYING THE
 CIRCUITS AS SMALL APPLIANCE BRANCH CIRCUITS IS NOT
 ACCEPTABLE; INSTEAD, THEY SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS
 ``KITCHEN WALL RECEPTACLES,'' ``DINING ROOM FLOOR
 RECEPTACLE,'' OR ``KITCHEN COUNTERTOP RECEPTACLES LEFT
 OF SINK.'' CIRCUIT DIRECTORIES CONTAINING MULTIPLE
 ENTRIES WITH ONLY ``LIGHTS'' OR ``OUTLETS'' DO NOT
 PROVIDE THE SUFFICIENT DETAIL REQUIRED BY THIS
 SECTION.*
 408.4, 310.16, 240.4 ETC
 FBC 106.3.5.4
  
 5) NOTE: PLEASE LABEL DEVICES WHICH ARE SHOWN OUTSIDE
 AS TO WHICH PANEL THEY ARE BEING FED FROM. PLEASE SEE
 THAT THE OUTSIDE GFI IS BEING SHOWN BY BOTH CONDENSING
 UNITS YET ONE GFI MAY NOT BE USED TO SERVICE OTHER
 OWNERS UNIT UNLESS A HOUSE PANEL IS PROVIDED? PLEASE
 ALSO SEE NOTE FOR SERVICE AS METER/MAIN COMBO PANELS
 ARE BEING SHOWN YET THE CU'S ARE BEING FED FROM PANELS
 INSIDE.
 210.25
 FBC 106.1.2, 106.3.5.4
  
 6) NOTE: PLEASE SEE THAT THIS IS CONSIDERED ONE
 BUILDING AND ONLY ONE ELECTRICAL SERVICE IS PERMITTED.
 230.2
 PLEASE REVISE SERVICE RISER WHICH MAY INCLUDE TWO
 METERS FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING.
 PLEASE KNOW ONE THE RISER IS REVISED, REVIEW OF NEW
 RISER WILL TAKE PLACE.
  
 7) NOTE: PLEASE SEE THAT THE GROUNDING ELECTRODE DETAIL
 DOES NOT CARRY THE GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR TO THE
 REQUIRED FOOTER STEEL BEING LOCATED IN THE BOTTOM OF
 THE FOOTER AS REQUIRED PER 250.50,250.52.
 PLEASE SEE ONE NOTE MENTIONS SLAB, ONE SHOWS WALL
 CONNECTION? PLEASE ADJUST RISER FOR THIS.
  
 8) NOTE: PLEASE SEE 210.52C1-5.
 PLEASE SEE UNIT A AS THE COUNTER SPACE GFI DOES NOT
 SEEM TO SERVE COUNTER FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE SHOWN AS A
 PENINSULAR.
 PLEASE ALSO SEE THAT THE GFI AS SHOWN APPEARS TO BE
 LOCATED ON THE WALL WHICH IS IN THE DINING AREA. PLEASE
 ALSO SEE 210.52 AND SEE OTHER UNIT AND GO OVER COUNTER
 SPACE DEVICES AS ONE OR TWO APPEAR TO BE NEEDED.
  
 9) NOTE: PLEASE BE SURE ALL SYMBOLS ON PLANS CORRELATE
 WITH THE SYMBOL LEGEND. PLEASE SEE SOME ITEMS ON PLANS
 WHICH ARE NOT LISTED.
 FBC 106.1.2, 106.3.5.4.
  
 10) NOTE: PLEASE SEE NOTES FORM OTHER TRADES WHICH MAY
 AFFECT ELECTRICAL PLANS AND SHEETS.
 PLEASE SEE NOTES FROM ADDRESSING REVIEWER WHICH MAY
 AFFECT THE TITLE BLOCKS FOR ADDRESSING OF PROJECT.
  
 11) NOTE: PLEASE SEE THE ELEVATION OF THE ELECTRICAL
 SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE MUST
 BE ABOVE THE BFE.
 PLEASE PROVIDE ELEVATION DETAIL.
  
 12) NOTE: PLEASE SEE FBC 2004 13-606.1.ABC.1.2.4 FOR
 ANY RECESSED LIGHTING.
  
 * ** IMPORTANT**
 ONCE ALL REVIEWS ARE DONE AND PLANS ARE
 PICKED UP FOR CORRECTIONS, PLEASE BE
 SURE TO COMPLETELY REMOVE ALL OLD/VOIDED
 SHEETS AND ONLY INSERT NEW REVISED
 SHEETS INTO TWO COMPLETE SETS FOR REVIEW
 AND STAMPING. DO NOT LEAVE ANY
 OLD/VOIDED SHEETS IN SETS.
 PLEASE KNOW ONLY ONE SET OF THE
 OLD/VOIDED SHEETS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED
 FOR REFERENCE.
 THIS WILL HELP IN THE REVIEW PROCESS AND
 AVOID ANY DELAYS.
  
 ** PLEASE BE SURE TO CALL IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR
 COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE TYPED COMMENTS ABOVE. IF
 THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS WHICH ARE NOT CLEAR IN ANY WAY,
 NOT UNDERSTOOD OR NOT TYPED IN A CLEAR MANOR, PLEASE DO
 NOT HESITATE IN CONTACTING THIS OFFICE AND THIS
 REVIEWER.
  
 DEWEY PALMER
 ELECTRICAL PLAN REVIEW II
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DEPT.
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 561-805-6717
 [email protected]


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