Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13070683
Permit Number 13070683
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2013-07-26 15:59:26BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 13070683
 ADD: 700 S ROSEMARY, BACK OF HOUSE, EXIT PASSAGE WAY
 CONT: TBD (TO BE DETERMINED)
 TEL: (561)856-6655 CONTACT NEYITA
  
 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W
 * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS
 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED APRIL 25/2013.
  
 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.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: JULY 26/ 2013
 ACTION: BUILDING PROVISO
  
 2010 FBC-B 402.4.6 SERVICE AREAS FRONTING ON EXIT
 PASSAGEWAYS. MECHANICAL ROOMS, ELECTRICAL ROOMS,
 BUILDING SERVICE AREAS AND SERVICE ELEVATORS ARE
 PERMITTED TO OPEN DIRECTLY INTO EXIT PASSAGEWAYS,
 PROVIDED THE EXIT PASSAGEWAY IS SEPARATED FROM SUCH
 ROOMS WITH NOT LESS THAN 1-HOUR FIRE BARRIERS
 CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 707 OR
 HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLIES CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 712, OR BOTH. THE MINIMUM FIRE PROTECTION
 RATING OF OPENINGS IN THE FIRE BARRIERS SHALL BE 1
 HOUR.
  
 SUCH ROOMS OR AREAS SHALL BE PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 903; HOWEVER, THE EXCEPTION IN NFPA 13,
 STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS,
 THAT PERMIT THE OMISSION OF SPRINKLERS FROM SUCH ROOMS
 SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED.
  
 1023.1 EXIT PASSAGEWAY.
 EXIT PASSAGEWAYS SERVING AS AN EXIT COMPONENT IN A
 MEANS OF EGRESS SYSTEM SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. AN EXIT PASSAGEWAY SHALL
 NOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN AS A MEANS OF
 EGRESS.
  
 1023.3 CONSTRUCTION.
 EXIT PASSAGEWAY ENCLOSURES SHALL HAVE WALLS, FLOORS AND
 CEILINGS OF NOT LESS THAN 1-HOUR FIRE-RESISTANCE
 RATING, AND NOT LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED FOR ANY
 CONNECTING EXIT ENCLOSURE. EXIT PASSAGEWAYS SHALL BE
 CONSTRUCTED AS FIRE BARRIERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 707 OR HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLIES CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 712, OR BOTH.
  
 1023.6 PENETRATIONS.
 PENETRATIONS INTO AND OPENINGS THROUGH AN EXIT
 PASSAGEWAY ARE PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR REQUIRED EXIT
 DOORS, EQUIPMENT AND DUCTWORK NECESSARY FOR INDEPENDENT
 PRESSURIZATION, SPRINKLER PIPING, STANDPIPES,
 ELECTRICAL RACEWAY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
 AND ELECTRICAL RACEWAY SERVING THE EXIT PASSAGEWAY AND
 TERMINATING AT A STEEL BOX NOT EXCEEDING 16 SQUARE
 INCHES (0.010 M2). SUCH PENETRATIONS SHALL BE PROTECTED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 713. THERE SHALL BE NO
 PENETRATIONS OR COMMUNICATING OPENINGS, WHETHER
 PROTECTED OR NOT, BETWEEN ADJACENT EXIT PASSAGEWAYS.
  
 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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