Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 09050278
Permit Number 09050278
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2009-06-08 07:52:09****CORRECTIONS****
 SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6724 [email protected]
 FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007
 FBC R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 RESIDENTIAL
  
 1. ADDRESSED.
  
 2. SHOW HOW THIS JOB WILL COMPLY WITH FBC1008.1.3.5, IF
 APPLICABLE.
  
 2ND REVIEW, CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT
 THESE ARE ELECTRIC DOORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ALL
 INFORMATION REQUIRED TO SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE. "ELECTRIC
 DOORS" - SWING DOORS OR SLIDING DOORS? FBC DOES NOT
 HAVE PROVISIONS FOR TEMPORARY INSTALLATION OR CLOSURE
 OF HURRICANE DEVICES FOR OCCUPANCIES OTHER THAN
 RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A PROVISION FOR
 "SECURITY GRILLS" WHICH IS IN THE CODE SECTION
 REFERENCED IN FIRST REVIEW. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, IT
 READS AS FOLLOWS:
  
 1008.1.3.5 SECURITY GRILLES. IN GROUPS B, F, M, R AND
 S, HORIZONTAL SLIDING OR VERTICAL SECURITY GRILLES ARE
 PERMITTED AT THE MAIN EXIT AND SHALL BE OPENABLE FROM
 THE INSIDE WITHOUT THE USE OF A KEY OR SPECIAL
 KNOWLEDGE OR EFFORT DURING PERIODS THAT THE SPACE IS
 OCCUPIED. THE GRILLES SHALL REMAIN SECURED IN THE
 FULL-OPEN POSITION DURING THE PERIOD OF OCCUPANCY BY
 THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WHERE TWO OR MORE MEANS OF EGRESS
 ARE REQUIRED, NOT MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF THE EXITS OR
 EXIT ACCESS DOORWAYS SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH HORIZONTAL
 SLIDING OR VERTICAL SECURITY GRILLES.
  
 ON THE PLAN (NOT ON COMMENT LIST, AS THE PLAN IS TO
 SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE) PLEASE PROVIDE ALL INFORMATION
 REQUIRED. RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT THE "BUILDING IS
 NON-OCCUPIED DURING HURRICANE CONDITIONS." PLEASE
 EITHER SHOW WHERE IN THE FBC THIS IS PERMITTED
 (HURRICANE SHUTTERS OVER REQUIRED EXITS) OR SHOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH FBC1008.1.3.5.
  
 SEE ALSO FBC1003.6:
  
 1003.6 MEANS OF EGRESS CONTINUITY. THE PATH OF EGRESS
 TRAVEL ALONG A MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL NOT BE INTERRUPTED
 BY ANY BUILDING ELEMENT OTHER THAN A MEANS OF EGRESS
 COMPONENT AS SPECIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER. OBSTRUCTIONS
 SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF A MEANS OF
 EGRESS EXCEPT PROJECTIONS PERMITTED BY THIS CHAPTER.
 THE REQUIRED CAPACITY OF A MEANS OF EGRESS SYSTEM SHALL
 NOT BE DIMINISHED ALONG THE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL.
  
 3. ADDRESSED.
  
 4. REGARDING ITEMS 1 AND 2, OTHER INFORMATION MAY BE
 REQUIRED SUCH AS OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND OCCUPANT
 LOAD. AS PAPA IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE, PLEASE PROVIDE
 THIS INFORMATION.
  
 IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS BUSINESS OCCUPANCY; PLANS SHOW
 THAT FOUR OF SIX EXITS ARE PROPOSED AS BLOCKED. NUMBER
 OF REQUIRED EXITS NOT CLEAR, MAIN ENTRANCES NOT CLEAR.
  
 ***PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS***
  
  
  
  
  


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