Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18020497
Permit Number 18020497
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2018-04-20 07:36:21CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2017
 6TH EDITION
 FBC RE = FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 NEC = NFPA 70 2014 EDITION, NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
 FS = FLORIDA STATUTES
  
 ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 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. CORRECTED.
 2. PROVIDE LOAD CALCULATION FOR SERVICE, INCLUDE
 EXISTING AND NEW LOADS TO CONFIRM CAPACITY OF SERVICE
 IS ADEQUATE. NEC 215.2, 220, 408.30; FBC RE E3602.2
 (NOT PROVIDED. SPECIFY IF ANY NEW LOADS ARE ADDED. IF
 NO LOADS ARE ADDED, THIS IS NOT NEEDED.)
 3. PROVIDE PANEL SCHEDULE INDICATING ANY NEW OR ALTERED
 CIRCUITS, THE WIRE AND BREAKER SIZE FOR THESE CIRCUITS,
 AND AFCI OR GFCI PROTECTION WHERE APPLICABLE TO COMPLY
 WITH CODE. NEC 210.8, 210.12, 215.5, 408.4; FBC RE
 E3706.2, E3902 (NOT PROVIDED.)
 4. PROVIDE SMOKE/CO ALARMS IN EACH LOCATION REQUIRED
 PER CODE. SHOW ON PLAN ALL EXISTING ALARMS. IF NONE ARE
 EXISTING OR NOT TO CODE, SHOW AS NEW INSTALLATIONS. FBC
 R314.3, FBC 107.2.1 (NOT PROVIDED.)
 5. THE WALL SPACING REQUIREMENTS FOR KITCHEN COUNTER
 SPACE STATE THAT RECEPTACLE OUTLETS SHALL BE INSTALLED
 SO THAT NO POINT ALONG THE WALL LINE IS MORE THAN 24
 INCHES MEASURED HORIZONTALLY FROM A RECEPTACLE OUTLET
 IN THAT SPACE. THE PLAN PROVIDED DOES NOT SHOW ANY OF
 THE REQUIRED OUTLETS. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC
 210.52(C)(1); FBC RE E3901.4 (FROM THE PLAN PROVIDED,
 IT IS UNCLEAR IF WALL SPACING REQUIREMENTS ARE MET
 BECAUSE IT IS NOT CLEAR WHERE COUNTERTOP SPACES ARE
 LOCATED. PROVIDE FRONT VIEW OF PLANS, OR A NOTE THAT
 STATES THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE MET. BE ADVISED THAT
 ANY COUNTERTOP SPACE 12 INCHES OR WIDER WILL REQUIRE
 RECEPTACLES, EVEN IF THERE IS NO WALL BEHIND IT, AT
 LEAST ONE RECEPTACLE IF IT IS A PENINSULA.)
 6. PROVIDE GFCI PROTECTION FOR DISHWASHER. NEC
 210.8(D); FBC RE E3902.10 (NOT PROVIDED.)
  
 NEW COMMENTS:
  
 7. NOTE 12 STATES THAT ALL SLEEPING ROOMS SHALL BE AFCI
 PROTECTED. THIS IS NOT COMPLIANT WITH CURRENT CODE,
 WHICH STATES: "ALL BRANCH CIRCUITS THAT SUPPLY
 120-VOLT, SINGLE-PHASE, 15- AND 20-AMPERE OUTLETS
 INSTALLED IN KITCHENS, FAMILY ROOMS, DINING ROOMS,
 LIVING ROOMS, PARLORS, LIBRARIES, DENS, BEDROOMS,
 SUN-ROOMS, RECREATIONS ROOMS, CLOSETS, HALLWAYS,
 LAUNDRY AREAS AND SIMILAR ROOMS OR AREAS SHALL BE AFCI
 PROTECTED." PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC 210.12; FBC RE
 E3902.16
 8. NOTE 13 STATES THAT RECEPTACLES SHALL BE TAMPER
 RESISTANT PER NEC 406.11. THIS CODE SECTION DOES NOT
 APPLY TO TAMPER RESISTANT RECEPTACLES. PROVIDE
 CORRECTION. NEC 406.12; FBC RE E4002.14
 9. LIGHT FIXTURE OVER SHOWER IS SHOWN AS A STANSARD
 RECESS LIGHT. LIGHTING IN BATHTUB OR SHOWER AREAS SHALL
 BE SUITABLE FOR DAMP LOCATIONS. PROVIDE CORRECTION. NEC
 410.10(D); FBC RE E4003.11
 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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