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2008-01-18 10:11:04 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
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| SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| 561-805-6724 [email protected] |
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| FBCFLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 |
| FBC EBFLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 EXISTING BUILDING |
| CODE |
| FBC RFLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 RESIDENTIAL FBC* |
| CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC2004 FAC |
| FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE |
| FSFLORIDA STATUTE |
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| 1.INCLUDE 2007 AMENDMENTS IN GOVERNING CODE |
| (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007). |
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| THIS WAS CHANGED IN ONE PLACE (EXISTING BUILDING CODE), |
| BUT TWO OTHERS IN THE SAME SECTION HAVE NOT BEEN |
| REVISED; IN PARTICULAR, FBC2004.PLEASE CHANGE A100 TO |
| REFLECT THAT GOVERNING CODE IS FBC2004 WITH 2007 |
| AMENDMENTS (ACTUALLY CALLED "SUPPLEMENTS").BY |
| INCORPORATING 2007 SUPPLEMENTS, 2006 SUPPLEMENTS ARE |
| AUTOMATICALLY INCORPORATED SO IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO |
| REFER TO "2006 AND 2007". |
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| 2.ADDRESSED. |
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| 3.ADDRESSED. |
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| 4.DECLARE THE BUILDING AS SPRINKLERED OR |
| UNSPRINKLERED.IF THIS IS A FULLY SPRINKLERED |
| BUILDING, PROVIDE FIRE SPRINKLER PLANS. |
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| THE RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT THE BUILDING IS |
| DECLARED AS "UNPROTECTED", THEREFORE IS UNSPRINKLERED. |
| THE PHRASES "PROTECTED" AND "UNPROTECTED" ARE NOT USED |
| IN FBC2004, BUT IN FBC2001 WERE USED TO SPECIFY FIRE |
| RESISTANCE RATINGS FOR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, SEE FBC2001 |
| TABLE 500.NOTE THAT "UNPROTECTED" DOES NOT MEAN "NOT |
| SPRINKLERED"; A BUILDING CAN BE UNPROTECTED AND FULLY |
| SPRINKLERED AS PER THE TABLE IN FBC2001.PLEASE REVISE |
| THE A100 TO INCLUDE SPRINKLER INFORMATION. |
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| NEW COMMENT: |
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| 5.PLEASE UPDATE THE CARPET SPEC SHEETS, FBC804.2. |
| THE PAPERWORK IS FROM 1997 AND REFERS TO AN OUTDATED |
| ASTM STANDARD.SEE FBC 35; THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE |
| TESTED TO NFPA253-00, WHICH WASN'T IN EXISTENCE WHEN |
| THE PAPERWORK WAS PRODUCED, AND PAPERWORK REFERS TO A |
| -97 ASTM STANDARD. |
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| 6.SEE PLUMBING COMMENTS REGARDING TURNING SPACE AND |
| SINK, FBC11. |