Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16010116
Permit Number 16010116
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-01-11 09:14:15BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 16010116
 ADD: 418 KANUGA DR. UNITS 4,5 & 6
 CONT: CANA LLC
 TEL: 954-410-1784
 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: MON. JAN. 11/ 2016
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) THERE IS A DISCREPANCY IN THE ADDRESSING OF THE
 PERMIT APPLICATION VERSES THE PLANS. THE PERMIT
 APPLICATION INDICATES WORK BEING COMPLETED IN UNITS 4,5
 & 6 WHEREAS THE PLANS INDICATE WORK TO BE COMPLETED IN
 UNITS 1,2,3 &4. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION,
 107.2.1.3.
  
 2) SHEET S-2 SHOWS NEW 1/2 INCH DRYWALL BEING APPLIED
 TO THE TENANT SEPARATION WALL. PLEASE PROVIDE
 COMPLIANCE WITH:
 2014 FBC-B 420.2 SEPARATION WALLS. WALLS SEPARATING
 DWELLING UNITSIN THE SAME BUILDING, WALLS SEPARATING
 SLEEPING UNITS IN THE SAME BUILDING AND WALLS
 SEPARATING DWELLING OR SLEEPING UNITS FROM OTHER
 OCCUPANCIES CONTIGUOUS TO THEM IN THE SAME BUILDING
 SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AS FIRE PARTITIONSIIN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 708.
  
 2014 FBC 708.3 FIRE RE-SISTANCE RATINGS REQUIRE 1 HR.
 SEE EXCEPTIONS. CORRIDOR WALL 1/2 HR. OR VB 1/2 HR.
 WHEN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH 903.3.1.1.
  
 3) PLEASE PROVIDE EITHER A RATED WALL ASSEMBLY DETAIL
 FOR EITHER U.L. LISTING OR GYPSUM ASSOCIATION FOR THE
 TENANT FIRE PARTITION. 708.3 FIRE RESISTANCE RATING.
  
 4) PLEASE PROVIDE A CUT SECTION THROUGH THE TENANT FIRE
 PARTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH:
 2014 708.4 CONTINUITY. FIRE PARTITIONS SHALL EXTEND
 FROM THE TOP OF THE FOUNDATION OR FLOOR/CEILING
 ASSEMBLY BELOW TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR OR ROOF
 SHEATHING, SLAB OR DECK ABOVE OR TO THE
 FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED FLOOR/CEILING OR ROOF/CEILING
 ASSEMBLY ABOVE, AND SHALL BE SECURELY ATTACHED THERETO.
 IN COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION WHERE THE FIRE PARTITIONS
 ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE CONTINUOUS TO THE SHEATHING,
 DECK OR SLAB, THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CEILING AND THE
 SHEATHING, DECK OR SLAB ABOVE SHALL BE FIREBLOCKED OR
 DRAFTSTOPPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 718.2 AND
 718.3 AT THE PARTITION LINE. THE SUPPORTING
 CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE PROTECTED TO AFFORD THE REQUIRED
 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING OF THE WALL SUPPORTED, EXCEPT
 FOR WALLS SEPARATING TENANT SPACES IN COVERED AND OPEN
 MALL BUILDINGS, WALLS SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS, WALLS
 SEPARATING SLEEPING UNITS AND CORRIDOR WALLS, IN
 BUILDINGS OF TYPE IIB, IIIB AND VB CONSTRUCTION.
  
 5) SHEET S-1 NOTE 18 INDICATES THE USE OF 5/8 INCH TYPE
 X DRYWALL TO BE ATTACHED TO THE CEILING FRAMING. PLEASE
 PROVIDE A RATED FLOOR ASSEMBLY DETAIL FROM EITHER U.L.
 LISTING OR GYPSUM ASSOCIATION FOR THE HORIZONTAL
 ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS IN THE SAME
 BUILDING.
  
 2014 FBC-B 420.3 HORIZONTAL SEPARATION. FLOOR
 ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS IN THE SAME
 BUILDINGS, FLOOR ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING SLEEPING UNITS
 IN THE SAME BUILDING AND FLOOR ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING
 DWELLING OR SLEEPING UNITS FROM OTHER OCCUPANCIES
 CONTIGUOUS TO THEM IN THE SAME BUILDING SHALL BE
 CONSTRUCTED AS HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 711.
  
 2014 FBC-B 711.3 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING. THE
 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING OF FLOOR AND ROOF ASSEMBLIES
 SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED BY THE BUILDING
 TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING
 DWELLING UNITS IN THE SAME BUILDING AND HORIZONTAL
 ASSEMBLIES SEPARATING SLEEPING UNITS IN THE SAME
 BUILDING SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 1-HOUR
 FIRE-RESISTANCE-RATED CONSTRUCTION.
  
 EXCEPTION: DWELLING UNIT AND SLEEPING UNIT SEPARATIONS
 IN BUILDINGS OF TYPE IIB, IIIB AND VB CONSTRUCTION
 SHALL HAVE FIRE-RESISTANCE RATINGS OF NOT LESS THAN 1/2
 HOUR IN BUILDINGS EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT WITH AN AUTOMATIC
 SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 903.3.1.1.
  
 6) AREAS OF THE 1ST FLOOR WHERE THE CEILING IS BEING
 REMOVED AND COMPLIANCE WITH FLOOR INSULATION CAN BE
 ACHIEVED WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE SECTIONS:
  
 6A) FBC-B 2014 1207.3 STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND.
 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS OR
 BETWEEN A DWELLING UNIT AND A PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREA
 WITHIN THE STRUCTURE SHALL HAVE AN IMPACT INSULATION
 CLASS (IIC) RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD
 TESTED) WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 492.
  
 6B) FBC-B 2014 1207.2 AIR-BORNE SOUND.
 WALLS, PARTITIONS AND FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES
 SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS FROM EACH OTHER OR FROM
 PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREAS SHALL HAVE A SOUND TRANSMISSION
 CLASS (STC) OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD TESTED)
 FOR AIR-BORNE NOISE WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM
 E 90.
  
 6C) TYPE III-TYPE V CONSTRUCTION: FBC-B-2014 720.2
 CONCEALED INSTALLATION. INSULATING MATERIALS, WHERE
 CONCEALED AS INSTALLED IN BUILDINGS OF ANY TYPE OF
 CONSTRUCTION, SHALL HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT
 MORE THAN 25 AND A SMOKE-DEVELOPED INDEX OF NOT MORE
 THAN 450.
  
 FLAME SPREAD INDEX. A COMPARATIVE MEASURE, EXPRESSED AS
 A DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER, DERIVED FROM VISUAL
 MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPREAD OF FLAME VERSUS TIME FOR A
 MATERIAL TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 OR UL 723.
  
 7) SHEET S-2 DOES NOT SHOW WHERE ATTIC ACCESS WILL BE
 ACHIEVED FBC-B 1209.2 ATTIC SPACES. AN OPENING NOT LESS
 THAN 20 INCHES BY 30 INCHES (559 MM BY 762 MM) SHALL BE
 PROVIDED TO ANY ATTIC AREA HAVING A CLEAR HEIGHT OF
 OVER 30 INCHES (762 MM). CLEAR HEADROOM OF NOT LESS
 THAN 30 INCHES (762 MM) SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE ATTIC
 SPACE AT OR ABOVE THE ACCESS OPENING.
  
 8) SHEET S-3 THE PROPOSED ROOF PLAN DOES NOT SHOW HOW
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2014 FBC-B:
 1203.2 ATTIC SPACES. ENCLOSED ATTICS AND ENCLOSED
 RAFTER SPACES FORMED WHERE CEILINGS ARE APPLIED
 DIRECTLY TO THE UNDERSIDE OF ROOF FRAMING MEMBERS SHALL
 HAVE CROSS VENTILATION FOR EACH SEPARATE SPACE BY
 VENTILATION OPENINGS PROTECTED AGAINST THE ENTRANCE OF
 RAIN AND SNOW. BLOCKING AND BRIDGING SHALL BE ARRANGED
 SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE MOVEMENT OF AIR. AN
 AIRSPACE OF NOT LESS THAN 1 INCH (25 MM) SHALL BE
 PROVIDED BETWEEN THE INSULATION AND THE ROOF SHEATHING.
 THE NET FREE VENTILATING AREA SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN
 1/150TH OF THE AREA OF THE SPACE VENTILATED.
  
 9) 2010 FBC-B 1609.1.2 PROTECTION OF OPENINGS,
 1609.6.4.4.1 COMPONENTS & CLADDING. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
 OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS RULE 9N-3 NOV. 01/ 2010 (31)
 SUB-CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS OR CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS THAT
 WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT APPROVALS:
 (31) (B) WINDOWS
 (D) ROOFING PRODUCTS AND ASSEMBLIES
 (E) SHUTTERS
  
 10) 107.3.4.1 THOSE PRODUCTS WHICH ARE REGULATED BY DCA
 RULE 9N-3 SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING BY
 THE DESIGNER OF RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL FOR
 JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL.
  
 11) SHEET S-3 THE WINDOW DETAIL IS MISSING COMPLIANCE
 WITH: 2014 FBC-B TABLE 2308.9.5 HEADER SPANS. 22FT. 10
 INCHES. 2-2X4'S ON THE VERTICAL W/ 1 JACK STUD FOR
 CARRYING A ROOF AND CEILING LOAD.
  
 12) 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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