Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 15090610
Permit Number 15090610
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2015-09-30 12:28:50BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 15090610
 ADD: 222 LAKEVIEW AVE. NEW PORT COCHERE AND DRIVEWAY
 CONT: KAUFMAN LYNN CONSTRUCTION
 TEL: (561)465-9496 / JAMES FOX
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 2014 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: WED. STEP. 30/2015
 ACTION: DENIED
  
  
 1) A THRESHOLD INSPECTOR WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS
 PROJECT SINCE THERE ARE COMPONENTS OF THE PORT COCHERE
 THAT ALSO SUPPORT THE HIGH RISE BUILDING.
  
 THRESHOLD BUILDING FL S. S. 553.71(7) ?THRESHOLD
 BUILDING" MEANING ANY BUILDING WHICH IS GREATER THAN
 (3) STORIES OR 50 FT. IN HEIGHT, OR WHICH HAS AN
 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION AS DENIED IN THE
 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE WHICH EXCEEDS 5,000 SQ. FT. IN
 AREA AND AN OCCUPANT CONTENT OF GREATER THAN 500
 PERSONS.
  
 1A) 109.3.6.1 THRESHOLD INSPECTION PLAN. THE ENFORCING
 AGENCY SHALL REQUIRE A (WRITTEN/ TYPED) SPECIAL
 INSPECTOR TO PERFORM STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS ON A
 THRESHOLD BUILDING PURSUANT TO A STRUCTURAL INSPECTION
 PLAN PREPARED BY THE ENGINEER OF RECORD. THE STRUCTURAL
 INSPECTION PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE ENFORCING
 AGENCY PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT FOR
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THRESHOLD BUILDING. THE PURPOSE
 OF THE STRUCTURAL INSPECTION PLAN IS TO PROVIDE
 SPECIFIC INSPECTION PROCEDURES AND SCHEDULES SO THAT
 THE BUILDING CAN BE ADEQUATELY INSPECTED FOR COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE PERMITTED DOCUMENTS.
  
 1B) THRESHOLD INSPECTOR: WPB AMENDMENT 109.3.6.2 W.P.B.
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR THRESHOLD
 BUILDINGS A SPECIAL INSPECTOR AS REQUIRED BY FL S S
 553.79(5) FLORIDA STATUTES TO THE MINIMUM INSPECTIONS
 REQUIRED BY THIS CODE. THE THRESHOLD INSPECTION FORMS
 ARE REQUIRED TO BE FILED OUT BY ALL PARTIES WITH
 INTEREST, NOTARIZED AND RETURNED TO THIS OFFICE, AND
 REVIEWED AND APPROVED BEFORE PERMIT ISSUANCE WILL TAKE
 PLACE. CONTACT KEN CONRAD MANAGER OF THE SPECIAL
 INSPECTOR PROGRAM AT (561)805-6666 FOR FURTHER
 INFORMATION BEFORE THE PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED.
  
 1C) THRESHOLD BLDG., REQUIRED STATEMENT: W.P.B.
 AMENDMENT 110.3.7.4.4 ALL PLANS FOR THE BUILDING WHICH
 ARE REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE ARCHITECT
 OR ENGINEER OF RECORD CONTAIN A STATEMENT THAT, TO THE
 BEST OF THE ARCHITECT'S OR ENGINEER'S KNOWLEDGE, THE
 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE
 FIRE-SAFETY STANDARDS AS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL
 AUTHORITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION AND 633
 FLORIDA STATUTE.
  
 1D) FOR THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR PLEASE PROVIDE A RESUME'
 OF INSPECTION EXPERIENCE ON PREVIOUS PROJECT. THE
 RESUME' MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY ALL CERTIFICATES AS
 SPECIFIED HEREIN. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL OR HIS DESIGNEE
 WILL REVIEW THE RESUME'. AFTER THE RESUME' IS REVIEWED,
 AN INTERVIEW WILL BE SCHEDULED. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
 WILL AN INSPECTOR BE INTERVIEWED FOR WORK WITHOUT FIRST
 MEETING THE ABOVE CRITERIA.
 CONTACT KEN CONRAD
 TEL: 561-805-6666
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
 1E) THE CONTRACTOR WILL PRODUCE A JOB SUMMARY OR
 HISTORY FOR THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. THIS MAY BE
 SUBMITTED TO KEN CONRAD BY E-MAIL. KEN CONRAD:
 [email protected]
  
 1F) NOTE FOR PAPER PLANS 3 SETS OF DOCUMENTS ARE
 REQUIRED. FOR DIGITAL PLANS, AFTER PERMIT ISSUANCE,
 PLEASE E-MAIL THE PERMIT LIBRARIAN OF THE PERMIT BEING
 ISSUED, THE PERMIT LIBRARIAN WILL THEN E-MAIL YOU THE
 APPROVED AND BATCH STAMPED PLANS SO YOU MAY PRINT YOUR
 PLANS, TWO SETS OF PLANS WILL NEED TO BE PRINTED IN
 COLOR, (1) FOR THE THRESHOLD INSPECTOR, THE OTHER FOR
 THE MEP INSPECTORS OTHER PLANS YOU WISH TO PRINT MAYBE
 IN BLACK & WHITE..
  
 1G) PLEASE CALL THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH?S AUTOMATED
 TELEPHONE INSPECTIONS LINE (561) 805-6700) FOR ALL
 BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR AUDITING OF JOBSITE
 INSPECTIONS WITHOUT THIS THE PERMIT EXPIRES IN 6
 MONTHS, ABANDONMENT OF JOB, NO INSPECTION ACTIVITY.
  
 2) HAS THERE BEEN A SOILS STUDY COMPLETED OR A SOILD
 ENGINEER INVOLVED FOR THE SIZING OF THE HELICAL PILE
 AND THE LOADS TO BE IMPOSED? FBC-B 1803.5.2
 QUESTIONABLE SOILS.
  
 3) SHEET A103 SHOWS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A PORT
 COCHERE CUT SECTIONS 1 & 2 OF A302OF THE ROOF
 FRAMING,THERE ARE NO DETAILS SHOWING AN ACCESSIBLE
 ENTRANCE. NOTE # 8 ON SHEET A103 INDICATES THIS AREA IS
 A VALET DROP OFF AREA.
  
 3A)SHEET A103 NOTE # 8 INDICATES THIS PORT COCHERE HAS
 A VALET DROP OFF AREA, PLEASE SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2014
 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE
 503.1- 503.5.
  
 3B) HERE IS NO FLOOR PLAN OF THIS AREA SHOWING THE
 DROPPED ACCESSIBLE CURB AND THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO
 ENTER THE BUILDING FROM UNDER THE PORT COCHERE. PLEASE
 SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBLITY CODE 206.2.1
 SITE ARRIVAL POINTS. AT LEAST ONE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE
 SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE SITE FROM ACCESSIBLE
 PARKING SPACES AND ACCESSIBLE PASSENGER LOADING ZONES;
 PUBLIC STREETS AND SIDEWALKS; AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
 STOPS TO THE ACCESSIBLE BUILDING OR FACILITY ENTRANCE
 THEY SERVE.
  
 3C) WITH THE NEW PORTCO THERE IS NO PLANS PROVIDING
 CHANGE IN GRADE FOR THE DROP OFF AREA TO THE INTERIOR
 FINISH FLOOR AND COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY
 CODE 402.2 COMPONENTS. ACCESSIBLE ROUTES SHALL CONSIST
 OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: WALKING
 SURFACES WITH A RUNNING SLOPE NOT STEEPER THAN 1:20,
 DOORWAYS, RAMPS, CURB RAMPS EXCLUDING THE FLARED SIDES,
 ELEVATORS, AND PLATFORM LIFTS. ALL COMPONENTS OF AN
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE
 REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 4 AND 208.3.1. SHEET S.1 HAS A
 4 STEP RISER ON GRADE BUT THERE IS NO SECTION SHOWING
 WHERE THIS STAIR IS TO BE CAST IN PLACE? 107.2.1.3
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 3D) A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE ACCESSIBILITY COMPONENTS
 CANNOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME, AS A RESULT OF THE
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
 MAY APPEAR THAT WERE NOT PART OF THIS REVIEW.
  
 4) SHEET S-1:
  
 4A) THE SIZE OF THE FOUNDATION PILE CAPS CAN NOT BE
 DETERMINED. THE DIMENSIONED SIDE THE LENGTH IS 15 FT.
 ON THE SHORT SIDE THE PLANS SHOW EQUAL DISTANCE. THE
 PLANS INDICATE THEY ARE EXISITNG GRADE BEAMS. IF
 EXISITNG HOW ARE THE HELICAL PILE TO BE PLACED 2'-3 "
 WITHIN THE EXISTING PILE CAP?
 DISCREPANCY IN PLANS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS
 REQUIRED. 107.2.1.3.
  
 4B) THE NEW C-1 COLUMNS DO NOT PROVIDE THE SIZE OF THE
 COLUMN, THE STRENGTH OF THE CONCRETE, RE-BAR SIZE NOR
 THE AMOUNT OF REBARSONLY WHAT IS DEPICTED. THE SIZE OF
 HOOPS ARE NOT PROVIDED NOR WHAT SIZE REBAR THE HOOPS
 ARE TO BE MADE OF NOR HOW CLOSE TOGETHER THE HOOPS ARE
 TO BE SPACED.
 AGAIN THERE IS INSEFFECIENT INFORMATION TO DO A REVIEW.
 107.2.1.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.
  
 4C) WHERE THE 4 COLUMNS ARE BEING REMOVED AND THE NEW
 COLUMNS BEING POURED BACK IN PLACE SHEET AD101 SHOWS 4
 DOUBLE COLUMNS BEING REMOVED, WILL ANY OF THE EXISTING
 COLUMN STEEL FROM THE TOP OF THE COLUMN BE REUSED FOR
 THE TIEING IN OF THE NEW VERTICAL REBAR? OR WILL ALL
 NEW STEEL BE DOWELED INTO THE EXISTING BEAM? THE FOUR
 NEW COLUMNS WILL HAVE ACCENTRIC LOADING AND HOW WILL
 THESE LOADS BE CARRIED INTO THE EXISTING BEAM AND
 EXISITNG PILE CAP?
  
 4E) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. SHEET S2 DETAIL
 # 4. THE VIEW OF THE SIDE OF THE COLUMN SHOWS 4 BOLTS,
 THE PLANS INDICATE THERE IS TO BE 20 1 3/8 INCH A449
 FASTENERS IN 4 ROWS, OR 5 FASTENERS PER ROW. WITHOUT
 THE COLUMN SIZE, PLACEMENT OF REBAR IS UNKNOWN ON WHAT
 CENTERS ARE THESE FASTENERS, UNKNOWN. THERE IS NO WAY
 OF COMPLIANCE WITH ACI 315-99.
  
 4F) A THOROUGH REVIEW CANNOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME, AS A
 RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY APPEAR THAT WERE NOT PART OF
 THIS REVIEW.
  
 5) THE A1-302 SHEET DETAIL # 3 INDICATES THE USE OF
 TRANSLUCENT HORIZONTAL GLAZING COVER, PLEASE SHOW HOW
 THE GLAZING IS TO BE ANCHORED, TYPE OF GLAZING
 THICKNESS OF GLAZING AND COMPLIANCE WITH 2014 FBC-B
 2405.2 ALLOWABLE GLAZING MATERIALS AND LIMITATIONS FOR
 SLOPED GLAZING.
  
 6) 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.
  
 A THOROUGH REVIEW CANNOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME, AS A
 RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS MAY APPEAR THAT WERE NOT PART OF
 THIS REVIEW.
  
 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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