Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 11040361
Permit Number 11040361
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2011-05-04 15:00:12****CORRECTIONS****
 SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6724 [email protected]
 FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007
 FBC R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2007 RESIDENTIAL
  
 1. DESIGN PRESSURES APPEAR TOO LOW FOR THIS STRUCTURE.
 EITHER REVISE EXPOSURE CATEGORY (TO EXPOSURE C) OR
 PROVIDE CALCULATIONS FOR EXPOSURE B PRESSURES (SEE
 TRANSITION ZONE BELOW). NOTE THAT CLEAR LAKE IS TO THE
 EAST, A GOLF COURSE TO THE SOUTH. FBC1609, FBC
 R301.2.1.4. NOTE THAT THE CODE CHANGED EFFECTIVE MARCH
 1, 2009.
  
 FBC1609.4 EXPOSURE CATEGORY. FOR EACH WIND DIRECTION
 CONSIDERED, AN EXPOSURE CATEGORY THAT ADEQUATELY
 REFLECTS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUND SURFACE
 IRREGULARITIES SHALL BE DETERMINED FOR THE SITE AT
 WHICH THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
 FOR A SITE LOCATED IN THE TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN
 CATEGORIES, THE CATEGORY RESULTING IN THE LARGEST WIND
 FORCES SHALL APPLY. ACCOUNT SHALL BE TAKEN OF
 VARIATIONS IN GROUND SURFACE ROUGHNESS THAT ARISE FROM
 NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION AS WELL AS FROM
 CONSTRUCTED FEATURES. FOR ANY GIVEN WIND DIRECTION, THE
 EXPOSURE IN WHICH A SPECIFIC BUILDING OR OTHER
 STRUCTURE IS SITED SHALL BE ASSESSED AS BEING ONE OF
 THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: (SEE FBC FOR EXPOSURE AND
 SURFACE ROUGHNESS DEFINITIONS).
  
 EXCEPTION: AN INTERMEDIATE EXPOSURE BETWEEN THE
 EXPOSURE CATEGORIES DEFINED IS PERMITTED IN A
 TRANSITION ZONE PROVIDED THAT IT IS DETERMINED BY A
 RATIONAL ANALYSIS METHOD.
  
 2. THERE IS A NOTE ON THE PLAN STATING THAT THIS IS
 LESS THAN 25% OF AGGREGATE GLASS AREA TO BE REPLACED
 AND SHUTTERS ARE NOT REQUIRED. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE
 IS NO SUCH EXCEPTION FOR MULTI FAMILY STRUCTURES. IT
 APPEARS THAT, BASED ON LOCATION IN THE BUILDING (FIRST
 FLOOR, WITHIN 30' OF GRADE), LARGE MISSILE IMPACT
 PROTECTION IS REQUIRED PER FBC 1609.1.2.
  
 ALTHOUGH THE PRODUCT APPROVAL SUBMITTED COMPLIES WITH
 THE FBC, PLEASE REVISE ENGINEERING. SUBSTITUTIONS ARE
 SOMETIMES TAKEN IN THE FIELD; SITE SPECIFIC DESIGN
 CRITERIA PREPARED BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER SHOULD BE
 APPLICABLE TO THE JOB.
  
  


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