Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18061217
Permit Number 18061217
Review Stop E
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-06-30 09:35:51ELECTRICAL REVIEW STATUS: DENIED, SEE COMMENTS BELOW.
  
 1. EACH SIGN AND OUTLINE LIGHTING SYSTEM, OR FEEDER
 CIRCUIT OR BRANCH CIRCUIT SUPPLYING A SIGN OR OUT-LINE
 LIGHTING SYSTEM, SHALL BE CONTROLLED BY AN EXTERNALLY
 OPERABLE SWITCH OR CIRCUIT BREAKER THAT WILL OPEN ALL
 UNGROUNDED CONDUCTORS WITHIN SIGHT OF THE SIGN NEC
 600.6(A)(1)
  
 2. COMMENT THAT SIGN IS CONTROLLED BY PHOTOCELL AND
 TIMER SWITCH DOES NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS OF FBC CE
 405.2.4 ALL EXTERIOR LIGHTING NOT EXEMPTED BY FBC 405.1
 SHALL HAVE AUTOMATIC CONTROLS TO TURN OFF AT DAYLIGHT
 OR WHEN NOT REQUIRED. CONTROLS SHALL BE PHOTOSENSOR &
 TIME CLOCK OR ASTRONOMICAL TIME SWITCH. ALL TIME
 SWITCHES SHALL BE CAPABLE OF RETAINING PROGRAMING
 DURING A LOSS OF POWER FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 HOURS.
 FBC-EC 405.2.4
  
 3. UNABLE TO ISSUE SUB-ELECTRICAL PERMIT TO ES LICENSE.
 LICENSED ELECTRICIAN NEEDED (EC OR ER). DISCONNECT
 REQUIREMENTS OF 600.6A1 NEC AND ASTRONOMICAL TIMER
 REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE INSTALLED BY A ES
 LICENSED HOLDER, IT IS NOT WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF WORK.
 PLEASE SEE SCOPE OF WORK FOR ES LICENSE.
  
 SIGN CONTRACTORS F.S. 489.505 (#19) AND F.A.C.
 61G6-7.001 SPECIALTY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS (#2 SIGN
 SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR)
  
 THE SCOPE OF CERTIFICATION INCLUDES THE STRUCTURAL
 FABRICATION INCLUDING CONCRETE FOUNDATION, ERECTION,
 INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, SERVICE AND WIRING OF
 ELECTRICAL SIGNS AND OUTLINE LIGHTING. THE SCOPE OF
 CERTIFICATION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF, OR
 ANY ELECTRICAL WORK BEYOND, THE LAST DISCONNECT MEAN OR
 TERMINAL POINTS. HOWEVER, A CONTRACTOR CERTIFIED UNDER
 THIS SECTION MAY PROVIDE THE ELECTRICAL ENTRANCE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR METERING AND MAIN DISCONNECT OF REMOTE
 BILLBOARDS OR SIGNS WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF ANY
 STRUCTURE OR BUILDING AND WHICH REQUIRE NO MORE THAN
 TWENTY-FIVE (25) KILOWATTS AT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250)
 VOLTS MAXIMUM.
  
 4. VALUE TOO LOW, PROVIDE COPY OF SIGNED CONTRACT (BY
 OWNER AND CONTRACTOR) WITH SCOPE AND VALUE OF WORK, TO
 INCLUDE ALL MATERIALS AND LABOR. FBC 109.3
  
 5. PRINTED COPIES OF DIGITALLY SIGNED PLANS ARE NOT
 CONSIDERED PHYSICALLY SIGNED ( NOTED DIRECTLY ON PLAN
 BY ENGINEER.) PHYSICALLY TRANSMITTED DOCUMENTS REQUIRE
 THAT THE LICENSEE CREATE BY HAND AN ORIGINAL OF THE
 LICENSEE?S SIGNATURE. A SCANNED, FACSIMILE, DIGITALLY
 CREATED OR COPIED IMAGE OF THE LICENSEE?S SIGNATURE IS
 NOT ALLOWED ON PHYSICALLY TRANSMITTED DOCUMENTS.
 CHAPTER 61G15-23.003(1), F.A.C., THE LICENSEE SHALL
 SIGN BY HAND AN ORIGINAL OF THE LICENSEE?S SIGNATURE ON
 EACH PAGE REQUIRED TO BE SEALED. A SCANNED, FACSIMILE,
 DIGITALLY CREATED OR COPIED IMAGE OF THE LICENSEE?S
 SIGNATURE SHALL NOT BE USED.
  
 AS FOR CREATING THE SEAL, PHYSICALLY TRANSMITTED
 DOCUMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO BE EMBOSSED, SEALED USING A
 WET STAMP, OR CONTAIN A DIGITALLY CREATED SEAL (AS PART
 OF THE BORDER). IN EACH OF THESE CASES THE SEAL IS TO
 PARTIALLY OVERLAP THE LICENSEE?S SIGNATURE SUCH THAT
 THE SIGNATURE IS NOT MADE ILLEGIBLE.
 CHAPTER 61G15-23.003(2), F.A.C., THE LICENSEE MUST THEN
 USE A WET SEAL, A DIGITALLY CREATED SEAL, OR AN
 EMBOSSING SEAL PLACED PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING THE
 LICENSEE?S SIGNATURE ON EACH PAGE REQUIRED TO BE
 SEALED. THE PLACEMENT OF THE SEAL SHALL NOT RENDER THE
 SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE.
  
  
 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.
 CODES IN EFFECT:
  
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION
 WPB FBC = WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA
 BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH ED.
 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
  
 V/R,
  
 FRANK GIAQUINTO
 ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR
 ELECTRICAL PLANS EXAMINER
 CITY OF WPB
 [email protected]
 CELL: 561-657-1653
  
  


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