Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 15020027
Permit Number 15020027
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2015-02-12 18:42:45****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL
 BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 [email protected]
 561-805-6724
  
 1. SEE FBC 1609.1.2.1 REGARDING LOUVERS. PER
 CONTRACTOR, THE MANUFACTURER STATES THAT THIS PRODUCT
 IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A LOUVER.
  
 SEE THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED WITH THE LOUVER. THE LETTER
 FROM THE MANUFACTURER CITES FBC 1626, WHICH IS IN THE
 HIGH VELOCITY SECTION OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.
 THIS CODE SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO PALM BEACH COUNTY.
 ADDITIONALLY, IT IS NOT CLEAR WHICH EXCEPTION WOULD BE
 APPLICABLE.
  
 MORE (STRUCTURAL) INFORMATION IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO
 DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS INSTALLATION AFFECTS THE STRUCTURE
 AND HOW THIS IS PERMITTED UNDER FBC 2010 AND ASCE7-10.
 PLEASE SEE ASCE7-10, CHAPTER 26, DEFINITION OF
 BUILDING, PARTIALLY ENCLOSED, ITEM 2. IF THIS PRODUCT
 IS NOT CONSIDERED A "LOUVER" AND IS CONSIDERED AN
 "OPENING," THE AREA ALLOWED WOULD BE LESS THAN 4 SQUARE
 FEET OR 1% PER WALL, WHICHEVER IS SMALLER. IF THIS
 PRODUCT WERE TO BE INSTALLED, SINCE THERE IS NO WIND
 PRESSURE OR IMPACT TESTING FOR THE PRODUCT, THEY WOULD
 BE CONSIDERED "OPENINGS" AND COULD NOT EXCEED 4SF (OR
 1%) OR THE BUILDING WOULD BE CONSIDERED "PARTIALLY
 ENCLOSED". THE BUILDING WAS NOT DESIGNED AS SUCH;
 BUILDING WAS DESIGNED AS "ENCLOSED".
  
 2. CONTRACTOR STATED THAT THIS PRODUCT IS INCLUDED IN
 THE PERMIT DOCUMENTS. I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS ON
 THE PLAN; PLEASE ADVISE.
  
 3. SEE 603.2 REGARDING COMBUSTIBLES IN A NON
 COMBUSTIBLE BUILDING AND INDICATE UNDER WHICH EXCEPTION
 THE DESIGNER PROPOSES THIS PRODUCT.
  
 4. THE CONTRACTOR STATED THAT THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN
 INSTALLED IN ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE CITY. ALTHOUGH THAT
 FACT MAY NOT BE RELEVANT AS THE CODE CHANGES EVERY
 THREE YEARS, AND IT IS NOT CLEAR UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS
 THIS MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, PLEASE PROVIDE THE PERMIT
 NUMBER OR ADDRESS IF POSSIBLE. THE LIST PROVIDED
 INCLUDES "WATER CLUB, WEST PALM BEACH" BUT A GOOGLE
 SEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN NORTH
 PALM BEACH.
  
  
  
  


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