Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 11070343
Permit Number 11070343
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2011-10-13 08:29:35BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 11070343
 ADD: 1015 N DIXIE HWY
 CONT: LS INVESTMENTS
 TEL: (561) 282-5692
  
 2007 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W/ 2009 FBC SUPPLEMENTS
 * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS
  
 2007 EXISTING BUILDING CODE LEVEL II 701.3
 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS,
 SYSTEMS, AND SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
  
 2ND REVIEW
 10/13/2011
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 NOTE ONLY ONE SET OF PLANS!!!!
  
 1) THE PLANS SUBMITTED FROM PE JOHN GRIFFIN HAVE
 DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE CODE SUMMARY AND CODE
 TABULATION. THE CODE SUMMARY INDICATES THIS TO BE A
 BUSINESS OCCUPANCY WHERE AS THE CODE SUMMARY INDICATES
 THE USE AS A SINGLE STORY, CMU BUILDING USE GROUP A-3
 AMUSEMEENT ARCADE. 106.1.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS
 REQUIRED. FOR THIS REVIEW THE OCCUPANCY TYPE WILL BE
 BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PHYSICAL THERAPY.
  
 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS:
 2.SEMI COMPLIED WHICH TYPE OF OCCUPANCY SEE COMMENT# 1.
 OCCUPANCY GROUP AND SPECIAL OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS
 SHALL BE DETERMINED.
  
 3.SEMI- COMPLIED. PLANS INDICATE A TYPE III BUILDING A
 OR B? PLANS INDICATE THE AREA IN THE TENANT SPACE NOT
 TTHE BUILDING FOOTPRINT WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE KNOWN
 FOR TABLE 503.
  
 4. FIRE-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS SHALL
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS:
 4A) FIRE-RESISTANT SEPARATIONS THE PLANS NOW INDICATE
 TENANT SEPERATION WALLS BUT NO TENANT SEPERATIONIS
 SHOWN.
  
 4B) FIRE-RESISTANT PROTECTION FOR TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION
 NOT KNOWN IF IT IS A TYPE III A OR B?
  
 5) PROTECTION OF OPENINGS AND PENETRATIONS OF RATED
 WALLS FIRE BLOCKING AND DRAFTSTOPPING AND CALCULATED
 FIRE RESISTANCE
  
 6. COMPLIED. LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS SHALL BE DETERMINED
 AND SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: OCCUPANT
 LOAD AND EGRESS CAPACITIES.
  
 7. OCCUPANCY LOAD/EGRESS REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE:
 7A) COMPLIED. OCCUPANCY LOAD
 7B) COMPLIED. GROSS/ NET
 7C)MEANS OF EGRESS:
 7C)(1) EXIT ACCESS
 7C)(2) EXIT -THE PLANS INDICATE A VERTICAL EXIT THAT
 ENDS WITHIN THE TENANT SPACE WITH NO ENCLOSURE, FBC-B
 1020.1 THE 2 EXCEPTIONS THAT POSSIBLY WOULD BE
 CONSIDERED ARE
 EXCEPTION #1 WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A OCCUPANT LOAD OF
 LESS THAN 10. THE SECOND EXCEPTION IS (8) WHICH WOULD
 ALLOW 50 % OF THE EGRESS STAIRS SERVING ONE ADJACENT
 FLOOR ARE NOT ENCLOSED, PROVIDED AT LEAST 2 MEANS OF
 EGRESS ARE PROVIDED FROM BOTH FLOORS SERVED BY THE
 UNENCLOSED STAIRWAY.
 7C)(3) STAIRS CONSTRUCTION/GEOMETRY AND PROTECTION: SEE
 COMMENT ABOVE.
 7C)(4) EXIT DISCHARGE THE PLANS DO NOT INDICATE THE
 LOCATION OF EITHER STAIRWAYS EXIT DISCHARGE? FBC-B
 1024.
 7C)(5) DOORS PLANS INDICATE A DOOR DETAIL WITH A 2'-8"
 DOOR AND 32" CLEAR COMPLYING WITH A.D.A. REQUIREMENTS.
 PLEASE REVIEW FBC-B 1008.1.1 THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
 FOR A
 SWING DOOR WOULD BE 34" A CLEAR OPENING OF 32". ALSO
 SEE 11-4.13.5 CLEAR WIDTH AND 11-4.13.6 MANEUVERING
 CLEARENCES AT DOORS, 11-4.19.3 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE AND
 11-4.22.3 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE.
 7C)(6) EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND EXIT SIGNS FBC-B
 1006.1.6.
  
 7C)(7) SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS PLEASE REVIEW 2
 STORY BUILDINGS, NOT FIRE SPRINKLERED, THAT WILL
 REQUIRE VERTICAL ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE OF CHANGE IN
 OCCUPANCY AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR AREA OF RESCUE
 ASSISTANCE.
  
 2) CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY FOR A PORTION OF A BUILDING
 SHALL COMPLY WITH 2007/09 EXISTING BUILDING CODE
 CHAPTER 9, SECTION 901.3.1 PARTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION. WHERE A PORTION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING
 IS CHANGED TO A NEW OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION, SECTION
 912 SHALL APPLY.
  
 1. THE DESIGNER OF RECORD WILL NEED TO DETERMINE IF
 THIS BUILDING HAS CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
 WITH OR WITHOUT SEPERATION. 2007 EXST BLD 912.1.1.1/
 912.1.1.2
  
 2. 912.1.2 FIRE PROTECTION AND INTERIOR FINISH.
  
 3. 912.1.4 ACCESSIBILITY SHALL COMPLY WITH EXT BLD
 912.8. PLEASE ALSO REVIEW 2007 FBC-B 11-4.3.11 AREA OF
 RESCUE ASSISTANCE.
  
 4. EXT BLD 912.2.1 FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
  
 5. EXT BLD 912.2.2 FIRE ALARM & DETECTION
  
 6) EXT BLD 912.3 INTERIOR FINISHES
  
 7) 912.4.2 MEANS OF EGRESS FOR CHANGE OF USE TO EQUAL
 OR LOWER HAZARD CATEGORY. WHEN A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION IS MADE TO AN EQUAL OR LESSER HAZARD
 CATEGORY (HIGHER NUMBER) AS SHOWN IN TABLE 912.4,
 EXISTING ELEMENTS OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 805 FOR THE NEW
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. NEWLY CONSTRUCTED OR
 CONFIGURED MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE, BUILDING .
  
 EXCEPTION: ANY STAIRWAY REPLACING AN EXISTING STAIRWAY
 WITHIN A SPACE WHERE THE PITCH OR SLOPE CANNOT BE
 REDUCED BECAUSE OF EXISTING CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE
 PERMITTED FOR CONTINUED USE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE
 BUILDING CODE OFFICIAL. ALSO, SEE SECTION 1001.4 OF THE
 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING .
  
 8) 912.4.3 EGRESS CAPACITY. EGRESS CAPACITY SHALL MEET
 OR EXCEED THE OCCUPANT LOAD AS SPECIFIED IN THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING , FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY.
  
 9) 912.4.4 HANDRAILS. EXISTING STAIRWAYS SHALL COMPLY
 WITH THE HANDRAIL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 705.9 IN THE
 AREA OF THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
  
 10) 912.4.5 GUARDS. EXISTING GUARDS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 705.10 IN THE AREA OF THE
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
  
  
  
 11) 912.7 ENCLOSURE OF VERTICAL SHAFTS. ENCLOSURE OF
 VERTICAL SHAFTS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS
 912.7.1 THROUGH 912.7.4.
  
 12) 912.7.1 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. VERTICAL SHAFTS SHALL
 BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING
 REQUIREMENTS FOR ATRIUMS OR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION.
  
 13) 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.
  
 14) A CONTRACTOR WILL NEED TO SIGN ONTO THE PERMIT, NO
 REALETOR CAN PULL A PERMIT FOR LIFE SAFETYT ISSUE AND
 BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WILL BE EXCEEDED.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  


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