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2013-02-06 09:59:30 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| PERMIT: 13010720 |
| ADD: 700 S ROSEMARY # 104 |
| CONT: TBD |
| CONTACT: JORGE BENAVIDES |
| TEL: (561)632-1900 |
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| 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W |
| * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS |
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| 2010 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. |
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| 1ST REVIEW |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 1) SHEET A-0.0 & A-2.2 BOTH INDICATE THIS TO BE A TYPE |
| II BUILDING, UNDER THE 1997 SBC THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN |
| CORRECT, IN THE 2004 FBC TYPE VI BUILDINGS WERE |
| ELIMINATED AND A RECLASSIFICATION TOOK PLACE, THIS |
| BUILDING IS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED UNDER THE 2010 FBC-B |
| AS A BUILDING TYPE IB. PLEASE CORRECT ALL SHEETS. |
| FIGURE 600 CONSTRUCTION TYPE COMPARISION 2007 FBC-B |
| COMMENTARY. PLEASE UPDATE. |
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| 2) NEITHER SHEET A-0.0 NOR A-2.2 INDICATE THAT THIS |
| TENANT SPACE IS A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY. BARNES & NOBLE |
| OCCUPIED THIS SPACE A MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY. LA FITNESS |
| IS PROPOSING TO BECOME THE NEW TENANT, A A-3 OCCUPANCY. |
| THE DESIGNER OF RECORD WILL NEED TO REVIEW THE 2010 |
| EXISTING BUILDING CODE 901.3.1 FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE |
| UNDER GOING A PARTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY, SECTION 912 |
| WILL APPLY. |
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| 2A) THE DESIGNER OF RECORD SHALL ELECT TO DESSIGN THIS |
| TENANT SPACE UNDER EITHER SECTION: |
| 912.1.1.1 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITHOUT |
| SEPARATION. |
| 912.1.1.2 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITH |
| SEPARATION. |
| 2B) WHEN THE CONTRACTOR APPLIES FOR THE BUILDING |
| PERMIT, UNDER THE HEADING, DESCRIPTION OF WORK, THE |
| CONTRACTOR IS TO INCLUDE, "CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY". |
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| 3) SHEET A-0.0 & A-2.2 THE OCCUPANT LOAD COUNT IS NOT |
| CORRECT, ROOM ID 200 THE AEROBICS ROOM IT APPEARS THE |
| USEE OF 50 SQ FT PER PERSON IS WITH EQUIPMENT, THE |
| CORRECT USEAGE SHOULD EITHER BE 15 NET OR 7 NET. FOR |
| THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVIEW THE 15 SQ FT WILL BE USED |
| FOR THE OCCUPANT LOAD COUNT. PLEASE CORRECT THE |
| OCCUPANT LOAD AND REQUIRED EGRESS WIDTHS ON BOTH |
| SHEETS. |
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| 4) 2010 EXST BLDG CODE 912.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS FOR |
| CHANGE TO HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY. |
| WHEN A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IS MADE TO A |
| HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY (LOWER NUMBER) AS SHOWN IN TABLE |
| 912.4, THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING |
| CODE, BUILDING. |
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| 4A) THE MONUMENTAL STAIR IS NOW AN ISSUE (A-3 |
| OCCUPANCY) WHERE IT WAS NOT UNDER THE MERCANTILE |
| OCCUPANCY. THE EXCEPTION FOR MONUMENTAL STAIRS IS FOUND |
| UNDER 708.2 EXCEPTION # 7, THE MONUMENTAL STAIR NOT |
| REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THE MEANS OF EGRESS BECAUSE |
| THERE WERE 2 VERTICAL EXITS TO THE 2ND FLOOR. |
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| THE 2010 FBC-B SECTION 1028.2 REQUIRES 50 % OF THE |
| TOTAL OCCUPANTS TO EXIT THROUGH THE MAIN EXIT. 1028.3 |
| ASSEMBLY OTHER EXITS. EACH LEVEL OF AN ASSEMBLY |
| OCCUPANCY SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO A MAIN EXIT AND SHALL BE |
| PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL EXITS OF SUFFICIENT WIDTH TO |
| ACCOMMODATE ONE-HALF OF THE TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD SERVED |
| BY THAT LEVEL. SUCH ADDITIONAL EXITS SHALL BE LOCATED |
| AS FAR FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE/EXIT AS PRACTICABLE. SUCH |
| EXITS SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM A CROSS AISLE OR A SIDE |
| AISLE. PLEASE PROVIDE CODE COMPLIANCE. |
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| ANOTHER ISSUE THAT IS BORDER LINE IS THE OCCUPANT LOAD |
| ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND A THIRD REQUIRED STAIRWAY 2010 |
| FBC-B TABLE 1021.1 IF 501 OCCUPANTS ARE LOCATED ON THE |
| 2ND FLOOR THEN A THIRD REQUIRED EXIT STAIR WILL ALSO BE |
| REQUIRED. |
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| 5) THE PLANS DO NOT PROVIDE A SECTION THROUGH THE |
| MONUMENTAL STAIRWAY, PLEASE PROVIDE SUCH SECTION |
| PROVIDING DETAILS SUCH AS DRAFT CURTAIN AND SPRINKLER |
| LOCATION. |
| 2010 FBC-B 708.2 EXCEPTION 2.1. WHERE THE AREA OF THE |
| FLOOR OPENING BETWEEN STORIES DOES NOT EXCEED TWICE THE |
| HORIZONTAL PROJECTED AREA OF THE ESCALATOR OR STAIRWAY |
| AND THE OPENING IS PROTECTED BY A DRAFT CURTAIN AND |
| CLOSELY SPACED SPRINKLERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13. |
| IN OTHER THAN GROUPS B AND M, THIS APPLICATION IS |
| LIMITED TO OPENINGS THAT DO NOT CONNECT MORE THAN FOUR |
| STORIES. PLEASE NOTE THIS EXCEPTION IS ONLY FOR |
| BUSINESS & MERCANTILE, NOT FOR AN ASSEMBLY USE, PLEASE |
| PROVIDE HOW THIS CODE VIOLATION WILL BE COMPLIED. |
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| 6) THE LIFE SAFETY PLANS HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS SINCE |
| THE MONUMETAL STAIRS CAN NOT BE USED FOR EXITING AND |
| SINCE THE 2ND FLOOR OCCUPANT LOAD IS AT 500 OCCUPANTS, |
| NEITHER THE STAIRS NOR THE DOORS AT THE BACK OF THE |
| BUILDING WILL HANDLE THESE OCCUPANT LOADS. THE DESIGNER |
| IS TAKING A 36 INCH DOOR AND STATING 180 OCCUPANTS CAN |
| EXIT THIS OPENING, WHEREAS THE CLEAR OPENING IS CLOSER |
| TO 34 INCHES AND ONLY 170 OCCUPANTS CAN EXIT. FOR A |
| PAIR OF DOUBLE DOORS 340 OCCUPANTS. THE BACK OF HOUSE |
| SEERVICE CORRIDOR IS ALSO CONSIDERED A EXIT PASSAGEWAY |
| SINCE IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE VERTICAL EXIT. MANY |
| OF THE DOORS IN THIS EXIT PASSAGEWAY DOORWAYS ARE NOT |
| WIDE ENOUGH FOR THE NEW ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES THAT NOW |
| EXIST. FOR EXAMPLE TO THE SOUTH THE SPACE WAS |
| ORIGINALLY DESIGN FOR MERCANTILE OCCUPANCY, THIS IS NOW |
| GOING TO BE A RESTRAUNT WITH DOUBLE THE OCCUPANT LOAD |
| OF HOW THE EXIT PASSAGE WAY WAS DESIGNED. THE SAME HOLD |
| TRUE JUST TO THE NORTH, A SECOND FLOOR NIGHTCLUB AND |
| THE SECONDARY EXIT THAT LEADS TO THE EXIT STAIRS. |
| PLEASE PROVIDE THE OCCUPANT LOADS THAT WILL SHARE THE |
| EXITING FOR THIS COMMON EXIT PASSAGE WAY. PLEASE NOTE |
| PART OF THE EXIT DISCHARGE A 4 FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK |
| AND STAIRS., THE STAIRS WILL ONLY ALLOW FOR 160 |
| OCCUPANTS. PLEASE PROVIDE THE LIFE SAFETY PLANS TO THE |
| PUBLIC WAY. |
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| 7-9) COMPLIED. |
| 10) STRUCTURAL WORK COMMENT # 10 TO BE COMPLETED UNDER |
| THE LANDLORD PERMIT# 13030406. |
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| 11) PLANS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CITY PLACE APPROVAL WITH |
| THEIR STAMP. |
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| 12) 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. |
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| JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
| SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| TEL: 561-805-6715 |
| FAX: 561-805-6676 |
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| FLORIDA SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY SINCE 1953 |
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