Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 14110421
Permit Number 14110421
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2015-01-07 10:09:11BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 14110421
 ADD: 2711 EXCHANGE CT
 CONT: TO BE DETERMINED
 TEL: (561)358-5080
  
 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.
  
 2ND REVIEW
 DATE: WED. JAN. 07/ 2015
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) COMPLIED.
  
 2) 107.3.5 MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA FOR BUILDINGS.
 THE EXAMINATION OF THE DOCUMENTS BY THE BUILDING
 OFFICIAL SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM CRITERIA
 AND DOCUMENTS:
 107.3.5.1 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS:
 107.3.5.1.1 BUILDING
 1) SITE REQUIREMENTS:
 PARKING: THE 2 ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE SIDE
 BY SIDE DOES NOT HAVE A 5'-0" WIDE ACCESS AISLE. SEE
 2010 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE 502.3
 THE 2ND ISSUE IS THAT THESE SAME 2 ACCESSIBLE PARKING
 SPACES AS DEPICTED REQUIRES THE OCCUPANT TO WHEEL
 BEHIND PARKED CARS OWNED BY OTHERS. PLEASE REVIEW
 FBC-ACCESSIBLITY 502.3 GRAY BOX, FL. SPECIFIC.
  
 2) OCCUPANCY GROUP PRIOR AND NEW OCCUPANCY WAS THIS A
 DAY CARE OR IS THIS A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY? PERMIT
 03070117 IT APPEARS THE USE WAS EITHER A BUSINESS OR
 MERCANTILE. THE SHEET LIST THIS AS A LEVEL II
 ALTERATION, IT WOULD APPEAR A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY WILL
 OCCUR AND CHAPTER 9 OF THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE
 SECTION 901.3 SHALL APPLY. 901.3 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION.
 WHERE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF A BUILDING
 CHANGES, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 902 THROUGH 912
 SHALL APPLY. THIS INCLUDES A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION WITHIN A GROUP AS WELL AS A CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION FROM ONE GROUP TO A DIFFERENT
 GROUP.
  
 3) MINIMUM TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DETERMINED
 (SEE TABLE 503).SHEET A2 INDICATES THIS IS BUILT AAS
 BUILDING TYPE IV OR HEAVY TIMBER?
  
 4) FIRE-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS SHALL
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS:
 2010 FBC-B 436.1(2) STORAGE ROOMS 1 HR FIRE RATED /
 TABLE 715.4 3/4 HR OPENING PROTECTIVES.
  
 5.COMPLIED NO FIRE SPRINKLERS. FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS
 SHALL INCLUDE: FIRE SPRINKLERS OR NOT
 SCHEMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS
  
 6. LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS SHALL BE DETERMINED AND SHALL
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
 OCCUPANT LOAD AND EGRESS CAPACITIES
 7. OCCUPANCY LOAD/EGRESS REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE:
 OCCUPANCY LOAD, MISSING OCCUPANT LOADS IN SECURITY &
 STORAGE ROOM, BREAK ROOM, ART & MUSIC CENTER, COMPUTER
 ROOM, FIRST AID ROOM, FILE ROOM, RECEPTION, CONFERENCE
 ROOM, FAMILY & CHILDREN ROOM, ADULT READING AND
 RESEARCH ROOM & ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE.
 GROSS
 NET
 MEANS OF EGRESS;
 EXIT ACCESS PLANS FAIL TO IDENTIFY FIRE RATED CORRIDORS
 FOR A DAYCARE OCCUPANCY :
 2010 FBC-B 1037.2.2
 WHERE THE TWO EXIT ACCESSES FROM A DAY CARE OCCUPANCY
 IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING ENTER THE SAME CORRIDOR AS THE
 APARTMENT OCCUPANCY, THE EXIT ACCESSES SHALL BE
 SEPARATED IN THE CORRIDOR BY A SMOKE BARRIER HAVING NOT
 LESS THAN A 1-HOUR FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING CONSTRUCTED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 710. THE SMOKE BARRIER SHALL
 BE LOCATED SO THAT IT HAS AN EXIT ON EACH SIDE.
 1037.2.3
 DOORS DESIGNED TO BE NORMALLY CLOSED SHALL COMPLY WITH
 SECTION 715.4.8.
  
 EXIT
 EXIT DISCHARGE
 DOORS SEE 2010 FBC-B 1037.1 PANIC & FIRE EXIT HARDWARE
 OCCUPANT LOAD WILL BE OVER 100.
 NOTE DOOR SIZES ARE NOT PROVIDED: 2010 FBC-B 1008.1.1/
 FBC-ACCESS. CODE 404.2.3.
  
 EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND EXIT SIGNS:
 1037.4 ILLUMINATION AND MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS.
 ILLUMINATION AND MARKING OF MEANS OF EGRESS SHALL
 COMPLY WITH SECTION 1006.
 2010 FBC-B 1037.5 EMERGENCY LIGHTING.
 EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1006.2
 SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
 1. INTERIOR STAIRS AND CORRIDORS.
 2. NORMALLY OCCUPIED SPACES.
  
 SPECIFIC OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS: SEE COMMENT #5
 COMPLIANCE WITH 2010 FBC-B 1037.6.
  
 10. ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE THE
 FOLLOWING:
 SITE REQUIREMENTS SEE COMMENT # 1
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE
 TOILET AND BATHING FACILITIES
 DRINKING FOUNTAINS : NOT SHOWN SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH
 2010 FBC-ACCESS. 211.2.
  
 3) 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY 01.3
 CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.
 WHERE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION OF A BUILDING
 CHANGES, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 902 THROUGH 912
 SHALL APPLY. THIS INCLUDES A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY
 CLASSIFICATION WITHIN A GROUP AS WELL AS A CHANGE OF
 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION FROM ONE GROUP TO A DIFFERENT
 GROUP.
  
 4) 2010 FBC-B COMPLY WITH THIS CHAPTER. DAY CARE
 OCCUPANCIES WILL ALSO NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE 2010
 FBC-B CHAPTER 436.
  
 4A) SHOW COMPLIANCE. 436.2 CLOSET DOORS. EVERY CLOSET
 DOOR LATCH SHALL BE SUCH THAT CLIENTS CAN OPEN THE DOOR
 FROM INSIDE THE CLOSET.
  
 4B) SHOW COMPLIANCE. 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.
  
 4C) SHOW COMPLIANCE 436.4 DOOR CLOSURE. FOR THE NEWLY
 RATED CORRIDOORS. ANY EXIT DOOR DESIGNED TO BE NORMALLY
 CLOSED SHALL BE KEPT CLOSED AND SHALL COMPLY WITH
 SECTION 715.3.
  
 5) THE PLEASE PROVIDE THE ACTUAL WINDOW SIZE AND TYPE
 OF WINDOW, SINLGE HUNG, CASEMENT OR STOREFRONT.
 2010 FBC-B EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE
 1029.2 MINIMUM SIZE. EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE
 OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING OF 5.7
 SQUARE FEET (0.53 M2).
 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.
  
 6) 2010 EXST. BLDG. CODE 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.
  
 FBC-B 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.
  
 7) PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A DAYCARE OCCUPANCY, WITH PRE-K
 4 YEAR OLDS, WHEN ANY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUSH AS
 TEACHING THE ALPHABET THIS WILL TRIGGER THE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATIONALS OCCUPANCY AND CORRIDOR
 WIDTHS OF 72 INCHES FOR 100 OCCUPANTS OR MORE. 2010
 FBC-B 1018.2. THEN THE SECOND ISSUE IS OCCUPANCY
 SEPARATION BETWEEN OCCUPANCIES, SEPARATED OR NOT?
  
 8) 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.
  
 9) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE REVISION
 & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY PAGES AS
 NECESSARY. A TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL
 REVIEW COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE
 REVISION MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION
 PAGE WHERE THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO
 EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED
 COOPERATION.
  
 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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