Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17071051
Permit Number 17071051
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-07-27 09:40:00PLAN
 REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 1ST REVIEW: FBC FIFTH EDITION (2014)
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) THIS SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING HAS A VALUE OF MORE THAN
 $300,000.00. SHOW HOW YOU WILL COMPLY WITH FBC EXISTING
 BUILDING SECTION 708.8. WHEN A ROOF COVERING ON AN
 EXISTING SITE-BUILT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE
 IS REMOVED AND REPLACED ON A BUILDING THAT IS LOCATED
 IN THE WIND-BORNE DEBRIS REGION AS DEFINED IN THE
 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING AND THAT HAS AN INSURED
 VALUE OF $300,000 OR MORE OR, IF THE BUILDING IS
 UNINSURED OR FOR WHICH DOCUMENTATION OF INSURED VALUE
 IS NOT PRESENTED, HAS A JUST VALUATION FOR THE
 STRUCTURE FOR PURPOSES OF AD VALOREM TAXATION OF
 $300,000 OR MORE:
  
 (A) ROOF TO WALL CONNECTIONS SHALL BE IMPROVED AS
 REQUIRED BY SECTION 708.8.1.
  
 (B) MANDATED RETROFITS OF THE ROOF-TO-WALL CONNECTION
 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED BEYOND A 15-PERCENT INCREASE IN
 THE COST OF REROOFING.
  
 EXCEPTION: SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES
 PERMITTED SUBJECT TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ARE NOT
 REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION.
  
 708.8.1 ROOF-TO-WALL CONNECTIONS FOR SITE-BUILT
 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
 WHERE REQUIRED BY SECTION 708.8, THE INTERSECTION OF
 ROOF FRAMING WITH THE WALL BELOW SHALL PROVIDE
 SUFFICIENT RESISTANCE TO MEET THE UPLIFT LOADS
 SPECIFIED IN TABLE 708.8.1, EITHER BECAUSE OF EXISTING
 CONDITIONS OR THROUGH RETROFIT MEASURES. AS AN
 ALTERNATIVE TO AN ENGINEERED DESIGN, THE PRESCRIPTIVE
 RETROFIT SOLUTIONS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 708.8.1.1
 THROUGH 708.8.1.7 SHALL BE ACCEPTED AS MEETING THE
 MANDATED ROOF-TO-WALL RETROFIT REQUIREMENTS.
  
 EXCEPTIONS:
  
 1. WHERE IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED (BY CODE ADOPTION DATE
 DOCUMENTATION AND PERMIT ISSUANCE DATE) THAT
 ROOF-TO-WALL CONNECTIONS AND/OR ROOF-TO-FOUNDATION
 CONTINUOUS LOAD PATH REQUIREMENTS WERE REQUIRED AT THE
 TIME OF ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION.
  
 2. ROOF-TO-WALL CONNECTIONS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 UNLESS EVALUATION AND INSTALLATION OF CONNECTIONS AT
 GABLE ENDS OR ALL CORNERS CAN BE COMPLETED FOR 15
 PERCENT OF THE COST OF ROOF REPLACEMENT.
  
  
  


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