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2013-10-02 11:32:26 | 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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| 3RD REVIEW |
| DATE:OCT 02/ 2013 |
| ACTION: PROVISO |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| JAMES A. WITMER CBO |
| SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| TEL: 561-805-6715 |
| FAX: 561-805-6676 |
| E-MAIL: [email protected] |