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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 |
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| 1. ADDRESSED. |
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| 2. SHOW HOW THIS JOB WILL COMPLY WITH FBC1008.1.3.5, IF |
| APPLICABLE. |
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| 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: |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| SEE ALSO FBC1003.6: |
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| 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. |
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| 3. ADDRESSED. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| ***PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS*** |
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