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2017-08-22 15:57:40 | 2014 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] |
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| 2014 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH |
| AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| ADMINISTRATION |
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| 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. |
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| 1ST REVIEW |
| DATE: TUES. AUGUST 22, 2017 |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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