Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 14100545
Permit Number 14100545
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 5
Notes
Date Text
2015-10-07 15:56:27RESIDENTIAL (R3) ALTERATION, FOURTH BUILDING REVIEW
 CHECKLIST.
 CODE: 2010 FBC.
  
 1- THE NEW PLANS SUBMITTED ARE REFERENCING THE 2014
 FBC. THE ORIGINAL PERMIT APPLICATION AND ALL REVIEWS
 WERE DONE BASED ON THE 2010 FBC. REVISE ALL PLANS AND
 NOTES AS REQUIRED. (REPEAT COMMENT).
  
 RESPONSE:
 PLANS WERE NO REVISED. STILL REFERENCING THE 2014 CODE
 AND NOW IS MISMATCHING CODES. DESIGN CRITERIA CALLS FOR
 THE 2010 FLORIDA MECHANICAL CODE AND THE REST OF THE
 CITED CODES ARE REFERRING TO THE 2014 CODE. ALSO, THE
 CLASSIFICATION OF WORK IS INCORRECT. THIS IS NOT
 ALTERATION LEVEL 2. THIS IS ALTERATION LEVEL 3 AND IT'S
 ALSO A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY FROM GARAGE TO
 GARAGE/APARTMENT. REVISE AS REQUIRED. SEC. 405 AND SEC.
 406 OF 2010 FBC-EXISTING BUILDING.
  
 2- REVISE ENERGY CALCULATIONS SUBMITTED:
 A) COORDINATE WITH PLANS INSULATION FOR ALL WALLS
 (INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WALL SEPARATING THE GARAGE FROM
 THE A/C AREA.) SEC. 103.2.2 OF 2010 FBC-ENERGY
 CONSERVATION. (REPEAT COMMENT).
  
 RESPONSE:
 WHERE IS THE EXTERIOR WOOD FRAMED WALL SHOWN ON ITEM
 #9(B)?. THERE ARE NOT EXTERIOR FRAMED WALLS ON PLANS.
 SEE PLANS AND REVISE AS REQUIRED. IS THIS THE ADJACENT
 WALL BETWEEN GARAGE AND NEW APARTMENT?. IF SO, THE
 CORRECT WALL DENOMINATION IS ADJACENT WALL NOT EXTERIOR
 WALL.
  
 B) WALLS AND WINDOWS SHOWN PAGE 3 OF 5 DON'T MATCH
 PLANS. REVISE WALLS AND WINDOWS INFORMATION, INCLUDING
 ORIENTATION TO MATCH PLANS. SEC. 103.2.2 OF 2010
 FBC-ENERGY CONSERVATION. (REPEAT COMMENT).
  
 RESPONSE:
 THERE IS NO COORDINATION WITH PLANS. INFORMATION SHOWN
 ON THE ENERGY CALCULATIONS DOESN'T MATCH PLANS. REVISE
 AS REQUIRED TO MATCH.
  
 3- PROVIDE COMPLETE DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS SHOWING
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE R VALUE SHOWN ON THE ENERGY
 CALCULATIONS ON ITEM #11 FOR THE DUCTS. SEC. 103.2..2
 OF 2010 FBC-ENERGY CONSERVATION. (REPEAT COMMENT).
  
 RESPONSE:
 THERE IS NO COORDINATION WITH PLANS. INFORMATION SHOWN
 ON THE ENERGY CALCULATIONS DOESN'T MATCH PLANS.
 MECHANICAL PLAN WAS REVISED AND INFORMATION SHOWN ON
 ITEM #11(A) OF THE ENERGY CALCULATIONS DON'T MATCH.
 REVISE AS REQUIRED.
  
 4- NEW COMMENT:
 MECHANICAL PLAN WAS REVISED. NEW A/C EQUIPMENT DOESN'T
 PROVIDE HEATING. NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE HEATING
 REQUIREMENTS OF SEC. R303.8 OF 2010 FBC-RESIDENTIAL.
 PROVIDE COMPLETE INFORMATION SHOWING COMPLIANCE.
  
 5- PLANS DON'T SHOW THE R-VALUE FOR THE EXTERIOR WALLS.
 103.2..2 OF 2010 FBC-ENERGY CONSERVATION.
  
 RESPONSE:
 ITEM #9(A) OF THE ENERGY CALCULATIONS SUBMITTED CALLS
 FOR CONCRETE BLOCK WALL INSULATION OF R-6.2. THE R
 VALUE OF THE INSULATION ALONE NEEDS TO BE R-6.2 AS
 REQUIRED BY SEC. R304.1.2 OF 2010 FBC-ENERGY
 CONSERVATION. OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS CAN NOT BE
 INCLUDED TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED R VALUE. REVISE THE
 "DROP CEILING SIDE VIEW SECTION" AS REQUIRED. AND,
 PROVIDE COMPLETE DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE
 R-6.2 INSULATION.
  
 6- PROVIDE PRODUCT APPROVAL (2 COPIES) AS REQUIRED BY
 DCA RULE 9N-3 FOR:
 A) SINGLE HUNG WINDOWS. FLORIDA PRODUCT APPROVAL
 FL14604-R3 SUBMITTED IS NOT APPROVED. THE APPLICATION
 STATUS SAYS "RE-APPLY". NEED COPY OF APPROVED PRODUCT
 APPROVAL.
  
 RESPONSE:
 ONLY THE FLORIDA PRODUCT APPROVAL COVER PAGE WAS
 SUBMITTED THIS TIME. NEED TO SUBMIT THE COMPLETE
 PRODUCT APPROVAL WITH THE DRAWINGS THAT WERE APPROVED.
  
 7- ENGINEER OF RECORD TO APPROVE ABOVE PRODUCT APPROVAL
 AS REQUIRED BY SEC. 107.3.4.1 CITY AMENDMENTS TO FBC.
  
 8- DROP CEILING PLAN:
 A) PROVIDE DETAIL SHOWING HOW IS THE DOUBLE 2X8
 ATTACHED TO THE MASONRY WALL AND TO THE WOOD FRAMED
 WALL? . DROP CEILING SIDE VIEW DRAWING IS NOT CLEAR?
 NOTE: FASTENERS FOR THE MASONRY WALL ARE NOT THE SAME
 AS FOR A WOOD FRAMED WALL. HOW IS THE LUS28-2 ATTACHED
 TO THE 2X4 TOP PLATE?. SEC. 107.2.1 CITY AMENDMENTS.
  
 RESPONSE:
 DRAWINGS SUBMITTED ARE NOT CLEAR. DROP CEILING PLAN
 DOESN'T SHOW ANY STUDS SUPPORTING THE (2)2X8 BEAM AND
 THERE IS NO WAY TO PLACE A LUS28-2 SIMPSON CONNECTOR TO
 DOUBLE 2X4 JACK STUD BELOW WOOD BEAM AS SPECIFIED ON
 THE DROP CEILING SIDE VIEW. THE WIDTH OF THE CONNECTOR
 IS WIDER THAN THE DOUBLE STUDS. THERE IS NO WAY TO NAIL
 THE CONNECTOR TO THE STUDS. REVISE AS REQUIRED.
  
 ***ENGINEER OF RECORD LETTER ADDRESSING EACH COMMENT
 WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE THE REVIEW PROCESS.
  
 NOTE: ENGINEER OF RECORD MAY BE CHARGED FOUR TIMES THE
 PLAN REVIEW FEES FOR MULTIPLE REJECTIONS. SEE COPY OF
 FLORIDA STATUTE SEC. 553.80(2)(B) BELOW"
  
 "WITH RESPECT TO EVALUATION OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS?
 DOCUMENTS, IF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINDS IT NECESSARY, IN
 ORDER TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 CODE AND ISSUE A PERMIT, TO REJECT DESIGN DOCUMENTS
 REQUIRED BY THE CODE THREE OR MORE TIMES FOR FAILURE TO
 CORRECT A CODE VIOLATION SPECIFICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY
 NOTED IN EACH REJECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 EGRESS, FIRE PROTECTION, STRUCTURAL STABILITY, ENERGY,
 ACCESSIBILITY, LIGHTING, VENTILATION, ELECTRICAL,
 MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND GAS SYSTEMS, OR OTHER
 REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BY RULE OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 COMMISSION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 120, THE LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT SHALL IMPOSE, EACH TIME AFTER THE THIRD SUCH
 REVIEW THE PLANS ARE REJECTED FOR THAT CODE VIOLATION,
 A FEE OF FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPORTION OF THE
 PERMIT FEE ATTRIBUTED TO PLANS REVIEW.".
  
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