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Plan Review Notes For Permit 14010860
Permit Number 14010860
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
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2014-02-03 18:01:03BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 14010860
 ADD: 2500 METROCENTRE BLVD SUITE # 1
 CONT: TO BE DETERMINED
 TEL: (561)786-486-9513
  
 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W
 * 2010 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION, 2010 EDITION
 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: MONDAY FEB. 03/2014
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 TOTAL SQ FOOTAGE OF BUILDING 17,973 SQ FT
 DAYCARE OCCUPANCY 5,530 SQ FT APPROX
 BLDG TYPE 3B
  
 PROVIDE A BREAK DOWN ON USE AREAS BY SQ FT:
 PRE-SCHOOL
 OPEN SUPPORT
 THEROPY ROOMS
 OFFICES
 STORAGE ROOMS
  
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY: BUSINESS TO DAYCARE/ 2010 EXISTING
 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 9 : 901.3.1 PARTIAL CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION. WHERE A PORTION OF AN
 EXISTING BUILDING IS CHANGED TO A NEW OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION, SECTION 912 SHALL APPLY.
  
 1) WITH THIS TENANT SPACE BEING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 FROM BUSINESS TO DACARE OCCUPANCY THE DESIGNER OF
 RECORD WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH 912.1.1 COMPLIANCE WITH
 CHAPTER 8. THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 8 SHALL BE
 APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING FOR THE NEW
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE SEPARATION
 CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 912.1.1.1 AND
 912.1.1.2.
  
 912.1.1.1 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITHOUT
 SEPARATION.
 WHERE A PORTION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING IS CHANGED TO A
 NEW OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND THAT PORTION IS NOT
 SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING WITH A
 FIRE-RATED WALL/CEILING HAVING A FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING
 AS REQUIRED IN THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING FOR
 THE SEPARATE OCCUPANCY, THE ENTIRE BUILDING SHALL
 COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 8
 APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING FOR THE MOST
 RESTRICTIVE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IN THE BUILDING
 AND WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER.
  
 912.1.1.2 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITH
 SEPARATION. REQUIRES A (2) HR OCCUPANCY SEPERATION.
 WHERE A PORTION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT IS CHANGED
 TO A NEW OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AND THAT PORTION IS
 SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING WITH FIRE
 BARRIERS HAVING A FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING AS REQUIRED IN
 THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING FOR THE SEPARATE
 OCCUPANCY, THAT PORTION SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 8 FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION AND WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
  
 2) 912.1.2 FIRE PROTECTION AND INTERIOR FINISH. THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 912.2 AND 912.3 FOR FIRE
 PROTECTION AND INTERIOR FINISH, RESPECTIVELY, SHALL
 APPLY TO ALL BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION.
 912.3 INTERIOR FINISH. IN AREAS OF THE BUILDING
 UNDERGOING THE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION, THE
 INTERIOR FINISH OF WALLS AND CEILINGS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING
 FOR THE NEW OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
 SEE 2010 FBC-B TABLE 803.9 INTERIOR WALL & CEILING
 FINISHE REQUIREMENTS BY OCCUPANCY/ DAYCARE-
 NONSPRINKLERED.
  
 3) 912.1.4 ACCESSIBILITY.
 ALL BUILDINGS UNDERGOING A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION 912.8. 912.8
 ACCESSIBILITY. EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT UNDERGO A CHANGE
 OF GROUP OR OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE,
 ACCESSIBILITY.
  
 2010 FLBC- ACCESSIBILITY CODE 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE
 COST.
 ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF
 TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA WILL BE DEEMED
 DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN THE
 COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION TO THE
 PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COSTS THAT MAY BE COUNTED AS
 EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF
 TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING
 AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE
 ALTERED AREA; (II) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING
 RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS INSTALLING GRAB BARS,
 ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, INSULATING PIPES, OR
 INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET CONTROLS; (III) COSTS
 ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH
 AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT,
 INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT
 TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING
 AN INACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
  
 2010 FLBC- ACCESSIBILITY CODE 202.4.2 ACCESSIBLE
 FEATURES IN THE EVENT OF DISPROPORTIONALITY.
 WHEN THE COST OF ALTERATIONS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE PATH
 OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA FULLY ACCESSIBLE IS
 DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE COST OF THE OVERALL ALTERATION,
 THE PATH OF TRAVEL SHALL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE
 EXTENT THAT IT CAN BE MADE ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT INCURRING
 DISPROPORTIONATE COSTS. IN CHOOSING WHICH ACCESSIBLE
 ELEMENTS TO PROVIDE, PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE
 ELEMENTS THAT WILL PROVIDE THE GREATEST ACCESS, IN THE
 FOLLOWING ORDER: (I) AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE; (II) AN
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE ALTERED AREA; (III) AT LEAST
 ONE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM FOR EACH SEX OR A SINGLE UNISEX
 RESTROOM; (IV) ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES; (V) ACCESSIBLE
 DRINKING FOUNTAINS; AND (VI) WHEN POSSIBLE, ADDITIONAL
 ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS SUCH AS PARKING, STORAGE, AND
 ALARMS.
  
 4) 912.2 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS. FIRE PROTECTION
 SYSTEMS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS
 912.2.1 AND 912.2.2
 912.2.1 NOT REQUIRED- FIRE SPRINKLERS
  
 912.2.2 FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEM.
 WHERE A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OCCURS THAT
 REQUIRES A FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEM TO BE
 PROVIDED BASED ON THE NEW OCCUPANCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 CHAPTER 9 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING, SUCH
 SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE THE
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OCCURS. EXISTING ALARM NOTIFICATION
 APPLIANCES SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED THROUGHOUT
 THE BUILDING. WHERE THE BUILDING IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A
 FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, ALARM NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES SHALL
 BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE THE CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY OCCURS AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED.
 436.7.1 INITIATION OF THE REQUIRED FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
 SHALL BE BY MANUAL MEANS AND BY OPERATION OF ANY
 REQUIRED SMOKE DETECTORS AND REQUIRED SPRINKLER
 SYSTEMS.
  
 436.7.1.1 OCCUPANT NOTIFICATION SIGNALS SHALL BE
 AUDIBLE AND VISUAL SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72
 AND THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, ACCESSIBILITY. THE
 GENERAL EVACUATION ALARM SIGNAL SHALL OPERATE
 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
 EXCEPTIONS: 1. WHERE TOTAL EVACUATION OF OCCUPANTS IS
 IMPRACTICAL BECAUSE OF BUILDING CONFIGURATION, ONLY THE
 OCCUPANTS IN THE AFFECTED ZONES SHALL BE INITIALLY
 NOTIFIED. PROVISIONS SHALL BE MADE TO SELECTIVELY
 NOTIFY OCCUPANTS IN OTHER ZONES TO AFFORD ORDERLY
 EVACUATION OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
 2. WHERE OCCUPANTS ARE INCAPABLE OF EVACUATING
 THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
 DISABILITY OR PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, THE PRIVATE OPERATING
 MODE AS DESCRIBED IN NFPA 72 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE
 USED. ONLY THE ATTENDANTS AND OTHER PERSONNEL REQUIRED
 TO EVACUATE OCCUPANTS FROM A ZONE, AREA, FLOOR, OR
 BUILDING SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE NOTIFIED. THIS
 NOTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE MEANS TO READILY IDENTIFY
 THE ZONE, AREA, FLOOR OR BUILDING IN NEED OF
 EVACUATION.
  
 436.7.1.2 FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION.
 THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE ARRANGED TO TRANSMIT THE
 ALARM AUTOMATICALLY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72 BY MEANS OF ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING METHODS AS APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL:
 1. AN AUXILIARY ALARM SYSTEM, OR
 2. A CENTRAL STATION CONNECTION, OR
 3. A PROPRIETARY SYSTEM, OR
 4. A REMOTE STATION CONNECTION.
 EXCEPTION: WHERE NONE OF THE ABOVE MEANS OF
 NOTIFICATION IS AVAILABLE, A PLAN FOR NOTIFICATION OF
 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ACCEPTABLE TO THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL, SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 436.7.2 DETECTION.
 A SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM SHALL BE INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 72, WITH PLACEMENT OF DETECTORS IN
 EACH STORY IN FRONT OF DOORS TO THE STAIRWAYS AND IN
 THE CORRIDORS OF ALL FLOORS OCCUPIED BY THE DAY CARE
 OCCUPANCY. DETECTORS ALSO SHALL BE INSTALLED IN
 LOUNGES, RECREATION AREAS AND SLEEPING ROOMS IN THE DAY
 CARE OCCUPANCY.
 EXCEPTION: DAY CARE OCCUPANCIES HOUSED IN ONE ROOM.
  
 5) 912.4.1 MEANS OF EGRESS FOR CHANGE TO HIGHER HAZARD
 CATEGORY. WHEN A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION IS
 MADE TO A HIGHER HAZARD CATEGORY (LOWER NUMBER) AS
 SHOWN IN TABLE 912.4, THE MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL COMPLY
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
 2010 FBC-B 1029.4.1
 EVERY ROOM OR SPACE GREATER THAN 250 SQUARE FEET (23.2
 M2) IN EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES USED FOR
 CLASSROOM OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OR NORMALLY
 SUBJECT TO STUDENT OCCUPANCY AND EVERY ROOM
 OR SPACE NORMALLY SUBJECT TO CLIENT OCCUPANCY, OTHER
 THAN BATHROOMS, IN GROUP D OCCUPANCIES SHALL
 HAVE NOT LESS THAN ONE OUTSIDE WINDOW FOR EMERGENCY
 RESCUE THAT COMPLIES WITH THE FOLLOWING:
 1.SUCH WINDOWS SHALL BE OPENABLE FROM THE INSIDE
 WITHOUT THE USE OF TOOLS AND SHALL PROVIDE A CLEAR
 OPENING OF NOT LESS THAN 20 INCHES (508 MM) IN WIDTH,
 24 INCHES (610 MM) IN HEIGHT, AND 5.7 SQUARE
 FEET (0.53 M2) IN AREA.
 2.THE BOTTOM OF THE OPENING SHALL BE NOT MORE THAN 44
 INCHES (1118 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR, AND ANY
 LATCHING DEVICE SHALL BE CAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED FROM
 NOT MORE THAN 54 INCHES (1372 MM) ABOVE
 THE FINISHED FLOOR.
 EXCEPTIONS:
 1.BUILDINGS PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY AN APPROVED,
 SUPERVISED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 903.3.1.1.
 2.WHERE THE ROOM OR SPACE HAS A DOOR LEADING DIRECTLY
 TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
  
 6) 436.2 CLOSET DOORS. EVERY CLOSET DOOR LATCH SHALL BE
 SUCH THAT CLIENTS CAN OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE THE
 CLOSET.
  
 7) 436.3 BATHROOM DOORS. EVERY BATHROOM DOOR LOCK SHALL
 BE DESIGNED TO PERMIT OPENING OF THE LOCKED DOOR FROM
 THE OUTSIDE IN AN EMERGENCY. THE OPENING DEVICE SHALL
 BE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE STAFF.
  
 6) 436.6 PROTECTION FROM HAZARDS.
 ROOMS OR SPACES FOR THE STORAGE, PROCESSING OR USE OF
 MATERIALS SPECIFIED BELOW SHALL BE PROTECTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
  
 6A) 436.6.1
 THE FOLLOWING ROOMS OR SPACES SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING BY FIRE BARRIERS HAVING A
 FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 1-HOUR OR SHALL
 BE PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING
 SYSTEM.
  
 1. BOILER AND FURNACE ROOMS.
  
 EXCEPTION: ROOMS ENCLOSING ONLY AIR-HANDLING EQUIPMENT.
  
 2. ROOMS OR SPACES USED FOR THE STORAGE OF COMBUSTIBLE
 SUPPLIES IN QUANTITIES DEEMED HAZARDOUS BY THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL.
  
 3. ROOMS OR SPACES USED FOR THE STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS
 MATERIALS OR FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS IN
 QUANTITIES DEEMED HAZARDOUS BY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS.
  
 4. JANITOR CLOSETS.
  
 EXCEPTION: DOORS TO JANITOR CLOSETS SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO HAVE VENTILATING LOUVERS WHERE THE SPACE IS
 PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS.
  
 6B) 436.6.2
 THE FOLLOWING ROOMS OR SPACES SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM
 THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING BY FIRE BARRIERS HAVING A
 FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 1 HOUR AND
 SHALL BE PROTECTED BY AN APPROVED AUTOMATIC
 FIRE-EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM.
  
 1. LAUNDRIES.
  
 2. MAINTENANCE SHOPS, INCLUDING WOODWORKING AND
 PAINTING AREAS.
  
 3. ROOMS OR SPACES USED FOR PROCESSING OR USE OF
 COMBUSTIBLE SUPPLIES DEEMED HAZARDOUS BY THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL.
  
 4. ROOMS OR SPACES USED FOR PROCESSING OR USE OF
 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS
 IN QUANTITIES DEEMED HAZARDOUS BY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS.
  
 EXCEPTION: FOOD PREPARATION FACILITIES PROTECTED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 96 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE
 OPENINGS PROTECTED BETWEEN FOOD PREPARATION AREAS AND
 DINING AREAS. WHERE DOMESTIC COOKING EQUIPMENT IS USED
 FOR FOOD WARMING OR LIMITED COOKING, PROTECTION OR
 SEGREGATION OF FOOD PREPARATION FACILITIES SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED IF APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
  
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 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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 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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