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| 2010-06-28 11:10:05 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | PERMIT: 10060529 |
| | ADD: 2616 E TAMARIND AVE. |
| | CONT: BUTLER CONSTRUCTION |
| | TEL: (561)832-9700 |
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| | FL BLD CODE= 2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE |
| | W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS |
| | * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | ACTION: DENIED |
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| | 1) SHEET A2.1 INDICATES A NEW INTERIOR STAIR WITHOUT A |
| | 1 HR ENCLOSURE, THIS DOES MEET FBC-B1020.1 EXCEPTION |
| | #8. THE PROBLEM WILL BE THE NEW EXTERIOR STAIRWAY WILL |
| | NEED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF 1023.6 EXTERIOR |
| | STAIRWAYS SHALL BE SEPERATED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE |
| | BUILDING AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1020.1. |
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| | 2) SHEET A2.1 THE NEW EXTERIOR STAIRS INDICATE A NEW |
| | PRE-FAB STAIR AND RAILING BUT THERE IS NO DESIGN |
| | CRITERIA PROVIDED, FBC 1607.1(36) 100 LBS LIVE LOAD, |
| | 1010, 1012 & 1013. |
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| | 3) SHEET A2.1 PLEASE PROVIDE BUILDING TYPE OF |
| | CONSTRUCTION AND LEVEL OF ALTERATION. WE WILL NEED THIS |
| | INFORMATION TO DETERMINE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED |
| | (FBC-B1009.5) FOR THE STAIRS. PLANS FAIL TO PROVIDE |
| | TTHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMPLIANCE WITH 1010, 1012 & |
| | 1013. |
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| | 4) FL EXISTING BUILDING CODE 706.1 ACCESSIBILITY |
| | PLANS FAIL TO PROVIDE VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY AS PER |
| | FBC-B 11-4.1.6 ACCESSIBLE BUILDINGS: ALTERATIONS (1) |
| | (B) IF EXISTING ELEMENTS, SPACES, OR COMMON AREAS ARE |
| | ALTERED, THEN EACH SUCH ALTERED ELEMENT, SPACE, |
| | FEATURE, OR AREA SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE |
| | PROVISIONS OF SECTION 11-4.1.1 TO SECTION 11-4.1.3, |
| | MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. IF THE |
| | APPLICABLE PROVISION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION REQUIRES THAT |
| | AN ELEMENT, SPACE, OR COMMON AREA BE ON AN ACCESSIBLE |
| | ROUTE, THE ALTERED ELEMENT, SPACE, OR COMMON AREA IS |
| | NOT REQUIRED TO BE ON AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE EXCEPT AS |
| | PROVIDED IN SECTION 11-4.1.6(2), ALTERATIONS TO AN AREA |
| | CONTAINING A PRIMARY FUNCTION. |
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| | PLEASE REVIEW 11-4.1.3(5) THTE FLORIDA SPECIFIC GRAY |
| | BOX AND EXCEPTION 4: PLATFORM LIFTS (WHEELCHAIR LIFTS) |
| | COMPLYING WITH SECTION 11-4.11 OF THIS CODE MAY BE USED |
| | IN LIEU OF AN ELEVATOR WHERE THIS SECTION WOULD REQUIRE |
| | AN ELEVATOR ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
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| | (A) TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO A PERFORMING AREA |
| | IN AN ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY. |
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| | (B) TO COMPLY WITH THE WHEELCHAIR VIEWING POSITION |
| | LINE-OF-SIGHT AND DISPERSION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION |
| | 11-4.13. |
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| | (C) TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO INCIDENTAL OCCUPIABLE SPACES |
| | AND ROOMS WHICH ARE NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND |
| | WHICH HOUSE NO MORE THAN FIVE PERSONS, INCLUDING BUT |
| | NOT LIMITED TO EQUIPMENT CONTROL ROOMS AND PROJECTION |
| | BOOTHS. |
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| | (D) TO PROVIDE ACCESS WHERE EXISTING SITE CONSTRAINTS |
| | OR OTHER CONSTRAINTS MAKE USE OF A RAMP OR AN ELEVATOR |
| | INFEASIBLE. |
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| | 5) FL EXISTING BUILDING CODE 706.1 ACCESSIBILITY |
| | 11-4.3.11 AREAS OF RESCUE ASSISTANCE. |
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| | 11-4.3.11.1 LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION. AN AREA OF |
| | RESCUE ASSISTANCE SHALL BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: |
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| | (1) A PORTION OF A STAIRWAY LANDING WITHIN A SMOKEPROOF |
| | ENCLOSURE (COMPLYING WITH LOCAL REQUIREMENTS). |
| | |
| | (2) A PORTION OF AN EXTERIOR EXIT BALCONY LOCATED |
| | IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO AN EXIT STAIRWAY WHEN THE |
| | BALCONY COMPLIES WITH LOCAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERIOR |
| | EXIT BALCONIES. OPENINGS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE |
| | BUILDING LOCATED WITHIN 20 FEET (6 M) OF THE AREA OF |
| | RESCUE ASSISTANCE SHALL BE PROTECTED WITH FIRE |
| | ASSEMBLIES HAVING A 3/4 HOUR FIRE PROTECTION RATING. |
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| | (3) A PORTION OF A 1-HOUR FIRE-RESISTIVE CORRIDOR |
| | (COMPLYING WITH LOCAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRE-RESISTIVE |
| | CONSTRUCTION AND FOR OPENINGS) LOCATED IMMEDIATELY |
| | ADJACENT TO AN EXIT ENCLOSURE. |
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| | (4) A VESTIBULE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO AN EXIT |
| | ENCLOSURE AND CONSTRUCTED TO THE SAME FIRE-RESISTIVE |
| | STANDARDS AS REQUIRED FOR CORRIDORS AND OPENINGS. |
| | |
| | (5) A PORTION OF A STAIRWAY LANDING WITHIN AN EXIT |
| | ENCLOSURE WHICH IS VENTED TO THE EXTERIOR AND IS |
| | SEPARATED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WITH NOT |
| | LESS THAN 1-HOUR FIRE-RESISTIVE DOORS. |
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| | (6) WHEN APPROVED BY THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL AUTHORITY, |
| | AN AREA OR A ROOM WHICH IS SEPARATED FROM OTHER |
| | PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING BY A SMOKE BARRIER. SMOKE |
| | BARRIERS SHALL HAVE A FIRE-RESISTIVE RATING OF NOT LESS |
| | THAN ONE HOUR AND SHALL COMPLETELY ENCLOSE THE AREA OR |
| | ROOM. DOORS IN THE SMOKE BARRIER SHALL BE TIGHT-FITTING |
| | SMOKE-AND-DRAFT CONTROL ASSEMBLIES HAVING A FIRE |
| | PROTECTION RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 20 MINUTES AND SHALL |
| | BE SELF-CLOSING OR AUTOMATIC CLOSING. THE AREA OR ROOM |
| | SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN EXIT DIRECTLY TO AN EXIT |
| | ENCLOSURE. WHERE THE ROOM OR AREA EXITS INTO AN EXIT |
| | ENCLOSURE WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE OF MORE THAN 1-HOUR |
| | FIRE-RESISTIVE CONSTRUCTION, THE ROOM OR AREA SHALL |
| | HAVE THE SAME FIRE-RESISTIVE CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING |
| | THE SAME OPENING PROTECTION, AS REQUIRED FOR THE |
| | ADJACENT EXIT ENCLOSURE. |
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| | 6) FL EXISTING BUIULDING CODE 706.1 THE UPSTAIRS |
| | RESTROOM APPEARS TO BE NOT TOUCHED. PLEASE REVIEW |
| | EXISTING BUILDING CODE 706.1 ACCESSIBILITY AND11-4.1.6 |
| | (2) |
| | 2) ALTERATIONS TO AN AREA CONTAINING A PRIMARY |
| | FUNCTION. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION |
| | 11-4.1.6(1), AN ALTERATION THAT AFFECTS OR COULD AFFECT |
| | THE USABILITY OF OR ACCESS TO AN AREA CONTAINING A |
| | PRIMARY FUNCTION SHALL BE MADE SO AS TO ENSURE THAT, TO |
| | THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, THE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE |
| | ALTERED AREA AND THE RESTROOMS, TELEPHONES, AND |
| | DRINKING FOUNTAINS SERVING THE ALTERED AREA, ARE |
| | READILY ACCESSIBLE TO AND USABLE BY INDIVIDUALS WITH |
| | DISABILITIES, UNLESS SUCH ALTERATIONS ARE |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATIONS TIN TERMS |
| | OF COST AND SCOPE. |
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| | ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| | TRAVEL TO ALTERED AREAS SHALL BE DEEMED |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN THE |
| | COST EXCEEDS 20 PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION |
| | TO THE PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. |
| | |
| | DUTY TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE FEATURES IN THE EVENT OF |
| | DISPROPORTIONALITY. |
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| | (1) WHEN THE COST OF ALTERATIONS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE |
| | PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA FULLY ACCESSIBLE IS |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE COST OF THE OVERALL ALTERATION, |
| | THE PATH OF TRAVEL SHALL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE |
| | EXTENT THAT IT CAN BE MADE ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT INCURRING |
| | DISPROPORTIONATE COSTS. |
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| | (2)(A) IN CHOOSING WHICH ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS TO |
| | PROVIDE, PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE ELEMENTS |
| | THAT WILL PROVIDE THE GREATEST ACCESS, IN THE FOLLOWING |
| | ORDER: |
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| | (I) AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE; |
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| | (II) AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE ALTERED AREA: |
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| | (III) AT LEAST ONE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM FOR EACH SEX OR |
| | A SINGLE UNISEX RESTROOM: |
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| | (IV) ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES; |
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| | (V) ACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAINS; AND |
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| | (VI) WHEN POSSIBLE, ADDITIONAL ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS SUCH |
| | AS PARKING, STORAGE, AND ALARMS. |
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| | 7) BEFORE A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAY BE ISSUED, IMPACT |
| | FEES MUST BE PAID TO PALM BEACH COUNTY. THE ACTUAL |
| | PERMIT SET OF PLANS MUST BE STAMPED BY THAT OFFICE, AND |
| | A COPY OF THE PAID RECEIPT ATTACHED TO THE PERMIT |
| | APPLICATION. PLEASE CALL (561)233-5025 FOR MORE |
| | INFORMATION. |
| | |
| | A THOROUGH REVIEW CAN NOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME, AS A |
| | RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED |
| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY APPEAR THAT WERE NOT PART OF |
| | THIS REVIEW. |
| | |
| | INFORMATIONAL: WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE |
| | THE REVISION & REMOVE & REPLACE ANY PAGES AS NECESSARY. |
| | A TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL REVIEW |
| | COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE REVISION |
| | MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION PAGE WHERE |
| | THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE YOUR |
| | PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION. |
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| | STARTING AUGUST 21, 2009, THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES |
| | DEPARTMENT WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAYS UNTIL FURTHER |
| | NOTICE. |
| | |
| | OPENING HOURS MONDAY - THURSDAY WILL REMAIN AT 8:00 AM |
| | - 5:00 PM. |
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