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2013-09-24 12:43:52 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| PERMIT: 13080797 |
| ADD: 513 CLEMATIS ST UNITS # 201, 203, & 205 |
| CONT: LARRY B. ROWE |
| TEL: (561)835-17999 |
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| 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W |
| * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS |
| 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED APRIL 25/2013. |
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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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| 2ND REVIEW |
| DATE:SEPT 24/ 2013 |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 1) COMPLIED. |
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| 2) CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA |
| BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION, 2010 |
| EDITION.107.3.5.1.1. MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR COMMERCIAL |
| PLAN REVIEW: |
| 2A) MINIMUM BUILDING TYPE |
| 2B)COMPLIED |
| 2C) COMPLIED. |
| 2D) SEMI-COMPLIED. |
| 2D)(1) LIFE SAFETY PLAN THE SECOND STORY IS SHOWN, BUT |
| THE JOBSITE VISIT SHOWED THE BACK EXTERIOR STAIR WAY |
| LEADING INTO A COURTYARD WITH NO EXIT. MAKING THIS A |
| SINGLE EXIT FROM THE FRONT SET OF STAIRS. FBC-B TABLE |
| 1021.2 STORIES WITH ONE- EXIT TRAVEL DISTANCE LIMIT 75 |
| FEET. THE COURTYARD WILL NEED TO LEED TO A PUBLIC WAY. |
| AT THE JOBSITE VISIT THE CONTRACTOR AND OWNER INDICATED |
| ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THEY WERE GOING |
| TO OPEN FRONTAGE TO CLEMATIS ST FOR THE SECOND MEANS OF |
| EGRESS TO THE PUBLIC WAY, ALSO REVIEW FBC-B 1027.5 |
| EGRESS COURT REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE PROVIDE A SITE PLAN |
| WITH THE EGRESS FOR THE BACK EXTERIOR STAIR THRU THE |
| COURTYARD LEADING TO THE PUBLIC WAY. |
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| 2D)(2)SEMI-COMPLIED.9/26/13 SUBMITTED 45 MINUTE RATED |
| GLASS BLOCK FOR WINDOWS WITHIN 10' OF EXTERIOR STIAR. |
| THE SECOND ISSUE WHEN THE EGRESS FROM THE COURTYARD TO |
| THE PUBLIC WAY OCCURS IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOP |
| OF THE 2 STAIRWAYS IS NOT 1/2 THE OF THE LENGTH OF THE |
| MAXIMUM OVERALL DIAGONAL DIMENSION OF THE BUILDING OR |
| AREA TO BE SERVED MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN |
| DIAGONAL DISTANCE PER FBC-B 1015.2.1. NOTE WHEN YOU |
| FIGURE THE OVERALL DIAGONAL OF THE BUILDING WITHOUT THE |
| TERRRACE WE ARE WITHIN ONE FOOT OF COMPLIANCE. AT SOME |
| TIME SOMEONE HAS CUT IN A EXTERIOR DOORWAY AND CREATED |
| A ROOF TOP TERRACE MAKING THE OVER ALL DIAGONAL |
| DISTANCE A GREATER DISTANCE FOR THE STAIRS TO BE APART, |
| AND NOT CODE COMPLIANT. |
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| EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT UNIT 203 THE FURTHEST POINT ON THE |
| TERRACE THE TRAVEL DISTANCE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS |
| IS OVER 75 FEET. THE FURTHEST DISTANCE FROM THE |
| FURTHEST POINT ON THE TERRACE TO THE TOP LANDING AT THE |
| BACK STAIR IS APPROX. 68 FEET, OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING |
| THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WILL APPROVE THIS DISTANCE BUT |
| THE BATHROOM WINDOW IN UNIT DOES NEED TO BE 3/4 HOUR |
| FIRE RATED, IT IS WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE EXTERIOR STAIR, |
| FBC-B 1026.6 AND THE EXTERIOR DOOR WILL NEED TO BE 1 |
| HOUR FIRE RATED. |
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| 3) LIFE SAFETY PLAN SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING |
| INFORMATION: |
| 3A COMPLIED. |
| 3B) COURTYARD 2010 FBC-B 1027.5. |
| 3C) STAIRWELL WALL RATINGS, 2010 FBC-B 1022.1, & 2010 |
| EXISTING BUILDING CODE 912.5.3 EXCEPTION. |
| 3D) 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE 912.4.4. HANDRAILS |
| SHALL COMPLY WITH 705.9 IN AREAS OF CHANGE OF |
| OCCUPANCY. HANDRAILS SHALL BE THE FULL LENGTH OF THE |
| RUN OF THE STEPS ON AT LEAST ONE SIDE. |
| 3E) 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE 912.8 ACCESSIBILITY. |
| 3F) 2010 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 202.4.1 |
| DISPROPORTIONATE COST. |
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| 4) 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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