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2018-02-22 16:26:10 | 2017 FBC- BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| W. P. B. PERMIT: 18020610 |
| ADD: 1615 CLARE AVE. SUITE: NOT GIVEN (2) TENANTS |
| CONT: FINE LINE CONSTRUCTION |
| TEL: 561-582-7880 |
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| 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2017 WEST PALM BEACH |
| AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| ADMINISTRATION |
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| 2017 EXISTING BUILDING CODE. 801.3 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: THURS. FEB. 22/ 2018 |
| ACTION: DENIED |
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| 1) PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE (2) PERMITS IN FOR THIS |
| ADDRESS FOR (2) DIFFERENT TENANTS AND OCCUPANCIES. |
| PLEASE PROVIDE A ADDRESS THAT WILL INCLUDE THE TENANT |
| SUITE NUMBER. |
| 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2014 WEST PALM BEACH |
| AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1, |
| ADMINISTRATION 107.2.1 INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION |
| DOCUMENTS. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SHALL BE OF |
| SUFFICIENT CLARITY TO INDICATE THE LOCATION, NATURE AND |
| EXTENT OF THE WORK PROPOSED. |
| 2017 FBC-B 501.2 ADDRESS IDENTIFICATION. NEW AND |
| EXISTING BUILDINGS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH APPROVED |
| ADDRESS IDENTIFICATION. |
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| 2) PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A MIXED USE (OCCUPANCY) |
| BUILDING. THE ALS.1 LIFE SAFETY SHEET NEGLECTS THE |
| MINIMUM BUILDING TYPE THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TOO? |
| 2017 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING |
| CODE, CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION |
| 107.3.5 MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA FOR BUILDINGS |
| 107.3.5.1 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS: |
| 107.3.5.1.1 BUILDING |
| 3. MINIMUM TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DETERMINED |
| (SEE TABLE 503 UNDER THE 2014 FBC) AND UNDER THE 2017 |
| FBC (TABLES 504.3, 505.4 & 506.2). |
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| 3) THIS PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL |
| IMPROVEMENT AS THE VALUE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE |
| PAST 5 YEARS EXCEEDS 50% OF THE STRUCTURE PER PALM |
| BEACH COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISERS VALUE OF $578,777.00. |
| PERMIT 17090272 VALUE OF $250,000.00 AND PERMIT |
| 18020610 VALUE OF $165,000.00, TOTAL STRUCTURAL |
| IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF $415,000.00 OF VALUE OR 0.69 % OF |
| THE STRUCTURAL VALUE FOR THE BUILDING. |
| THE BFE (BASE FLOOD ELEVATION) IS 13 FEET NGVD AND |
| LOCATED IN FLOOD ZONE A9, PER FIRM PANEL 120229 0020B. |
| AS OF OCT. 05/ 2017 THE CITY HAS ADOPTED A 2 FOOT |
| FREEBOARD PER THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH MUNI CODE |
| SECTION 94-546(B)(2). PLEASE ALSO NOTE ON THIS SAME |
| DATE THE CITY ADOPTED THE NEW FLOOD MAPS AND THE |
| MEASURING THE VERTICAL DATUM TO NAVD88. |
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| 4) PLEASE PROVIDE A SURVEY FOR THIS PROPERTY, IN |
| NAVD88. 107.3.5 MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA FOR |
| BUILDINGS. |
| 2017 FBC-EXISTING BUILD. CODE ]403.2 FLOOD HAZARD |
| AREAS. FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN FLOOD HAZARD |
| AREAS ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 1612.3 OF THE FLORIDA |
| BUILDING CODE, BUILDING, ANY ALTERATION THAT |
| CONSTITUTES SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE EXISTING |
| STRUCTURE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FLOOD DESIGN |
| REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND ALL ASPECTS OF |
| THE EXISTING STRUCTURE SHALL BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE |
| WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR FLOOD |
| DESIGN. |
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| FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS |
| ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 1612.3 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING |
| CODE, BUILDING ANY ALTERATIONS THAT DO NOT CONSTITUTE |
| SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ARE |
| NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE FLOOD DESIGN |
| REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. |
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| PLEASE SHOW HOW YOU WILL COMPLY WITH2017 FBC-B SECTION |
| 1612.4.1 AND 1612.5 FLOOD HAZARD DOCUMENTATION. |
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| 5) DURING THE PERMITTING OF THIS STRUCTURE THERE WILL |
| BE REQUIRED (3) DIFFERENT FLOOD ZONE CERTIFICATES |
| REQUIRED: |
| (1) A FLOOD ZONE CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE |
| PLAN REVIEW DOCUMENTS WITH THE PROPOSED FINISH FLOOR |
| HEIGHT. W. P. B. ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 107.3.5.1.1 |
| BUILDING MINIMUM PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA FOR COMMERCIAL |
| BUILDINGS. ( 8) FLOOD REQUIREMENTS ELEVATIONS, |
| ENCLOSURES, FLOOD DAMAGE-RESISTANT MATERIALS. |
| (2) ONCE THE FIRST FLOOR SLAB IS POURED THE 2ND |
| ELEVATION CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED. W. P. B. |
| ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 110.3 REQUIRED INSPECTIONS 1.2 |
| FLOOR/ SLAB INSPECTION. IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS, UPON |
| PLACEMENT OF THE LOWEST FLOOR, INCLUDING BASEMENT, AND |
| PRIOR TO FURTHER VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION, THE ELEVATION |
| CERTIFICATION, REQUIRED IN SECTION 1612.5, SHALL BE |
| SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. |
| (3) BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY |
| OR A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION THE 3RD FLOOD ZONE |
| CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED WITH THE HEIGHT OF ALL EXTERIOR |
| ATTENDANTS A/C PADS OR OTHER SLABS FOR GENERATORS. |
| W. P. B. ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 110.3 REQUIRED INSPECTIONS |
| (6) FINAL INSPECTION. TO BE MADE AFTER THE BUILDING IS |
| COMPLETED AND READY FOR OCCUPANCY. 6.1. LOWEST FLOOR |
| ELEVATION. IN FLOOD HAZARD AREAS, AS PART OF THE FINAL |
| INSPECTION, A FINAL CERTIFICATION OF THE LOWEST FLOOR |
| ELEVATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE AUTHORITY HAVING |
| JURISDICTION. |
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| 6A) THE ALS1.0 SHEET SHOWS A NEW 10 FOOT LONG RAMP BUT |
| THE RISE IS NOT PROVIDED NOR THE SLOPE. 2017 FBC-B |
| 1012.2 SLOPE. RAMPS USED AS PART OF A MEANS OF EGRESS |
| SHALL HAVE A RUNNING SLOPE NOT STEEPER THAN ONE UNIT |
| VERTICAL IN 12 UNITS HORIZONTAL (8-PERCENT SLOPE). |
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| 6B) THE ALS1.0 SHEET SHOWS A NEW 10 FOOT LONG RAMP BUT |
| THE RISE IS NOT PROVIDED. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH 2017 |
| FBC-B 1012.8 HANDRAILS. |
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| RAMPS WITH A RISE GREATER THAN 6 INCHES SHALL HAVE |
| HANDRAILS ON BOTH SIDES. HANDRAILS SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| SECTION 1014. |
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| 6C) THE ALS1.0 SHEET SHOWS A NEW 10 FOOT LONG RAMP BUT |
| THERE IS NO CUT SECTION THROUGH THE RAMP TO SEE IF EDGE |
| PROTECTION IS REQUIRED BY FBC-B 1012.10 OR IF AN |
| EXCEPTION APPLIES. |
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| 6D) SHEET ALS1.0 SHEET SHOWS A NEW 10 FOOT LONG RAMP |
| BUT NONE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SHEETS OR THE STRUCTURAL |
| SHEETS PROVIDES THE MATERIALS THE RAMP IS BUILT FROM. |
| 2017 FBC-B 1012.7 RAMP CONSTRUCTION. |
| RAMPS SHALL BE BUILT OF MATERIALS CONSISTENT WITH THE |
| TYPES PERMITTED FOR THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE |
| BUILDING, EXCEPT THAT WOOD HANDRAILS SHALL BE PERMITTED |
| FOR ALL TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION. |
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| 7A) SHEET ALS.0 SHOWS A SHOWER IN THE MENS RESTROOM 106 |
| BUT NOT IN THE WOMENS RESTROOM 103. THE PLANS DO NOT |
| SHOW A EQUIVALENCY BETWEEN THE MENS AND WOMENS |
| RESTROOMS. PLEASE REVIEW THE ACCESSIBILITY CODE 213.2 |
| TOILET ROOMS AND BATHING ROOMS EXCEPTION # 1.IN |
| ALTERATIONS WHERE IT IS TECHNICALLY INFEASIBLE TO |
| COMPLY WITH 603, ALTERING EXISTING TOILET OR BATHING |
| ROOMS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE A SINGLE UNISEX |
| TOILET ROOM OR BATHING ROOM COMPLYING WITH 213.2.1 IS |
| PROVIDED AND LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA AND ON THE SAME |
| FLOOR AS EXISTING IN ACCESSIBLE TOILET OR BATHING |
| ROOMS. |
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| 7B)THE SAME SITUATION OCCURS WITH THE LOCKERS, THE |
| PLANS ONLY SHOWS LOCKERS FOR THE MEN NO LOCKERS FOR THE |
| WOMEN. PLEASE SHOW HOW EQUIVALENCY IS MAINTAINED? 2017 |
| FBC-ACCESS. CODE 103 EQUIVALENCY. |
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| 8) THE LSA1.0 HAS ONE AREA DESIGNATED AS A LOUNGE TAG |
| NUMBER 111 AND SHEETS A1.01 AND SHEET A1.0.2 HAVE A |
| SECOND AREA MARKED AS LOUNGE AND TAG 111. SHEET A3.01 |
| DETAIL # 2 SHOWS THE LOUNGE COUNTER TOP AT A HEIGHT OF |
| 36 INCHES. WITH ALL OF THE CONFERENCES ROOMS AND AMOUNT |
| OF OCCUPANTS IN THE TENANT SPACE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT |
| THE LOUNGE AREAS COULD BE USED BY MORE THAN JUST |
| EMPLOYEES AND WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE |
| ACCESSIBILITY CODE SECTION: |
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| ACCESSIBILITY CODE 226.1 WHERE DINING SURFACES ARE |
| PROVIDED FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR DRINK, AT LEAST |
| 5 PERCENT OF THE SEATING SPACES AND STANDING SPACES AT |
| THE DINING SURFACES SHALL COMPLY WITH 902. ) 902.1 |
| .DINING SURFACES AND WORK SURFACES SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| 902.2 AND 902.3. ADVISORY 902.1 GENERAL. DINING |
| SURFACES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, BARS, TABLES, |
| LUNCH COUNTERS, AND BOOTHS. EXAMPLES OF WORK SURFACES |
| INCLUDE WRITING SURFACES, STUDY CARRELS, STUDENT |
| LABORATORY STATIONS, BABY CHANGING AND OTHER TABLES OR |
| FIXTURES FOR PERSONAL GROOMING, COUPON COUNTERS, AND |
| WHERE COVERED BY THE ABA SCOPING PROVISIONS, EMPLOYEE |
| WORK STATIONS. |
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| 8)(A) 902.2 CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE. A CLEAR FLOOR |
| SPACE COMPLYING WITH 305 POSITIONED FOR A FORWARD |
| APPROACH SHALL BE PROVIDED. KNEE AND TOE CLEARANCE |
| COMPLYING WITH 306 SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
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| 8)(B) 902.3 HEIGHT. THE TOPS OF DINING SURFACES AND |
| WORK SURFACES SHALL BE 28 INCHES MINIMUM AND 34 INCHES |
| MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND. |
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| 9) SHEET S1 UNDER THE HEADING WIND DESIGN INDICATES THE |
| PLANS WERE DESIGNED UNDER THE 2014 5TH EDITION OF THE |
| FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. THIS SAME CODE REFERENCE HAPPENS |
| AGAIN IN THE VULT AND VASD PRESSURE CHARTS. THE 2017 |
| 6TH EDITION OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE WAS ADOPTED |
| STATEWIDE ON DEC. 31/ 2017, PLEASE CORRECT. |
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| 10) SHEET S1 IN BOTH THE VULT AND VASD CHARTS THE |
| NEGATIVE PRESSURES ARE LOW FOR 170 VULT AND 132 MPH |
| VASD EXPOSURE C AND A MEAN ROOF HEIGHT OF 15 FEET AND |
| 10 SQ. FT. TRIBUTARY AREA. FBC-B 1603.1.4 WIND DESIGN |
| DATA. |
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| 11) MISSING PRODUCT APPROVALS. 2017 FBC-B 1609.1.2 |
| PROTECTION OF OPENINGS, 1609.6.4.4.1 COMPONENTS & |
| CLADDING. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, |
| ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 61G20-3.005, RULE 9N-3 NOV. 01/ |
| 2010 (31) SUB-CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS OR CONSTRUCTION |
| SYSTEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT APPROVALS: |
| (31)(A) EXTERIOR DOORS ,MULLIONS & ROOF HATCHES. |
| (B) WINDOWS & MULLIONS |
| (C) PANEL WALLS: STOREFRONTS, CURTAIN WALLS, WALL |
| LOUVERS, EFIS SYSTEMS, |
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| 12) PLEASE IDENTIFY ON THE PRODUCT APPROVAL BEFORE |
| SUBMITTING TO DESIGNER OF RECORD AND BEFORE SUBMISSION |
| TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. FOR ALL PRODUCTS WITH |
| GLAZING, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE OPENING WIDTH & HEIGHT, |
| TYPE OF GLAZING, MULLION SIZE, LENGTH IF UNREINFORCED |
| OR REINFORCED INFORMATION IF REQUIRED, ATTACHMENTS AND |
| ASSOCIATE PRESSURES FOR EACH OPENING SIZE. 2014 FBC-B |
| 1405.13.1 INSTALLATION. WINDOWS AND DOORS SHALL BE |
| INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED MANUFACTURER?S |
| INSTRUCTIONS. FASTENER SIZE AND SPACING SHALL BE |
| PROVIDED IN SUCH INSTRUCTIONS AND SHALL BE CALCULATED |
| BASED ON MAXIMUM LOADS AND SPACING USED IN THE TESTS. |
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| 13) W. P. B. 107.3.4.1 PRODUCT APPROVALS. THOSE |
| PRODUCTS WHICH ARE REGULATED BY THE DCA RULE 9N-03 |
| SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE |
| DESIGNER OF RECORD PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL FOR |
| JURISDICTIONAL APPROVAL. FL 61G1-23.015 (2) THE |
| ARCHITECT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING AND REVIEWING |
| ALL PROJECT DATA, REPORTS, SHOP DRAWINGS ETC.. |
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| 14) WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS PLEASE INDICATE THE |
| REVISION & REMOVE ANY VOIDED SHEETS & REPLACE ANY PAGES |
| AS NECESSARY. A TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL |
| REVIEW COMMENT NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE |
| REVISION MADE, IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION |
| PAGE WHERE THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO |
| EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED |
| COOPERATION. |
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| JAMES A. WITMER BN, PX, CBO |
| SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| BUILDING 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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