Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17111142
Permit Number 17111142
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-04-02 14:34:58CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2014
 5TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2014 5TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2011 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 BE ADVISED THIS PLAN REVIEW IS NOT A FULL REVIEW AND IS
 BASED ON ITEMS NECESSARY FOR FOUNDATION PERMIT ONLY.
 THE FULL REVIEW WILL BE COMPLETED UNDER THE MAIN
 PERMIT.
  
 PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
 SATISFACTORILY ARE MARKED AS CORRECTED. PREVIOUS
 COMMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED SATISFACTORILY
 HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN PARENTHESES. ANY NEW
 COMMENTS WILL BE LISTED AFTER PREVIOUS COMMENTS.
  
 1. PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE SECOND POWER SOURCE REQUIRED
 FOR FIRE PUMP. NEC 695.3(B) (NOT PROVIDED. FIRE PUMP
 REQUIRES A RELIABLE POWER SOURCE AND THE CITY DOES NOT
 CONSIDER FPL AS RELIABLE, THEREFORE A GENERATOR OR
 OTHER MEANS OF ALTERNATE POWER IS REQUIRED.)
 2. FEEDER TO THE FIRE PUMP IS NOT PERMITTED TO BE RUN
 THROUGH THE BUILDING. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 695.6,
 695.4(B)(2), 230.79 (NO COMMENT RESPONSE PROVIDED. IF
 THIS FEED IS INSTALLED AS SHOWN CURRENTLY, IT: "SHALL
 BE INSTALLED USING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS: (1) BE
 ENCASED IN A MINIMUM 50 MM (2 IN.) OF CONCRETE
 (2) BE PROTECTED BY A FIRE-RATED ASSEMBLY LISTED TO
 ACHIEVE A MINIMUM FIRE RATING OF 2 HOURS AND DEDICATED
 TO THE FIRE PUMP CIRCUIT(S)(3) BE A LISTED ELECTRICAL
 CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE SYSTEM WITH A MINIMUM 2-HOUR FIRE
 RATING." NEC 695.6(A)(2) )
 3. IF A DISCONNECT FOR THE FIRE PUMP IS TO BE INSTALLED
 EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT REQUIRED, IT MUST BE IN A REMOTE
 LOCATION FROM THE SERVICE DISCONNECTS. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 695.4(B)(3), 230.72(B) (STILL SHOWN IN
 SAME LOCATION AS MAIN # 1, IT IS ALSO SHOWN WITH 2
 MEANS OF DISCONNECTTHAT ARE NOT FUSED, WHICH IS A CODE
 VIOLATION)
 4. PROVIDE FIRE PUMP SPEC SHEET, DETAILING THE LOCKED
 ROTOR CURRENT OF FIRE PUMP MOTOR. INCLUDE ANY DETAILS
 OF ELECTRICAL LOAD FOR ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. NEC 110.3,
 695.10 (NOT PROVIDED)
 5. RISER DIAGRAM SHOWS THE FIRE PUMP CONTROLLER IN THE
 PUMP ROOM. HOWEVER, THE PLUMBING PLAN SHOW THE DOMESTIC
 WATER PUMPS IN THIS ROOM, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE
 CLEARANCES REQUIRED ARE NOT POSSIBLE FOR THIS SIZE
 ROOM. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION. NEC 110.26; FBC 107.2.1
 (NO RESPONSE PROVIDED)
 6. PROVIDE ACCURATE LOAD CALCULATION FOR ENTIRE
 SERVICE. THE LOAD CALCULATION PROVIDED REFERENCES NEC
 220.32, WHICH DOES NOT EXIST. ADDITIONALLY, THE FULL
 HOUSE LOAD IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION. PROVIDE
 CLARIFICATION AND CORRECTIONS. NEC 220 (LOAD
 CALCULATION INCORRECT, ALL LOADS IN HOUSE PANEL NOT
 INCLUDED IN LOAD CALC , NEC 220.32 SHOWN FOR MAIN # 1
 LOAD CALC DOES NOT EXIST, PROVIDE CORRECT CODE
 REFERENCE.)
  
 NEW COMMENTS:
  
 7. COVER SHEET STATES THAT PLAN IS DESIGNED PER THE
 2014 FBC RESIDENTIAL. THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL SHALL APPLY TO THE
 CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, MOVEMENT, ENLARGEMENT,
 REPLACEMENT, REPAIR, EQUIPMENT, USE AND OCCUPANCY,
 LOCATION, REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION OF DETACHED ONE- AND
 TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOUSES NOT MORE THAN THREE
 STORIES ABOVE GRADE PLANE IN HEIGHT WITH A SEPARATE
 MEANS OF EGRESS AND THEIR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES NOT MORE
 THAN THREE STORIES ABOVE GRADE PLANE IN HEIGHT. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. FBC RE R101.2
 8. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT SOME COMMENT HAV NOT BEEN
 ADDRESSED FOR TWO REVIEWS. IF UPON THE THIRD REVIEW, IF
 IT IS NECESSARY TO REJECT THE SUBMITTED PLAN A THIRD
 TIME FOR THE SAME REASONS, AN ADDITIONAL PLAN REVIEW IS
 REQUIRED. FLORIDA STATUTES STATE: ?WITH RESPECT TO
 EVALUATION OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS? DOCUMENTS, IF A
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINDS IT NECESSARY, IN ORDER TO
 ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND
 ISSUE A PERMIT, TO REJECT DESIGN DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY
 THE CODE THREE OR MORE TIMES FOR FAILURE TO CORRECT A
 CODE VIOLATION SPECIFICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY NOTED IN
 EACH REJECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EGRESS,
 FIRE PROTECTION, STRUCTURAL STABILITY, ENERGY,
 ACCESSIBILITY, LIGHTING, VENTILATION, ELECTRICAL,
 MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, AND GAS SYSTEMS, OR OTHER
 REQUIREMENTS IDENTIFIED BY RULE OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING
 COMMISSION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 120, THE LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT SHALL IMPOSE, EACH TIME AFTER THE THIRD SUCH
 REVIEW THE PLANS ARE REJECTED FOR THAT CODE VIOLATION,
 A FEE OF FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPORTION OF THE
 PERMIT FEE ATTRIBUTED TO PLANS REVIEW. FS 553.80(2)(B)?
  
 END OF COMMENTS.
  
 PLEASE NOTE: SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED
 MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS. WHEN
 RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RESUBMITTAL FORM. ADDITIONALLY, INSERT CORRECTED PAGES
 INTO THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE OR VOID THE
 PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS.
  
 SINCERELY,
  
 JOHN PEARSON
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6746
 [email protected]
  


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