Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16070634
Permit Number 16070634
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2016-11-10 17:12:25BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 16070634
 ADD: 505 S. FLAGLER 15TH FLOOR COMMON AREAS
 CONT: ANDERSON ?MOORE CONSTRUCTION
 TEL: 561-662-1819
 E-MAIL: RKENNEY@ AMCBUILD.COM
  
 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.
  
 3RD REVIEW
 DATE: THURS. NOV. 10/ 2016
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) COMPLIED.
  
 2) THE 20 % DISPROPORTIONATE COST LETTER DOES NOT LIST
 ANY WORK ON THE FRONT ENTRY DOORS (1508 & 1509) TO THE
 RESTROOMS. THE PERMIT IS FOR WORK IN THE COMMON AREAS,
 MOSTLY THE RESTROOMS. THIS WOULD MAKE THE RESTROOMS THE
 PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA FOR THIS PERMIT. IN FIGURING
 DISPROPORTIONALITY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
 EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF
 TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE:202.4.1 (I) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
 PROVIDING AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN ACCESSIBLE
 ROUTE TO THE ALTERED AREA.
 THIS WOULD MAKE THE RESTROOM DOORS THE ENTRANCE TO THE
 RESTROOMS AND WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE MADE ACCESSIBLE
 UP TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WHERE DISPROPORTIONALITY
 OCCURS. IF THE REQUIRED FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN USED UP
 THEN THE NEXT REQUIREMENT WOULD NEED TO BE MET, (II)
 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH
 AS INSTALLING GRAB BARS, ENLARGING TOILET STALLS,
 INSULATING PIPES, OR INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET
 CONTROLS.
 THE 2 RESTROOM DOORS COULD MEET CODE COMPLIANCE USING A
 PUSH BOTTOM AND 404.3 AUTOMATIC AND POWER-ASSISTED
 DOORS AND GATES. PLEASE ALSO REVIEW 404.3.2 MANEUVERING
 CLEARANCE.
 EXCEPTION: WHERE AUTOMATIC DOORS AND GATES REMAIN OPEN
 IN THE POWER-OFF CONDITION, COMPLIANCE WITH 404.2.4
 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED.
  
 1ST REVIEW COMMENTS. THIS PROJECT HAS A PERMIT VALUE OF
 $118,875.00 DOLLARS IN VALUE. THE CONTRACTOR WILL NEED
 TO SUPPLY AN ITEMIZED LIST FOR ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES
 WHERE UP TO 20% OF THE VALUE OF THE PROJECT, $23,775.00
 DOLLARS. PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE
 COST OF THE 2014 FBC-ACCESSIBILITY CODE OF THE ORDER
 HOW THE FUNDS ARE TO BE SPENT.
 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST. ALTERATIONS MADE TO
 PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED
 AREA WILL BE DEEMED DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL
 ALTERATION WHEN THE COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE
 ALTERATION TO THE PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COSTS THAT MAY
 BE COUNTED AS EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN
 ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COSTS
 ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN
 ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE ALTERED AREA; (II) COSTS
 ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS
 INSTALLING GRAB BARS, ENLARGING TOILET STALLS,
 INSULATING PIPES, OR INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET
 CONTROLS; (III) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING
 ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE
 TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION
 DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV)
 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING AN INACCESSIBLE
 DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
  
 3) COMPLIED.
  
 4 IN REVIEWING THE SCOPE OF WORK, NO WORK IS OCCURRING
 AT THE DOOR 1501A, SO THIS DOOR DOES NOT NEED TO COMPLY
 AT THIS TIME WITH ACCESSIBILITY.
 1ST REVIEW COMMENTS. SHEET LS1 & 15-A1.0. PLEASE
 PROVIDE HOW ACCESSIBLE UPGRADES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED
 FOR DOORS 1501A, 1508 & 1509, PLEASE PROVIDE WHERE THE
 REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE SPENT FOR THE ACCESSIBLE
 UPGRADES UNTIL THE 20% OF THE CONTRACT PRICE HAS BEEN
 MET.
  
 5) DIGITAL REVIEW. 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
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION
 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  
  


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