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2015-04-10 09:13:38 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
| ****COURTESY REVIEW BASED ON CONVERSATION WITH PROPERTY |
| OWNER**** |
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| SAMANTHA HILL |
| BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| [email protected] |
| 561-805-6724 |
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| 1. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE SLAB AND ROOF WERE |
| INSTALLED WITH PERMITS, BUT THE CONVERSION OF SCREEN |
| WALLS TO GLASS WAS NOT PERMITTED. IT IS LIKELY THAT |
| THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURAL COLUMN. |
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| CONTRACTOR IS TO PROVIDE A PLAN FOR THE ELEMENTS |
| INSTALLED WITHOUT PERMIT. OWNER UNDERSTANDS THAT THE |
| SUNROOM IS TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AT THIS TIME. |
| IN ORDER TO DO THIS, PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING: |
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| PROVIDE A WALL FRAMING DETAIL, FOUNDATION THROUGH ROOF. |
| INCLUDE WIND DESIGN CRITERIA. |
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| SHOW THE WINDOWS AS "PROPOSED" AND PLAN CAN NOTE THAT |
| THE WINDOWS ARE REPLACING WINDOWS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED |
| WITHOUT PERMIT. THERE IS NO PENALTY ASSESSED WHEN A |
| PROPERTY OWNER IS UNAWARE OF A PREVIOUS VIOLATION AND |
| IS WORKING TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. |
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| BE ADVISED THAT ELECTRICAL OUTLETS MAY BE REQUIRED. |
| PLEASE SHOW ALL EXISTING ELECTRICAL ON THE PLAN. ANY |
| ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN THE WALL WERE LIKELY INSTALLED |
| WITHOUT PERMIT (SINCE THE WALLS WERE INSTALLED WITHOUT |
| PERMIT). PROVIDE THE SAME ELECTRICAL INFORMATION AS FOR |
| NEW WORK AS THIS PERMIT WILL BRING INTO COMPLIANCE |
| ELECTRICAL AS WELL AS THE SUNROOM. AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT |
| WILL BE REQUIRED EVEN IF NO NEW ELECTRICAL WORK IS DONE |
| SO THE WORK DONE PREVIOUSLY WITHOUT PERMIT CAN BE |
| INSPECTED. |
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| FOR BEDROOMS WHICH USED THE PORCH AS EMERGENCY MEANS OF |
| ESCAPE AND RESCUE, SHOW A PROPOSED NEW EMERGENCY ESCAPE |
| AND RESCUE OPENING FOR EACH AFFECTED BEDROOM WHICH |
| COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. IT |
| IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A SLIDING GLASS DOOR WAS THE |
| EMERGENCY ESCAPE OPENING BEFORE THE PORCH WAS ENCLOSED |
| WITHOUT PERMIT, SO THE NEW OPENING IS TO BE EITHER THE |
| SAME CLEAR OPENING SIZE UP TO THE REQUIREMENT FOR NEW |
| CONSTRUCTION. |
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| THE OWNER UNDERSTANDS THAT TWO NEW WINDOWS WILL NEED TO |
| BE INSTALLED TO BRING TO COMPLY WITH THE EMERGENCY |
| MEANS OF ESCAPE REQUIREMENT. WE DISCUSSED THE |
| POSSIBILITY OF PHASING THE PROJECT, UNDER ONE PERMIT, |
| DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS (SUNROOM FIRST, BEDROOM |
| WINDOWS WITHIN SIX MONTHS). |
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| IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. |
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