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2018-04-09 17:31:13 | PLAN |
| REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| 1ST REVIEW: FBC SIXTH EDITION (2017) |
| ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| (561) 805-6714 |
| [email protected] |
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| DENIED BY BUILDING |
| PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
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| 1) FBC ACCESSIBILITY SECTION 404.2.4.1 REQUIRES 18" |
| MANEUVERING CLEARANCES ON THE PULL SIDE OF RECESSED |
| DOORS. SEE THE TWO DOORS ACROSS THE CORRIDOR FROM ROOM |
| 505 AND THE ONE IN OFFICE 506. |
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| 2) FBC ACCESSIBILITY SECTION 404.2.6 REQUIRES THE |
| DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO HINGED OR PIVOTED DOORS IN SERIES |
| TO BE 48" MINIMUM PLUS THE WIDTH OF THE DOORS SWINGING |
| INTO THE SPACE. SEE THE DOORS IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM. |
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| 3) THE MICROWAVE THAT IS LOCATED IN THE UPPER CABINETS |
| IN THE BREAK ROOM DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FBC |
| ACCESSIBILITY SECTIONS 309.3 AND 308.3.2 FOR OBSTRUCTED |
| HIGH SIDE REACH RANGES TO OPERABLE PARTS OF THE |
| APPLIANCE. |
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| 4) PROVIDE AN ITEMIZED COST LIST TO SHOW THAT THE |
| REQUIRED 20 PERCENT DISPROPORTIONATE COST TOWARD |
| REQUIRED ACCESSIBILITY WILL BE MET. FBC ACCESSIBILITY |
| SECTION 202.3 ALTERATIONS. WHERE EXISTING ELEMENTS OR |
| SPACES OR COMMON AREAS ARE ALTERED, EACH ALTERED |
| ELEMENT, SPACE OR AREA SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE |
| REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 2 AND SECTION 201.1.1. FBC |
| ACCESSIBILITY SECTION 202.4.1 DISPROPORTIONATE COST. |
| ALTERATIONS MADE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| TRAVEL TO THE ALTERED AREA WILL BE DEEMED |
| DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OVERALL ALTERATION WHEN THE |
| COST EXCEEDS 20% OF THE COST OF THE ALTERATION TO THE |
| PRIMARY FUNCTION AREA. COSTS THAT MAY BE COUNTED AS |
| EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE PATH OF |
| TRAVEL MAY INCLUDE: (I) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING |
| AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE |
| ALTERED AREA; (II) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING |
| RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS INSTALLING GRAB BARS, |
| ENLARGING TOILET STALLS, INSULATING PIPES, OR |
| INSTALLING ACCESSIBLE FAUCET CONTROLS; (III) COSTS |
| ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TELEPHONES, SUCH |
| AS RELOCATING THE TELEPHONE TO AN ACCESSIBLE HEIGHT, |
| INSTALLING AMPLIFICATION DEVICES, OR INSTALLING A TEXT |
| TELEPHONE (TTY); (IV) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING |
| AN INACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. |
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