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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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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