Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13080797
Permit Number 13080797
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2013-10-02 11:32:26BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 13080797
 ADD: 513 CLEMATIS ST UNITS # 201, 203, & 205
 CONT: LARRY B. ROWE
 TEL: (561)835-17999
  
 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.
  
 3RD REVIEW
 DATE:OCT 02/ 2013
 ACTION: PROVISO
  
 1) EGRESS COURT FOR THE REAR EXTERIOR STAIR IS TO
 COMPLY WITH:
 2010 FBC-B 1027 EGRESS COURTS
 1027.2 EXIT DISCHARGE CAPACITY.
 THE CAPACITY OF THE EXIT DISCHARGE SHALL BE NOT LESS
 THAN THE REQUIRED DISCHARGE CAPACITY OF THE EXITS BEING
 SERVED.
  
 1027.3 EXIT DISCHARGE LOCATION.
 EXTERIOR BALCONIES, STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS SHALL BE
 LOCATED AT LEAST 10 FEET (3048 MM) FROM ADJACENT LOT
 LINES AND FROM OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SAME LOT UNLESS
 THE ADJACENT BUILDING EXTERIOR WALLS AND OPENINGS ARE
 PROTECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 705 BASED ON FIRE
 SEPARATION DISTANCE.
  
 1027.4 EXIT DISCHARGE COMPONENTS.
 EXIT DISCHARGE COMPONENTS SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY OPEN TO
 THE EXTERIOR SO AS TO MINIMIZE THE ACCUMULATION OF
 SMOKE AND TOXIC GASES.
  
 1027.5 EGRESS COURTS.
 EGRESS COURTS SERVING AS A PORTION OF THE EXIT
 DISCHARGE IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS SYSTEM SHALL COMPLY
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1027.
  
 1027.5.1 WIDTH.
 THE WIDTH OF EGRESS COURTS SHALL BE DETERMINED AS
 SPECIFIED IN SECTION 1005.1, BUT SUCH WIDTH SHALL NOT
 BE LESS THAN 44 INCHES (1118 MM), EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED
 HEREIN. EGRESS COURTS SERVING GROUP R-3 AND U
 OCCUPANCIES SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 36 INCHES (914 MM)
 IN WIDTH. THE REQUIRED WIDTH OF EGRESS COURTS SHALL BE
 UNOBSTRUCTED TO A HEIGHT OF 7 FEET (2134 MM).
  
 WHERE AN EGRESS COURT EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED
 WIDTH AND THE WIDTH OF SUCH EGRESS COURT IS THEN
 REDUCED ALONG THE PATH OF EXIT TRAVEL, THE REDUCTION IN
 WIDTH SHALL BE GRADUAL. THE TRANSITION IN WIDTH SHALL
 BE AFFECTED BY A GUARD NOT LESS THAN 36 INCHES (914 MM)
 IN HEIGHT AND SHALL NOT CREATE AN ANGLE OF MORE THAN 30
 DEGREES (0.52 RAD) WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF THE
 EGRESS COURT ALONG THE PATH OF EGRESS TRAVEL. IN NO
 CASE SHALL THE WIDTH OF THE EGRESS COURT BE LESS THAN
 THE REQUIRED MINIMUM.
  
 1027.5.2 CONSTRUCTION AND OPENINGS.
 WHERE AN EGRESS COURT SERVING A BUILDING OR PORTION
 THEREOF IS LESS THAN 10 FEET (3048 MM) IN WIDTH, THE
 EGRESS COURT WALLS SHALL HAVE NOT LESS THAN 1-HOUR
 FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED CONSTRUCTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 10
 FEET (3048 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE COURT. OPENINGS
 WITHIN SUCH WALLS SHALL BE PROTECTED BY OPENING
 PROTECTIVES HAVING A FIRE PROTECTION RATING OF NOT LESS
 THAN 3/4 HOUR.
  
 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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