Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17080142
Permit Number 17080142
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-08-22 15:57:402014 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
 W. P. B. PERMIT: 17080142
 ADD: 1100 N. FLAGLER DR. LIFT STATION # 20 (SANITARY
 SEWER)
 CONT: TBD/ TO BE DETERMINED
 TEL: 561-801-3659
 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: TUES. AUGUST 22, 2017
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 1) PLEASE NOTE AT THIS TIME A THOROUGH REVIEW CANNOT BE
 ACHIEVED THERE ARE TOO MANY VARIABLES.
 THIS LIFT STATION AND ATTENDANT UTILITIES IS LOCATED IN
 AN A5 FLOOD ZONE. THE SHEET C-3 INDICATES THE TOP OF
 THE GENERATOR SLAB IS TO BE 4.75 FT. FOR LIFT STATION #
 20. SHEET G-3 NOTE 13 AND 14 FOR BOTH LIFT STATIONS,
 LIFT STATION # 20 & 89 BOTH ELEVATIONS ARE GIVEN IN
 NGVD 29. THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH BUILDING
 DEPARTMENT IS USING NGVD 29 UNTIL THE NEW FLOOD MAPS
 ARE ADOPTED. PLEASE PROVIDE THE ELEVATIONS IN BOTH
 STANDARDS DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD. THANK YOU.
  
 2) THE 2ND ISSUE OR UNKNOWN IS WHEN THIS LIFT STATION
 WAS BUILT TO DETERMINE IF IT IS A PRE-FIRM OR POST FIRM
 STRUCTURE? PLEASE PROVIDE WHEN THIS STRUCTURE WAS
 BUILT.
  
 3) THE OTHER ISSUE TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT THIS
 STRUCTURE HAS TO COMPLY IS WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THE
 LIFT STATION, OR ANOTHER WORD HAS THE LIFT STATION HIT
 THE 50% OF THE STRUCTURE VALUE AND NEED TO MEET THE
 STANDARDS OF THE CURRENT CODE.
  
 4) SHEET G-2 THE GENERAL NOTES DOES NOT LIST THE DESIGN
 CRITERIA FOR THIS BUILDING. OCCUPANCY TYPE WOULD BE
 UTILITY. IN THE SPECS THIS FACILITY IS LISTED AS A
 FORCE MAIN AND IT WOULD BE ASSUMED TO BE A RISK
 CATEGORY III STRUCTURE. SEE TABLE 1604.5 OF THE 2014
 FBC-B. THE QUESTION IS THIS BUILDING AND OPERATION TO
 BE CONSIDERED A WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY AND
 OTHER PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES NOT INCLUDED IN RISK
 CATEGORY IV, THE RISK CATEGORY WOULD BE A III.
  
 5) 2014 FBC-B 1612.4 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. THE
 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
 LOCATED IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS, INCLUDING COASTAL HIGH
 HAZARD AREAS, SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 5 OF
 ASCE 7 AND WITH ASCE 24. PLEASE REVIEW IN THE ASCE/ SEI
 24-05 THE DEFINITION FOR COASTAL A ZONE.
 COASTAL A ZONE. IN A COASTAL A ZONE, THE PRINCIPLE
 SOURCES OF FLOODING MUST BE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES,
 STORM SURGE, SEICHES OR TSUNAMIS. DURING THE BASE FLOOD
 CONDITIONS, THE POTENTIAL FOR BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS
 SHALL BE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 1.5 FEET. PLEASE
 REVIEW ASCE/ SEI TABLE 4-1 AND THE REQUIRED HEIGHT
 ABOVE EITHER THE BASE FLOOD OR THE DFE. ON THE NEW MAPS
 NOT ADOPTED AS OF THIS REVIEW THE DESIGN FLOOD
 ELEVATION, THE DESIGN FLOOD, INCLUDING WAVE HEIGHT,
 RELATIVE TO THE DATUM SPECIFIED ON THE COMMUNITY?S
 FLOOD HAZARD MAP. THERE ARE 2 HEIGHTS GIVEN WHEN THE
 MEMBER ORIENTATION RELATIVE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE
 WAVE APPROACH:
 PARALLEL BFE + 1 FT. OR DFE WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.
 PERPENDICULAR BFE + 2 FT. OR DFE, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.
  
 PLEASE NOTE FROM THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH SUMMARY OF
 COASTAL STILLWATER STUDY TABLE 9 FOR THIS SECTION OF
 THE INTERCOASTAL WATER WAY GIVEN IN NAV88 IS 7.3 FT.
  
 IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE GENERATOR, AND ATTENDANT
 UTILITIES WILL NEED TO BE ON A RAISED PLATFORM, WITH
 STAIRS AND GUARDRAIL AROUND THE TOTAL STRUCTURE. THE
 LIFT STATION ITSELF WOULD REQUIRE DRY FLOOD PROOFING TO
 A HEIGHT OF BFE + 1 FT. OR DFE WHICHEVER IS HIGHER, SEE
 ASCE/ SEI 24-05 TABLE 6-1.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION / DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
 DEPARTMENT
 401 CLEMATIS ST.
 WEST PALM BEACH. FL 33402
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  


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