Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13070967
Permit Number 13070967
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2013-08-05 15:12:45****CORRECTIONS****
 ****REVISED TO INCLUDE COMMENTS ON ELEVATION
 CERTIFICATE****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL
 BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 [email protected]
 561-805-6724
  
 1. PROVIDE A DETAIL FOR THE FIRE RATED WALL, EITHER A
 TESTED ASSEMBLY OR CALCULATED FIRE RESISTANCE FBC 703.
  
 2. PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT THE DOUBLE DOOR SHOWN WAS
 PERMITTED TO SERVE TWO SEPARATE UNITS AND WAS CODE
 COMPLIANT AT THE TIME OF INSTALLATION. AS A TENANT
 SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO UNITS IS REQUIRED, IT IS NOT
 CLEAR HOW WHY TWO UNITS HAD NO SEPARATION AND A DOOR
 INSTALLED WHICH SERVES THE TWO. THE PROPOSED
 CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF SEPARATING
 THE TWO TENANTS WITH A FIRE RESISTANCE RATED WALL. NON
 COMPLIANT OR NON PERMITTED IMPROVEMENTS DO NOT GET
 GRANDFATHERED.
  
 3. SEE FBC 1014.2.1, THE PLAN PROPOSES THAT UNIT 117
 PASSES THROUGH UNIT 118 IN ORDER TO REACH AN EXIT.
 PLEASE REVISE.
  
 4. THIS STRUCTURE IS LOCATED IN A SPECIAL HAZARD FLOOD
 ZONE. CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE 94
 REQUIRES THAT, IN THE CASE OF SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS,
 THE STRUCTURE TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. IF AN
 ELEVATION CERTIFICATE IS AVAILABLE, PLEASE PROVIDE.
 THIS ITEM MAY BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL. IF THIS IS NOT
 AVAILABLE, PLEASE ADVISE AND CUMULATIVE LIFETIME
 IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS STRUCTURE WILL BE DETERMINED.
 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE.
  
 ***ADDITIONAL COMMENT 9/27**
 ELEVATION CERTIFICATE SENT VIA EMAIL
  
 OUR RECORDS SHOW THIS AS AN A ZONE WITH BFE, SURVEYOR
 STATES THIS IS A C ZONE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FLOOD
 ZONE LINE GOES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROPERTY, AND
 ALTHOUGH THE VILLAGES ARE INCLUDED ON A LOMR, THE LOMR
 LETTER FOR VILLAGES ENDS AT THE CANAL BEHIND THIS
 PARCEL. I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A LOMR FOR THIS PARCEL.
  
 A COMPLETE REVIEW OF EC WAS NOT DONE AT THIS TIME DUE
 TO UNCERTAINTY OF INFORMATION. HOWEVER, NOTE THE
 FOLLOWING:
  
 LONGITUDE INCORRECT (SHOULD BE NEGATIVE OR WEST)
  
 ELEVATIONS USE NAVD 1988; SEE ELEVATION CERTIFICATE C2,
 STATES THAT ELEVATION DATUM TO BE IN THE SAME FORMAT AS
 BFE. ITEM B11 INDICATES NGVD 1929 WAS USED. CURRENT
 MAPS FOR THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH ARE IN NGVD 1929.
  
 COMMENTS LEFT BLANK. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE HOW LAT/LONG
 WERE OBTAINED (SEE INSTRUCTIONS). NOTE THAT SECTION D
 INDICATES THAT COMMENTS ARE PROVIDED.
  
  


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