Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18020610
Permit Number 18020610
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-02-22 16:26:102017 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
 E-MAIL:
  
 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W 2017 WEST PALM BEACH
 AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1,
 ADMINISTRATION
  
 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.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: THURS. FEB. 22/ 2018
 ACTION: DENIED
  
 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.
  
 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).
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 PLEASE SHOW HOW YOU WILL COMPLY WITH2017 FBC-B SECTION
 1612.4.1 AND 1612.5 FLOOD HAZARD DOCUMENTATION.
  
 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.
  
 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).
  
 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.
  
 RAMPS WITH A RISE GREATER THAN 6 INCHES SHALL HAVE
 HANDRAILS ON BOTH SIDES. HANDRAILS SHALL COMPLY WITH
 SECTION 1014.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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:
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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,
  
 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.
  
 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..
  
 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.
  
 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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