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2017-07-12 19:00:51 | PLAN |
| REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| 2ND REVIEW: FBC FIFTH EDITION (2014) |
| ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| (561) 805-6714 |
| [email protected] |
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| DENIED BY BUILDING |
| PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
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| 1) FBC-R 301.2.1 - PROVIDE WIND DESIGN CRITERIA ON THE |
| PLANS, WHICH INCLUDES THE WINDSPEED AND THE EXPOSURE |
| CATEGORY. |
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| 2) THE NEW MASTER BEDROOM WINDOWS DO NOT COMPLY WITH |
| EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING REQUIREMENTS. |
| FBC-R310 |
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| 3) SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH EGRESS REQUIREMENTS. FBC-R310.1 |
| EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE REQUIRED. |
| BASEMENTS, HABITABLE ATTICS AND EVERY SLEEPING ROOM |
| SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE OPERABLE EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND |
| RESCUE OPENING. WHERE BASEMENTS CONTAIN ONE OR MORE |
| SLEEPING ROOMS, EMERGENCY EGRESS AND RESCUE OPENINGS |
| SHALL BE REQUIRED IN EACH SLEEPING ROOM. WHERE |
| EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS ARE PROVIDED THEY |
| SHALL HAVE A SILL HEIGHT OF NOT MORE THAN 44 INCHES |
| (1118 MM) ABOVE THE FLOOR. WHERE A DOOR OPENING HAVING |
| A THRESHOLD BELOW THE ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION SERVES |
| AS AN EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING AND IS |
| PROVIDED WITH A BULKHEAD ENCLOSURE, THE BULKHEAD |
| ENCLOSURE SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION R310.3. THE NET |
| CLEAR OPENING DIMENSIONS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL |
| BE OBTAINED BY THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THE EMERGENCY |
| ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENING FROM THE INSIDE. EMERGENCY |
| ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS WITH A FINISHED SILL HEIGHT |
| BELOW THE ADJACENT GROUND ELEVATION SHALL BE PROVIDED |
| WITH A WINDOW WELL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION R310.2. |
| EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS SHALL OPEN |
| DIRECTLY INTO A PUBLIC WAY, OR TO A YARD OR COURT THAT |
| OPENS TO A PUBLIC WAY. |
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| FBC-R310.1.1 MINIMUM OPENING AREA. |
| ALL EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A |
| MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING OF 5.7 SQUARE FEET (0.530 |
| M2). |
| EXCEPTION: GRADE FLOOR OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM |
| NET CLEAR OPENING OF 5 SQUARE FEET (0.465 M2). |
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| FBC-R310.1.2 MINIMUM OPENING HEIGHT. |
| THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING HEIGHT SHALL BE 24 INCHES |
| (610 MM). |
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| FBC-R310.1.3 MINIMUM OPENING WIDTH. |
| THE MINIMUM NET CLEAR OPENING WIDTH SHALL BE 20 INCHES |
| (508 MM). |
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| 4) SHOW THE ATTACHMENT OF THE 2 X 8 HEADERS TO THE 4 X |
| 4 POSTS AT THE FRONT PORCH. FBC-R 301.1 |
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| 5) SPECIFY THE SLOPE OF THE FRONT PORCH ROOF ON THE |
| PLANS. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| 6) THE WRONG EDITION (1995) OF ACI 318 IS LISTED ON |
| SHEET S1.0 OF THE PLANS. THE 2014 FBC REFERENCES THE |
| 2011 EDITION OF ACI. FBC-R CHAPTER 46 |
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| 7) SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH FBC - R806.1 VENTILATION |
| REQUIRED. ENCLOSED ATTICS AND ENCLOSED RAFTER SPACES |
| FORMED WHERE CEILINGS ARE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE |
| UNDERSIDE OF ROOF RAFTERS SHALL HAVE CROSS VENTILATION |
| FOR EACH SEPARATE SPACE BY VENTILATING OPENINGS |
| PROTECTED AGAINST THE ENTRANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW. |
| VENTILATION OPENINGS SHALL HAVE A LEAST DIMENSION OF |
| 1/16 INCH (1.6 MM) MINIMUM AND 1/4 INCH (6.4 MM) |
| MAXIMUM. VENTILATION OPENINGS HAVING A LEAST DIMENSION |
| LARGER THAN 1/4 INCH (6.4 MM) SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH |
| CORROSION-RESISTANT WIRE CLOTH SCREENING, HARDWARE |
| CLOTH, OR SIMILAR MATERIAL WITH OPENINGS HAVING A LEAST |
| DIMENSION OF 1/16 INCH (1.6 MM) MINIMUM AND 1/4 INCH |
| (6.4 MM) MAXIMUM. OPENINGS IN ROOF FRAMING MEMBERS |
| SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION R802.1.8. |
| REQUIRED VENTILATION OPENINGS SHALL OPEN DIRECTLY TO |
| THE OUTSIDE AIR. |
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| 8) DETAIL NUMBER 7 ON SHEET A5.0 SHOWS THE EXTERIOR |
| STUCCO EXTENDING BELOW GRADE. THIS IS NOT ALLOWED BY |
| FBC- R703.6.2 PLASTER. ON WOOD-FRAME CONSTRUCTION WITH |
| AN ON-GRADE FLOOR SLAB SYSTEM, EXTERIOR PLASTER SHALL |
| BE APPLIED TO COVER, BUT NOT EXTEND BELOW, LATH, PAPER |
| AND SCREED. R703.6.2.1 WEEP SCREEDS. A MINIMUM |
| 0.019-INCH (0.5 MM) (NO. 26 GALVANIZED SHEET GAGE), |
| CORROSION-RESISTANT WEEP SCREED OR PLASTIC WEEP SCREED, |
| WITH A MINIMUM VERTICAL ATTACHMENT FLANGE OF 31/2 |
| INCHES (89 MM) SHALL BE PROVIDED AT OR BELOW THE |
| FOUNDATION PLATE LINE ON EXTERIOR STUD WALLS IN |
| ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C 926. THE WEEP SCREED SHALL BE |
| PLACED A MINIMUM OF 4 INCHES (102 MM) ABOVE THE EARTH |
| OR 2 INCHES (51 MM) ABOVE PAVED AREAS AND SHALL BE OF A |
| TYPE THAT WILL ALLOW TRAPPED WATER TO DRAIN TO THE |
| EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. THE WEATHER-RESISTANT BARRIER |
| SHALL LAP THE ATTACHMENT FLANGE. THE EXTERIOR LATH |
| SHALL COVER AND TERMINATE ON THE ATTACHMENT FLANGE OF |
| THE WEEP SCREED. |
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| 9) SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH R703.6.3 WATER-RESISTIVE |
| BARRIERS. |
| WATER-RESISTIVE BARRIERS SHALL BE INSTALLED AS REQUIRED |
| IN SECTION R703.2 AND, WHERE APPLIED OVER WOOD-BASED |
| SHEATHING, SHALL INCLUDE A WATER-RESISTIVE |
| VAPOR-PERMEABLE BARRIER WITH A PERFORMANCE AT LEAST |
| EQUIVALENT TO TWO LAYERS OF GRADE D PAPER. THE |
| INDIVIDUAL LAYERS SHALL BE INSTALLED INDEPENDENTLY SUCH |
| THAT EACH LAYER PROVIDES A SEPARATE CONTINUOUS PLANE |
| AND ANY FLASHING (INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION |
| R703.8) INTENDED TO DRAIN TO THE WATER-RESISTIVE |
| BARRIER IS DIRECTED BETWEEN THE LAYERS. |
| EXCEPTION: WHERE THE WATER-RESISTIVE BARRIER THAT IS |
| APPLIED OVER WOOD-BASED SHEATHING HAS A WATER |
| RESISTANCE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THAT OF 60-MINUTE |
| GRADE D PAPER AND IS SEPARATED FROM THE STUCCO BY AN |
| INTERVENING, SUBSTANTIALLY NONWATER-ABSORBING LAYER OR |
| DESIGNED DRAINAGE SPACE. |
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| 10) FBC-R704 INSPECTION FOR TERMITES |
| IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR INSPECTION FOR TERMITE |
| INFESTATION, CLEARANCE BETWEEN EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS |
| AND FINAL EARTH GRADE ON THE EXTERIOR OF A BUILDING |
| SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES (152 MM). |
| EXCEPTIONS: |
| 1. PAINT OR DECORATIVE CEMENTITIOUS FINISH LESS THAN |
| 5/8 INCH (17.1 MM) THICK ADHERED DIRECTLY TO THE |
| MASONRY FOUNDATION SIDEWALL. |
| 2. ACCESS OR VEHICLE RAMPS WHICH RISE TO THE INTERIOR |
| FINISH FLOOR ELEVATION FOR THE WIDTH OF SUCH RAMPS |
| ONLY. |
| 3. A 4-INCH (102 MM) INSPECTION SPACE ABOVE PATIO AND |
| GARAGE SLABS AND ENTRY AREAS. |
| 4. IF THE PATIO HAS BEEN SOIL TREATED FOR TERMITES, THE |
| FINISH ELEVATION MAY MATCH THE BUILDING INTERIOR FINISH |
| FLOOR ELEVATIONS ON MASONRY CONSTRUCTION ONLY. |
| 5. MASONRY VENEERS CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| SECTION R318.4. |
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| 11) PROVIDE SCUPPER AND OVER SCUPPER SIZING |
| CALCULATIONS. FBC-R903.4 & R903.4.1 |
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| 12) SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH FBC - R903.4.1 OVERFLOW DRAINS |
| AND SCUPPERS. |
| WHEN OTHER MEANS OF DRAINAGE OF OVERFLOW WATER IS NOT |
| PROVIDED, OVERFLOW SCUPPERS SHALL BE PLACED IN WALLS OR |
| PARAPETS NOT LESS THAN 2 INCHES (51 MM) NOR MORE THAN 4 |
| INCHES (102 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED ROOF COVERING AND |
| SHALL BE LOCATED AS CLOSE AS PRACTICAL TO REQUIRED |
| VERTICAL LEADERS OR DOWNSPOUTS OR WALL AND PARAPET |
| SCUPPERS. AN OVERFLOW SCUPPER SHALL BE SIZED IN |
| ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, PLUMBING. |
| OVERFLOW DRAINS SHALL DISCHARGE TO AN APPROVED LOCATION |
| AND SHALL NOT BE CONNECTED TO ROOF DRAIN LINES. |
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| 13) THE PLANS SPECIFY OUTSWING EXTERIOR DOORS AND THE |
| PRODUCT APPROVALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ARE FOR INSWING |
| DOORS. SUBMIT THE CORRECT PRODUCT APPROVALS. FBC |
| 107.3.4 |
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| 14) SUBMIT TWO SETS OF SIGNED AND SEALED RAS 117 |
| CALCULATIONS FOR ENHANCED FASTENING AT THE CORNER AND |
| PERIMETER AREAS AS REQUIRED BY LIMITATION NUMBER 7 ON |
| THE BUR PRODUCT APPROVAL (NOA NO. 16-0425.02). FBC |
| 107.2.1 |
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| 15) SPECIFY THE METHOD OF ATTACHMENT THAT WILL BE USED |
| TO INSTALL THE CLAY ROOF TILE. IF A TILE ADHESIVE WILL |
| BE USED, SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE PRODUCT APPROVALS FOR |
| IT. FBC 107.3.4 |
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| 16) PROVIDE AN ACCURATE VALUE FOR THE PROPOSED WORK. |
| THE VALUE OF $10,000.00 SPECIFIED ON THE APPLICATION IS |
| THE ARCHITECT'S FEES BASED ON THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE |
| SUBMITTED. FBC 109.3 BUILDING PERMIT VALUATION. FOR |
| PERMITTING PURPOSES, VALUATION OF BUILDINGS AND SYSTEMS |
| SHALL BE TOTAL REPLACEMENT VALUE TO INCLUDE STRUCTURAL, |
| ELECTRIC, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, INTERIOR FINISH, |
| RELATIVE SITE WORK, ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN FEES, |
| MARKETING COSTS, OVERHEAD AND PROFIT; EXCLUDING ONLY |
| LAND VALUE. VALUATION REFERENCES MAY INCLUDE THE LATEST |
| PUBLISHED DATA OF NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION COST ANALYSIS |
| SERVICES (MARSHALL-SWIFT, MEANS, ETC.), AS PUBLISHED BY |
| INTERNATIONAL CODE CONGRESS. FINAL BUILDING PERMIT |
| VALUATION SHALL BE SET BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. |
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| 17) IN ORDER TO REDUCE PLAN REVIEW TIME, PLEASE SUBMIT |
| A RESPONSE LETTER INDICATING HOW EACH OF THE REVIEW |
| COMMENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. |
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